SARugbymag.co.za looks at the players who topped the stats in key areas of the game this past weekend as well as for the season so far.
KICKS FROM HAND
Play-offs
11: Lima Sopoaga (Highlanders)
9: SP Marais (Sharks)
9: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
8: Frans Steyn (Sharks)
6: James Lowe (Chiefs)
Season so far
189: Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes)
157: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
134: Sias Ebersohn (Force)
126: Frans Steyn (Sharks)
124: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
121: Nic White (Brumbies)
118: Bernard Foley (Warataha)
115: Aaron Smith (Highlanders)
115: Will Genia (Reds)
METRES RUN
Play-offs
151: Henry Speight (Brumbies)
95: James Lowe (Chiefs)
91: Patrick Osborne (Highlanders)
82: Richard Buckman (Highlanders)
67: Ben Smith (Highlanders)
59: JP Pietersen (Sharks)
56: Tonderai Chavhanga (Sharks)
55: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
Season so far
1,204: Ben Smith (Highlanders)
1,087: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
1,018: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
1,010: Israel Folau (Waratahs)
996: Julian Savea (Hurricanes)
968: Jason Woodward (Rebels)
934: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
CLEAN BREAKS
Play-offs
3: Henry Speight (Brumbies)
2: James Lowe (Chiefs)
2: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
2: Patrick Osborne (Highlanders)
1: JP Pietersen (Sharks)
1: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
1: Aaron Cruden (Chiefs)
1: Marcell Coetzee (Sharks)
1: Tonderai Chavhanga (Sharks)
Season so far
24: Israel Folau (Waratahs)
22: Nemani Nadolo (Crusaders)
18: Adam Ashley-Cooper (Waratahs)
18: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
16: Ryan Crotty (Crusaders)
15: Alapati Leiua (Hurricanes)
15: Julian Savea (Hurricanes)
13: Bernard Foley (Waratahs)
13: Nick Cummins (Force)
13: Tom English (Rebels)
CARRIES
Play-offs
16: Jean Deysel (Sharks)
14: Henry Speight (Brumbies)
13: SP Marais (Sharks)
11: Marcell Coetzee (Sharks)
11: Ben Smith (Highlanders)
11: Sam Carter (Brumbies)
11: Scott Fardy (Brumbies)
11: Tevita Kuridrani (Brumbies)
Season so far
190: Kurtley Beale (Waratahs)
187: Ben Smith (Highlanders)
168: Tim Nanai-Williams (Chiefs)
167: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
167: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
163: Ben McCalman (Force)
159: Luke Jones (Rebels)
156: Bernard Foley (Waratahs)
155: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
154: Israel Dagg (Crusaders)
150: Adam Ashley-Cooper (Waratahs)
150: Julian Savea (Hurricanes)
DEFENDERS BEATEN
Play-offs
12: Henry Speight (Brumbies)
4: Ben Mowen (Brumbies)
4: Jesse Mogg (Brumbies)
4: Jean Deysel (Sharks)
3: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
3: Liam Messam (Chiefs)
3: Bundee Aki (Chiefs)
3: Pat McCabe (Brumbies)
3: Phil Burleigh (Highlanders)
Season so far
63: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
49: Julian Savea (Hurricanes)
45: Israel Folau (Waratahs)
43: Adam Ashley-Cooper (Waratahs)
43: Ben Smith (Highlanders)
41: Nemani Nadolo (Crusaders)
41: Charles Piutau (Blues)
39: Henry Speight (Brumbies)
39: Ryan Crotty (Crusaders)
