List of Cork senior hurling team captains
This article lists players who have captained the Cork senior hurling team in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The captain was usually chosen from the club that won the Cork Senior Hurling Championship, however, as of 2008 the captain has been appointed by the manager.
List of Captains
1888-1899
1900-1909
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1900 | Tom Irwin | Redmond's | |||
| 1901 | Jack Leonard | Redmond's | |||
| Paddy Cantillon | Redmond's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |||
| 1902 | Jamesy Kelleher | Dungourney | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1903 | Dan Coughlan | Blackrock | |||
| Steva Riordan | Blackrock | ||||
| Dan Coughlan | Blackrock | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |||
| Steva Riordan | Blackrock | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | |||
| 1904 | Dan Harrington | St. Finbarr's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1905 | Denis O'Keeffe | Redmond's | |||
| Dan Harrington | St. Finbarr's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |||
| Steva Riordan | Blackrock | ||||
| Jamesy Kelleher | Dungourney | ||||
| Christy Young | St. Finbarr's | ||||
| 1906 | Christy Young | St. Finbarr's | |||
| 1907 | Jamesy Kelleher | Dungourney | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1908 | J. McCullagh | C.Y.M.S. | |||
| Tom Coughlan | Blackrock | ||||
| 1909 | Jamesy Kelleher | Dungourney |
1910-1919
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1910 | Tom Coughlan | Blackrock | |||
| 1911 | Tom Coughlan | Blackrock | |||
| 1912 | Andy Buckley | Blackrock | |||
| Barry Murphy | Blackrock | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |||
| 1913 | Barry Murphy | Blackrock | |||
| 1914 | Barry Murphy | Blackrock | |||
| 1915 | Connie Sheehan | Redmond's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1916 | Connie Sheehan | Redmond's | |||
| 1917 | |||||
| 1918 | |||||
| 1919 | T. O'Leary | Carrigtwohill | |||
| Jimmy Kennedy | Carrigtwohill | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain |
1920-1929
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1920 | Dick O'Gorman | Midleton | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1921 | |||||
| 1922 | John Dorney | St. Finbarr's | |||
| Dannix Ring | St. Finbarr's | ||||
| 1923 | Dannix Ring | St. Finbarr's | |||
| 1924 | Dannix Ring | St. Finbarr's | |||
| 1925 | |||||
| 1926 | Seán Óg Murphy | Blackrock | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1927 | Seán Óg Murphy | Blackrock | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1928 | Seán Óg Murphy | Blackrock | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1929 | Dinny Barry-Murphy | Éire Óg | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain |
1930-1939
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1930 | Eudie Coughlan | Blackrock | |||
| 1931 | Eudie Coughlan | Blackrock | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1932 | Edward O'Connell | Blackrock | |||
| 1933 | |||||
| 1934 | John Kenneally | St. Finbarr's | |||
| 1935 | Paddy Collins | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1936 | Paddy Collins | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1937 | Paddy Collins | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1938 | Jack Lynch | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1939 | Jack Lynch | Glen Rovers | Munster Hurling Final winning captain |
1940-1949
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1940 | Jack Lynch | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1941 | Connie Buckley | Glen Rovers | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1942 | Jack Lynch | Glen Rovers | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1943 | Mick Kennefick | St. Finbarr's | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1944 | Seán Condon | St. Finbarr's | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1945 | Seán Condon | St. Finbarr's | |||
| 1946 | Christy Ring | Glen Rovers | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1947 | Seán Condon | St. Finbarr's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1948 | Tom Mulcahy | St. Finbarr's | |||
| 1949 | Jim Young | Glen Rovers |
1950-1959
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1950 | Christy Ring | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1951 | John Lyons | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1952 | Paddy Barry | Sarsfield's | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1953 | Christy Ring | Glen Rovers | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1954 | Christy Ring | Glen Rovers | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1955 | Vincy Twomey | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1956 | Tony O'Shaughnessy | St. Fnbarr's | |||
