All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics
This page details statistics of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
General performances
By county
By province
Counties
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:- 1890s: 4 each for Cork and Tipperary
- 1900s: 4 for Kilkenny
- 1910s: 3 for Kilkenny
- 1920s: 3 each for Dublin and Cork
- 1930s: 4 for Kilkenny
- 1940s: 5 for Cork
- 1950s: 3 each for Tipperary and Cork
- 1960s: 4 for Tipperary
- 1970s: 4 each for Cork and Kilkenny
- 1980s: 3 for Galway
- 1990s: 2 each for Cork ; Kilkenny ; Offaly and Clare
- 2000s: 7 for Kilkenny
- 2010s: 4 for Kilkenny
By semi-final appearances
Other records
Beaten sides
Between 1887 and 1996 the championship was played on a straight knock out format whereby the All-Ireland champions were the only undefeated team of the competition. The introduction of the qualifier system in 1997 has resulted in five 'back-door' All-Ireland champions:- Offaly were beaten by Kilkenny in the Leinster final.
- Cork were beaten by Waterford in the Munster final.
- Tipperary were beaten by Cork in the first round of the Munster championship.
- Kilkenny were beaten by Galway in the Leinster final.
- Clare were beaten by Cork in the Munster semi final.
- Limerick were beaten by Tipperary and Galway but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
- Waterford were beaten by Cork and Clare but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
- Limerick were beaten by Tipperary and Clare but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
- Cork were beaten by Waterford and Tipperary but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
Final success rate
- Kerry
Historic success rate
- Tipperary
- Antrim
Winning other trophies
- Kilkenny in 1933, 1982, 1983, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2014.
- Tipperary in 1949, 1950, 1961, 1964, 1965 and 2001.
- Cork in 1926, 1941 and 1953.
- Limerick in 1934 and 1936
- Galway in 1987 and 2017.
- Wexford in 1956.
Biggest wins
- The most one sided All-Ireland finals:
- * 34 points – 1896: Tipperary 8-14 – 0-4 Dublin
- * 29 points – 1894: Cork 5-20 – 2-0 Dublin
- * 27 points – 1943: Cork 5-16 – 0-4 Antrim
- * 27 points – 1928: Cork 6-12 – 1-0 Galway
- * 26 points – 1918: Limerick 9-5 – 1-3 Wexford
- * 23 points – 2008: Kilkenny 3-30 – 1-13 Waterford
- The most one sided All-Ireland semi-finals:
- * 52 points – 1900: Galway 10-23 – 0-1 Antrim
- * 44 points – 1954: Wexford 12-17 – 2-3 Antrim
- * 36 points – 1925: Tipperary 12-9 – 2-3 Antrim
- * 35 points – 1912: Limerick 11-4 – 0-2 Antrim
- * 35 points – 1904: Cork 8-18 – 2-3 Antrim
- The most one sided All-Ireland quarter-finals:
- * 36 points – 1906: Kilkenny 7-21 - 1-3 Antrim
- * 34 points – 1971: Galway 7-24 - 1-8 Antrim
- * 30 points – 1986: Galway 4-24 - 1-3 Kerry
- * 26 points – 1988: Galway 4-30 - 2-8 London
- * 26 points – 1996: Galway 4-22 - 0-8 New York
- The most one sided Munster finals:
- * 31 points – 1918: Limerick 11-3 – 1-2 Clare
- * 31 points – 1982: Cork 5-31 – 3-6 Waterford
- * 28 points – 1893: Cork 5-13 – 0-0 Limerick
- * 27 points – 1903: Cork 5-16 – 1-1 Waterford
- * 26 points – 1905: Cork 7-12 – 1-4 Limerick
- The most one sided Leinster finals:
- * 28 points – 1916: Kilkenny 11-3 – 2-2 Wexford
- * 22 points – 1954: Wexford 8-5 – 1-4 Dublin
- * 21 points – 1901: Wexford 7-6 – 1-3 Offaly
- * 20 points – 1913: Kilkenny 7-5 – 2-1 Dublin
- * 19 points – 1928: Dublin 9-7 – 4-3 Offaly
- The most one sided Ulster finals:
- * 35 points – 1906: Donegal 5-21 – 0-01 Antrim
- * 29 points – 1901: Antrim 0-41 – 0-12 Derry
- * 28 points – 1930: Antrim 10-04 – 2-00 Down
- * 27 points – 1935: Antrim 7-09 – 0-03 Cavan
