International records

Wilkinson scored a record 29th Test drop goal against France in the 2008 Six Nations Championship.

His first converted penalty against Scotland on 8 March 2008, took him 3 points past Wales's Neil Jenkins tally of 1090 Test rugby points. This achievement came due to the IRB retrospectively granting full Test status to the 2005 British and Irish Lions warm-up test against Argentina, in which he scored 20 points, without which he would have remained behind Jenkins on that day. Two more penalties in the second half took his tally to 1099 points. However, Jenkins has also been retrospectively awarded 41 points in relation to his scoring during Lions Test matches bringing his grand total to 1090 compared to Wilkinson's 1125; a difference greater than the 20 points from the Argentina match.

As at November 21, 2009, Wilkinson has still amassed the highest tally of International points even when the Lions points are excluded - 1058 to Jenkins' 1049.

Wilkinson passed Ronan O'gara (522), to regain the overall points record total of 526 in the Six Nations, on 13 March 2010.

Wilkinson holds the Rugby World Cup points record with 249 and is the only player to score points in two World Cup Finals.