Antoine Dupont (born 15 November 1996) is a French professional

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player who plays as a scrum-half for

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club

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and captains the France national team. Dupont has won 39 individual accolades in his career, including the

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award in 2021 and the

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in 2024. He is the first French player to win the Men’s Sevens World Rugby Player of the Year award. He is also the first and only rugby player ever to have won both the Men’s 15s and the Men’s Sevens World Rugby Player of the Year awards in one's career. He has also won a shared record of three Six Nations Player of the Championships, the most by a French player. Dupont has won 10 major competitions in his career: four

titles, two European Rugby Champions Cup, two

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including one Six Nations Grand Slam, the

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and the gold medal at the

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men's rugby sevens tournament in Paris.

Early life

Dupont was born in

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but grew up in the nearby village of Castelnau-Magnoac where he started playing rugby for Magnoac FC at the age of 4. In 2011, he joined

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as a junior.

Club career

In 2014, Dupont joined

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in the

after the relegation of

in the 2013–14 Rugby Pro D2 season. In November 2016,

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announced Dupont's recruitment for the 2017–18 season. In 2019, Dupont won the Top 14 with Toulouse after defeating Clermont Auvergne 24–18 in the 2018-19 final. In May 2021, Dupont won the European Rugby Champions Cup with Toulouse after defeating

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22–17 in the 2020-2021 final. As captain, he lifted the trophy after the final whistle. In the same year, Toulouse completed the domestic and European double winning the Top 14 for the 2nd time beating La Rochelle 18–8 in the final. In April 2023, he became the first player since records began in 2019 to record five try assists in the Champions Cup fixture in as his side went on to beat

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54–20 in the quarter finals of the competition. In May 2024, he won man of the match in the 2024 Champions Cup final defeating

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31–22 at the

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to win the trophy for the second time in his career. He also went to win player of the tournament. In October 2024, he also become

player of the year at La Nuit du Rugby. In December 2024, he got four try assists in the opening round of the 2024-25 Champions Cup as his side went on to beat

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61–21. This record was just the second time since 2019 that a player had recorded four or more try assists in the competition, having only been beaten by his other tally of five assists just over a year earlier.

International career

In 2016, Dupont was selected for the France U-20 team for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. He was one of the stars of the tournament scoring 36 points which included 5 tries. In November 2016, he was selected for the French Barbarian team which played and beat

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. Dupont was called up to the French first team for the first time ahead of France's fourth

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match against

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as a replacement for Maxime Machenaud. He made his debut in that game coming on for Baptiste Serin in the 72nd minute of an eventual 40–18 away win. In 2020, Dupont was named Player of the Championship during following the 2020 Six Nations Championship. In 2022, Dupont was named as France's stand-in captain in the absence of Charles Ollivon. Later that year, France won the

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, achieving the Grand Slam as a result. This was France's first Six Nations Championship win since 2010. Dupont was awarded Player of the Championship for the second time. Though France did not win the 2023 Six Nations tournament, Dupont claimed his third Player of the Championship trophy, equalling

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as the only player to win the award three times. He is the third French captain after Fabien Pelous and

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to have beaten Australia,

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and

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. He was selected to captain the 34-man squad for France as they hosted the

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. They would advance past the Pool stage, however they exited the tournament in the quarterfinals after losing to eventual winners South Africa. In November 2024, he led France to a third consecutive win over New Zealand during the 2024 Autumn Nations Series. This equalled France's all time record for consecutive wins over the All Blacks. In February 2025, he scored two tries and won man of the match, playing at both scrum-half and fly half during a 73–24 away victory over

in the 2025 Six Nations. This performance earned him player of the round in a fan poll. In the penultimate round of the tournament, he sustained an

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while standing near a ruck with Andrew Porter and Tadhg Beirne during a 42–27 victory over

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. The injury ruled him out for the rest of the season. Despite this, France did go on to win the 2025 Six Nations after 35–16 victory over

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in the final round with Dupont lifting the trophy alongside

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France 7s

During the 2023/24 SVNS season, Dupont helped France 7s win the Los Angeles tournament and later the Madrid tournament. By winning the latter, France 7s became champions for the first time in history. He was absent for France 15s during the 2024 Six Nations Championship due to his commitment to France 7s. During the

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in Paris, he played a key role and scored the last try vs Argentina in the quarter finals. France would reach the final where they would face Fiji and Dupont again shone, scoring and assisting and helping France secure their first ever gold medal in Sevens.

