All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics

As of 22 June 2024.

• 23 counties have reached an all-Ireland semi-final at least once.

• Carlow, Meath and Westmeath are the most notable counties to never reach a semi-final.

•   Cork (1941, 1942, 1943, 1944)
•   Kilkenny (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
•   Limerick (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

•   Cork (1892, 1893, 1894)
•   Tipperary (1898, 1899, 1900)
•   Kilkenny (1911, 1912, 1913)
•   Tipperary (1949, 1950, 1951)
•   Cork (1952, 1953, 1954)
•   Cork (1976, 1977, 1978)

•   Tipperary (1895, 1896)
•   Cork (1902, 1903)
•   Kilkenny (1904, 1905)
•   Cork (1928, 1929)
•   Kilkenny (1932, 1933)
•   Wexford (1955, 1956)
•   Tipperary (1961, 1962)
•   Tipperary (1964, 1965)
•   Kilkenny (1974, 1975)
•   Kilkenny (1982, 1983)
•   Galway (1987, 1988)
•   Kilkenny (1992, 1993)
•   Kilkenny (2002, 2003)
•   Cork (2004, 2005)
•   Kilkenny (2011, 2012)
•   Kilkenny (2014, 2015)

•   Tipperary (1887, 1906, 1908, 1916, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1945, 1958, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2010, 2016, 2019)
•   Kilkenny (1907, 1909, 1922, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1979, 2000)
•   Cork (1890, 1919, 1926, 1931, 1946, 1966, 1970, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1999)
•   Limerick (1897, 1918, 1921, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1973, 2018)
•   Dublin (1889, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1927, 1938)
•   Clare (1914, 1995, 1997, 2013, 2024)
•   Wexford (1910, 1960, 1968, 1996)
•   Offaly (1981, 1985, 1994, 1998)
•   Galway (1923, 1980, 2017)
•   Waterford (1948, 1959)
•   Kerry (1891)
•   London (1901)
•   Laois (1915)

Teams that ended All-Ireland winning streaks in the final of the championship.

•   Tipperary (2010) defeated Kilkenny

  Kilkenny (1904, 2006) defeated Cork

  Tipperary (2016) defeated Kilkenny

  Cork (2004) defeated Kilkenny

  Cork (1902) defeated London

  Kilkenny (1909, 1935, 1947, 1974, 2011) defeated Tipperary in 1909 and 2011, Limerick in 1935 and 1974 and Cork in 1947

  Dublin (1917, 1920, 1924, 1927) defeated Cork in 1920 and 1927, Tipperary in 1917 and Galway in 1924

  Limerick (1921, 1936, 1940, 1973, 2018) defeated Kilkenny in 1936, 1940 and 1973, Dublin in 1921 and Galway in 2018

  Tipperary (1964) defeated Kilkenny

  Offaly (1981) defeated Galway

  Clare (1995) defeated Offaly

There are nineteen counties that have never been represented in a Senior All-Ireland Final. These are Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Kildare, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Tyrone, Roscommon, Sligo, Westmeath and Wicklow. Fourteen of these counties have never competed in a semi-final: Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Fermanagh, Kildare, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Tyrone, Sligo, Westmeath and Wicklow

Carlow and Westmeath have been successful in senior B level championships such as the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship and the Joe McDonagh Cup.

In the last few years, counties can be divided into four levels or tiers, based on results: Tier 1 counties are consistent participants in the provincial championships. Tier 2 counties usually compete in the provincial championships or the Joe McDonagh Cup. Tier 3 counties usually compete in the Christy Ring Cup or the Nicky Rackard Cup. Tier 4 counties usually compete in the Nicky Rackard Cup or the Lory Meagher Cup.

Tier 1 counties (9): Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford

Tier 2 counties (9): Antrim, Carlow, Down, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath

Tier 3 counties (9): Armagh, Derry, Donegal, London, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Tyrone, Wicklow

Tier 4 counties (8): Cavan, Fermanagh, Lancashire, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Monaghan, Warwickshire

The following teams have competed in the All-Ireland Championship for at least one season.

The number of years that each county has played in the All-Ireland between 1980 and 2024. A total of 23 counties have competed in at least one season of the All-Ireland. Ten counties have participated in all 45 seasons. The counties in bold participate in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• SF – Semi-finals
• QF/PQF – Quarter-finals/Preliminary quarter-finals/Round 2/Round 1
• M/L/JM – Provincial Groups/Joe McDonagh Cup
• JM – Relegated
• L – Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
• M – Munster Senior Hurling Championship
• JM – Joe McDonagh Cup
• CR – Christy Ring Cup

For each year, the number of teams eligible for the All-Ireland (in brackets) are shown.

