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Leinster Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics

This page details statistics of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

General performances

Performance by county

Performance by province

Counties

Team results

Legend

  • – Champions
  • – Runners-up
  • – Group Stage/Quarter-Finals/Semi-Finals
  • – Relegated
  • JM – Joe McDonagh Cup
  • CR – Christy Ring Cup

For each year, the number of teams in each championship (in brackets) are shown.

Least successful counties

Out of the 16 counties who have participated, nine counties have never been represented in a Leinster SHC Final. These Antrim, Carlow, Kerry, Kildare, London, Longford, Louth, Meath and Wicklow. Six of these counties have never competed in a semi-final: Antrim, Kerry, London, Longford, Louth and Wicklow.

Kerry transferred from the Munster Senior Hurling Championship for a couple of years but have been transferred back, making them currently ineligible for the championship.

Levels

In the last few years, Leinster counties can be divided into four levels or tiers, based on results: Tier 1 counties are consistent participants in the latter stage of the Leinster championship. Tier 2 counties regularly compete in the championship. Tier 3 counties are not consistent participants in the championship.

Tier 1 counties (4): Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Wexford

Tier 2 counties (5): Antrim, Carlow, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath

Tier 3 counties (7): Kerry, Kildare, London, Longford, Louth, Meath, Wicklow

Team participation

Debut of counties

Seasons in Leinster SHC

The number of years that each county has played in the Leinster SHC between 1888 and 2024. A total of 15 counties have competed in at least one season of the Leinster SHC. Dublin have participated in the most championships. The counties in bold participate in the 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

List of Leinster Senior Hurling Championship counties

The following teams have competed in the Leinster Championship for at least one season.

All-time Leinster Senior Hurling Championship rankings

All-time table (since introduction of round robin)

Legend

As of 9 July 2024 (after 2024 championship). Includes final replays.

Teams

Winning Teams

Other records

By Semi-Final/Top 4 Appearances (2015–present)

Winners By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Leinster Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

  • 1880s: 1 each for Kilkenny (1888) and Dublin (1889)
  • 1890s: 4 for Kilkenny (1893, 1895, 1897, 1898)
  • 1900s: 6 for Kilkenny (1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909)
  • 1910s: 4 for Kilkenny (1911, 1912, 1913, 1916)
  • 1920s: 5 each for Dublin (1920, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1928) and Kilkenny (1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1929)
  • 1930s: 7 for Kilkenny (1931-1932-1933-1935-1936-1937-1939)
  • 1940s: 5 for Kilkenny (1940-1943-1945-1946-1947)
  • 1950s: 5 for Kilkenny (1950-1953-1957-1958-1959)
  • 1960s: 4 each for Wexford (1960-1962-1965-1968) and Kilkenny (1963-1966-1967-1969)
  • 1970s: 7 for Kilkenny (1971-1972-1973-1974-1975-1978-1979)
  • 1980s: 6 for Offaly (1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989)
  • 1990s: 5 for Kilkenny (1991-1992-1993-1998-1999)
  • 2000s: 9 for Kilkenny (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • 2010s: 5 for Kilkenny (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • 2020s: 6 for Kilkenny (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Consecutive Wins

Septuple

  • Kilkenny (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Sextuple

  • Kilkenny (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

Quintuple

  • Kilkenny (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975)

Treble

Double

Single

  • Dublin (1889, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1902, 1906, 1908, 1917, 1924, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1961, 2013)
  • Wexford (1899, 1901, 1910, 1918, 1951, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 2004, 2019)
  • Kilkenny (1888, 1893, 1895, 1900, 1907, 1909, 1916, 1943, 1950, 1953, 1969)
  • Laois (1949)
  • Galway (2012)

Finishing positions

  • Most championships
  • 77, Kilkenny (1888, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Most second-place finishes
  • 37, Dublin (1888, 1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1990, 1991, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2021, 2024)
  • Most third-place finishes
  • 3, Wexford (2018, 2022, 2024)
  • 3, Dublin (2019, 2023, 2025)
  • Most fourth-place finishes
  • 2, Dublin (2018, 2022)
  • 2, Galway (2019, 2024)
  • 2, Wexford (2023, 2025)
  • Most fifth-place finishes
  • 2, Antrim (2023, 2024)
  • 2, Offaly (2018, 2025)
  • Most sixth-place finishes
  • 1, Laois (2022)
  • 1, Westmeath (2023)
  • 1, Carlow (2024)
  • 1, Antrim (2025)
  • Most semi-final finishes
  • 00, 000 (0000)
  • Most quarter-final finishes
  • 00, 000 (0000)
  • Most preliminary round finishes
  • 00, 000 (0000)
  • Most group stage finishes
  • 00, 000 (0000)

Unbeaten sides

  • 134 out of 136 winning teams have won the Leinster SHC unbeaten

Beaten sides

The group stage of the championship has resulted in 2 'back-door' Leinster SHC champions:

On 1 occasion a team was defeated twice but have remained in the championship:

Final success rate

No county has appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions.

