This page details statistics of the

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurl ...

General performances

By county

Teams

Winning Teams

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 (1893-95-97-98) * 1900s: 6 for Kilkenny (1900-03-04-05-07-09) * 1910s: 4 for Kilkenny (1911-12-13-16) * 1920s: 5 each for Dublin (1920-21-24-27-28) and Kilkenny (1922-23-25-26-29) * 1930s: 7 for Kilkenny (1931-32-33-35-36-37-39) * 1940s: 5 for Kilkenny (1940-43-45-46-47) * 1950s: 5 for Kilkenny (1950-53-57-58-59) * 1960s: 4 each for Wexford (1960-62-65-68) and Kilkenny (1963-66-67-69) * 1970s: 7 for Kilkenny (1971-72-73-74-75-78-79) * 1980s: 6 for Offaly (1980-81-84-85-88-89) * 1990s: 5 for Kilkenny (1991-92-93-98-99) * 2000s: 9 for Kilkenny (2000-01-02-03-05-06-07-08-09) * 2010s: 5 for Kilkenny (2010-11-14-15-16) * 2020s: 3 for Kilkenny (2020-21-22)

Other records

Biggest wins

* The most one sided Leinster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points: ** 21 points – 1901:

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ...

7-6 (27) – (6) 1-3

Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ...

** 19 points – 2008:

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

5-21 (36) – (17) 0-17

** 18 points – 1896:

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

4-6 (18) – (0) 0-00

Successful defending

All 6 teams of the 6 who have won the Leinster championship have successfully defended the title. These are: * Kilkenny on 40 attempts out of 71 (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) * 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)

Longest undefeated run

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.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

9 county teams have participated in at least one edition of the

since 2018. Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny and Wexford have been ever-presents in the last six editions. ; ; Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Group Stage/Quarter-Finals/Semi-Finals * – Relegated * JM –

Joe McDonagh Cup The Joe McDonagh Cup is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It forms the second tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and is the second highest level of inter- ...

* CR –

Christy Ring Cup The Christy Ring Cup () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Originally introduced as a second-tier competition, it is currently the third tier overall in the inter-county hurling championship system. Eac ...

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

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

References

{{Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Hurling records and statistics

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