All-Ireland Senior Football Championship records and statistics

This article contains records and statistics related to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, which has run since 1887.

Most successful teams

By county
# County Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner up
1 Kerry 37 23 1903, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014 1892, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1923, 1927, 1938, 1944, 1947, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1982, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019
2 Dublin 29 13 1891, 1892, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1942, 1958, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 1896, 1904, 1920, 1924, 1934, 1955, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994
3 Galway 9 13 1925, 1934, 1938, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1998, 2001 1919, 1922, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983, 2000
4 Cork 7 16 1890, 1911, 1945, 1973, 1989, 1990, 2010 1891, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1906, 1907, 1956, 1957, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2009
5 Meath 7 9 1949, 1954, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1999 1895, 1939, 1951, 1952, 1966, 1970, 1990, 1991, 2001
6 Cavan 5 6 1933, 1935, 1947, 1948, 1952 1925, 1928, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1949
7 Wexford 5 3 1893, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 1890, 1913, 1914
8 Down 5 1 1960, 1961, 1968, 1991, 1994 2010
9 Kildare 4 5 1905, 1919, 1927, 1928 1926, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1998
10 Tipperary 4 1 1889, 1895, 1900, 1920 1918
11 Mayo 3 13 1936, 1950, 1951 1916, 1921, 1932, 1948, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017
12 Offaly 3 3 1971, 1972, 1982 1961, 1969, 1981
12 Louth 3 3 1910, 1912, 1957 1887, 1909, 1950
12 Tyrone 3 3 2003, 2005, 2008 1986, 1995, 2018
15 Roscommon 2 3 1943, 1944 1946, 1962, 1980
16 Donegal 2 1 1992, 2012 2014
17 Limerick 2 0 1887, 1896
18 Armagh 1 3 2002 1953, 1977, 2003
19 Derry 1 1 1993 1958
20 London[a] 0 5 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1908
21 Laois 0 2 1889, 1936
Antrim 0 2 1911, 1912
23 Waterford 0 1 1898
Clare 0 1 1917
Monaghan 0 1 1930

a. ^ London received a bye to the final in 5 seasons.

Counties

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland titles, is as follows:[1]

  • 1890s: 6 for Dublin (1891-92-94-97-98-99)
  • 1900s: 5 for Dublin (1901-02-06-07-08)
  • 1910s: 4 for Wexford (1915-16-17-18)
  • 1920s: 3 each for Dublin (1921-22-23) and Kerry (1924-26-29)
  • 1930s: 5 for Kerry (1930-31-32-37-39)
  • 1940s: 3 for Kerry (1940-41-46)
  • 1950s: 3 for Kerry (1953-55-59)
  • 1960s: 3 each for Down (1960-61-68) and Galway (1964-65-66)
  • 1970s: 4 for Kerry (1970-75-78-79)
  • 1980s: 5 for Kerry (1980-81-84-85-86)
  • 1990s: 2 each for Down (1991-94) and Meath (1996–99)
  • 2000s: 5 for Kerry (2000-04-06-07-09)
  • 2010s: 7 for Dublin (2011-13-15-16-17-18-19)

Consecutive Wins

Quintuple
  • Dublin (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Quadruple
  • Wexford (1915, 1916, 1917, 1918)
  • Kerry (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932)
  • Kerry (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)

Treble
  • Dublin (1897, 1898, 1899)
  • Dublin (1906, 1907, 1908)
  • Dublin (1921, 1922, 1923)
  • Kerry (1939, 1940, 1941)
  • Galway (1964, 1965, 1966)
  • Kerry (1984, 1985, 1986)

Double
  • Dublin (1891, 1892)
  • Dublin (1901, 1902)
  • Kerry (1903, 1904)
  • Kerry (1913, 1914)
  • Kildare (1927, 1928)
  • Roscommon (1943, 1944)
  • Cavan (1947, 1948)
  • Mayo (1950, 1951)
  • Down (1960, 1961)
  • Kerry (1969, 1970)
  • Offaly (1971, 1972)
  • Dublin (1976, 1977)
  • Meath (1987, 1988)
  • Cork (1989, 1990)
  • Kerry (2006, 2007)