- * 26 points – 2007: Antrim 2-24 – 0-04 Down
- The most one sided Connaught finals:
- * 41 points – 1922: Galway 12-08 – 1-00 Roscommon
- * 38 points – 1997: Galway 6-24 – 0-05 Roscommon
- * 24 points – 1999: Galway 4-26 – 2-08 Roscommon
- * 21 points – 1905: Galway 3-15 – 1-00 Mayo
- * 18 points – 1909: Mayo 10-01 – 4-01 Galway
Successful defending
- Kilkenny on 13 attempts out of 36
- Cork on 12 attempts out of 30
- Tipperary on 7 attempts out of 27
- Wexford on 1 attempt out of 6
- Galway on 1 attempt out of 4
Gaps
- Longest gaps between successive All-Ireland titles:
- * 81 years: Clare
- * 57 years: Galway
- * 45 years: Wexford
- * 45 years: Limerick
- * 33 years: Limerick
- * 29 years: Galway
- * 28 years: Dublin
- * 28 years: Wexford
- * 21 years: Limerick
- * 18 years: Tipperary
- * 16 years: Cork
- * 14 years: Cork
- Longest gaps between successive All-Ireland final appearances:
- * 63 years: Clare
- * 46 years: Antrim
- * 45 years: Waterford
- * 34 years: Laois
- * 33 years: Wexford
- * 33 years: Limerick
Provinces
- Only on four occasions has the All-Ireland final involved two teams from the same province:
- *Tipperary vs Clare
- *Kilkenny vs Offaly
- *Kilkenny vs Offaly
- *Cork vs Clare
- The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Munster, with six: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
Longest undefeated run
This broke the previous record of 16 consecutive games unbeaten by Tipperary, which began in May 1949 with a victory in the opening round of the championship, and ended with a seventeen-point defeat of Waterford in the Munster semi-final of the 1952 championship. The 16-game unbeaten streak, which included 15 wins and one draw, ended with a 1-11 to 2-6 loss to Cork in the subsequent Munster final.
Players
All-time top scorers
;As of 2 July 2020Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Points | Tally | Games | Era | Average |
1 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 28 | 485 | 569 | 71 | 1999-2014 | 8.0 |
2 | Joe Canning | Galway | 27 | 425 | 506 | 56 | 2008–present | 9.03 |
3 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 21 | 404 | 467 | 57 | 2008–present | 8.2 |
4 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 35 | 336 | 441 | 50 | 1959-1977 | 8.8 |
5 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 21 | 369 | 432 | 63 | 2000-2014 | 6.8 |
6 | T. J. Reid | Kilkenny | 22 | 340 | 406 | 60 | 2008–present | 6.8 |
7 | Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 35 | 215 | 320 | 55 | 2008–present | 6.0 |
8 | Christy Ring | Cork | 33 | 208 | 307 | 65 | 1940-1963 | 4.7 |
9 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | 33 | 188 | 287 | 57 | 1989-2005 | 5.0 |
10 | Shane Dooley | Offaly | 20 | 218 | 278 | 42 | 2008–present | 6.8 |
11 | Nicky Rackard | Wexford | 59 | 96 | 273 | 36 | 1940-1957 | 7.6 |
12 | Joe Deane | Cork | 10 | 237 | 267 | 50 | 1996-2008 | 5.3 |
13 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 21 | 197 | 257 | 56 | 1997-2009 | 4.6 |
14 | Ben O'Connor | Cork | 8 | 230 | 254 | 62 | 1999-2012 | 4.1 |
15 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 24 | 181 | 253 | 45 | 1993-2008 | 5.6 |
16 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 18 | 176 | 230 | 39 | 1958-1973 | 5.9 |
17 | Eoin Kelly | Waterford | 14 | 187 | 229 | 44 | 2002-2013 | 5.3 |
18 | Shane Dowling | Limerick | 13 | 186 | 225 | 32 | 2012-2020 | 7.9 |
19 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 24 | 149 | 221 | 45 | 1965-1980 | 5.3 |
20 | James Young | Laois | 8 | 191 | 215 | 31 | 2000-2009 | 6.9 |
21 | Paul Ryan | Dublin | 8 | 189 | 213 | 38 | 2008-present | 5.6 |
22 | Johnny Dooley | Offaly | 4 | 199 | 211 | 35 | 1991-2002 | 6.0 |