This section represents in colour-coded tabular format the results of GAA county teams in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship since 1997.

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.

Used in all seasons

• Ch — Champions
• RU — Runners-up
• SF — All-Ireland semi-finals (3rd–4th place)
• ♥ — Munster champions
• ♦ — Leinster champions
• — — did not compete

Current (2018–19, 2022–present) structure

• QF — All-Ireland quarter-finals (5th–6th place)
• PQF — All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals (7th–8th place)
• Lrr4 Mrr4 — Leinster/Munster round robin, 4th place (9th–10th place)
• Lrr5 Lrr6 Mrr5 — Leinster/Munster round robin, 5th place (11th–13th place)

• 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 (red), runners-up (orange) and semi-finalists (yellow) 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.
• There have been some 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 played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 2016 and 2017
  • Antrim compete in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, however, it has not been part of the All-Ireland since 2004; they played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship from 2009 to 2015
  • London competed in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship until 2004; they played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 2013 and 2014

Abbreviations used:

Tier 1: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Tier 2: Joe McDonagh Cup / All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

Tier 3: Christy Ring Cup / All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

Tier 4: Nicky Rackard Cup / All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

Tier 5: Lory Meagher Cup

As of 17 June 2024.

The three main ways to qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (Proper) are through:

1. Provincial Championships: Previously, the Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster champions qualified to the All-Ireland. Now the top 3 in Leinster and Munster qualify.
2. All-Ireland Qualifiers (back door): Open for all teams knocked out of their provincial championships.
3. Second Tier: Previously, the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship champions qualified to the All-Ireland. Now the Joe McDonagh Cup finalists qualify.

(Does not include Provincial Championship appearances or Qualifier appearances)

• London became the first overseas team to compete in the All-Ireland Championship in 1900. For four consecutive years they were given a bye to the All-Ireland final where they played the "home" champions in the final proper. They won their only All-Ireland title in 1901.^[1] London returned to the All-Ireland Championship on a number of occasions between 1969 and 1996.
• In 1905 Lancashire and Glasgow entered the All-Ireland Championship at the quarter-final stage.^[2] Lancashire returned for one more championship campaign in 1913 whilst Glasgow returned for the 1910 and 1913 championships.
• New York fielded a team in an expanded All-Ireland Championship in 1996.

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 (1890, 1892, 1893, 1894) and   Tipperary (1895, 1896, 1898, 1899)
• 1900s: 4 for   Kilkenny (1904, 1905, 1907, 1909)
• 1910s: 3 for   Kilkenny (1911, 1912, 1913)
• 1920s: 3 each for   Dublin (1920, 1924, 1927) and   Cork (1926, 1928, 1929)
• 1930s: 4 for   Kilkenny (1932, 1933, 1935, 1939)
• 1940s: 5 for   Cork (1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946)
• 1950s: 3 each for   Tipperary (1950, 1951, 1958) and   Cork (1952, 1953, 1954)
• 1960s: 4 for   Tipperary (1961, 1962, 1964, 1965)
• 1970s: 4 each for   Cork (1970, 1976, 1977, 1978) and   Kilkenny (1972, 1974, 1975, 1979)
• 1980s: 3 for   Galway (1980, 1987, 1988)
• 1990s: 2 each for   Cork (1990, 1999),   Kilkenny (1992, 1993),   Offaly (1994, 1998) and   Clare (1995, 1997)
• 2000s: 7 for   Kilkenny (2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
• 2010s: 4 for   Kilkenny (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
• 2020s: 4 for   Limerick (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

• Most championships
  • 36,   Kilkenny (1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
• Most second-place finishes
  • 29,   Kilkenny (1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1916, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023)
• Most semi-final finishes
  • 64,   Galway
• Most quarter-final finishes
  • 13,   Antrim (1910, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010)
• Most preliminary quarter-final finishes
  • 2,   Carlow (2018, 2023)
  • 2,   Westmeath (2018, 2019)
  • 2,   Offaly (2023, 2024)
• Most provincial group stage finishes
  • 6,   Carlow (2000, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2024)
• Most qualifier round 2 finishes
  • 5,   Offaly (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014)
  • 5,   Cork (2002, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2020)
• Most qualifier round 1 finishes
  • 10,   Laois (2003, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021)
• Most qualifier preliminary round finishes
  • 3,   Westmeath (2003, 2011, 2012)
  • 3,   Laois (2010, 2011, 2012)
• Most qualifier group stage finishes
  • 3,   Dublin (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • 3,   Laois (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • 3,   Offaly (2005, 2006, 2007)

• 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 nine 'back-door' All-Ireland champions:

•   Offaly (1998) were beaten by   Kilkenny in the Leinster final.
•   Cork (2004) were beaten by   Waterford in the Munster final.
•   Tipperary (2010) were beaten by   Cork in the first round of the Munster championship.
•   Kilkenny (2012) were beaten by   Galway in the Leinster final.
•   Clare (2013) were beaten by   Cork in the Munster semi-final.
•   Limerick (2018) were beaten by   Clare in Munster round 4.
•   Tipperary (2019) were beaten by   Limerick in the Munster final.
•   Limerick (2023) were beaten by   Clare in Munster round 2.
•   Clare (2024) were beaten twice by   Limerick in the Munster final and in Munster round 1.

On a number of occasions teams have been defeated twice but have remained in the championship:

•   Limerick (2005) were beaten by   Tipperary and   Galway but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Waterford (2005) were beaten by   Cork and   Clare but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Limerick (2006) were beaten by   Tipperary and   Clare but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Cork (2007) were beaten by   Waterford and   Tipperary but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Wexford (2018) were beaten by   Galway and   Kilkenny but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Kilkenny (2018) were beaten by   Galway twice but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Clare (2018) were beaten by   Cork twice but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Kilkenny (2019) were beaten by   Galway and   Wexford but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Cork (2019) were beaten by   Tipperary and   Clare but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Limerick (2019) were beaten by   Cork and   Tipperary but still qualified for the All-Ireland semi-final.
•   Kilkenny (2022) were beaten by   Galway and   Wexford but still qualified for the All-Ireland semi-final.
•   Cork (2022) were beaten by   Limerick and   Clare but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Clare (2023) were beaten by   Tipperary and   Limerick but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
•   Cork (2024) were beaten by   Waterford and   Clare but still qualified for the qualified for the All-Ireland final.
•   Wexford (2024) were beaten by   Antrim and   Kilkenny but still qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.

Only one county have appeared in the final and being victorious on all occasions:

•   Kerry (1891)

On the opposite end of the scale, only one county has appeared in the final and losing on each occasion:

•   Antrim (1943, 1989)

• 10 counties have participated in all the editions of the All-Ireland since 1980. these counties are:
  •   Clare
  •   Cork
  •   Dublin
  •   Galway
  •   Kilkenny
  •   Laois
  •   Limerick
  •   Tipperary
  •   Waterford
  •   Wexford

Although not an officially recognised achievement, a number of teams have achieved the distinction of winning the All-Ireland championship, their provincial championship and the National Hurling League:

•   Kilkenny (1933, 1982, 1983, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2014)
•   Tipperary (1949, 1950, 1961, 1964, 1965, 2001)
•   Limerick (1934, 1936, 2020, 2023)
•   Cork (1926, 1941, 1953)
•   Galway (1987, 2017)
•   Wexford (1956)

