The pick of the Rugby World Cup statistics

David Pocock's 17 turnovers - the Rugby World Cup's highest - was among the top statistics from the 2015 tournament.

TOP POINTS SCORERS

97 - Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina); 93 - Handre Pollard (South Africa); 82 - Dan Carter (New Zealand), Bernard Foley (Australia).

TOP TRY SCORERS

8 - Julian Savea (New Zealand); 6 - Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand); 5 - Bryan Habana (South Africa), Gareth Davies (Wales), JP Pietersen (South Africa), Juan Imhoff (Argentina).

MOST PENALTIES KICKED

23 - Handre Pollard (South Africa); 20 - Nicholas Sanchez (Argentina); 16 - Greig Laidlaw (Scotland), Bernard Foley (Australia); 15 - Dan Biggar (Wales).

MOST CONVERSIONS KICKED

23 - Dan Carter (New Zealand); 13 - Greig Laidlaw (Scotland), Nicholas Sanchez (Argentina); 12 - Bernard Foley (Australia).

MOST CLEAN BREAKS

14 - Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand); 13 - Santiago Cordero (Argentina); 12 - Ben Smith (New Zealand); 11 - Anthony Watson (England).

MOST METRES MADE

552 - Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand); 521 - Ben Smith (New Zealand) 514; Santiago Cordero (Argentina) 433 - Julian Savea (New Zealand).

MOST TACKLES MADE

77 - Francois Louw (South Africa), Lood de Jager (South Africa); 75 - Eben Etzebeth (South Africa), Schalk Burger (South Africa); 67 - Jonny Gray (Scotland).

MOST TURNOVERS WON

17 - David Pocock (Australia); 13 - Francois Louw (South Africa); 9 - Leone Nakarawa (Fiji), Damian de Allende (South Africa), Thierry Dusautoir (France).

MOST TEAM POINTS

290 - New Zealand; 250 - Argentina; 241 - South Africa; 222 - Australia.

MOST TEAM TRIES

39 - New Zealand; 28 - Australia; 27 - Argentina; 26 - South Africa.

MOST YELLOW CARDS

6 - Namibia; 5 - Argentina, New Zealand; 4 - Australia, Romania.


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