23 | Brian Carroll | Offaly | 5 | 192 | 207 | 49 | 2002–2016 | 4.2 |
24 | Pauric Mahony | Waterford | 1 | 201 | 204 | 28 | 2011-present | 7.3 |
25 | Jim Langton | Kilkenny | 15 | 146 | 191 | 43 | 1938-1954 | 4.4 |
26 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 8 | 165 | 189 | 30 | 1987-1999 | 6.3 |
27 | Mick Mackey | Limerick | 33 | 86 | 185 | 40 | 1932-1947 | 4.6 |
28 | John Mullane | Waterford | 15 | 134 | 179 | 47 | 2001-2012 | 3.8 |
29 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 27 | 97 | 178 | 40 | 1965-1983 | 4.4 |
30 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 20 | 117 | 177 | 35 | 1982-1996 | 5.0 |
31 | Matty Power | Kilkenny | 46 | 38 | 176 | 52 | 1920-1937 | 3.3 |
32 | Tony Doran | Wexford | 40 | 56 | 176 | 40 | 1967-1984 | 4.4 |
33 | Martin Kennedy | Tipperary | 54 | 10 | 172 | 36 | 1923-1935 | 4.8 |
All-time appearances
;As of 18 August 2019Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Year |
1 | Michael "Brick" Walsh | Waterford | 75 | 2003- |
2 | Brendan Cummins | Tipperary | 73 | 1995-2013 |
3 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 71 | 1999-2014 |
4 | J. J. Delaney | Kilkenny | 66 | 2001-2014 |
5 | Tony Browne | Waterford | 65 | 1992-2014 |
6 | Christy Ring | Cork | 65 | 1940-1962 |
7 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 63 | 2000-2014 |
8 | Ben O'Connor | Cork | 62 | 1999-2012 |
9 | Lar Corbett | Tipperary | 60 | 2001-2015 |
10 | Davy Fitzgerald | Clare | 60 | 1989-2005 |
11 | T.J. Reid | Kilkenny | 60 | 2008- |
12 | Frank Lohan | Clare | 58 | 1995-2008 |
13 | Donal Óg Cusack | Cork | 58 | 1999-2011 |
14 | Joe Dooley | Offaly | 58 | 1982-2000 |
15 | Eoin Larkin | Kilkenny | 58 | 2005-2016 |
16 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | 57 | 1989-2005 |
17 | Seán Óg Ó hAilpín | Cork | 57 | 1996-2012 |
18 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 57 | 2008- |
19 | Joe Canning | Galway | 56 | 2008- |
20 | Tommy Walsh | Kilkenny | 56 | 2003-2014 |
21 | Damien Fitzhenry | Wexford | 56 | 1993-2009 |
22 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 56 | 1997-2009 |
23 | Seamus Callanan | Tipperary | 55 | 2008- |
24 | Brian Whelahan | Offaly | 55 | 1989-2006 |
25 | John Doyle | Tipperary | 54 | 1949-1967 |
26 | Brian Lohan | Clare | 54 | 1993-2006 |
27 | Tom Kenny | Cork | 53 | 2003-2013 |
28 | Pádraic Maher | Tipperary | 53 | 2009- |
29 | Dan Shanahan | Waterford | 52 | 1998-2010 |
30 | Damien Hayes | Galway | 52 | 2001-2014 |
31 | Matty Power | Kilkenny Dublin | 52 | 1920-1937 |
32 | Seánie McMahon | Clare | 51 | 1994-2006 |
33 | Noel McGrath | Tipperary | 51 | 2009- |
34 | Brendan Maher | Tipperary | 51 | 2009- |
35 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | 50 | 1982-1998 |
36 | Joe Deane | Cork | 50 | 1996-2008 |
37 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 50 | 1959-1977 |
38 | Niall McCarthy | Cork | 50 | 2002-2012 |
Other records
Most wins
- Henry Shefflin from Kilkenny is the only player to win ten All-Ireland medals on the field of play: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
- Five players have won nine All-Ireland medals through a combination of being on the field and as non-playing substitutes:
- *Noel Hickey of Kilkenny: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
- *Noel Skehan of Kilkenny: 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983
- *J.J. Delaney of Kilkenny: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
- *Tommy Walsh of Kilkenny: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
- *Jackie Tyrrell of Kilkenny: 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
- Winners of All-Ireland medals on the field of play in three decades::
