SARugbymag.co.za looks at the players who topped the stats in five key areas of the game in the final and third-place play-off matches and at the World Cup overall.
TRY-SCORERS
Final and third-place play-off
1: Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
1: Ma'a Nonu (New Zealand)
1: Beauden Barrett (New Zealand)
1: Tevita Kuridrani (Australia)
1: David Pocock (Australia)
1: JP Pietersen (South Africa)
1: Eben Etzebeth (South Africa)
1: Juan Pablo Orlandi (Argentina)
Tournament
8: Julian Savea (New Zealand)
6: Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
5: Bryan Habana (South Africa)
5: JP Pietersen (South Africa)
5: Juan Imhoff (Argentina)
5: Gareth Davies (Wales)
4: DTH van der Merwe (Canada)
4: Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)
4: Drew Mitchell (Australia)
4: Tommy Seymour (Scotland)
POINT-SCORERS
Final and third-place play-off
19: Dan Carter (New Zealand)
14: Handré Pollard (South Africa)
8: Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
7: Bernard Foley (Australia)
Tournamnent
97: Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
92: Handré Pollard (South Africa)
82: Dan Carter (New Zealand)
82: Bernard Foley (Australia)
79: Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
58: Ayumu Goromaru (Japan)
56: Dan Biggar (Wales)
METRES RUN
Final and third-place play-off
115: Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
99: Israel Folau (Australia)
91: Kurtley Beale (Australia)
79: Matias Moroni (Argentina)
71: Jesse Kriel (South Africa)
69: Drew Mitchell (Australia)
68: Ben Smith (New Zealand)
65: Ma'a Nonu (New Zealand)
61: Horacia Agulla (Argentina)
60: Santiago Cordero (Argentina)
Tournament
514: Santiago Cordero (Argentina)
453: Ben Smith (New Zealand)
437: Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
433: Joaquín Tuculet (Argentina)
395: Julian Savea (New Zealand)
389: DTH van der Merwe (Canada)
351: Telusa Veainu (Tonga)
OFFLOADS
Final and third-place play-off
3: Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
3: Ben Smith (New Zealand)
2: Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
2: Horacia Agulla (Argentina)
2: Martin Landajo (Argentina)
Tournament
13: Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
10: Leone Nakarawa (Fiji)
8: Aseali Tikoirotuma (Fiji)
8: Schalk Burger (South Africa)
8: Facundo Isa (Argentina)
8: Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia)
7: Kurtley Beale (Australia)
7: Finn Russell (Scotland)
TACKLES
Final and third-place play-off
22: Eben Etzebeth (South Africa)
18: Francois Louw (South Africa)
17: Frans Malherbe (South Africa)
16: Victor Matfield (South Africa)
16: Duane Vermeulen (South Africa)
15: Dean Mumm (Australia)
14: Damian de Allende (South Africa)
12: Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
12: Dan Carter (New Zealand)
11: Sam Whitelock (New Zealand)
11: David Pocock (Australia)
11: Trevor Nyakane (South Africa)
11: Julian Montoya (Argentina)
Tournament
77: Lood de Jager (South Africa)
77: Francois Louw (South Africa)
75: Schalk Burger (South Africa)
75: Eben Etzebeth (south Africa)
67: Jonny Gray (Scotland)
61: Kane Douglas (Australia)
60: Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
59: Scott Fardy (Australia)
57: Michael Hooper (Australia)
57: David Pocock (Australia)
55: Thierry Dusautoir (France)
55: Richie Gray (Scotland)
55: Dan Lydiate (Wales)
54: Sam Warburton (Wales)
54: Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
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