Eggchasers Rugby has rolled out the latest position-by-position world player power rankings, and the No. 15 jersey list has produced one of the more striking snapshots of the international game's pecking order in 2026 — Tom Ramos at No. 1, Will Jordan at No. 2, Tom Wright at No. 3, and not a single Englishman in the top 10.
Host Tim Cocker, walking through the list one player at a time, kept circling back to a quirk that became impossible to ignore by the end of the segment. Almost every player on the top 10 was born within an 18-month window.
"Everyone is 28 or 29 on this list — it's peculiar," Cocker said, noting that David Niniashvili (23) was the obvious outlier and Tom Ramos (30) the only player technically in his thirties.
The case for Ramos at the top did not need much labour. France's all-time leading point scorer, with a 130-point gap to second place on the national list and a try-scoring run of four in his last 10 starts, was framed as the player whose ceiling and floor combine to make him untouchable.
"He seems to do things that no one else can do. Sometimes it looks like a fluke," Cocker said. "But when someone flukes things that often, it's not a fluke — it's deliberate. His vision, kicking game and pace, and with the way that rugby is being played now… in terms of creativity, vision and just skill execution, there is nobody — there's maybe no one better in world rugby full stop."
Will Jordan came in second on the back of an unbroken run of try-scoring excellence, even after a Rugby Championship that thinned the percentages a little.
"Forty-five tries in 49 caps," Cocker noted. "Although the Rugby Championship has taken the gloss off of his try-scoring record, it's still ridiculous. He's prolific. Incredible." He singled out Jordan's Eden Park try off the back of a lineout last year as the moment that captured the player. "He has that knack."
The Wallaby presence at No. 3 was the talking point Australian fans will care about most. Tom Wright, back from injury and putting Brumbies form together again, was given the kind of write-up that suggests Eggchasers think he is closer to the top than the gap on paper looks.
"He was unbelievable in 2025. Incredible. Best fullback on the planet in 2025, even above the two that are coming next," Cocker said, referring to Jordan and Ramos. "He had an amazing series against the British and Irish Lions. He's such a good player, and especially with the way rugby is now."
Damian Willemse came in at No. 4 — and the framing was unambiguous. "Damian Willemse is the guy in the number 15 jersey. He is the guy and he will be moving up this list." Hugo Keenan, who has played a fraction of the international rugby of those above him in 2026 because of injury and Ireland's careful management, was held at No. 5 on what Cocker called the "credit in the bank" rule.
"He makes the fewest number of errors of any fullback. I'm trying to think of a player that makes fewer mistakes than Hugo Keenan. I can't think of one. He's immense, but he's at number five."
Argentina took two slots — Juan Cruz Mallia at No. 6 and Santiago Carreras at No. 7 — with Carreras singled out as a tactical specimen who has reshaped how international back-three depth is used.
"He's almost the 15 if Juan Cruz Mallia is out, and he's the 10 if Tomás Albornoz is out," Cocker said. "When everyone's fit, he seems to be the guy that does an incredible job off the bench. The fact that he has jumped up to number seven, I think, tells you just how important that role has become in international rugby."
Blair Kinghorn at No. 8 came with a workload caveat — the Scotland and Toulouse fullback has already played 25 games this season and will likely run past the World Rugby 30-match guideline before international windows even open. Aphelele Fassi at No. 9 and Niniashvili at No. 10 closed out the list.
The omission that drew the most attention was an entire flag. England did not place a single fullback in the top 10. Cocker did not duck the implication.
"No Englishman on the list tells you something. Blair Murray has fallen off the radar. Lewis Rees-Zammit — will he be able to get on it? If he continues, then yeah, I suspect he probably will."
For an England squad that has rotated through Freddie Steward, George Furbank and beyond at the back, the silence in the rankings is its own piece of feedback. For everyone else, it is one more reminder that the 15 jersey, in 2026, is one of the deepest position groups in world rugby.
