Draft:Munster Senior Football Championship records and statistics

General Performances

Performance by county

County	Title(s)	Runners-Up	Years won	Years runners-up
Kerry	84	24	1892, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023	1890, 1893, 1900, 1902, 1906, 1918, 1920, 1945, 1952, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2008
Cork	37	54	1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1916, 1928, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012	1889, 1892, 1898, 1903, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1935, 1938, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Tipperary	10	18	1888, 1889, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1935, 2020	1894, 1899, 1907, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2016
Clare	2	13	1917, 1992	1912, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1997, 2012, 2023
Limerick	1	13	1896	1888, 1895, 1901, 1905, 1922, 1934, 1965, 1991, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2022
Waterford	1	9	1898	1891, 1896, 1904, 1908, 1911, 1940, 1946, 1957, 1960

Counties

Team results

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• SF/QF – Semi-Finals/Quarter-Finals

County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Years
Clare	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	QF	QF	QF	2nd	11
Cork	2nd	2nd	2nd	SF	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	SF	QF	11
Kerry	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	SF	1st	1st	1st	11
Limerick	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	SF	2nd	SF	11
Tipperary	QF	SF	SF	2nd	SF	SF	QF	1st	SF	SF	SF	11
Waterford	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	11

By Semi-Final Appearances (2013–present)

Team	No.	Years
Kerry	11	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Cork	10	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Tipperary	9	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Clare	8	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
Limerick	5	2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Waterford	1	2013

Least successful counties

Every county who have participated have been represented in a Munster SFC Final. The four weaker counties in the championship have been Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford, only occasionally qialifying for the final. Since 1936, these four counties have only won 2 titles between them (Clare in 1992 and Tipperary in 2020)

Waterford have historically been the weakest county in the championship. They have not won a Munster SFC match in a number of years and haven’t qualified for the final since 1960.

A lot of the Munster SFC counties are more prominent in the sport of hurling. Counties such as Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford are more competitive and higher up the tiers in hurling.

Levels

Munster counties can be divided into two levels or tiers, based off of results: Tier 1 counties are consistent participants in the Munster final. Tier 2 counties are usually knocked out in the early rounds of the championship and do not reach the final often.

Tier 1 counties (2): Cork, Kerry

Tier 2 counties (4): Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford

Team participation

Debut of counties

Year	Debutants	Total
1888	Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford	5
1889	Kerry	1
1890-	None	0
Total		6

List of Munster Senior Football Championship counties

The following teams have competed in the Munster Championship for at least one season.

Team	Total years	First year in Championship	Most recent year in Championship	Championship titles	Last Championship title	Most recent championship finish	Best Munster SFC finish	Current Championship	Lvl
Clare		1888	2024	2	1992	Runners-up	1st	All-Ireland Senior Football Championship	1
Cork		1888	2024	37	2012	Quarter-finals	1st	All-Ireland Senior Football Championship	1
Kerry		1889	2024	83	2023	Champions	1st	All-Ireland Senior Football Championship	1
Limerick		1888	2024	1	1896	Semi-finals	1st	Tailteann Cup	2
Tipperary		1888	2024	10	2020	Semi-finals	1st	Tailteann Cup	2
Waterford		1888	2024	1	1898	Quarter-finals	1st	Tailteann Cup	2

Team results table

Team progress (2001–2019)

Below is a record of each county's performance since the introduction of the qualifier system to the All-Ireland series in 2001. Qualifiers did not occur from 2020 onwards due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

Key

Winner

Final

Semi-final

Quarter-final / Super 8s

Qualifier Rounds 1–4 / Tommy Murphy Cup

Table

Championship	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Clare	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q3	Q2	TM	TM	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q4	Q2	Q3	Q2	QF	Q3	Q3	Q4
Cork	Q4	SF	Q1	Q3	SF	SF	F	SF	F	W	QF	SF	QF	QF	Q4	Q4	Q4	Q4	S8s
Kerry	SF	F	SF	W	F	W	W	F	W	QF	F	QF	SF	W	F	SF	SF	S8s	F
Limerick	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q4	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q4	Q4	QF	Q3	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q2
Tipperary	Q1	Q4	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q2	TM	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q4	Q1	Q4	Q3	SF	Q3	Q2	Q1
Waterford	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	TM	TM	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1

All-time Munster Senior Football Championship rankings

All-time table (2020-)

Legend

Colours
Currently competing in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Currently competing in the Tailteann Cup

As of 2023 Championship (After final).