| Christy Ring | Glen Rovers | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |||
| Tony O'Shaughnessy | St. Finbarr's | ||||
| 1957 | Mick Cashman | Blackrock | |||
| 1958 | Paddy Barry | Sarsfield's | |||
| 1959 | Jimmy Brohan | Blackrock |
1960-1969
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1960 | Joe Twomey | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1961 | Christy Ring | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1962 | Mick Cashman | Blackrock | |||
| 1963 | Mick McCarthy | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1964 | John O'Halloran | Blackrock | |||
| 1965 | Denis O'Riordan | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1966 | Peter Doolan | St. Finbarr's | |||
| Gerald McCarthy | St. Finbarr's | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1967 | Jack Russell | Ballyhea | |||
| 1968 | Jerry O'Sullivan | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1969 | Denis Murphy | St. Finbarr's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain |
1970-1979
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1970 | Paddy Barry | St. Vincent's | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1971 | Pat McDonnell | Inniscarra | |||
| 1972 | Frank Norberg | Blackrock | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1973 | Denis Coughlan | Glen Rovers | |||
| 1974 | John Horgan | Blackrock | |||
| 1975 | Gerald McCarthy | St. Finbarr's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1976 | Ray Cummins | Blackrock | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1977 | Denis Coughlan | Glen Rovers | |||
| Martin O'Doherty | Glen Rovers | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1978 | Charlie McCarthy | St. Finbarr's | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1979 | John Horgan | Blackrock | Munster Hurling Final winning captain |
1980-1989
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1980 | Dermot McCurtain | Blackrock | |||
| 1981 | Dónal O'Grady | St. Finbarr's | |||
| 1982 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | St. Finbarr's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1983 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | St. Finbarr's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1984 | John Fenton | Midleton | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1985 | Ger Cunningham | St. Finbarr's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1986 | Tom Cashman | Blackrock | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 1987 | Kevin Hennessy | Midleton | |||
| 1988 | Denis Mulcahy | Midleton | |||
| 1989 | Ger Cunningham | St. Finbarr's |
1990-1999
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 1990 | Kieran McGuckin | Glen Rovers | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| Tomás Mulcahy | Glen Rovers | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | |||
| 1991 | Tony O'Sullivan | Na Piarsaigh | |||
| 1992 | Ger FitzGerald | Midleton | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 1993 | Brian Corcoran | Erin's Own | |||
| 1994 | Ger Cunningham | St. Finbarr's | |||
| 1995 | Pat Kenneally | Newcestown | |||
| 1996 | Mark Mullins | Na Piarsaigh | |||
| 1997 | Fergal McCormack | Mallow | |||
| 1998 | Diarmuid O'Sullivan | Cloyne | |||
| 1999 | Mark Landers | Killeagh | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain |
2000-2009
| Year | Player | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 2000 | Fergal Ryan | Blackrock | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 2001 | Ben O'Connor | Newtownshandrum | |||
| 2002 | Wayne Sherlock | Blackrock | |||
| 2003 | Alan Browne | Blackrock | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 2004 | Ben O'Connor | Newtownshandrum | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 2005 | Seán Óg Ó hAilpín | Na Piarsaigh | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
| 2006 | Pat Mulcahy | Newtownshandrum | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||
| 2007 | Kieran Murphy | Erin's Own | |||
| Joe Deane | Killeagh | ||||
| 2008 | John Gardiner | Na Piarsaigh | |||
| 2009 | John Gardiner | Na Piarsaigh |
2010-present
| Year | Captain | Club | Vice-captain | Club | National | Provincial | |
| 2010 | Kieran Murphy | Sarsfield's | Shane O'Neill | Bishopstown | |||
| 2011 | Shane O'Neill | Bishopstown | Eoin Cadogan | Douglas | |||
| 2012 | Patrick Horgan | Glen Rovers | |||||
| 2013 | Brian Murphy | Bride Rovers | |||||
| 2014 | Pa Cronin | Bishopstown | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||||
| 2015 | Anthony Nash | Kanturk | |||||
| 2016 | Stephen McDonnell | Glen Rovers | |||||
| 2017 | Stephen McDonnell | Glen Rovers | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||||
| 2018 | Seamus Harnedy | St. Ita's | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | ||||
| 2019 | Seamus Harnedy | St. Ita's |