The 2002 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 105th completed staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Galway County Board in 1887.
Clarinbridge entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 10 November 2002 at Pearse Stadium in Galway, between Athenry and Sarsfields, in what was their third meeting in the final overall. Athenry won the match by 1âÂÂ16 to 2âÂÂ07 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in two years.