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Points
1	Kerry	8	7	0	1	14
2	Tipperary	8	5	0	3	10
3	Limerick	8	4	0	4	8
4	Clare	6	2	0	4	4
=	Cork	6	2	0	4	4
=	Waterford	4	0	0	4	0

Other records

Most recent championship meetings

	Clare	Cork	Kerry	Limerick	Tipperary	Waterford
Clare	-	2023	2023	2023	2020	2019
Cork	-	-	2022	2021	2020	2017
Kerry	-	-	-	2022	2023	2013
Limerick	-	-	-	-	2022	2021
Tipperary	-	-	-	-	-	2023
Waterford	-	-	-	-	-	-

Most recent championship wins

	Cla	Cor	Ker	Lim	Tip	Wat
Clare	-	2023		2023		2019
Cork	2018	-	2020	2021	2018	2017
Kerry	2021	2022	-	2022	2023	2013
Limerick	2009			-	2022	2021
Tipperary	2020	2020		2020	-	2023
Waterford	2010	1960	1957	1981	1988	-

Consecutive titles

Octuple

• Kerry (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
• Kerry (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)

Septuple

• Kerry (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942)

Sextuple

• Kerry (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934)
• Kerry (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Quintuple

• Kerry (1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927)

Quadruple

• Kerry (1912, 1913, 1914, 1915)
• Cork (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)

Treble

• Kerry (1903, 1904, 1905)
• Kerry (1908, 1909, 1910)
• Kerry (1946, 1947, 1948)
• Kerry (1953, 1954, 1955)
• Kerry (1968, 1969, 1970)
• Kerry (1984, 1985, 1986)
• Cork (1993, 1994, 1995)
• Kerry (1996, 1997, 1998)
• Kerry (2003, 2004, 2005)
• Kerry (2021, 2022, 2023)

Double

• Tipperary (1888, 1889)
• Cork (1890, 1891)
• Cork (1893, 1894)
• Cork (1906, 1907)
• Kerry (1950, 1951)
• Cork (1956, 1957)
• Cork (1966, 1967)
• Cork (1973, 1974)
• Kerry (2000, 2001)
• Cork (2008, 2009)
• Kerry (2010, 2011)

Single

• Cork (1897, 1899, 1901, 1911, 1916, 1928, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1971, 1983, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2012)
• Tipperary (1895, 1900, 1902, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1935, 2020)
• Kerry (1892, 1919, 1944, 1972, 1991, 2007)
• Clare (1917, 1992)
• Limerick (1896)
• Waterford (1898)

Teams by decade

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

• 1880s: 2 for Tipperary (1888–89)
• 1890s: 6 for Cork (1890-91-93-94-97-99)
• 1900s: 5 for Kerry (1903-04-05-08-09)
• 1910s: 6 for Kerry (1910-12-13-14-15-19)
• 1920s: 6 for Kerry (1923-24-25-26-27-29)
• 1930s: 9 for Kerry (1930-31-32-33-34-36-37-38-39)
• 1940s: 7 for Kerry (1940-41-42-44-46-47-48)
• 1950s: 7 for Kerry (1950-51-53-54-55-58-59)
• 1960s: 8 for Kerry (1960-61-62-63-64-65-68-69)
• 1970s: 7 for Kerry (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79)
• 1980s: 6 for Kerry (1980-81-82-84-85-86)
• 1990s: 5 for Cork (1990-93-94-95-99)
• 2000s: 6 for Kerry (2000-01-03-04-05-07)
• 2010s: 9 for Kerry (2010-11-13-14-15-16-17-18-19)

