# List of Donegal senior Gaelic football team captains

This article lists players who have captained the senior Donegal county football team in the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Unlike other counties the captain is not chosen from the club that has won the Donegal Senior Football Championship.
Michael Murphy captained the team from 2011 until his retirement at the age of 33 in November 2022.
Patrick McBrearty replaced Murphy as team captain.

## List of captains

| Year | Player | National Football League | Ulster Senior Football Championship | All-Ireland Senior Football Championship |
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| 1963 | Sean Ferriter | — | — | — |
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| 1974 | Pauric McShea | — | Win | — |
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| 1983 | Michael Lafferty | — | Win | — |
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| 1990 | Anthony Molloy | — | Win | — |
| 1991 | | — | — | — |
| 1992 | Anthony Molloy | — | Win | Win |
| 1993 | | — | — | — |
| 1994 | | — | — | — |
| 1995 | | — | — | — |
| 1996 | Noel Hegarty | — | — | — |
| 1997 | | — | — | — |
| 1998 | John Joe Doherty | — | — | — |
| 1999 | | — | — | — |
| 2000 | Damian Diver | — | — | — |
| 2001 | | — | — | — |
| 2002 | Mark Crossan | — | — | — |
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| 2004 | | — | — | — |
| 2005 | Christy Toye | — | — | — |
| 2006 | Christy Toye | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Neil Gallagher | Win | — | — |
| 2008 | Kevin Cassidy | — | — | — |
| 2009 | Rory Kavanagh | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Kevin Cassidy | — | — | — |
| 2011 | Michael Murphy | — | Win | — |
| 2012 | Michael Murphy | — | Win | Win |
| 2013 | Michael Murphy | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Michael Murphy | — | Win | — |
| 2015 | Michael Murphy | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Michael Murphy | — | — | — |
| 2017 | Michael Murphy | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Michael Murphy | — | Win | — |
| 2019 | Michael Murphy | — | Win | — |
| 2020 | Michael Murphy | — | — | — |
| 2021 | Michael Murphy | — | — | — |
| 2022 | Michael Murphy | — | — | — |
| 2023 | Patrick McBrearty | — | — | — |
| 2024 | | | | |