Australia (in gold), playing against New Zealand.

Australia have competed in international rugby union matches since 1889. They compete in the annual Rugby Championship series and have appeared at every Rugby World Cup, winning the tournament in 1991 and 1999 and finishing second in 2003 and 2015. The records listed below only include performances in Test matches. The top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Team records

Greatest winning margins

Opponent[a]	Venue	Competition	Date	Score	Margin
Namibia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	2003 Rugby World Cup	25 October 2003	142–0	142
Japan	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	2007 Rugby World Cup	8 September 2007	91–3	88
Spain	Campo Universitario, Madrid	2001 Australia tour of Europe	1 November 2001	10–92	82
Romania	Lang Park, Brisbane	2003 Rugby World Cup	18 October 2003	90–8	82
England	Lang Park, Brisbane	1998 England tour of Australasia and South Africa	6 June 1998	76–0	76
Tonga	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying	22 September 1998	74–0	74
Western Samoa	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	1994 Western Samoa tour of Australia	6 August 1994	73–3	70
Samoa	Stadium Australia, Sydney	2005 June test	11 June 2005	74–7	67
Canada	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	1996 Canada tour of Australia	29 June 1996	74–9	65
United States	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	2011 Rugby World Cup	23 September 2011	67–5	62
Uruguay	Villa Park, Birmingham	2015 Rugby World Cup	27 September 2015	65–3	62

Greatest losing margins

Opponent[a]	Venue	Competition	Date	Score	Margin
South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	2008 Tri Nations Series	30 August 2008	53–8	45
	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	1997 Tri Nations Series	23 August 1997	61–22	39
New Zealand	Stadium Australia, Sydney	2020 Tri Nations Series	31 October 2020	5–43	38
	Athletic Park, Wellington	1996 Tri Nations Series	6 July 1996	43–6	37
	Eden Park, Auckland	2019 Bledisloe Cup III	17 August 2019	36–0	36
	Eden Park, Auckland	1972 Australia tour of New Zealand and Fiji	16 September 1972	38–3	35
	Eden Park, Auckland	2021 Rugby Championship	14 August 2021	57–22	35
British Lions	Lang Park, Brisbane	1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand	4 June 1966	0–31	31
New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	2014 Rugby Championship	23 August 2014	51–20	31
Argentina	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan	2022 Rugby Championship	13 August 2022	48–17	31

Individual records (career)

Individual records (single match)