On Dan Carter’s 33rd birthday, here’s his career in numbers

Happy Birthday, Dan Carter!

One of the game's greatest ever out-halves, the All-Black celebrates his 33rd birthday today, so we've taken out our magnifying glass to sift through some of the more fascinating figures from the legend's career. It's almost 12 years since Carter burst onto the test scene as a 21-year-old, his international career set to come to a close after the World Cup in the autumn, with Racing Metro opening their chequebook to sign him on a whopping three year deal. With that in mind, we've broken down the numbers of Carter's career to date. 102 - The number of test matches he's played for New Zealand. 89 - His win percentage as an All-Black. 254 - The number of games he's played in his career for the All-Blacks, the Crusaders, Canterbury and Perpignan. 4,500,000 - The amount in euro he is due to earn in his three year contract at Racing Metro. 130,000 - The amount in euro he earned per game during his spell as a Perpignan player in 2008/09. 3,386 - His total career points haul. 13.33 - Average points scored per game. 67 - Career tries for both club and country. 260 - Number of Test conversions he's kicked. He's 84 clear of Ronan O'Gara in second place. 258 - The number of Test penalties he's scored. 209 - more points than any player in Test rugby history (1,457 points). 135 - He has 135 more points than any player in SuperRugby history. 73 - The amount of games he needed to reach 1,000 points, the lowest ever. 33 - The most amount of points he's scored in a Test match, which he racked up in the 48-18 win against the British and Irish Lions in 2005. 4 - The number of countries that Carter has been defeated by at Test level. Only Australia, South Africa, England and Australia have beaten him. 8 - The number of Rugby Championship/Tri Nations titles he has won. 4 - Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders in 2002, 05, 06 and 08. 2 - World Rugby Player of the Year victories, in 2005 and 2012. 1 - He's won a World Cup too. 397,000 - Followers on Twitter. 241,000 - Followers on Instagram. 540,472 - The amount of likes that his official Facebook page has. Likely to be even higher by the time you check for yourself.