The stats that make Jonah Lomu the greatest ever

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We go through some of his most amazing achievements in stats and numbers here:

· Jonah Lomu scored two or more tries in a match on eight occasions for the All Blacks.

· Jonah Lomu scored 37 tries for the All Blacks, the 6th most of any player.

· The All Blacks won 69.8% of their matches when Jonah Lomu played.

· The All Blacks win percentage rose to 84.6% when Jonah Lomu crossed for a try (22 wins from 26 matches).

· Jonah Lomu was the 24th most capped All Black in history.

· Jonah Lomu’s 4 try haul against England in 1995 is the equal third most ever by an All Black in a single match.

· Jonah Lomu was one of just three players to score 4 tries in a Rugby World Cup match (Christian Cullen, Jeff Wilson).

· Jonah Lomu (37) scored more tries than any other player outside of the All Blacks over his international career (26/6/1994-23/11/2002), Daisuke Ohata of Japan was closest (34 tries).

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at Sporting News Australia.