39: Alapati Leiua (Hurricanes)
OFFLOADS
Play-offs
4: Jean Deysel (Sharks)
4: Nic White (Brumbies)
3: Henry Speight (Brumbies)
3: Patrick Osborne (Highlanders)
2: Ben Smith (Highlanders)
2: JP Pietersen (Sharks)
2: Cobus Reinach (Sharks)
2: James Lowe (Chiefs)
2: Nasi Manu (Highlanders)
2: Phil Burleigh (Highlanders)
Season so far
42: Israel Folau (Waratahs)
26: Tawera Kerr-Barlow (Chiefs)
25: Nic White (Brumbies)
23: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
22: Quade Cooper (Reds)
22: Israel Dagg (Crusaders)
22: Julian Savea (Hurricanes)
20: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
20: Luke Braid (Blues)
20: Tim Nanai-Williams (Chiefs)
TACKLES
Play-offs
20: Jarrad Butler (Brumbies)
19: Liam Messam (Chiefs)
15: Sam Carter (Brumbies)
14: Tanerau Latimer (Chiefs)
13: Bundee Aki (Chiefs)
13: Jamie Mackintosh (Chiefs)
13: Mike Fitzgerald (Chiefs)
13: Shane Christie (Highlanders)
12: Brodie Retallick (Chiefs)
Season so far
217: Matt Hodgson (Force)
188: Shane Christie (Highlanders)
180: Nasi Manu (Highlanders)
172: Jarrad Butler (Brumbies)
168: Warren Whiteley (Lions)
164: Michael Hooper (Waratahs)
151: Joe Wheeler (Highlanders)
148: Jeremy Thrush (Hurricanes)
148: Sam Carter (Brumbies)
147: Liam Messam (Chiefs)
TACKLES MISSED
Play-offs
5: Aaron Cruden (Chiefs)
5: Liam Messam (Chiefs)
5: Frans Steyn (Sharks)
4: Aaron Smith (Highlanders)
4: James Lowe (Chiefs)
4: Kane Hames (Highlanders)
4: Tim Nanai-Williams (Chiefs)
Season so far
33: Aaron Smith (Highlanders)
33: Rayno Benjamin (Cheetahs)
32: Nic White (Brumbies)
29: Frans Steyn (Sharks)
28: Jake Schatz (Reds)
27: Willie le Roux (Cheetahs)
24: Luke Burgess (Rebels)
24: Sarel Pretorius (Cheetahs)
23: Stefan Watermeyer (Lions)
22: Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes)
TURNOVERS WON
Play-offs
2: JP Pietersen (Sharks)
2: Ben Smith (Highlanders)
1: Aaron Cruden (Chiefs)
1: Bismarck du Plessis (Sharks)
1: Brodie Retallick (Chiefs)
1: Cobus Reinach (Sharks)
1: Marcell Coetzee (Sharks)
Season so far
26: Matt Hodgson (Force)
20: Michael Hooper (Waratahs)
20: Richard Buckman (Highlanders)
19: Deon Fourie (Stormers)
17: Jack Lam (Hurricanes)
16: Bismarck du Plessis (Sharks)
16: Jaco Kriel (Lions)
15: Marcell Coetzee (Sharks)
15: Matt Todd (Crusaders)
15: Scott Fuglistaller (Rebels)
HANDLING ERRORS
Play-offs
3: Patrick Osborne (Highlanders)
2: Aaron Cruden (Chiefs)
2: Dwayne Sweeney (Chiefs)
2: Henry Speight (Brumbies)
2: Lima Sopoaga (Highlanders)
2: Nic White (Brumbies)
2: Scott Sio (Brumbies)
2: Paul Jordaan (Sharks)
2: Willem Alberts (Sharks)
Season so far
36: Julian Savea (Hurricanes)
25: Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders)
25: Nick Phipps (Waratahs)
24: Quade Cooper (Reds)
22: Francois Hougaard (Bulls)
22: Nic White (Brumbies)
22: Patrick Osborne (Highlanders)
21: Kurtley Beale (Waratahs)
LINEOUTS STOLEN
Play-offs
1: Ben Mowen (Brumbies)
1: Ryan Kankowski (Sharks)
Season so far
11: Ben Mowen (Brumbies)
10: Stephan Lewies (Sharks)
8: Victor Matfield (Bulls)
8: Warren Whiteley (Lions)
7: Paul Willemse (Bulls)
7: Ryan Kankowski (Sharks)
7: James Horwill (Reds)
7: Sam Whitelock (Crusaders)
Source: Vodacom Stats App
Photo: Stefan Postles/Getty Images