By semi-final appearances
As of 5 August 2018
TeamNo. of AppearancesFirst semi-finalMost recent semi-final
Kerry8119032019
Dublin5118912019
Mayo4819012019
Galway4218902018
Cavan3918911997
Cork3618902012
Meath2119392009
Roscommon2018921991
Tyrone1619562019
Kildare1419032010
Monaghan1319072018
Down1319592010
Armagh1118902005
Offaly1019601997
Donegal919722014
Tipperary918872016
Wexford918902008
Antrim919001951
Derry919582004
Louth819091957
Laois419361946
Sligo319221975
London319061910
Leitrim219271994
Clare219171992
Kilkenny219001911
Limerick118871887
Carlow119441944
Longford119681968
Fermanagh120042004
Waterford0
Westmeath0
Wicklow0
New York0

By province

Most successful provinces
  • Cavan and Down are the Ulster teams with the most All-Ireland titles.
  • Dublin are the Leinster team with the most All-Ireland titles.
  • Galway are the Connacht team with the most All-Ireland titles.
  • Kerry are the Munster team with the most All-Ireland titles.
# Province Total* Winners Losers % Success Rate Winners by county Losers by county
1 Munster 92 50 42 54% Kerry (37), Cork (7), Tipperary (4), Limerick (2) Kerry (23), Cork (16), Clare (1), Tipperary (1), Waterford (1)
2 Leinster 89 51 38 57% Dublin (29), Meath (7), Wexford (5), Kildare (4), Offaly (3), Louth (3) Dublin (13), Meath (9), Kildare (5), Wexford (3), Offaly (3),

Louth (3), Laois (2)

3 Connacht 41 14 27 34% Galway (9), Mayo (3), Roscommon (2) Galway (12), Mayo (12), Roscommon (3)
4 Ulster 34 17 17 50% Cavan (5), Down (5), Tyrone (3), Donegal (2), Armagh (1), Derry (1) Cavan (6), Armagh (3), Tyrone (2), Antrim (2), Derry (1), Monaghan (1) Down (1), Donegal (1)
  • Total = Appearances in an All-Ireland Final

Provinces with highest number of different winning counties

The provinces providing the highest number of different winning counties are Leinster and Ulster, with six each. Dublin, Meath, Wexford, Kildare, Offaly and Louth from Leinster have won the title, while Cavan, Down, Tyrone, Donegal, Armagh and Derry are the successful Ulster sides. For Leinster's 12 counties, this represents a success rate of 50%, while Ulster's nine counties gives them a success rate of 67%. Four of Munster's six counties have won the title, giving an identical success rate to Ulster, while three of Connacht's five counties have been successful, a success rate of 60%.

Finals featuring two teams from the same province

There have only been three occasions has the All-Ireland Final been contested by two teams from the same province:

Least successful counties

There are eight counties that have never been represented in a Senior All-Ireland Final. These are Carlow, Fermanagh, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Sligo, Westmeath, Wicklow, and Longford. Three of these counties, Waterford, Westmeath and Wicklow, have never competed in a semi-final.

Kilkenny currently do not compete in the All-Ireland Championship, having won three Leinster Senior Football Championships in the past, with the county instead prominent in the sport of hurling. Carlow also compete in hurling and have won an All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship. Westmeath have enjoyed considerable success in hurling in recent years, winning a number of All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championships and Christy Ring Cups, and their Gaelic football team won the 2004 Leinster Football Championship.

Fermanagh came their closest in 2004, reaching a semi-final replay having defeated 1999 Champions Meath, 2002 Munster Champions Cork, 2003 All-Ireland semi-finalists Donegal and 2002 Champions Armagh.[2] Wicklow's most notable recent achievement was winning the 2012 NFL Division 4 final.

Final records and statistics

Success rates
100%
  • One county currently have a 100% record in their All-Ireland Final appearances.
    • Limerick
      • Note: Limerick won the first ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and its 100% success rate has only ever been threatened once - in 1896. It remained intact.
  • Historic 100% success rates (when a team won their first All-Ireland Final before losing a final at a later time) are:
0%
  • On the opposite end of the scale, three counties have appeared in the All-Ireland Final on only one occasion. All three lost.
  • Three counties have appeared in the final more than once and lost on each occasion:
    • Laois (1889, 1936)
    • Antrim (1911, 1912)
    • London (1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1908)
      • Note: In each of London's first four appearances in the Final, they have been the beneficiaries of byes to that stage. From the 1900 Championship to the 1903 Championship, the GAA ran the competition between teams based in Ireland first, with the winners of the 'Home Final' going on to play London in the 'Grand Final'. In 1908 London qualified for the Final by winning the semi-final.

Losing Counties
  • Kerry, Cork, Dublin, Galway and Mayo have lost the most All-Ireland Finals.
    • Kerry have lost 23 finals;
    • Cork have lost 16 finals;
    • Dublin have lost 13 finals;
    • Galway have lost 13 finals;
    • Mayo have lost 13 finals.

Biggest All-Ireland final winning margins

Semi final Winning Margins

Quarter final winning margins

Munster final winning margins

Leinster final winning margins
  • The five most one sided Leinster Finals and their margins of victory:
    • 23 points – 2008: Dublin 3-23 – 0-09 Wexford
    • 20 points – 1955: Dublin 5-12 – 0-07 Meath *this is the biggest ever defeat of a reigning All Ireland champion team (to 2018).
    • 18 points - 1951: 4-09 - 0-03 Laois
    • 18 points – 2018: Dublin 1-25 – 0-10 Laois
    • 16 points – 2014: Dublin 3-20 – 1-10 Meath
    • 16 points – 2019: Dublin 1-17 – 0-04 Meath

Connacht final winning margins
  • The five most one sided Connacht Finals and their margins of victory:

Ulster final winning margins
  • The five most one sided Ulster Finals and their margins of victory:

Longest gap between successive All-Ireland titles
  • Counties that waited more than two decades between winning the All-Ireland.
    • 45 years: Louth (1912–1957)
    • 34 years: Cork (1911–1945)
    • 32 years: Galway (1966–1998)
    • 28 years: Cork (1945–1973)
    • 23 years: Down (1968–1991)
    • 22 years: Wexford (1893–1915)
    • 21 years: Cork (1890–1911)
    • 20 years: Donegal (1992–2012)

Longest gap between All-Ireland final appearances
  • Counties that waited more than two decades between appearances in the All-Ireland Final.
    • 63 years: Kildare (1935–1998)
    • 47 years: Laois (1889–1936)
    • 44 years: Meath (1895–1939)
    • 38 years: Louth (1912–1950)
    • 38 years: Mayo (1951–1989)
    • 35 years: Derry (1958–1993)
    • 34 years: Cork (1911–1945)
    • 25 years: Armagh (1977–2002)
    • 24 years: Armagh (1953–1977)
    • 23 years: Down (1968–1991)

Disciplinary

In 1943, Joe Stafford of Cavan became the first player to be sent off in an All-Ireland Senior football final. Others to have been sent off since then include John Donnellan of Galway and the brothers Derry O'Shea and John 'Thorny' O'Shea of Kerry in 1965, Charlie Nelligan of Kerry in 1978, Páidí Ó Sé of Kerry in 1979, Brian Mullins, Kieran Duff, Ray Hazley of Dublin and Tomás Tierney of Galway in 1983, Gerry McEntee of Meath in the 1988 replay, Tony Davis of Cork in 1993, Charlie Redmond of Dublin in 1995, Liam McHale of Mayo and Colm Coyle of Meath in the 1996 replay, Nigel Nestor of Meath in 2001, Diarmuid Marsden of Armagh in 2003, Donal Vaughan of Mayo in 2017, John Small of Dublin in 2017 and again in 2018, and Jonny Cooper of Dublin in the 2019 drawn game.

Eight players have received black cards during All-Ireland finals: Johnny Buckley and Aidan O'Mahony, both of Kerry, in the 2014 and 2015 finals, respectively; James McCarthy of Dublin in the 2016 drawn game; Jonny Cooper of Dublin and Rob Hennelly and Lee Keegan of Mayo in the 2016 replay; Ciaran Kilkenny of Dublin in 2017; and Kieran McGeary of Tyrone in 2018.

Galway holds the record of losing a final to a team containing the fewest players, they were beaten by a Dublin team which had been reduced to just 12 players in the All Ireland Final of 1983.

Fastest goals

Players


All-time top scorers
As of 7 July 2019
RankPlayerTeamGoalsPointsTallyGamesEraAverage
1 Cillian O’Connor Mayo 25 298 373 55 2011- 6.8
2 Colm Cooper Kerry 23 283 352 84 2002-2017 4.1
3 Mikey Sheehy Kerry 29 205 292 49 1973-1988 6.0
4 John Doyle Kildare 8 260 284 67 1999-2014 4.2
5 Pádraic Joyce Galway 12 229 265 66 1997-2012 4.0
6 Bernard Brogan Dublin 21 197 260 59 2006- 4.4
7 Paddy Bradley Derry 17 202 253 44 1999-2012 5.8
8 Steven McDonnell Armagh 18 197 251 67 1999-2011 3.7
9 Conor McManus Monaghan 7 227 248 56 2005- 4.5
10 Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 12 205 241 45 1988-2001 5.4
11 Dean Rock Dublin 9 212 239 44 2013- 5.43
12 Brian Stafford Meath 9 206 233 41 1986-1995 5.7
13 Oisin McConville Armagh 11 197 230 52 1994-2008 4.4
14 Barney Rock Dublin 16 181 229 39 1980-1991 5.9[4]
15 Jimmy Keaveney Dublin 15 182 227 42 1964-1980 5.4
16 Tony McTague Offaly 4 210 222 37 1965-1975 6.0[5]
17 Peter Canavan Tyrone 9 192 219 58 1989-2005 3.8
18 Sean Cavanagh Tyrone 9 181 208 89 2002-2017 2.3
19 Michael Murphy Donegal 4 195 207 54 2007- 3.7
20 Paddy Doherty Down 15 158 203 48 1954-1971 4.2[6]
21 Colin Corkery Cork 5 182 197 32 1993-2004 6.2
22 Ross Munnelly Laois 6 174 192 74 2003- 2.6
23 Dara O'Cinneide Kerry 11 149 182 54 1995-2005 3.4
24 Matt Connor Offaly 13 142 181 26 1978-1984 7.0
25 Pat Spillane Kerry 19 123 180 56 1974-1991 3.2

All-time appearances
As of 9 June 2019
Rank Player Team Appearances Year
1 Stephen Cluxton Dublin 105 2001-
2 Sean Cavanagh Tyrone 89 2002-2017
3 Marc Ó Sé Kerry 88 2002-2015
4 Tomás Ó Sé Kerry 88 1998-2013
5 Colm Cooper Kerry 85 2002-2016
6 Andy Moran Mayo 84 2004-2019
7 Darragh Ó Sé Kerry 81 1997-2010
8 Tom O'Sullivan Kerry 76 2000-2011
9 Conor Gormley Tyrone 75 2001-2014
10 Brian Dooher Tyrone 73 1995-2011
10 Ross Munnelly Laois 73 2003-
12 Keith Higgins Mayo 74 2005-
13 John O'Leary Dublin 70 1980-1997
13 Declan O'Sullivan Kerry 70 2003-14
13 Aidan O'Mahony Kerry 70 2004-17

Other records

Most wins

Team results table

This section represents in colour-coded tabular format the results of GAA county teams in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship since 2001.

Prior to 2001, counties played in separate provincial championships, with only four provincial champions coming together in the All-Ireland semi-finals, and it is difficult to directly compare results across counties. Since 2001, beaten teams from the provincial championships play together in the All-Ireland qualifier series.

However, it must be remembered that counties from the smaller provinces (Connacht with seven county teams and Munster with six) have a slight advantage over those from the larger provinces (Leinster with eleven county teams and Ulster with nine) — they may receive a bye to the provincial semi-final and thus enter the second round of the qualifiers without winning a game, while counties from the larger provinces have to defeat one or even two opponents to reach the provincial semi-final.

Legend
Current
  • Ch — All-Ireland champions
  • RU — Runners-up (2nd place)
  • SF — All-Ireland semi-finals (3rd–4th place)
  • S8 — All-Ireland "Super 8" quarter-final groups (5th–8th place)
  • q4 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 4 (9th–12th place)
  • q3 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 3 (13th–16th place)
  • q2 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 2 (17th–24th place)
  • q1 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 1 (25th–32nd place)
  • ♦ — provincial champions
Former

Quarter-finals were played as single matches between 2001 and 2017.

  • QF — All-Ireland quarter-finals (5th–8th place)

In 2007 and 2008, teams from Division 4 of the National Football League did not get to play in the qualifiers, instead going straight into the Tommy Murphy Cup, a secondary competition. In those years, there were only three rounds of qualifiers.

  • qr3 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 3 (9th–12th place)
  • qr2 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 2 (13th–16th place)
  • qr1 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 1 (17th–24th place)
  • TM1 — Tommy Murphy Cup winners (25th place)
  • TM2 — Tommy Murphy Cup finalists (26th place)
  • TMsf — Tommy Murphy Cup semi-finalists (27th–28th place)
  • TMqf — Tommy Murphy Cup quarter-finalists (29th–32nd place)

Table
County Pr. ′01 ′02 ′03 ′04 ′05 ′06 ′07 ′08 ′09 ′10 ′11 ′12 ′13 ′14 ′15 ′16 ′17 ′18 ′19
GalwayC ChQF♦QF♦q3QF♦q4qr3QF♦q4q2q2q2q4QFq4QF♦QFSF♦q4
LeitrimC q1q2q2q2q2q2qr1TMsfq1q2q2q3q2q1q1q2q2q3q2
LondonC q1q1q1q1q1q1TMqfTMsfq1q1q2q1q4q1q1q1q1q1q1
MayoC q4QFq4RU♦QFRU♦qr2qr3QF♦q1SF♦RU♦RU♦SF♦SF♦RURUq3SF
RoscommonC QF♦q2QFq4q2q2qr1qr1q3QF♦q4q2q2q3q3q4QF♦S8S8♦
SligoC q4QFq2q1q4q3QF♦TMqfq3q4q1q4q1q4q4q3q2q2q2
CarlowL q2q1q2q1q2q1TMqfTMqfq1q1q2q1q1q2q1q2q3q2q1
DublinL QFSF♦q3QFQF♦SF♦SF♦QF♦QF♦SFCh♦SF♦Ch♦SF♦Ch♦Ch♦Ch♦Ch♦Ch♦
KildareL q3q4q4q1q2q2qr2QFQFSFQFQFq3q4QFq3q4S8q3
LaoisL q3q3QF♦q4QFQFqr3qr2q2q1q2QFq4q3q1q2q2q4q4
LongfordL q1q2q1q3q1q4qr1qr1q2q1q2q2q2q2q3q3q2q2q2
LouthL q3q2q1q2q3q1qr3qr1q1q4q1q1q2q1q2q1q1q2q1
MeathL RU♦q4q3q2q3q3SFqr1SFQF♦q3q4q4q4q2q2q3q1S8
OffalyL q2q2q3q2q1q4TMqfqr1q1q3q2q1q1q1q2q2q1q2q3
WestmeathL QFq2q1QF♦q2QFqr2qr2q2q2q1q2q1q1q4q4q2q1q3
WexfordL q1q1q1q3q2q3qr1SFq2q3q4q2q3q2q2q1q2q1q1
WicklowL q2q2q1q1q1q1TM1TM2q4q1q2q2q1q2q1q1q1q1q1
ClareM q2q2q2q2q3q2TMsfTMqfq2q1q1q4q2q3q2QFq3q3q4
CorkM q4SF♦q1q3SFSF♦RUSF♦RU♦ChQFSF♦QFQFq4q4q4q4S8
KerryM SF♦RUSF♦Ch♦RU♦ChCh♦RUChQF♦RU♦QFSF♦Ch♦RU♦SF♦SF♦S8♦RU♦
LimerickM q2q3q4q4q3q2qr1qr2q4q4QFq3q1q3q1q2q1q1q2
TipperaryM q1q4q3q1q1q2TMqfqr1q2q2q1q4q1q4q3SFq3q2q1
WaterfordM q1q1q1q2q1q1TMsfTMqfq1q2q3q1q2q1q1q1q1q2q1
AntrimU q2q1q2q1q1q1TM2TM1q4q1q3q3q1q2q2q1q1q1q2
ArmaghU q3Ch♦RUQF♦SF♦QF♦qr1QF♦q1q3q3q1q3QFq2q1QFq4q3
CavanU q4q1q2q2q4q1qr1qr1q2q2q1q2QFq2q2q3q2q3q4
DerryU SFq3q2SFq4q3QFqr1q3q3q4q1q3q1q3q4q2q1q2
DonegalU q2QFSFq4q2QFqr3qr2QFq1SF♦Ch♦QFRU♦QFQFq4S8♦S8♦
DownU q1q1q4q2q2q1qr1qr3q3RUq4QFq2q2q1q1q4q2q2
FermanaghU q1q3QFSFq1q4qr2qr3q1q2q1q1q2q1QFq2q1q4q1
MonaghanU q2q1q2q1q4q2QFqr3q2q4q1q2QF♦QFQF♦q2QFSFq2
TyroneU QF♦q4Ch♦QFChq2QF♦ChSF♦QF♦QFq3SFq2SFQF♦SF♦RUSF

See also

References
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  2. "Fermanagh dominate writers awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 November 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2004.
  3. "DDTV Video: Murphy strike against Mayo named Goal of the Championship". Donegal Daily. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012. According to Ger Canning, RTÉ's commentator for the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
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