Rugby: All Blacks number 10 Beauden Barrett matches Dan Carter in World Rugby record

Beauden Barrett scores a try against Australia to match a record held by Dan Carter. Photo / Getty

He may be more than a thousand test points shy of Dan Carter but All Blacks first five-eighth Beauden Barrett matched a record of his former teammate in Saturday's test win over the Wallabies.

Barrett's second-half try in Yokohama during the All Blacks' 37-20 victory was his 24th in just 38 matches he started at first-five, which puts him equal with Carter on the all-time try scoring list for number tens.

He tied Carter's mark in 56 fewer tests in the 10 jersey, according to Scrum.com.

Barrett also shares the record for most tries as a substitute with six off the bench including the final try of the 2015 Rugby World Cup final.

It's a staggering try strike rate for any player who plies their trade outside of the back three.

Barrett has scored 31 tries in total in 70 tests and amassed 560 points, sitting fourth on the All Blacks' all-time points list. He's 86 points shy of passing Grant Fox, who scored just one try over his 46-test career, for the third spot.

Of course, the number of tests played each season have increased since Fox's days and that should mean an increase in the number of tries scored. The All Blacks are averaging 4.5 tries a test this decade, up by 3.9 a game two decades ago.

But it doesn't stop the fact that Barrett has a knack of getting across the line, including seven tries in 2018 with six coming against the Wallabies.

Only All Blacks winger Rieko Ioane has scored more tries in tests this year with 11.

Barrett is still a long way off matching Carter when it comes to other points-scoring methods. Carter holds the world record for points scored (1598), conversions (293), penalties (281) and conversions from opposite foot in World Cup finals (1).