Finishing positions

• Most championships
  • 84, Kerry (1892, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

• Most second-place finishes
  • 54, Cork (1889, 1892, 1898, 1903, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1935, 1938, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

• Most semi-final finishes
  • Tipperary

• Most quarter-final finishes
  • Waterford

Other records

Gaps

• Longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
  • 85 years: Tipperary (1935–2020)
  • 75 years: Clare (1917–1992)
  • 16 years: Tipperary (1902–1918)
  • 15 years: Cork (1928–1943)
  • 13 years: Tipperary (1922–1935)
  • 12 years: Cork (1916–1928)
  • 11 years: Kerry (1892–1903)
• Longest gaps between successive Munster finals:
  • 49 years: Tipperary (1944–1993)
  • 43 years: Clare (1949–1992)
  • 31 years: Limerick (1934–1965)
  • 29 years: Waterford (1911–1940)
  • 26 years: Limerick (1965–1991)
  • 17 years: Limerick (1905–1922)
  • 15 years: Clare (1997–2012)
  • 14 years: Tipperary (2002–2016)
  • 12 years: Limerick (1922–1934)
  • 12 years: Limerick (1991–2003)
  • 12 years: Limerick (2010–2022)
  • 11 years: Tipperary (1907–1918)
  • 11 years: Cork (1917–1928)
  • 11 years: Waterford (1946–1957)
  • 11 years: Clare (2012–2023)

Active Gaps

• Longest active gaps since a championship title:
  • 127 years: Limerick (1896–)
  • 125 years: Waterford (1898–)
  • 31 years: Clare (1992–)
  • 13 years: Cork (2010–)
  • 3 years: Tipperary (2020–)
• Longest active gaps since a championship final appearance:
  • 63 years: Waterford (1960–)
  • 3 years: Tipperary (2020–)
  • 2 years: Cork (2021–)
  • 1 year: Limerick (2022–)

Longest undefeated run

• The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 18 games held by Kerry. They achieved this feat on three separate occasions: 1936–1943, 1958–1966 and 1975–1983.

Most recent pairings in the final

• Clare v Kerry: 2023
• Kerry v Limerick: 2022
• Cork v Kerry: 2021
• Cork v Tipperary: 2020
• Kerry v Tipperary: 2016
• Clare v Cork: 2012
• Cork v Limerick: 2009
• Kerry v Waterford: 1960
• Cork v Waterford: 1957
• Limerick v Tipperary: 1922
• Limerick v Waterford: 1896

Managers

Winning managers (2020–present)

#	Manager(s)	Winning team(s)	Titles(s)	Winning years
1	Jack O'Connor	Kerry	2	2022, 2023
2	David Power	Tipperary	1	2020
	Peter Keane	Kerry	1	2021

Players

Top scorers

All time

Rank	Player	Team	Score	Tally	Era
1	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	9–167	194	1988–2001
2	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	15–119	164	1974–1987
3	Colin Corkery	Cork	4–132	144	1993–2004
4	Colm Cooper	Kerry	8–110	134	2002–2016
5	Declan Browne	Tipperary	5–106	121	1996–2007
6	Pat Spillane	Kerry	14–77	119	1975–1991
7	Bryan Sheehan	Kerry	5–97	112	2005–2017
8	Peter Lambert	Tipperary	11–68	101	1988–2003
9	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	8–71	95	1994–2005
10	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	4–79	91	1957–1973
	Dinny Allen	Cork	11–58	91	1972–1989

