# List of Cork senior Gaelic football team captains

This article lists players who have captained the senior Cork county football team in the Munster Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The captain is no longer chosen from the club that has won the Cork Senior Football Championship.

## List of captains

| Year | Player | Club | National Titles | Provincial Titles |
| 1928 | Joe Kearney | UCC | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
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| 1930 | James J. Hogan | | | |
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| 1938 | Tim Harrington | Bantry Blues | | |
| 1939 | Jack Lynch | St. Nicholas' | | |
| 1940 | Mick Finn | Clonakilty | | |
| 1941 | Denis J. O'Sullivan | Garnish | | |
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| 1943 | Tadhgo Crowley | Clonakilty | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1944 | Mick Finn | Clonakilty | | |
| 1945 | Dessie Cullinane | Clonakilty | | |
| 1945 | Tadhgo Crowley | Clonakilty | All-Ireland Football Final winning captain | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1946 | Dave Magnier | Fermoy | | |
| 1947 | Fachtna O'Donovan | Clonakilty | | |
| 1948 | Fachtna O'Donovan | Clonakilty | | |
| 1949 | John O'Keeffe | Millstreet | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1950 | John Cronin | Collins | | |
| 1951 | Con McGrath | Garda | | |
| 1952 | Éamonn Young | Collins | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1953 | Humphrey O'Neill | Clonakilty | | |
| 1954 | Niall FitzGerald | Collins | | |
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| 1956 | Donal O'Sullivan | Lees | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1957 | Nealie Duggan | Lees | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1958 | Paddy O'Driscoll | Garda | | |
| 1959 | Dan Murray | Macroom | | |
| 1960 | Donal Hurley | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 1961 | Paddy Harrington | Garda | | |
| 1962 | Johnny O'Flynn | Kilshannig | | |
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| 1966 | Jerry O'Sullivan | St. Nicholas' | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1967 | Denis Coughlan | St. Nicholas' | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1968 | Bernie O'Neill | Adrigole | | |
| 1969 | Dan Dineen | Bantry Blues | | |
| 1969 | Donal Hunt | Bantry Blues | | |
| 1970 | Pat O'Doherty | St Nicholas' | | |
| 1971 | Mick Scannell | Naomh Abán | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1972 | Donal Hunt | Bantry Blues | | |
| 1973 | Billy Morgan | Nemo Rangers | All-Ireland Football Final winning captain | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1974 | Denis Coughlan | St. Nicholas' | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1975 | Jimmy Barrett | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 1976 | Dinny Allen | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 1977 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 1978 | Brian Murphy | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 1979 | Brian Murphy | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 1980 | Christy Ryan | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 1981 | Christy Ryan | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 1982 | Dinny Allen | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 1983 | Christy Ryan | St. Finbarr's | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1984 | Jimmy Kerrigan | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 1985 | Conor Counihan | Aghada | | |
| 1986 | John Kerins | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 1987 | Conor Counihan | Aghada | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1988 | Tony Nation | Nemo Rangers | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1989 | Dinny Allen | Nemo Rangers | All-Ireland Football Final winning captain | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1990 | Larry Tompkins | Castlehaven | All-Ireland Football Final winning captain | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1991 | Danny Culloty | Duhallow | | |
| 1992 | Danny Culloty | Duhallow | | |
| 1993 | Mick McCarthy | O'Donovan Rossa | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1994 | Steven O'Brien | Nemo Rangers | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1995 | Niall Cahalane | Castlehaven | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 1996 | Mark O'Connor | Bantry Blues | | |
| 1997 | Brian Murphy | Clonakilty | | |
| 1998 | Ciarán O'Sullivan | Urhan | | |
| 1999 | Philip Clifford | Bantry Blues | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 2000 | Philip Clifford | UCC | | |
| 2001 | Joe Kavanagh | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 2002 | Colin Corkery | Nemo Rangers | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 2003 | Martin Cronin | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 2004 | Colin Crowley | Castlehaven | | |
| 2005 | Eoin Sexton | Kilbrittain | | |
| 2006 | Derek Kavanagh | Nemo Rangers | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 2007 | Derek Kavanagh | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 2008 | Graham Canty | Bantry Blues | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 2009 | Graham Canty | Bantry Blues | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 2010 | Graham Canty | Bantry Blues | All-Ireland Football Final winning captain | |
| 2011 | Graham Canty | Bantry Blues | | |
| 2012 | Graham Canty | Bantry Blues | | Munster Football Final winning captain |
| 2013 | Graham Canty | Bantry Blues | | |
| 2014 | Michael Shields | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 2015 | Michael Shields | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 2016 | Paul Kerrigan | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 2017 | Paul Kerrigan | Nemo Rangers | | |
| 2018 | Ian Maguire | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 2019 | Ian Maguire | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 2020 | Ian Maguire | St. Finbarr's | | |
| 2021 | Ian Maguire | St. Finbarr's | | |