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

3: JP Pietersen (South Africa)
3: Cory Allen (Wales)
3: Gareth Davies (Wales)

POINT-SCORERS

29: Ayumu Goromaru (Japan)
27: Owen Farrell (England)
26: Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
26: Nicolas Sanchéz (Argentina)
23: Dan Biggar (Wales)
20: Ian Madigan (Ireland)

METRES RUN

254: Mike Brown (England)
243: DTH van der Merwe (Canada)
172: Santiago Cordero (Argentina)
171: Keith Earls (Ireland)
170: Joaquín Tuculet (Argentina)
161: Rob Kearney (Ireland)
147: Jared Payne (Ireland)
145: Tim Nanai-Williams (Samoa)
143: Amanaki Mafi (Japan)
141: Bryan Habana (South Africa)
141: Drew Mitchell (Australia)

OFFLOADS

6: Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia)
4: Juan Imhoff (Argentina)
4: Kahn Fotuali'i (Samoa)
4: Leone Nakarawa (Fiji)
4: Schalk Burger (South Africa)
4: Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
4: Tamaz Mchedlidze (Georgia)

TACKLES

35: Victor Kolelishvili (Georgia)
32: Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia)
32: Mihai Macovei (Romania)
30: Giorgi Nemsadze (Georgia)
28: Viorel Lucaci (Romania)
27: Chris Robshaw (England)
27: Merab Sharikadze (Georgia)
26: Michael Leitch (Japan)
26: Ross Ford (Scotland)
25: Santiago Vilaseca (Uruguay)

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