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The telling stats on who's performed best at the Rugby World Cup and the Welshman leading the way

The stats are in and we can now see who has done what at this Rugby World Cup so far.

They reveal that one Welshman, in particular, hit the heights during the group stage.

Winger Josh Adams is not only the joint top try-scorer with five touchdowns, but he’s also made more clean breaks than any other player in the tournament and put in the second most carries for Warren Gatland’s team.

Looking at the other sides, there are a couple of other performers who really stand out when it comes to the tale of the tape.

Japan’s Kotaro Matsushima is level with Adams on five tries and has made the second most breaks in the competition and the fourth most runs.

Then there’s fantastic Fijian Semi Radradra, who has put in more carries than anyone and run for a remarkable 400 metres in all.

A word, too, for Samoan flanker TJ Ioane, who leads the way on the tackle tally. He’s also top of a chart he’d rather not be, being the only player to pick up two yellow cards!

Japan’s metronomic fly-half Yu Tamura is well clear in the points table, while South Africa have scored the most tries and plucky Uruguay put in the most tackles.

It says a lot about New Zealand’s attacking threat that they have made the most clean breaks, even though they have only played three games.

As for Wales, skipper Alun Wyn Jones has led by example in defence, making the most tackles for his team, while centre Hadleigh Parkes has been their main carrier.

And their leading scorer? Yep, it’s that man Adams, which is pretty unusual given he’s not a place-kicker. He's had some tournament and he's not even finished yet.

INDIVIDUAL STATS

Points scored

Japanese fly-half Yu Tamura has been deadly in front of goal (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

48 - Yu Tamura (Japan)

30 - Felipe Berchesi (Uruguay)

28 -Elton Jantjies (South Africa)

26 - Adam Hastings (Scotland)

26 - Jordie Barrett (New Zealand)

26 - Richie Mo’unga (New Zealand)

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Tries scored

Josh Adams dives in for the first of his hat-trick of tries against Fiji (Getty Images)

5 - Josh Adams (Wales)

5 - Kotaro Matsushima (Japan)

4 - Julian Montoya (Argentina)

4 - Kenki Fukuoka (Japan)

Penalties

10 - Yu Tamura (Japan)

6 - Felipe Berchesi (Uruguay)

5 - Romain Ntamack (France)

4 - Henry Taefu (Samoa)

5 - Owen Farrell (England)

4 - Rhys Patchell (Wales)

Carries

Fijian carrying machine Semi Radradra on the rampage against Georgia (Stu Forster/Getty Images)

62 - Semi Radradra (Fiji)

58 - CJ Stander (Ireland)

49 - Kazuki Himeno (Japan)

48 - Kotaro Matsushima (Japan)

48 - Samu Kerevi (Australia)

48 - Telusa Veainu (Tonga)

Clean breaks

13 - Josh Adams (Wales)

11 - Kotaro Matsushima (Japan)

11 - Warrick Gelant (South Africa)

10 - Jordie Barrett (New Zealand)

9 - Marika Koroibete (Australia)

8 - Semi Radrada (Fiji)

8 - Alivereti Raka (France)

Tackles

Samoan serial tackler TJ Ioane lines up Russia's Valery Morozov (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

67 - TJ Ioane (Samoa)

56 - Pieter Labuschagne (Japan)

55 - Jonny Gray (Scotland)

54 - Chris Vui (Samoa)

54 - Shota Horie (Japan)

54 - Marcos Kremer (Argentina)

TEAM STATS

Points scored

185 - South Africa

157 - New Zealand

136 - Australia

136 - Wales

121 - Ireland

Tries scored

Springbok prop Frans Malherbe stretches out to score one of his team's 27 tries during this World Cup (PA Wire)

27 - South Africa

22 - New Zealand

20 - Australia

18 - Ireland

17 - Wales

17 - England

17 - Fiji

Carries

Samu Kerevi has helped Australia to the top of the carrying charts (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

627 - Australia

559 - Ireland

548 - Japan

513 - Scotland

484 - South Africa

481 - Wales

Clean breaks

71 - New Zealand

63 - South Africa

55 - Fiji

51 - Scotland

49 - Wales

48 - Australia

48 - England

Tackles

Dillon Lewis is wrapped up in one of the 170 tackles Uruguay made against Wales (Huw Evans Picture Agency)

664 - Uruguay

597 - USA

585 - Japan

578 - Samoa

577 - Scotland

564 - Russia

Yellow cards

Samoan full-back Ed Fidow is shown a yellow card by French referee Pascal Gauzere against Scotland (Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

6 - Samoa

3 - Australia

3 - Fiji

3 - Russia

2 - Wales (Ken Owens & James Davies)

2 - New Zealand

2 - Namibia

WALES STATS

Points scored

25 - Josh Adams

20 - Dan Biggar

19 - Rhys Patchell

Tries scored

5 - Josh Adams

2 - Gareth Davies

2 - Liam Williams

2 - Tomos Williams

Carries

Wales centre Hadleigh Parkes takes the ball up against Georgia (Ben Evans/Huw Evans Agency)

37 - Hadleigh Parkes

33 - Josh Adams

31 - Liam Williams

25 - Josh Navidi

23 - Gareth Davies

22 - Aaron Shingler

22 - Jonathan Davies

22 - Aaron Wainwright

Clean breaks

13 - Josh Adams

7 - Gareth Davies

4 - Jonathan Davies

4 - George North

4 - Tomos Williams

4 - Hadleigh Parkes

Tackles

Skipper Alun Wyn Jones has led the way for Wales in defence (PA)

47 - Alun Wyn Jones

39 - Josh Navidi

32 - Justin Tipuric

29 - Hadleigh Parkes

28 - Ken Owens

27 - Jake Ball

26 - Ross Moriarty

 
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