- *Paddy 'Balty' Ahern
- *Frank Cummins
- *Jimmy Doyle
- *John Doyle
- *Tommy Doyle
- *Declan Ryan
All-Ireland final appearances
Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Finals |
1 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 15 | 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012, 2014, 2014. |
2 | Eoin Larkin | Kilkenny | 12 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012, 2014, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
2 | J. J. Delaney | Kilkenny | 12 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012, 2014, 2014. |
4 | T. J. Reid | Kilkenny | 11 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012, 2014, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
5 | Richie Power | Kilkenny | 11 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012, 2014, 2014, 2015 |
6 | Jackie Tyrrell | Kilkenny | 10 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012, 2014, 2014 |
6 | Tommy Walsh | Kilkenny | 10 | 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012 |
6 | Noel Hickey | Kilkenny | 10 | 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
6 | Eddie Brennan | Kilkenny | 10 | 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
6 | Michael Kavanagh | Kilkenny | 10 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
6 | Frank Cummins | Kilkenny | 10 | 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983 |
6 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 10 | 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 |
6 | John Doyle | Tipperary | 10 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
6 | Christy Ring | Cork | 10 | 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 |
6 | Matty Power | Kilkenny Dublin | 10 | 1922, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1931, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937 |
16 | Sim Walton | Kilkenny | 10 | 1903, 1904, 1905, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916 |
17 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | 9 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
18 | Michael Fennelly | Kilkenny | 9 | 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2012, 2014, 2014, 2015 |
19 | Dick Doyle | Kilkenny | 9 | 1903, 1904, 1905, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913 |
Single All-Ireland final top scorers
Cumulative All-Ireland final top scorers
;As of 18 August 2019Rank | Player | Team | Scores | Total |
1. | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 5-81 | 96 |
2. | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 7-74 | 95 |
3. | T.J. Reid | Kilkenny | 2-55 | 61 |
4. | Joe Canning | Galway | 3-45 | 54 |
5. | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 1-43 | 46 |
6. | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 3-35 | 44 |
7. | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | 4-32 | 44 |
8. | Christy Ring | Cork | 3-34 | 43 |
9. | Seamus Callanan | Tipperary | 3-32 | 41 |
10. | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 0-35 | 35 |
Oldest lived All-Ireland medal winners
100+
Rank | Player | Team | Career | All-Ireland medals | Birth date | Death date | Age |
1 | Jim Power | Galway | 1918-1928 | 1923 | |||
2 | Martin White | Kilkenny | 1931-1938 | 1932, 1933, 1935 | |||
3 | John Coffey | Tipperary | 1940-1948 | 1945 | |||
4 | Jimmy Coffey | Tipperary | 1932-1940 | 1937 |
90+
Rank | Player | Team | Career | All-Ireland medals | Birth date | Death date | Age |
Jack Carroll | Laois | 1915 | |||||
Tommy Cooke | Limerick | 1931-1938 | 1940 | ||||
Mick Murphy | Tipperary Clare | 1943-1947 1947-1949 | 1945 | ||||
John T. Power | Kilkenny | 1907-1925 | 1907, 1911, 1912, 1913 | ||||
