SARugbymag.co.za looks at the players who have topped the stats in five key areas of the game in the World Cup so far.

TRY-SCORERS

5: Bryan Habana (South Africa)
5: Julian Savea (New Zealand)
4: JP Pietersen (South Africa)
4: DTH van der Merwe (Canada)
4: Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
4: Gareth Davies (Wales)

POINT-SCORERS

60: Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
58: Ayumu Goromaru (Japan)
56: Bernard Foley (Australia)
51: Nicolas Sánchez (Argentina)
46: Handré Pollard (South Africa)
44: Tommy Allan (Italy)
43: Owen Farrell (England)
42: Dan Biggar (Wales)

METRES RUN 

389: DTH van der Merwe (Canada)
351: Telusa Veainu (Tonga)
331: Mike Brown (England)
309: Ben Smith (New Zealand)
277: Tim Nanai-Williams (Samoa)
271: Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)
269: Scott Spedding (France)
260: Vunga Lilo (Tonga)

OFFLOADS

10: Leone Nakarawa (Fiji)
8: Asaeli Tikoirotuma (Fiji)
8: Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia)
7: Sonny Bill Wiliams (New Zealand)
6: Tamaz Mchedlidze (Georgia)
6: Schalk Burger (South Africa)
6: Fumiaki Tanaka (Japan)
6: Fercunda Isa (Argentina)
6: Kahn Fotuali'i (Samoa)
6: Gaston Mieres (Uruguay)

TACKLES

53: Santiago Vilaseca (Uruguay)
51: Francesco Minto (Italy)
51: Michael Leitch (Japan)
50: Lood de Jager (South Africa)
50: Torsten van Jaarsveld (Namibia)
49: Luke Thompson (Japan)
49: Jonny Gray (Scotland)
45: Richie Gray (Scotland)
45: Thierry Dusautoir (France)
45: Michael Broadhurst (Japan)
43: Chris Robshaw (England)

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