# Munster Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics

This page details statistics of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

## General performances
### Performance by county

| County | Title(s) | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| Cork | 54 | 30 | 1888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018 | 1896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013 |
| Tipperary | 42 | 28 | 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 | 1894, 1904, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2019, 2021 |
| Limerick | 25 | 27 | 1897, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1955, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 1891, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1905, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1937, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2014 |
| Waterford | 9 | 21 | 1938, 1948, 1957, 1959, 1963, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010 | 1903, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020 |
| Clare | 6 | 25 | 1889, 1914, 1932, 1995, 1997, 1998 | 1899, 1901, 1915, 1918, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Kerry | 1 | 5 | 1891 | 1889, 1890, 1900, 1892, 1908 |

## Counties
### By Semi-Final/Top 4 Appearances (since 2015)

| Team | No. | Years |
| Limerick | 10 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Cork | 9 | 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Clare | 8 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Tipperary | 7 | 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
| Waterford | 6 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024 |

## Other records
### By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
* 1890s: 4 each for Cork (1890-92-93-94) and Tipperary (1895-96-98-99)
* 1900s: 6 for Cork (1901-02-03-04-05-07)
* 1910s: 3 each for Limerick (1910-11-18), Cork (1912-15-19) and Tipperary (1913-16-17)
* 1920s: 5 for Cork (1920-26-27-28-29)
* 1930s: 4 for Limerick (1933-34-35-36)
* 1940s: 5 for Cork (1942-43-44-46-47)
* 1950s: 4 for Cork (1952-53-54-56)
* 1960s: 7 for Tipperary (1960-61-62-64-65-67-68)
* 1970s: 7 for Cork (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79)
* 1980s: 5 for Cork (1982-83-84-85-86)
* 1990s: 3 each for Clare (1995-97-98) and Cork (1990-92-99)
* 2000s: 4 for Cork (2000-03-05-06)
* 2010s: 4 for Tipperary (2011-12-15-16)
* 2020s: 5 for Limerick (2020-21-22-23-24)

### Finishing positions

* Most championships
** 54, Cork (1888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018)
* Most second-place finishes
** 30, Cork (1896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013)
* Most third-place finishes
** 3, Cork (2019, 2022, 2024)
* Most fourth-place finishes
** 2, Waterford (2022, 2024)
* Most fifth-place finishes
** 3, Waterford (2018, 2019, 2023)

### Other records
#### Biggest wins

* The most one sided Munster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
** 31 points – 1918: Limerick 11-03 – 1-02 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
** 23 points – 1899: Tipperary 5-16 – 0-08 Clare
** 22 points – 1900: Tipperary 6-11 – 2-01 Kerry
** 22 points – 1972: Cork 6-18 – 2-08 Clare
** 21 points – 2016: Tipperary 5-19 (34) – (13 0-13 Waterford
** 21 points – 1896: Tipperary 7-09 – 2-03 Cork
** 21 points – 2011: Tipperary 7-19 – 0-19 Waterford
** 20 points – 1962: Tipperary 5-14 – 2-03 Waterford
** 19 points – 1915: Cork 8-02 – 2-01 Clare
** 19 points – 1983: Cork 3-22 – 0-12 Waterford
** 18 points – 1993: Tipperary 3-27 – 2-12 Clare
** 18 points – 1965: Tipperary 4-11 – 0-05 Cork
* The most one sided games from the semi-final and quarter-final stages of the championship:
** 42 points – 1923: Cork 13-04 – 0-01 Waterford
** 41 points – 1904: Tipperary 8-21 – 0-04 Waterford
** 34 points – 2000: Cork 2-32 – 0-04 Kerry
** 34 points – 1953: Clare 10-08 – 1-01 Limerick
** 32 points – 1960: Tipperary 10-09 – 2-01 Limerick