Danny Ryan | Tipperary | 1887 | 1887 | ||||
Larry Flaherty | Cork | 1900-1917 | 1903 | ||||
Johnny Everard | Tipperary | 1950 | 1950 | ||||
Tony Reddin | Tipperary | 1948-1957 | 1949, 1950, 1951 | ||||
Garrett Howard | Limerick Dublin | 1921-1936 | 1921, 1924, 1927, 1934, 1936 | ||||
Andy Fleming | Waterford | 1939-1950 | 1948 | ||||
Paddy Carroll | Kerry | 1891 | 1891 | ||||
Mick Neville | Wexford | 1904-1918 | 1910 | ||||
Tom Duffy | Tipperary | 1923-1927 | 1925 | ||||
E. D. Ryan | Tipperary | 1896-1898 | 1896, 1898 | ||||
Jimmy Lynam | Cork | 1950-1953 | 1952, 1953 | 1925 | 94 years | ||
Tony Herbert | Limerick | 1939-1943 1944-1954 | 1940 | 1920 | 6 March 2014 | 94 years | |
Flor Coffey | Tipperary | 1943-1953 | 1945, 1949 | ||||
Connie Buckley | Cork | 1934-1942 | 1941 | ||||
Mickey Byrne | Tipperary | 1945-1960 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958 | ||||
Pa McInerney | Clare Dublin | 1913-1933 | 1914, 1927 | ||||
Ned Kavanagh | Kilkenny | 1947 | 1947 | ||||
Willie John Daly | Cork | 1947-1957 | 1952, 1953, 1954 | ||||
Frank Burke | Dublin | 1917-1923 | 1917, 1920 | ||||
John Roberts | Kilkenny | 1917-1928 | 1922 | ||||
Shem Downey | Kilkenny | 1946-1954 | 1947 | ||||
Paddy Collins | Cork | 1928-1938 | 1929, 1931 | ||||
Willie Wall | Tipperary | 1936-1946 | 1937 | ||||
Rody Nealon | Tipperary | 1925-1926 | 1925 | ||||
Art Foley | Wexford | 1946-1957 | 1955, 1956 | ||||
Denis O'Gorman | Tipperary | 1934-1942 | 1937 | ||||
Tom Wall | Tipperary | 1936-1945 | 1945 | ||||
Tom Dwan | Tipperary | 1912-1924 | 1916 | ||||
Din Joe Buckley | Cork | 1940-1949 | 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946 |
Disciplinary
Just six players have ever been sent off in an All-Ireland final: Tom Ryan of Tipperary and Lar Foley of Dublin in the 1961 final, Éamonn Scallan of Wexford in the 1996 final against Limerick ; Benny Dunne of Tipperary in the 2009 final and Cyril Donnellan of Galway in the 2012 final replay andRichie Hogan of Kilkenny in the 2019 final
Managers
Records
- Brian Cody is the only manager to win the All-Ireland title eleven times, in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015.
- Just two managers have reached the All-Ireland final with two different teams:
- * Michael "Babs" Keating with Galway and Tipperary.
- * Davy Fitzgerald with Waterford and Clare.
- In 2009, Justin McCarthy became the first manager to reach the All-Ireland semi-finals with three different teams: Cork, Waterford and Limerick. In addition, he was in charge of Clare in the 1978 Munster final, when a win would have qualified them directly for the all-Ireland final.
- Fourteen individuals have won the All-Ireland as a player then later as a manager:
- * Johnny Clifford of Cork won as a player in 1954 and as a manager in 1986.
- * Ollie Walsh of Kilkenny won as a player in 1957, 1963, 1967 and 1969 and as a manager in 1992, and 1993.
- * Michael "Babs" Keating of Tipperary won as a player in 1964, 1965 and 1971 and as a manager in 1989 and 1991.
- * Eddie Keher of Kilkenny won as a player in 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974 and 1975 and as a co-manager in 1979.
- * Justin McCarthy of Cork won as a player in 1966 and as a co-manager in 1984.
- * Pat Henderson of Kilkenny won as a player in 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974 and 1975 and as a manager in 1979, 1982 and 1983.
- * Brian Cody of Kilkenny won as a player in 1975, 1982 and 1983 and as a manager in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
- * Jimmy Barry-Murphy of Cork won as a player in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984 and 1986 and as a manager in 1999.