Personal life

Dupont graduated from high school in 2014, obtaining his baccalaureate in

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, particularly

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and

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. He then completed an

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(''licence'') in science and techniques of physical and sports activities (STAPS) at the Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University in 2018. After graduation, Dupont attended the Toulouse School of Management, a public management school which is part of the Toulouse 1 Capitole University, from 2018 to 2020 and earned as a graduate a

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. With his older brother Clément, he bought and renovated an old rural estate located in his childhood village that belonged to his grandparents. The venue reopened in 2021 and is used for parties, wedding receptions, and other types of corporate events. In addition to his native French, Dupont can speak English. In March 2025, Dupont began a relationship with former Miss France and

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winner Iris Mittenaere.

Commercial endorsements

An acclaimed and popular athlete, Dupont is one of the highest-paid French players with income of €600,000 per season, as of 2021. In addition to his salary and bonuses, he has endorsements with many brands and global companies, including

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, Volvic and

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while he was sponsored by

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until 2021. In 2016, he signed a sponsorship contract with the German sportswear and equipment supplier on a deal worth €40,000 per year. In 2022, he became a brand ambassador for retail company Groupe Casino and France state-owned railway company

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. Additionally, he appeared on the cover of video game ''Rugby 22'' alongside Cheslin Kolbe and Will Skelton.

Other appearances

Dupont has been involved in films and series focused on

. From 7 November 2020 to June 2021, French filmmakers Éric Hannezo and Matthieu Vollaire filmed a 107-minute black and white

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feature film ''Le Stade'', which follows the French club during Stade Toulousain's 2020-21 Champions Cup and

successful campaign, after having shot more than 600 hours of

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for weeks. The movie was theatrically released on 13 April 2022 in France by

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and was watched by around 67,000 spectators in the cinemas domestically. A sports docuseries of the same name, using unseen footage and containing four 40-minute episodes, was released on the streaming service

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on 22 December 2022. Alongside former rugby union player

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driver

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, astronaut

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and multiple French artists, he took part in the 2023 Les Enfoirés charity concert edition for the Restaurants du Cœur. The show was broadcast by

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on 3 March and had an audience of more than 8 million viewers. He appeared in the video clip for the song Dernière by French rappers Bigflo & Oli, released in June 2023. A tribute song was also dedicated to him the same month, and a biographical comic book was released in September 2023. About three months prior to the kick-off of the

opening match, a wax figure of Dupont went on display at the

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in Paris.

Career statistics

List of international tries

Correct as of 23 February 2025

International analysis by opposition

Honours

; Toulouse * European Rugby Champions Cup: **Winner:

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

: **Winner:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

; France * Six Nations Grand Slam: **Winner:

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: **Winner:

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

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: **Winner:

* Trophée des Bicentenaires: **Winner:

* Auld Alliance Trophy: **Winner:

* Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: **Winner:

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; France 7 * Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics: **Gold Medalist:

* HSBC SVNS Series: **Winner:

* Spain Sevens: **Winner:

* USA Sevens: **Winner:

; Individual *

: **Winner: 2021 **Nominee: 2022, 2023 *

: **Winner: 2024 *

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: **Winner: 2021, 2022, 2023 * World Rugby Men's Sevens Dream Team of the Year: **Winner: 2024 * Six Nations Player of the Championship: **Winner:

**Nominee: 2021 * Six Nations Team of the Championship: **Winner: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 * European Player of the Year: **Winner:

* Nuit du rugby International Player of the Season: **Winner:

* Nuit du rugby Player of the Season: **Winner:

* Nuit du rugby Breakthrough Player of the Season: **Winner: