All - Ireland Senior Football Championship records and statistics - wikipedia All - Ireland Senior Football Championship records and statistics The article discusses information for the All - Ireland Senior Football Championship from 2014 to the present. Contents 1 Most successful counties 2 Least successful counties 3 By decade 4 By semi-final appearances 5 By county 6 By province 7 Final records and statistics 7.1 Success rates 7.2 Losing Counties 7.3 Biggest winning margins 7.4 Longest gap between successive All - Ireland titles 7.5 Longest gap between All - Ireland final appearances 7.6 Disciplinary 7.7 Fastest goal 8 Players 8.1 All - time top scorers 8.2 All - time appearances 9 See also 10 References Most successful counties The most successful team ( 1887 -- present ) is Kerry. Team Inter-county football competitions All - Ireland Championship All - Ireland Senior Football Final Losing Appearances Total Kerry 37 22 59 Dublin 27 13 40 Least successful counties The following counties have never been represented in an All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final : Carlow, Fermanagh, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Sligo, Westmeath, Wicklow, and Longford. Kilkenny do not compete anymore, having won three Leinster Senior Football Championships in the distant past. Kilkenny currently concentrate on the sport of hurling. Carlow also compete in hurling and have won an All - Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship. Westmeath have enjoyed considerable success in hurling in recent years, winning a number of All - Ireland Senior B Hurling Championships and Christy Ring Cups, and their gaelic football team won the 2004 Leinster Football Championship. As for the other teams, Fermanagh came close in 2004 -- by reaching an All - Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay -- having defeated 1999 All - Ireland winners Meath, 2002 Munster Champions Cork, a Donegal team that reached the 2003 All - Ireland semi-finals and an Armagh team fresh from appearances in two consecutive All - Ireland Senior Football Finals. Wicklow senior Gaelic football team 's most notable recent achievement was winning the 2012 NFL Division 4 final. By decade The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All - Ireland Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows : 1890s : 6 for Dublin ( 1891 - 92 - 94 - 97 - 98 - 99 ) 1900s : 5 for Dublin ( 1901 - 02 - 06 - 07 - 08 ) 1910s : 4 for Wexford ( 1915 - 16 - 17 - 18 ) 1920s : 3 each for Dublin ( 1921 - 22 - 23 ) and Kerry ( 1924 - 26 - 29 ) 1930s : 5 for Kerry ( 1930 - 31 - 32 - 37 - 39 ) 1940s : 3 for Kerry ( 1940 - 41 - 46 ) 1950s : 3 for Kerry ( 1953 - 55 - 59 ) 1960s : 3 each for Down ( 1960 - 61 - 68 ) and Galway ( 1964 - 65 - 66 ) 1970s : 4 for Kerry ( 1970 - 75 - 78 - 79 ) 1980s : 5 for Kerry ( 1980 - 81 - 84 - 85 - 86 ) 1990s : 2 each for Down ( 1991 - 94 ) and Meath ( 1996 -- 99 ) 2000s : 5 for Kerry ( 2000 - 04 - 06 - 07 - 09 ) 2010s : 5 for Dublin ( 2011 - 13 - 15 - 16 - 17 ) By semi-final appearances As of 7 August 2017 Team No. of Appearances -- -- -- First and Latest Semi-finals Kerry 81 1903 - 2017 Dublin 50 1891 - 2017 Mayo 48 1901 - 2017 Galway 41 1890 - 2001 Cavan 39 1891 - 1997 Cork 36 1890 - 2012 Meath 21 1939 - 2009 Roscommon 20 1892 - 1991 Tyrone 15 1956 - 2017 Kildare 14 1903 - 2010 Down 13 1959 - 2010 By county # County Winners Runners - up Years won Years runner up Kerry 37 22 1903, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014 1892, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1923, 1927, 1938, 1944, 1947, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1982, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015 Dublin 27 13 1891, 1892, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1942, 1958, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1995, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 1896, 1904, 1920, 1924, 1934, 1955, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994 Galway 9 13 1925, 1934, 1938, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1998, 2001 1919, 1922, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983, 2000 Cork 7 16 1890, 1911, 1945, 1973, 1989, 1990, 2010 1891, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1906, 1907, 1956, 1957, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2009 5 Meath 7 9 1949, 1954, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1999 1895, 1939, 1951, 1952, 1966, 1970, 1990, 1991, 2001 6 Cavan 5 6 1933, 1935, 1947, 1948, 1952 1925, 1928, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1949 7 Wexford 5 1893, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 1890, 1913, 1914 8 Down 5 1960, 1961, 1968, 1991, 1994 9 Kildare 5 1905, 1919, 1927, 1928 1926, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1998 10 Tipperary 1889, 1895, 1900, 1920 1918 11 Mayo 13 1936, 1950, 1951 1916, 1921, 1932, 1948, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 12 Offaly 1971, 1972, 1982 1961, 1969, 1981 13 Louth 1910, 1912, 1957 1887, 1909, 1950 14 Tyrone 2003, 2005, 2008 1986, 1995 15 Roscommon 1943, 1944 1946, 1962, 1980 16 Donegal 1992, 2012 2014 17 Limerick 0 1887, 1896 18 Armagh 2002 1953, 1977, 2003 19 Derry 1993 1958 20 London 0 5 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1908 21 Laois 0 1889, 1936 Antrim 0 1911, 1912 23 Waterford 0 1898 Clare 0 1917 Monaghan 0 1930 a. London received a bye to the final in 5 seasons. By province Most successful provinces Cavan and Down are the Ulster teams with the most All - Ireland Senior Football Championship titles. Dublin are the Leinster team with the most All - Ireland Senior Football Championship titles. Galway are the Connacht team with the most All - Ireland Senior Football Championship titles. Kerry are the Munster team with the most All - Ireland Senior Football Championship titles. # Province Total * Winners Losers % Success Rate Winners by county Losers by county Munster 91 50 41 54 % Kerry ( 37 ), Cork ( 7 ), Tipperary ( 4 ), Limerick ( 2 ) Kerry ( 22 ), Cork ( 16 ), Clare ( 1 ), Tipperary ( 1 ), Waterford ( 1 ) Leinster 87 49 38 56 % Dublin ( 27 ), Meath ( 7 ), Wexford ( 5 ), Kildare ( 4 ), Offaly ( 3 ), Louth ( 3 ) Dublin ( 13 ), Meath ( 9 ), Kildare ( 5 ), Wexford ( 3 ), Offaly ( 3 ), Louth ( 3 ), Laois ( 2 ) Connacht 41 14 27 34 % Galway ( 9 ), Mayo ( 3 ), Roscommon ( 2 ) Galway ( 12 ), Mayo ( 12 ), Roscommon ( 3 ) Ulster 34 17 17 50 % Cavan ( 5 ), Down ( 5 ), Tyrone ( 3 ), Donegal ( 2 ), Armagh ( 1 ), Derry ( 1 ) Cavan ( 6 ), Armagh ( 3 ), Tyrone ( 2 ), Antrim ( 2 ), Derry ( 1 ), Monaghan ( 1 ) Down ( 1 ), Donegal ( 1 ) Total = Appearances in an All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Provinces with highest number of different winning counties The provinces providing the highest number of different winning counties are Leinster and Ulster, with six each : Dublin, Meath, Wexford, Kildare, Offaly and Louth in Leinster and Cavan, Down, Tyrone, Donegal, Armagh and Derry in Ulster. Finals featuring two teams from the same province Only on three occasions has the All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final been contested by two teams from the same province : Ulster : Tyrone vs Armagh ( 2003 ) Munster : Kerry vs Cork ( 2007 ) Munster : Kerry vs Cork ( 2009 ) Final records and statistics Success rates 100 % One county currently have a 100 % record in the All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Limerick Note : Limerick won the first ever All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and its 100 % success rate has only ever been threatened once - in 1896. It remained intact. Historic 100 % success rates ( when a team won their first All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final before losing a final at a later time ) are : Tipperary ( 1889 - 1918 ) Dublin ( 1891 - 1896 ) Kildare ( 1905 - 1926 ) Roscommon ( 1943 - 1946 ) Down ( 1960 - 2010 ) Donegal ( 1992 - 2014 ) 0 % On the opposite end of the scale, three counties have appeared in the All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final on one occasion. All three lost. Waterford ( 1898 ) Clare ( 1917 ) Monaghan ( 1930 ) Three counties have appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion : Laois ( 1889, 1936 ) Antrim ( 1911, 1912 ) London ( 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1908 ) Note : In each of London 's first four appearances in the Final, they have been the beneficiaries of byes to that stage. From the 1900 Championship to the 1903 Championship, the GAA ran the competition between teams based in Ireland first, with the winners of the ' Home Final ' going on to play London in the ' Grand Final '. In 1908 London qualified for the Final by winning the Semi-Final Losing counties Kerry, Cork, Dublin, Galway and Mayo have lost the most All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals. Kerry have lost 22 finals ; Cork have lost 16 finals ; Dublin have lost 13 finals ; Galway have lost 13 finals ; Mayo have lost 13 finals. Biggest winning margins The five most one sided All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals and their margins of victory : 19 points -- 1911 : Cork 6 - 06 -- 1 - 02 Antrim 18 points -- 1936 : Mayo 4 - 11 -- 0 - 05 Laois 18 points - 1930 : Kerry 3 - 11 - 0 - 2 Monaghhan 17 points -- 1978 : Kerry 5 - 11 -- 0 - 09 Dublin 15 points -- 1889 : Tipperary 3 - 06 -- 0 - 00 Laois Longest gap between successive All - Ireland titles Counties that waited more than two decades between winning an All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. 45 years : Louth ( 1912 - 1957 ) 34 years : Cork ( 1911 - 1945 ) 32 years : Galway ( 1966 - 1998 ) 28 years : Cork ( 1945 - 1973 ) 23 years : Down ( 1968 - 1991 ) 22 years : Wexford ( 1893 - 1915 ) 21 years : Cork ( 1890 - 1911 ) Longest gap between All - Ireland Final appearances Counties that waited more than two decades between appearances in an All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. 63 years : Kildare ( 1935 - 1998 ) 47 years : Laois ( 1889 - 1936 ) 44 years : Meath ( 1895 - 1939 ) 38 years : Louth ( 1912 - 1950 ) 38 years : Mayo ( 1951 - 1989 ) 35 years : Derry ( 1958 - 1993 ) 34 years : Cork ( 1911 - 1945 ) 25 years : Armagh ( 1977 - 2002 ) 24 years : Armagh ( 1953 - 1977 ) 23 years : Down ( 1968 - 1991 ) Disciplinary In 1943, Joe Stafford of Cavan became the first player to be sent off in an all - Ireland senior football final. Many others have been sent off since then, including John Donnellan of Galway and brothers Derry O'Shea and John ' Thorny ' O'Shea of Kerry in the 1965 final, Charlie Nelligan of Kerry in the 1978 final, Páidí Ó Sé of Kerry in the 1979 final, Brian Mullins, Kieran Duff, Ray Hazley of Dublin and Tomás Tierney of Galway in the 1983 final, Gerry McEntee of Meath in the 1988 final replay, Tony Davis of Cork in the 1993 final, Charlie Redmond of Dublin in the 1996 final, Liam McHale of Mayo and Colm Coyle of Meath in the 1996 final replay, Nigel Nestor of Meath in the 2001 final, Diarmuid Marsden of Armagh in the 2003 final and John Small of Dublin and Donal Vaughan of Mayo in the 2017 final Six players have received black cards during All - Ireland finals : Johnny Buckley and Aidan O'Mahony, both of Kerry, in the 2014 and 2015 finals, respectively ; three players in the 2016 replay : Jonny Cooper of Dublin and Rob Hennelly and Lee Keegan both of Mayo and Ciaran Kilkenny of Dublin in the 2017 final Galway holds the record of losing a final to a team containing the least number of players, they were beaten by a Dublin team which had been reduced to just 12 players in the All Ireland Final of 1983. Fastest goal Garry McMahon 's goal after 35 seconds of the 1962 All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final is the fastest in All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final history. Other early goals include : 1993 - Joe Kavanagh ( 5 minutes ) 2004 - Alan Dillon ( 4 minutes ) 2005 - Dara Ó Cinnéide ( 6 minutes ) 2012 - Michael Murphy ( 3 minutes ) 2017 - Con O'Callaghan ( 1 minute ) 2014 - Paul Geaney ( 49 seconds ) 1980 - John O'Connor ( 35 seconds ) Players All - time top scorers As of 10 June 2018 All - time top scorers in the All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Rank Player Team Scores Tally Games Era Average Colm Cooper Kerry 23 - 283 352 85 games 2002 - 2017 4.1 Cillian O'Connor Mayo 23 - 261 330 46 games 2011 - 7.2 Mikey Sheehy Kerry 29 - 205 292 49 games 1973 - 1988 6.0 John Doyle Kildare 8 - 260 284 67 games 1999 - 2014 4.2 5 Padraig Joyce Galway 12 - 229 265 66 games 1997 - 2012 4.0 6 Bernard Brogan Dubin 21 - 196 259 58 games 2006 - 4.5 7 Paddy Bradley Derry 17 - 202 253 44 games 1999 - 2012 5.8 8 Stephen McDonnell Armagh 18 - 197 251 67 games 1999 - 2011 3.7 9 Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 12 - 205 241 45 games 1988 - 2001 5.4 10 Brian Stafford Meath 9 - 206 233 41 games 1986 - 1995 5.7 11 Oisin McConville Armagh 11 - 197 230 52 games 1994 - 2008 4.4 12 Jimmy Keaveney Dublin 15 - 182 227 42 games 1964 - 1980 5.4 All - time appearances As of 10 June 2018 Rank Player Team Appearances Year Stephen Cluxton Dublin 93 2001 - Sean Cavanagh Tyrone 89 2002 - 2017 Marc Ó Sé Kerry 88 2002 - 2015 Tomás Ó Sé Kerry 88 1998 - 2013 5 Colm Cooper Kerry 85 2002 - 2016 6 Darragh Ó Sé Kerry 81 1997 - 2010 7 Tom O'Sullivan Kerry 76 2000 - 2011 8 Conor Gormley Tyrone 75 2001 - 2014 9 Andy Moran Mayo 74 2004 - 10 Brian Dooher Tyrone 73 1995 - 2011 11 Ross Munnelly Laois 73 2003 - See also All - Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics References Jump up ^ `` Fermanagh dominate writers awards ''. BBC Sport. BBC. 20 November 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2004. Jump up ^ `` Kerry on honour roll ''. Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009. Jump up ^ `` DDTV Video : Murphy strike against Mayo named Goal of the Championship ''. Donegal Daily. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012. According to Ger Canning, RTÉ 's commentator for the 2012 All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. hide All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Trophy Leinster Connacht Munster Ulster Records and statistics Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Losing players Winning teams Seasons 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Finals 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_records_and_statistics&oldid=845953406 '' Categories : All - Ireland Senior Football Championship Gaelic games records and statistics Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 15 June 2018, at 08 : 07. 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Question: who has lost the most all ireland football finals
Answer: Kerry