Leinster Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics

This page details statistics of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

General performances

By county

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Leinster Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

1880s: 1 each for Kilkenny and Dublin
1890s: 4 for Kilkenny
1900s: 6 for Kilkenny
1910s: 4 for Kilkenny
1920s: 5 for Dublin
1930s: 7 for Kilkenny
1940s: 5 for Kilkenny
1950s: 5 for Kilkenny
1960s: 4 each for Wexford and Kilkenny
1970s: 7 for Kilkenny
1980s: 6 for Offaly
1990s: 5 for Kilkenny
2000s: 9 for Kilkenny
2010s: 5 for Kilkenny
Other records

Biggest wins

The most one sided Munster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
* 21 points – 1901: Wexford 7-6 – 1-3 Offaly
* 19 points – 2008: Kilkenny 5-21 – 0-17 Wexford
* 18 points – 1896: Dublin 4-6 – 0-00 Kilkenny
Successful defending

Only 5 teams of the 6 who have won the Leinster championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:

* Kilkenny on 39 attempts out of 70
* Wexford on 5 attempts out of 19
* Dublin on 4 attempts out of 23
* Offaly on 4 attempts out of 8
* Laois on 1 attempts out of 2
Gaps
* The longest gaps between successive Leinster titles:
** 52 years: Dublin
** 34 years: Laois
** 33 years: Wexford
** 19 years: Wexford
Longest undefeated run

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 15 games held by Kilkenny. It began with a 6-28 to 0-15 win against Offaly in the semi-final of the 2005 championship and finished with a 2-21 to 0-9 defeat of Dublin in the Leinster semi-final of the 2012 championship. The 15-game unbeaten streak, which included no drawn games, ended with a 2-21 to 2-11 loss to Galway in the 2012 Leinster final.

Players

Top scorers

All time

This is a list of players who have scored a cumulative total of 100 points or more in the Leinster Championship.

Pos.	Name	Team	Goals	Points	Total
1		Kilkenny	28	220	304
2	'	Galway	16	213	261
3		Kilkenny	11	220	253
4	'	Kilkenny	15	202	247
5		Offaly	15	155	200
6		Wexford	41	65	188
7		Kilkenny	23	98	167
8		Offaly	25	76	151
9		Dublin	8	125	149
10		Kilkenny	14	105	147
11		Wexford	30	53	143
12		Offaly	3	124	133
13		Wexford	11	86	119
14		Offaly	10	83	113
15		Kilkenny	10	81	111
16		Westmeath	3	92	101

By year

Year	Name	Team	Goals	Points	Total
		Wexford	4	3	15
		Laois	6	3	21
		Wexford	5	7	22
		Wexford	5	13	28
		Dublin	4	3	15
		Kilkenny	1	19	22
		Wexford	5	9	24
		Kilkenny	5	10	25
		Wexford	6	4	22
		Offaly	4	7	19
		Kilkenny	5	7	22
		Kilkenny	4	5	17
		Wexford	1	10	13
		Westmeath	3	6	15
		Wexford	2	8	14
		Carlow	4	4	16
		Kilkenny	4	2	14
		Offaly	4	12	24
		Offaly	4	14	26
		Kilkenny	3	12	21
		Wexford	4	2	14
		Offaly	8	18	42
		Wexford	1	15	18
		Kilkenny	2	18	24
		Kilkenny	4	20	32
		Offaly	3	18	27
		Kilkenny	4	11	23
		Offaly	4	22	34
		Kildare	0	16	16
		Wexford	1	13	16
		Wexford	1	15	18
		Wexford	1	16	19
		Kilkenny	2	16	22
		Offaly	4	5	17
		Offaly	5	17	32
		Wexford	3	8	17
		Kilkenny	1	14	17
		Kilkenny	1	11	14
		Laois	0	28	28
		Offaly	0	15	15
		Offaly	0	16	16
		Wexford	2	15	21
		Kilkenny	1	21	24
		Wexford	0	14	14
		Wexford	1	15	18
		Kilkenny	2	12	18
		Wexford	0	28	28
		Wexford	2	16	22
		Wexford	4	1	13
		Kilkenny	3	4	13
		Kilkenny	3	4	13
		Westmeath	3	4	13
		Offaly	0	19	24
		Offaly	1	21	24
		Offaly	2	19	25
		Kilkenny	4	7	19
		Kilkenny	1	16	19
		Dublin	1	33	36
		Meath	2	21	27
		Kildare	1	24	27
		Meath	3	17	26
		Dublin	2	22	28
		Westmeath	1	21	24
		Kilkenny	2	19	25
		Kilkenny	1	15	18
		Offaly	2	20	26
		Offaly	0	22	22
		Dublin	1	31	34
		Offaly	2	27	33
		Dublin	2	30	36
		Offaly	3	15	24
		Galway	1	21	24
		Dublin	3	26	35
		Antrim	1	48	51
		Laois	0	48	48
		Offaly	4	39	51
		Laois	0	41	41
		Kilkenny	2	56	62
		Kilkenny	5	54	69