By year

Year	Name	Team	Score	Total
1965	Éamonn Cregan	Limerick	2-08	14
1966	Gene McCarthy	Cork	3-06	15
1967	Mick Tynan	Limerick	3–12	21
1968	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	0–12	12
1969	Vinny Kirwan	Waterford	0–12	12
	John Cummins	Tipperary	0–12	12
1970	Denis Coughlan	Cork	3–14	23
1971	Denis Coughlan	Cork	1–16	19
1972	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	0–13	13
1973	Billy Field	Cork	2–14	20
1974	Ray Cummins	Cork	1-08	11
1975	Jim Kehoe	Tipperary	4-00	12
1976	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	1–20	23
1977	Barry Walsh	Kerry	2-09	15
1978	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	4–13	25
1979	Ger Power	Kerry	4-06	18
1980	Anthony Moran	Limerick	0–21	21
1981	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	1–11	14
1982	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	2–15	21
1983	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	2–11	17
	John Cleary	Cork	1–14	17
1984	Franny Kelly	Tipperary	1-09	12
1985	Franny Kelly	Tipperary	1–19	22
1986	Franny Kelly	Tipperary	1–11	14
1987	Larry Tompkins	Kerry	0–15	15
1988	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	0–16	16
1989	Eoin Sheehan	Limerick	4-07	19
1990	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	1–14	17
1991	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	0–24	24
1992	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	1–20	23
1993	Colin Corkery	Cork	2–20	26
1994	Peter Lambert	Tipperary	4–13	25
1996	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	4–20	32
1996	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	1–15	18
1997	Brendan Cummins	Tipperary	1–13	16
1998	Declan Browne	Tipperary	2–29	35
1099	Podsie O'Mahony	Cork	1–13	16
2000	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	2-09	15
2001	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	1–13	16
2002	Colin Corkery	Cork	0–29	29
2003	Declan Browne	Tipperary	1–16	19
2004	Muiris Gavin	Limerick	0–24	24
2005	Colm Cooper	Cork	3–12	21
2006	James Masters	Cork	1–21	24
2007	James Masters	Cork	3–18	27
2008	Daniel Goulding	Cork	1-08	11
2009	Donncha O'Connor	Cork	3–14	23
2010	Colm Cooper	Kerry	1–20	23
2011	Daniel Goulding	Cork	2–15	21
2012	Ian Ryan	Limerick	1–17	20
2013	Daniel Goulding	Cork	1–17	20
2014	Paul Whyte	Waterford	1-07	10
	David Tubridy	Clare	1-07	10
	Shane McGrath	Clare	1-07	10
	James O'Donoghue	Kerry	0–10	10
2015	Colm O'Neill	Cork	1–14	17
2016	Kevin O'Halloran	Tipperary	0–15	15
2017	James O'Donoghue	Kerry	0–16	16
2018	Paul Geaney	Kerry	2–12	18
2019	Mark Collins	Cork	0–17	17
2020	Conor Sweeney	Tipperary	1–18	21

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Era
1	Colm Cooper	Kerry	41	2002–2016
	Tomás Ó Sé	Kerry	41	1997–2013
3	Darragh Ó Sé	Kerry	40	1994–2009
4	Marc Ó Sé	Kerry	38	2002–2016
5	Dan O'Keeffe	Kerry	36	1932–1948
6	Tom O'Sullivan	Kerry	34	2000–2011
	Séamus Moynihan	Kerry	34	1992–2006
	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	34	1977–1992
	Mick O'Connell	Kerry	34	1956–1974
10	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	33	1988–2001
	Billy Morgan	Cork	33	1966–1981

Record Munster medal winners

Rank	Player	Team	No.	Years
1	Dan O'Keeffe	Kerry	14	1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948
2	Mick O'Connell	Kerry	12	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972
3	Pat Spillane	Kerry	12	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991
4	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	11	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972
5	John O'Keeffe	Kerry	11	1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984
6	Páidí Ó Sé	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
7	Ger Power	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
8	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
9	Denis "Ógie" Moran	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
10	Dick Fitzgerald	Kerry	10	1903, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1923
11	Miko Doyle	Kerry	10	1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
12	Joe Keohane	Kerry	10	1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948
13	Johnny Culloty	Kerry	10	1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970
14	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	10	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991

See also

• Munster Senior Football Championship
• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship records and statistics