- * John Allen of Cork won as a player in 1978 and as a manager in 2005.
- * Dónal O'Grady of Cork won as a player in 1984 and as a manager in 2004.
- * Nicky English of Tipperary won as a player in 1989 and 1991 and as a manager in 2001.
- * Davy Fitzgerald of Clare won as a player in 1995 and 1997 and as a manager in 2013.
- * Eamonn Cregan of Limerick won as a player in 1973 and as a manager with Offaly in 1994.
- * Michael Ryan of Tipperary won as a player in 1991 and as a manager in 2016
Team results table
Prior to 1997, 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 1997, several beaten teams from the provincial championships play together in the All-Ireland qualifier series.
Table
; Current- — Champions
- — Runners-up
- — All-Ireland semi-finals
- — All-Ireland quarter-finals
- — All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
- — Leinster/Munster round robin, 4th place
- — Leinster/Munster round robin, 5th place
- — — did not compete
- ♥ — Munster champions
- ♦ — Leinster champions
Past
- The All-Ireland championship has used many different competition structures since 1997, and it is not always obvious how to rank teams. In general, the colouring code for champions, runners-up and semi-finalists holds true. After that, teams are shaded green, blue, purple and grey in descending order of performance.
- The Ulster Senior Hurling Championship has not had any bearing on the All-Ireland championship since 2005 so it is not included from that year onward.
- Changes of provincial championship:
- *Galway competed in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship until 1998; they have played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship since 2009
- *Kerry competed in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship until 2004; they have played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship since 2016
- *Antrim still compete in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, however, it has not been part of the All-Ireland since 2004; they have played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship since 2009
- *London competed in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship until 2004; they played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 2013 and 2014
- ♣ — Ulster champions
- ♠ — Connacht champions
- QF — All-Ireland quarter-finalists
- QR3 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 3
- QR2 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 2
- QR1 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round 1
- Qp3 — All-Ireland qualifiers, phase 3
- Qp2 — All-Ireland qualifiers, phase 2
- Qp1 — All-Ireland qualifiers, phase 1
- Qpr — All-Ireland qualifiers, preliminary round
- Qrr3 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round robin, 3rd place
- Qrr4 — All-Ireland qualifiers, round robin, 4th place
- Uf — Ulster finalists
- Usf — Ulster semi-finalists
- Uqf — Ulster quarter-finalists
- Lsf — Leinster semi-finalists
- Lqf — Leinster quarter-finalists
- L1r — Leinster first round
- Lpr — Leinster preliminary round
- Lpr2 — Leinster second preliminary round
- Lpr1 — Leinster first preliminary round
- Lpqr — Leinster preliminary quarter-final
- Lrr2 — Leinster round robin, 2nd place
- Lrr3 — Leinster round robin, 3rd place