Single game

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1948	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	4-00	12
1949	Paddy Lalor	Laois	3-02	11
1950	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	2-05	11
1951	Paddy Kelly	Laois	3-01	10
1951	Harry Gray	Laois	3-01	10
1951	Harry Gray	Laois	2-04	10
1951	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	2-04	10
1952	Paddy Lalor	Laois	3-02	11
1953	Tim Flood	Wexford	2-06	12
1954	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	5-04	19
1955	Tim Flood	Wexford	3-01	10
1955	Seán Clohessy	Kilkenny	2-04	10
1956	Nicky Rackard	Wexford	4-03	15
1957	Tommy Errity	Offaly	3-03	12
1958	Tim Flood	Wexford	4-01	13
1958	Padge Kehoe	Wexford	4-01	13
1958	Mickey Kelly	Kilkenny	3-04	13
1959	Tommy O'Connell	Kilkenny	3-03	12
1960	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	1-08	11
1961	Andy Doyle	Wexford	4-02	14
1962	Mick McDonald	Laois	3-01	10
1963	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-05	11
1964	Tom Forrestal	Kilkenny	3-02	11
1965	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	2-07	13
1966	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	3-04	13
1967	Jim Lynch	Kilkenny	4-00	12
1968	Tommy Ring	Westmeath	2-03	9
1969	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	5-04	19
1970	Ned Buggy	Wexford	1-07	10
1971	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-07	13
1972	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-05	11
1972	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	1-08	11
1973	Tom Byrne	Wexford	2-06	12
1973	George Lanham	Laois	2-06	12
1974	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-06	12
1975	Barney Moylan	Limerick	4-04	16
1976	Johnny Walsh	Kildare	0-12	12
1977	Liam O'Brien	Kilkenny	1-07	10
1977	Michael Cosgrove	Westmeath	1-07	10
1978	Liam O'Brien	Kilkenny	0-11	11
1979	Liam O'Brien	Kilkenny	1-07	10
1979	Ned Buggy	Wexford	0-10	10
1980	Billy Fitzpatrick	Kilkenny	1-11	14
1981	Billy Bohane	Laois	2-03	9
1981	Pádraig Horan	Offaly	2-03	9
1981	Martin Brophy	Laois	0-09	9
1982	Billy Fitzpatrick	Kilkenny	2-07	13
1983	Joe Towell	Dublin	3-03	12
1983	Billy Fitzpatrick	Kilkenny	1-09	12
1984	Billy Bohane	Laois	0-12	12
1985	Paddy Corrigan	Offaly	1-11	14
1986	Liam Fennelly	Kilkenny	3-01	10
1986	Eugene Fennelly	Laois	2-04	10
1987	Christy Heffernan	Kilkenny	2-05	11
1988	Jimmy Holohan	Wexford	1-06	9
1989	Mark Corrigan	Offaly	3-07	16
1990	Jimmy Holohan	Wexford	0-12	12
1991	Jimmy Holohan	Wexford	1-10	13
1992	D. J. Carey	Kilkenny	1-06	9
1993	D. J. Carey	Kilkenny	2-04	10
1994	David Doyle	Carlow	2-06	12
1995	Eamon Morrissey	Kilkenny	3-03	12
1996	Niall English	Carlow	1-09	12
1997	Johnny Dooley	Offaly	1-09	12
1998	John Troy	Offaly	1-09	12
1999	Niall Rigney	Laois	1-08	11
2000	Dave Cuddy	Laois	0-12	12
2001	Nicky Horan	Meath	2-15	21
2002	Nicky Horan	Meath	1-11	14
2003	Tomás McGrane	Dublin	0-13	13
2004	Johnathan O'Neill	Wicklow	1-11	14
2005	Henry Shefflin	Wexford	2-11	17
2006	Henry Shefflin	Wexford	1-07	10
2007	Damien Murray	Offaly	1-12	15
2008	Brian Carroll	Offaly	0-16	16
2009	Joe Canning	Galway	2-09	15
2010	Shane Dooley	Offaly	1-10	13
2010	Shane Dooley	Offaly	0-13	13
2011	Shane Dooley	Offaly	1-13	16
2012	Shane Dooley	Offaly	2-07	13
2012	Niall O'Brien	Westmeath	2-07	13
2012	Joe Canning	Galway	1-10	13
2012	Willie Hyland	Laois	0-13	13
2013	Paul Ryan	Dublin	2-07	13
2014	T. J. Reid	Kilkenny	2-11	17
2015	Joe Canning	Galway	1-15	18
2016	Shane Dooley	Offaly	1-11	14
2017	Shane Dooley	Offaly	3-08	17
2018	Joe Canning	Galway	1-12	15
2019	T. J. Reid	Kilkenny	2-12	18

Finals

All-time appearances

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Era
1	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	37	1960-1977
2	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	30	1999-2014

Leinster final appearances

Rank	Player	Team	Appearances	Finals
1	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	18	1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
2	Matty Power	Kilkenny Dublin	17	1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
3	Paddy Larkin	Kilkenny	15	1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
3	Frank Cummins	Kilkenny	15	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
5	Noel Skehan	Kilkenny	14	1968, 1970, 1972, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
5	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	14	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
7	Tony Doran	Wexford	13	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984
7	D. J. Carey	Kilkenny	13	1991, 1992, 1993, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
9	Sim Walton	Kilkenny	12	1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1919
9	Lory Meagher	Kilkenny	12	1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
9	Phil Larkin	Kilkenny	12	1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

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