#### Successful defending

Only 4 teams of the 6 who have won the Munster championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:
* Cork on 27 attempts out of 50 (1893, 1894, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2000, 2006, 2018)
* Tipperary on 16 attempts out of 40 (1896, 1899, 1900, 1909, 1917, 1925, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012)
* Limerick on 11 attempts out of 24 (1911, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1974, 1981, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
* Clare on 1 attempt out of 6 (1998)
The most consecutive titles is 6 in a row, achieved by just one county:
* Limerick in 2019–24

#### Gaps

* Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
** 63 years: Clare (1932-1995)
** 39 years: Waterford (1963-2002)
** 25 years: Clare (1889-1914)
** 18 years: Limerick (1955-1973)
** 18 years: Clare (1914-1932)
** 17 years: Limerick (1996-2013)
** 16 years: Tipperary (1971-1987)
** 15 years: Limerick (1940-1955)
** 13 years: Limerick (1981-1994)
** 13 years: Limerick (1897-1910)
* Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster finals:
** 22 years: Waterford (1903-1925)
** 18 years: Clare (1938-1955)
** 16 years: Waterford (1966-1982)
** 15 years: Limerick (1956-1971)
** 13 years: Clare (1901-1914)
** 12 years: Clare (1955-1967)
** 11 years: Tipperary (1973-1984)
** 11 years: Limerick (1981-1992)
** 10 years: Clare (1889-1899)
** 10 years: Limerick (1924-1934)

#### Active Gaps

* Longest active gaps since last title:
** 133 years: Kerry (1891–)
** 26 years: Clare (1998–)
** 14 years: Waterford (2010–)
** 8 years: Tipperary (2016–)
** 6 years: Cork (2018–)
* Longest active gaps since last championship final appearance:
** 116 years: Kerry (1908–)
** 6 years: Cork (2018–)
** 4 years: Waterford (2020–)
** 3 years: Tipperary (2021–)
* Longest active gap since last championship appearance:
** 55 years: Galway (1969–)
** 20 years: Kerry (2004–)

### Munster final pairings

| Pairing | Meetings | First meeting | Last meeting |
| Cork v Tipperary | 34 | 1894 | 2006 |
| Cork v Limerick | 21 | 1893 | 2014 |
| Limerick v Tipperary | 17 | 1895 | 2021 |
| Clare v Cork | 14 | 1888 | 2018 |
| Cork v Waterford | 13 | 1903 | 2010 |
| Tipperary v Waterford | 9 | 1925 | 2016 |
| Clare v Limerick | 9 | 1918 | 2024 |
| Clare v Tipperary | 6 | 1899 | 2008 |
| Limerick v Waterford | 4 | 1933 | 2020 |
| Clare v Waterford | 2 | 1938 | 1998 |
| Kerry v Cork | 2 | 1890 | 1892 |
| Kerry v Tipperary | 2 | 1900 | 1908 |
| Clare v Kerry | 1 | 1889 | 1889 |
| Kerry v Limerick | 1 | 1891 | 1891 |

#### Longest undefeated run

* Cork (15 matches): Cork's run began with a 1-19 to 2-8 win against Tipperary in the quarter-final of the 1982 championship and finished with a 1-18 apiece draw with Tipperary in the Munster final of the 1987 championship. The 15-game unbeaten streak, which included just one drawn game, ended with a 4-22 to 1-22 extra-time loss to Tipperary in the replay of the 1987 Munster final.
* Limerick (15 matches): As of 11 June 2023, Limerick are currently unbeaten in 15 Munster Championship games, a run that started in the 2019 Munster Final on 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Top scorers
#### All time

This is a list of players who have scored a cumulative total of 100 points or more in the Munster Championship.

#### Single game

| Year | Top scorer | Team | Score | Total |
| 1937 | Paddy McMahon | Limerick | 4-00 | 12 |
| 1938 | Jimmy Coffey | Tipperary | 2-02 | 8 |
| 1939 | Ted O'Sullivan | Cork | 3-00 | 9 |
| 1939 | Paddy McMahon | Limerick | 3-00 | 9 |
| 1940 | Ted O'Sullivan | Cork | 4-00 | 12 |
| 1941 | Jack Lynch | Cork | 2-05 | 11 |
| 1942 | Johnny Quirke | Cork | 3-00 | 9 |
| 1943 | Ted O'Sullivan | Cork | 4-00 | 12 |
| 1944 | Dick Stokes | Limerick | 2-05 | 11 |
| 1945 | Jackie Solon | Clare | 2-01 | 7 |
| 1945 | Tommy Doyle | Tipperary | 1-04 | 7 |
| 1946 | John Mackey | Limerick | 2-01 | 7 |
| 1947 | Christy Ring | Cork | 2-07 | 13 |
| 1948 | Jackie Power | Limerick | 3-00 | 9 |
| 1948 | Willie McAllister | Clare | 3-00 | 9 |
| 1949 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 0-11 | 11 |
| 1950 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 3-06 | 15 |
| 1951 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 3-01 | 10 |
| 1952 | Josie Hartnett | Cork | 2-02 | 8 |
| 1952 | Séamus Bannon | Tipperary | 2-02 | 8 |
| 1953 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 6-04 | 22 |
| 1954 | Séamus Power | Waterford | 4-02 | 14 |
| 1955 | Dermot Kelly | Limerick | 1-12 | 15 |
| 1956 | Mick Ryan | Cork | 2-02 | 8 |
| 1956 | Terry Kelly | Cork | 2-02 | 8 |
| 1957 | Liam Skelly | Tipperary | 4-00 | 12 |
| 1958 | Christy Ring | Cork | 2-04 | 10 |
| 1959 | Christy Ring | Cork | 1-08 | 11 |
| 1960 | Donie Nealon | Tipperary | 3-04 | 13 |
| 1961 | Christy Ring | Cork | 3-04 | 13 |
| 1962 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 1-10 | 13 |
| 1963 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 1-07 | 10 |
| 1964 | Richard Browne | Cork | 4-00 | 12 |
| 1965 | Frank Coffey | Galway | 1-06 | 9 |
| 1966 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 3-05 | 14 |
| 1967 | Michael Keating | Tipperary | 3-02 | 11 |
| 1968 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 0-07 | 7 |
| 1969 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 1-08 | 11 |
| 1970 | Pat Cronin | Clare | 1-08 | 11 |
| 1971 | Michael Keating | Tipperary | 3-04 | 13 |
| 1972 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 2-09 | 15 |
| 1973 | Francis Loughnane | Tipperary | 2-10 | 16 |
| 1974 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 2-08 | 14 |
| 1975 | Michael Keating | Tipperary | 2-03 | 9 |
| 1975 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 1-06 | 9 |
| 1975 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 0-09 | 9 |
| 1976 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 4-01 | 13 |
| 1977 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 1-06 | 9 |
| 1978 | Willie Fitzmaurice | Limerick | 3-00 | 9 |
| 1978 | Colm Honan | Clare | 0-09 | 9 |
| 1979 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 2-04 | 10 |
| 1979 | Joe McKenna | Limerick | 2-04 | 10 |
| 1980 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 2-05 | 11 |
| 1981 | Joe McKenna | Limerick | 3-03 | 12 |
| 1981 | John Grogan | Tipperary | 2-06 | 12 |
| 1982 | Seánie O'Leary | Cork | 4-00 | 12 |
| 1983 | John Grogan | Tipperary | 1-06 | 9 |
| 1984 | John Fenton | Cork | 1-07 | 10 |
| 1985 | Séamus Power | Tipperary | 2-05 | 11 |
| 1986 | Tommy Guilfoyle | Clare | 2-02 | 8 |
| 1986 | John Fenton | Cork | 0-08 | 8 |
| 1987 | Pat Fox | Tipperary | 1-10 | 13 |
| 1988 | Pat Horgan | Cork | 1-06 | 9 |
| 1988 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 0-09 | 9 |
| 1989 | Joe Hennessy | Kerry | 3-04 | 13 |
| 1989 | Finbarr Delaney | Cork | 1-11 | 13 |
| 1990 | Mark Foley | Cork | 2-07 | 13 |
| 1991 | Michael Cleary | Tipperary | 1-07 | 10 |
| 1991 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 0-10 | 10 |
| 1992 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 1-08 | 11 |
| 1993 | Michael Cleary | Tipperary | 3-02 | 11 |
| 1994 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 2-05 | 11 |
| 1995 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 0-12 | 12 |
| 1996 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 1-07 | 10 |
| 1996 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 0-10 | 10 |
| 1997 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 1-07 | 10 |
| 1998 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 0-10 | 10 |
| 1999 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 1-08 | 11 |
| 2000 | Joe Deane | Cork | 0-10 | 10 |
| 2001 | Jamesie O'Connor | Clare | 1-04 | 7 |
| 2001 | Jamesie O'Connor | Clare | 0-07 | 7 |
| 2001 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 0-07 | 7 |
| 2001 | Paul O'Grady | Limerick | 0-07 | 7 |
| 2002 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 0-12 | 12 |
| 2002 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 0-12 | 12 |
| 2003 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 3-03 | 12 |
| 2004 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 2-08 | 14 |
| 2005 | T. J. Ryan | Limerick | 1-07 | 10 |
| 2006 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 2-09 | 15 |
| 2007 | Dan Shanahan | Waterford | 3-03 | 12 |
| 2008 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 1-07 | 10 |
| 2008 | Mark Flaherty | Clare | 1-07 | 10 |
| 2008 | Dave Bennett | Waterford | 0-10 | 10 |
| 2009 | Eoin Kelly | Waterford | 0-12 | 12 |
| 2009 | Colin Ryan | Clare | 0-12 | 12 |
| 2010 | Eoin Kelly | Waterford | 1-08 | 11 |
| 2011 | Lar Corbett | Tipperary | 4-04 | 16 |
| 2012 | Pa Bourke | Tipperary | 0-12 | 12 |
| 2013 | Declan Hannon | Limerick | 0-09 | 9 |
| 2014 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 2-11 | 17 |
| 2015 | Maurice Shanahan | Waterford | 1-09 | 12 |
| 2016 | Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 1-11 | 14 |
| 2017 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 0-13 | 13 |
| 2018 | Jason Forde | Tipperary | 1-14 | 17 |
| 2019 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 2-09 | 15 |
| 2020 | Tony Kelly | Clare | 0-17 | 17 |
| 2021 | Tony Kelly | Clare | 1-12 | 15 |
| 2022 | Tony Kelly | Clare | 0-16 | 16 |
| 2023 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 1-14 | 17 |
| 2024 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 2-10 | 16 |

