Antoine Dupont

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Antoine Gilbert Louis Dupont ([ɑ̃twan dypɔ̃] ; born 15 November 1996) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Toulouse and captains the France national team.
Dupont has won 39 individual accolades in his career, including the World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year award in 2021 and the World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year 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 is widely regarded as one of the best players of all time, and perhaps the greatest No. 9 to play in the modern era.
Dupont has won 13 major competitions in his career: six Top 14 titles, two European Rugby Champions Cup, three Six Nations Championship including one Six Nations Grand Slam, the 2023–24 SVNS and the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics men's rugby sevens tournament in Paris.