On the opposite end of the scale, only one county has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:

Consecutive participations (in round robin)

Dublin have the record number of participations in the championship overall, taking part in 137 seasons.

Winning other trophies

Although not an officially recognised achievement, a number of teams have achieved the distinction of winning the Leinster championship, the All-Ireland championship and the National Hurling League:

Other records

Biggest wins

  • The most one sided Leinster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
  • 21 points – 1901: Wexford 7-06 - 1-03 Offaly
  • 19 points – 2008: Kilkenny 5-21 - 0-17 Wexford
  • 18 points – 1896: Dublin 4-06 - 0-00 Kilkenny

Successful defending

All 6 teams of the 6 who have won the Leinster championship have successfully defended the title. These are:

  • Kilkenny on 42 attempts out of 73 (1898, 1904, 1905, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1926, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Wexford on 5 attempts out of 19 (1891, 1955, 1956, 1977, 1997)
  • Dublin on 4 attempts out of 23 (1920, 1921, 1928, 1942)
  • Offaly on 4 attempts out of 8 (1981, 1985, 1989, 1990)
  • Galway on 1 attempts out of 3 (2018)
  • Laois on 1 attempts out of 2 (1915)

Gaps

  • The longest gaps between successive Leinster titles:
  • 52 years: Dublin (1961–2013)
  • 34 years: Laois (1915–1949)
  • 33 years: Wexford (1918–1951)
  • 19 years: Wexford (1977–1996)
  • 15 years: Wexford (2004–2019)
  • 9 years: Wexford (1901–1910)
  • 9 years: Dublin (1908–1917)
  • 9 years: Dublin (1952–1961)
  • The longest gaps between successive Leinster finals:
  • 41 years: Offaly (1928–1969)
  • 34 years: Laois (1951–1985)
  • 26 years: Wexford (1918–1944)
  • 26 years: Dublin (1964–1990)
  • 23 years: Offaly (1901–1924)
  • 18 years: Laois (1891–1909)
  • 18 years: Dublin (1991–2009)
  • 15 years: Laois (1915–1930)
  • 12 years: Laois (1936–1948)
  • 11 years: Offaly (1969–1980)
  • 9 years: Wexford (1901–1910)
  • 9 years: Wexford (2008–2017)

Active gaps

  • Longest active gaps between since last title:
  • 76 years: Laois (1949–)
  • 30 years: Offaly (1995–)
  • 12 years: Dublin (2013–)
  • 7 years: Galway (2018–)
  • 6 years: Wexford (2019–)
  • 0 years: Kilkenny (2025–)
  • Longest active gaps since last championship final appearance:
  • 88 years: Westmeath (1937–)
  • 40 years: Laois (1985–)
  • 21 years: Offaly (2004–)
  • 6 years: Wexford (2019–)
  • 1 year: Dublin (2024–)
  • 0 years: Galway (2025–)
  • 0 years: Kilkenny (2025–)
  • Longest active gap since last championship appearance:
  • 105 years: Louth (1920–)

Leinster final pairings

Longest undefeated run

  • 15 matches (Kilkenny, 2005–2012): The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 15 games held by Kilkenny. It began with a 6-28 to 0-15 win against Offaly in the semi-final of the 2005 championship and finished with a 2-21 to 0-9 defeat of Dublin in the Leinster semi-final of the 2012 championship. The 15-game unbeaten streak, which included no drawn games, ended with a 2-21 to 2-11 loss to Galway in the 2012 Leinster final.

Miscellaneous

  • Best finish by a debuting team
  • Champions, Kilkenny (1888)
  • Best finish by a debuting team (after 1888)
  • Champions, Wexford (1890)
  • Highest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
  • 71%, Kilkenny (75 wins in 106 matches)
  • Lowest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
  • 20%, Laois (3 wins in 15 matches)
  • Most played match
  • Dublin vs Kilkenny

Players

Top scorers

All time

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

By year

Single game

Finals

All-time appearances

Leinster final appearances

See also

References