Ben Smith
New Zealand · 2009–2019. What the record holds, and none of it reaches the model.
Appearances
83
70 as a starter
Minutes
5,550
67 a match
Tries (at least)
38
Points (at least)
190
Yellow cards
1
Red cards
0
Caps
84
as Wikipedia records
Span
2009–2019
Scoring is a floor. World Rugby's timeline credits some tries to nobody, so a match where the players' points do not add up to the score may be missing this player's. 54 of 83 of his matches add up; appearances and minutes are unaffected. Never used by the model.
With him in the squad
+2.4
over 46 matches
Without him
+3.4
over 9 matches
Difference
-1.1
Points of margin above what the side's rating expected, so opposition and venue are already removed, over the years between his first and last cap. A gap this size comes up by chance often enough, across the players tested, that it is not evidence about him. The method.
| Date | Opponent | Jersey | Minutes | Tries | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-01 | v Wales (40-17) | 14 | 80 | 2 | 10 |
| 2019-10-06 | v Namibia (71-9)* | 15 | 80 | 2 | 10 |
| 2019-10-02 | v Canada (63-0)* | 23 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-21 | v South Africa (23-13) | 23 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-07 | v Tonga (92-7) | 15 | 53 | 2 | 10 |
| 2019-08-10 | away to Australia (47-26) | 14 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-07-27 | v South Africa (16-16) | 14 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-07-20 | away to Argentina (16-20) | 15 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-11-17 | away to Ireland (16-9) | 14 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-11-10 | away to England (15-16) | 14 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-10-27 | v Australia (37-20) | 14 | 80 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018-10-06 | away to South Africa (30-32) | 15 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-09-29 | away to Argentina (17-35) | 15 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-09-15 | v South Africa (34-36) | 14 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-09-08 | v Argentina (46-24) | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
* the players' points in that match do not add up to the recorded score, so a scorer is uncredited and this row may be short.