Top 14 International Test Match Whole career 2026-27 2022-23 Tom Willis takes it, 6–1 on categories Willis wins on tackles — the pressure player of the two. Top 14 career: Willis 24 matches, Arata 96 matches.
Willis averages 9.8 tackles a match to Arata’s 4.8 — 2 times as many. Willis averages 33.1 metres a match to Arata’s 18.9 (75% more). Willis has 7 tries (one every 3.4 matches) to Arata’s 20 tries (one every 4.8 matches). Best single match: Willis 2 tries, Arata 1. Willis is in form: 6 tries in the last 7 matches, 0.9 a match (0.3 on average). Winners’ edge: Willis’s team won 58%, Arata’s team won 50% of the matches they played. Longevity: Arata has 96 matches across 6 seasons, Willis 24 in 2 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (metres, tackles, clean breaks…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.3 7 total · best 2 Triesper game 0.2 20 total · best 1
33.1 563 total · best 80 Metresper game 18.9 982 total · best 118
9.8 166 total · best 25 Tacklesper game 4.8 251 total · best 12
1.5 35 total · best 10 Pointsper game 1.0 100 total · best 5
0.1 2 total · best 1 Clean breaksper game 0.3 17 total · best 2
3.6 61 total · best 9 Defenders beaten
Last 10 games Tries, oldest to newest.
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