• The most one sided All-Ireland finals:
  • 34 points – 1896: Tipperary 8-14 - 0-04 Dublin
  • 29 points – 1894: Cork 5-20 - 2-00 Dublin
  • 27 points – 1943: Cork 5-16 - 0-04 Antrim
  • 27 points – 1928: Cork 6-12 - 1-00 Galway
  • 26 points – 1918: Limerick 9-05 - 1-03 Wexford
  • 23 points – 2008: Kilkenny 3-30 - 1-13 Waterford
• The most one sided All-Ireland semi-finals:
  • 52 points – 1900: Galway 10-23 - 0-01 Antrim
  • 44 points – 1954: Wexford 12-17 - 2-03 Antrim
  • 36 points – 1925: Tipperary 12-09 - 2-03 Antrim
  • 35 points – 1912: Limerick 11-04 – 0-02 Antrim
  • 35 points – 1904: Cork 8-18 - 2-03 Antrim
• The most one sided All-Ireland quarter-finals:
  • 36 points – 1906: Kilkenny 7-21 - 1-03 Antrim
  • 34 points – 1971: Galway 7-24 - 1-08 Antrim
  • 30 points – 1986: Galway 4-24 - 1-03 Kerry
  • 26 points – 1988: Galway 4-30 - 2-08 London
  • 26 points – 1996: Galway 4-22 - 0-08 New York
• The most one sided Munster finals:
  • 31 points – 1918: Limerick 11–3 – 1–2 Clare
  • 31 points – 1982: Cork 5-31 - 3-06 Waterford
  • 28 points – 1893: Cork 5-13 - 0-00 Limerick
  • 27 points – 1903: Cork 5-16 - 1-01 Waterford
  • 26 points – 1905: Cork 7-12 - 1-04 Limerick
• The most one sided Leinster finals:
  • 28 points – 1916: Kilkenny 11-03 - 2-02 Wexford
  • 22 points – 1954: Wexford 8-05 - 1-04 Dublin
  • 21 points – 1901: Wexford 7-06 - 1-03 Offaly
  • 20 points – 1913: Kilkenny 7-05 - 2-01 Dublin
  • 19 points – 1928: Dublin 9-07 - 4-03 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 Connacht 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

Records exclude extra-time.

• Widest winning margin:
  • 53 points – 1901: Offaly 10-23 - 0-00 Louth
• Most goals in a match:
  • 17 – 1945: Wicklow 7-05 - 10-06 Dublin
• Most points in a match:
  • 57 – 2022: Kilkenny 2-26 - 1-31 Limerick
  • 57 – 2024: Cork 1-28 - 0-29 Limerick
• Most goals by one team in a match:
  • 13 – 1923: Waterford 0-01 - 13-04 Cork
• Most points by one team in a match:
  • 40 – 2019: Westmeath 0-20 - 1-40 Cork
• Highest aggregate score:
  • 86 points – 2023: Offaly 3-18 - 7-38 Tipperary
• Lowest aggregate score:
  • 4 points – 1887: Tipperary 1-01 - 0-00 Galway

Only 6 teams of the 13 who have won the All-Ireland championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:

•   Kilkenny on 13 attempts out of 36 (1905, 1912, 1913, 1933, 1975, 1983, 1993, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015)
•   Cork on 12 attempts out of 30 (1893, 1894, 1903, 1929, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1953, 1954, 1977, 1978, 2005)
•   Tipperary on 7 attempts out of 28 (1896, 1899, 1900, 1950, 1951, 1962, 1965)
•   Limerick on 3 attempts out of 12 (2021, 2022, 2023)
•   Wexford on 1 attempt out of 6 (1956)
•   Galway on 1 attempt out of 5 (1988)

• Longest gaps between successive All-Ireland titles:
  • 81 years:   Clare (1914–1995)
  • 57 years:   Galway (1923–1980)
  • 45 years:   Wexford (1910–1955)
  • 45 years:   Limerick (1973–2018)
  • 33 years:   Limerick (1940–1973)
  • 29 years:   Galway (1988–2017)
  • 28 years:   Dublin (1889–1917)
  • 28 years:   Wexford (1968–1996)
  • 21 years:   Limerick (1897–1918)
• Longest gaps between successive All-Ireland final appearances:
  • 63 years:   Clare (1932–1995)
  • 46 years:   Antrim (1943–1989)
  • 45 years:   Waterford (1963–2008)
  • 34 years:   Laois (1915–1949)
  • 33 years:   Wexford (1918–1951)
  • 33 years:   Limerick (1940–1973)
• Longest gap between successive championship appearances
  • 00 years: 0000 (0000–0000)