#### Finals
### All-time appearances

| Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Year |
| 1 | Christy Ring | Cork | 49 | 1940-1963 |

### Munster final appearances

| Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Finals |
| 1 | Christy Ring | Cork | 18 | 1940, 1940 (R), 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 |
| 2 | John Doyle | Tipperary | 14 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
| 3 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 11 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971 |
| 3 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 11 | 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 |
| 3 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 11 | 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |

### Munster medal winners

| Rank | Player | Team | No. | Years |
| 1 | John Doyle | Tipperary | 10 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
| 1 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 10 | 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
| 3 | Christy Ring | Cork | 9 | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 |
| 3 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 9 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971 |
| 3 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 9 | 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 |
| 3 | Gerald McCarthy | Cork | 9 | 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 |
| 3 | Ray Cummins | Cork | 9 | 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982 |
| 3 | Johnny Crowley | Cork | 9 | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
| 9 | Donie Nealon | Tipperary | 8 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
| 9 | Tom Cashman | Cork | 8 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
| 9 | Dermot McCurtain | Cork | 8 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |

### Other records

* Winners of Munster medals on the field of play in each of three decades:
** Paddy Ahern of Cork: 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931
** Tommy Doyle of Tipperary: 1937, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951
** Jimmy Doyle of Tipperary: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971
** Ray Cummins of Cork: 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982
** Declan Ryan of Tipperary: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001