- Lrr4 — Leinster round robin, 4th place
- Lsf — Munster semi-finalists
- Lqf — Munster quarter-finalists
- Cf — Connacht finalists
- Rsf — won relegation semi-final
- Rf — won relegation final
- Rel — relegated to Christy Ring Cup
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Carlow | L | — | — | — | Lrr3 | Lpr2 | Lr1 | Qpr | Lpr | — | — | — | — | — | Qp1 | Qp1 | Qp1 | Qp1 | Lrr3 | Lrr3 | Lrr4 | Qpr | PQF | Lrr5 |
Wicklow | L | — | — | — | — | Lpr1 | Lr1 | Lpqr | Lpr | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Kildare | L | — | — | — | — | Lpr2 | Lr1 | Lpqr | Lr1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dublin | L | Lsf | Lqf | Lqf | Lsf | Lqf | QR1 | QR1 | QR1 | Rsf | Rf | Qrr4 | Qp3 | QF | Qp3 | SF | Qp2 | SF♦ | QF | QF | QR1 | QR2 | Lrr4 | PQF |
Kilkenny | L | SF | RU♦ | RU♦ | Ch♦ | SF♦ | Ch♦ | Ch♦ | RU | SF♦ | Ch♦ | Ch♦ | Ch♦ | Ch♦ | RU♦ | Ch♦ | Ch | QF | Ch♦ | Ch♦ | RU♦ | QR2 | QF | RU |
Galway | C/L | QF♠ | QF♠ | QF | SF | RU | QF | QR2 | QR2 | RU | QF | QF | Qp4 | QF | QF | QF | RU♦ | QF | QR1 | RU | SF | Ch♦ | RU♦ | Lrr4 |
Antrim | U/L | Uf | QF♣ | QF♣ | Uf | Usf | QF♣ | QF♣ | QF♣ | Rel | — | Qrr3 | Qp2 | Qp1 | QF | Qp3 | Qp1 | Qpr | QR1 | Lrr4 | — | — | — | — |
Laois | L | Lqf | Lsf | Lsf | Lrr2 | Lsf | Lr2 | QR1 | QR1 | Rf | Qrr3 | Qrr4 | Qp2 | Qp3 | Qpr | Qpr | Qpr | Qp2 | QR1 | QR1 | QR1 | QR1 | — | QF |
Meath | L | Lpr | Lqf | — | — | L1r | QR1 | Lpqr | Lr1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lrr4 | — | — |
Offaly | L | Lsf | Ch | SF | RU | Lsf | QR2 | QF | QR2 | Rsf | Qrr3 | Qrr3 | Qp4 | Qp1 | Qp3 | Qp1 | Qp2 | Qpr | QR2 | QR1 | QR1 | QR1 | Lrr5 | — |
Westmeath | L | Lqf | — | — | Lrr4 | Lpr1 | Lr2 | Qpr | Lqf | — | Rel | — | — | — | — | Qpr | Qpr | Qp1 | Lrr4 | QR1 | QR1 | QR1 | PQF | PQF |
Wexford | L | SF♦ | Lsf | Lsf | Lsf | SF | QR2 | SF | SF♦ | QF | QF | SF | QF | Qp2 | Qp1 | Qp2 | Qp3 | Qp3 | QF | QR1 | QF | QF | QF | SF♦ |
Clare | M | Ch♥ | SF♥ | SF | Msf | Msf | RU | QR1 | QF | SF | SF | QF | QF | Qp2 | Qp2 | Qp2 | Qp3 | Ch | QR1 | QR2 | QF | QF | SF | Mrr4 |
Cork | M | Msf | Msf | Ch♥ | SF♥ | Mqf | QR2 | RU♥ | Ch | Ch♥ | RU♥ | QF | SF | Qp3 | SF | Qp3 | SF | RU | SF♥ | QF | QR2 | SF♥ | SF♥ | QF |
Kerry | M/L | Mqf | Mqf | Mqf | Mqf | — | — | QR1 | Mqf | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lrr3 | Lrr3 | — | — |
Limerick | M | Msf | Mqf | Mqf | Msf | QF | QR1 | QR2 | QR1 | QF | QF | RU | Qp3 | SF | Qp2 | QF | QF | SF♥ | SF | QR2 | QR2 | QR1 | Ch | SF♥ |
Tipperary | M | RU | Msf | Msf | QF | Ch♥ | SF | SF | QR2 | QF | QF | QF | SF♥ | RU♥ | Ch | RU♥ | SF♥ | Qp2 | RU | SF♥ | Ch♥ | SF | Mrr4 | Ch |
Waterford | M | Mqf | SF | Msf | Mqf | Msf | SF♥ | QR2 | SF♥ | QF | SF | SF♥ | RU | SF | SF♥ | SF | QF | Qp3 | QR2 | SF | SF | RU | Mrr5 | Mrr5 |
Derry | U | Usf | Uf | Uf | QF♣ | QF♣ | Usf | Qpr | Usf | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Down | U | QF♣ | Usf | Usf | Usf | Uf | QR1 | Usf | QR1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
London | U/L | — | Usf | Usf | Usf | Usf | Uqf | Uqf | Uqf | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Qpr | Lrr5 | — | — | — | — | — |
New York | U | — | — | — | Uqf | Uqf | Usf | Usf | Usf | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Roscommon | C | Cf | Cf | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |