Martin Offiah

Offiah is one of those athletes whose numbers stop me cold. Over 500 tries makes him among the greatest finishers rugby league has ever seen, and the top try-scoring English player of all time. What I appreciate is his versatility, excelling across league, union and sevens, since wingers rarely dominate every code. The 1996 MBE confirms that his country recognised something exceptional. To me, a try-scoring winger is the most thrilling role in the sport, and to sit at the very summit of that craft for so long demands a rare blend of speed, instinct and sheer hunger.

Name (English)

Martin Offiah

Name (Japanese)

マーティン・オファイア

Reading

まーてぃん・おふぁいあ

Born

December 29, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Hackney Central, United Kingdom

Occupation

rugby league player / rugby union player / rugby sevens player

University

Liverpool John Moores University

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Member of the Order of the British Empire

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Offiah
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3295578

Tags

• rugby league player
• rugby union player
• rugby sevens player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.