• Longest active gaps between since last title:
  • 133 years:   Kerry (1891–)
  • 123 years:   London (1901–)
  • 109 years:   Laois (1915–)
  • 86 years:   Dublin (1938–)
  • 65 years:   Waterford (1959–)
  • 28 years:   Wexford (1996–)
  • 26 years:   Offaly (1998–)
  • 20 years:   Cork (2005–)
  • 10 years:   Kilkenny (2015–)
  • 8 years:   Galway (2017–)
  • 6 years:   Tipperary (2019–)
  • 1 year:   Limerick (2023–)
• Longest active gaps since last All-Ireland final appearance:
  • 133 years:   Kerry (1891–)
  • 121 years:   London (1903–)
  • 75 years:   Laois (1949–)
  • 63 years:   Dublin (1961–)
  • 35 years:   Antrim (1989–)
  • 28 years:   Wexford (1996–)
  • 24 years:   Offaly (2000–)
  • 6 years:   Galway (2018–)
  • 5 years:   Tipperary (2019–)
  • 4 years:   Waterford (2020–)
  • 1 year:   Kilkenny (2023–)
  • 1 year:   Limerick (2023–)
• Longest active gap since last championship appearance
  • 121 years:   Longford (1903–)
  • 111 years:   Glasgow (1913–)
  • 111 years:   Lancashire (1913–)
  • 111 years:   Mayo (1913–)
  • 111 years:   Sligo (1913–)
  • 104 years:   Louth (1920–)
  • 99 years:   Cavan (1925–)
  • 78 years:   Donegal (1946–)
  • 78 years:   Fermanagh (1946–)
  • 78 years:   Monaghan (1946–)
  • 25 years:   Roscommon (1999–)
  • 20 years:   Derry (2004–)
  • 20 years:   New York (2004–)
  • 20 years:   Wicklow (2004–)
  • 10 years:   London (2014–)
  • 0 years:   Meath (2024–)

• Only on seven occasions has the All-Ireland final involved two teams from the same province:
  • Tipperary vs Clare (1997)
  • Kilkenny vs Offaly (1998)
  • Kilkenny vs Offaly (2000)
  • Cork vs Clare (2013)
  • Limerick vs Waterford (2020)
  • Limerick vs Cork (2021)
  • Cork vs Clare (2024)
• The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Munster, with 6:
  •   Clare
  •   Cork
  •   Kerry
  •   Limerick
  •   Tipperary
  •   Waterford
• Province success rates
  •   Munster 100% (6 out of 6 counties)
  •   Leinster 42% (5 out of 12 counties)
  •   Britain 33% (1 out of 3 counties)
  •   Connacht 20% (1 out of 5 counties)
  •   Ulster 0% (0 out of 9 counties)

Bold = Champions

•   Galway (1887, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2015)
•   Tipperary (1887, 1997, 2010, 2014, 2019)
•   Cork (1941, 2004, 2013, 2021, 2024)
•   Kilkenny (2004, 2012, 2019)
•   Waterford (2008, 2017, 2020)
•   Offaly (1998, 2000)
•   Clare (2002, 2013, 2024)
•   Limerick (2007, 2018)

Note: The 1887, 2004, 2013, 2019 and 2024 finals featured two teams that had not won their provincial championship that year (There were no provincial championships in 1887).

• 21 games - Kilkenny (2006-2010): The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 21 games held by Kilkenny. It began with a 1–23 to 1–9 win against Westmeath in their opening game of the 2006 championship and finished with a 3–22 to 0–19 win against Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final of the 2010 championship. The 21-game unbeaten streak, which included no drawn game, ended with a 4–17 to 1–18 loss to Tipperary in the 2010 All-Ireland final.
• 17 games - Limerick (2020-2023): From 2020 to 2023, Limerick were undefeated in 17 consecutive games, 16 wins and 1 draw, starting with the opening game win against Clare of the 2020 Championship 0-36 to 1-23, up to the second game of the 2023 Championship, where they lost to Clare, 1-24 to 2-20.
• 16 games - Tipperary (1949-1952): Kilkenny in 2010 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.

As of 2024 championship.

• Best finish by a debuting team
  • Champions,   Tipperary (1887)
• Highest winning record in final (3 or more finals)
  • 68%,   Tipperary (28 wins in 41 matches)
• Lowest winning record in final (3 or more finals)
  • 20%,   Galway (5 wins in 25 matches)
• Most played match
  •   Dublin v   Kilkenny (92 times)
  •   Cork v   Tipperary (89 times)

Danny O'Connell was the main trainer for the Kilkenny Senior Hurling team in the early years of the G.A.A and managed to win twelve All-Ireland senior titles, in 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1939.^[3]

• 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 (all Kilkenny).
• Just two managers have reached the All-Ireland final with two different teams:
  • Michael "Babs" Keating with Galway (1979) and Tipperary (1988, 1989, 1991).
  • Davy Fitzgerald with Waterford (2008) and Clare (2013).
• In 2009, Justin McCarthy became the first manager to reach the All-Ireland semi-finals with three different teams: Cork (1975, 1984), Waterford (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007) and Limerick (2009). 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
  • Brian Lohan of Clare won as a player in 1995 and 1997 and as a manager in 2024

As of match played 21 July 2024 (21:20)