This page details statistics of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.
General performances
Performance by county CountyTitle(s)Runners-upYears wonYears runner-up Cork55311888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018, 20251896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2026 Tipperary42281895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 20161894, 1904, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2019, 2021 Limerick26281897, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1955, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024,20261891, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1905, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1937, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2025, Waterford9211938, 1948, 1957, 1959, 1963, 2002, 2004, 2007, 20101903, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020 Clare6251889, 1914, 1932, 1995, 1997, 19981899, 1901, 1915, 1918, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 Kerry1518911889, 1890, 1900, 1892, 1908
Counties
By Semi-Final/Top 4 Appearances (since 2015) TeamNo.Years Limerick122015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Cork112015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Clare102016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Tipperary82015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025 Waterford72015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2026
Other records
By decade The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
1890s: 4 each for Cork (1890-92-93-94) and Tipperary (1895-96-98-99) 1900s: 6 for Cork (1901-02-03-04-05-07) 1910s: 3 each for Limerick (1910-11-18), Cork (1912-15-19) and Tipperary (1913-16-17) 1920s: 5 for Cork (1920-26-27-28-29) 1930s: 4 for Limerick (1933-34-35-36) 1940s: 5 for Cork (1942-43-44-46-47) 1950s: 4 for Cork (1952-53-54-56) 1960s: 7 for Tipperary (1960-61-62-64-65-67-68) 1970s: 7 for Cork (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79) 1980s: 5 for Cork (1982-83-84-85-86) 1990s: 3 each for Clare (1995-97-98) and Cork (1990-92-99) 2000s: 4 for Cork (2000-03-05-06) 2010s: 4 for Tipperary (2011-12-15-16) 2020s: 6 for Limerick (2020-21-22-23-24-26)
Finishing positions
Most championships 56, Cork (1888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2025, 2026)
Most second-place finishes 30, Cork (1896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013) Most third-place finishes 3, Cork (2019, 2022, 2024) Most fourth-place finishes 3, Waterford (2022, 2024, 2026) Most fifth-place finishes 4, Waterford (2018, 2019, 2023, 2025)
Other records
Biggest wins
The most one sided Munster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points: 31 points – 1918: Limerick 11-03 – 1-02 Clare 31 points – 1982: Cork 5-31 – 3-06 Waterford 28 points – 1893: Cork 5-13 – 0-00 Limerick 27 points – 1903: Cork 5-16 – 1-01 Waterford 26 points – 1905: Cork 7-12 – 1-04 Limerick 23 points – 1899: Tipperary 5-16 – 0-08 Clare 22 points – 1900: Tipperary 6-11 – 2-01 Kerry 22 points – 1972: Cork 6-18 – 2-08 Clare 21 points – 2016: Tipperary 5-19 (34) – (13 0-13 Waterford 21 points – 1896: Tipperary 7-09 – 2-03 Cork 21 points – 2011: Tipperary 7-19 – 0-19 Waterford 20 points – 1962: Tipperary 5-14 – 2-03 Waterford 19 points – 1915: Cork 8-02 – 2-01 Clare 19 points – 1983: Cork 3-22 – 0-12 Waterford 18 points – 1993: Tipperary 3-27 – 2-12 Clare 18 points – 1965: Tipperary 4-11 – 0-05 Cork The most one sided games from the semi-final and quarter-final stages of the championship: 42 points – 1923: Cork 13-04 – 0-01 Waterford 41 points – 1904: Tipperary 8-21 – 0-04 Waterford 34 points – 2000: Cork 2-32 – 0-04 Kerry 34 points – 1953: Clare 10-08 – 1-01 Limerick 32 points – 1960: Tipperary 10-09 – 2-01 Limerick
Successful defending
Only 4 teams of the 6 who have won the Munster championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are: Cork on 27 attempts out of 50 (1893, 1894, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2000, 2006, 2018) Tipperary on 16 attempts out of 40 (1896, 1899, 1900, 1909, 1917, 1925, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012) Limerick on 11 attempts out of 24 (1911, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1974, 1981, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) Clare on 1 attempt out of 6 (1998)
The most consecutive titles is 6 in a row, achieved by just one county: Limerick in 2019–24
Gaps
Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
63 years: Clare (1932-1995) 39 years: Waterford (1963-2002) 25 years: Clare (1889-1914) 18 years: Limerick (1955-1973) 18 years: Clare (1914-1932) 17 years: Limerick (1996-2013) 16 years: Tipperary (1971-1987) 15 years: Limerick (1940-1955) 13 years: Limerick (1981-1994) 13 years: Limerick (1897-1910) Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster finals:
22 years: Waterford (1903-1925) 18 years: Clare (1938-1955) 16 years: Waterford (1966-1982) 15 years: Limerick (1956-1971) 13 years: Clare (1901-1914) 12 years: Clare (1955-1967) 11 years: Tipperary (1973-1984) 11 years: Limerick (1981-1992) 10 years: Clare (1889-1899) 10 years: Limerick (1924-1934)
Active Gaps
Longest active gaps since last title: 135 years: Kerry (1891–) 28 years: Clare (1998–) 16 years: Waterford (2010–) 10 years: Tipperary (2016–) 2 years: Limerick (2024–) 1 year: Cork (2025–)
Longest active gaps since last championship final appearance: 118 years: Kerry (1908–) 6 years: Waterford (2020–) 5 years: Tipperary (2021–) 2 years: Clare (2024–)
Longest active gap since last championship appearance: 57 years: Galway (1969–) 22 years: Kerry (2004–)
Munster final pairings PairingMeetingsFirst meetingLast meetingCork v Tipperary3418942006Cork v Limerick2318932026Limerick v Tipperary1718952021Clare v Cork1418882018Cork v Waterford1319032010Tipperary v Waterford919252016Clare v Limerick919182024Clare v Tipperary618992008Limerick v Waterford419332020Clare v Waterford219381998Kerry v Cork218901892Kerry v Tipperary219001908Clare v Kerry11889Kerry v Limerick11891
Longest undefeated run
Cork (15 matches): Cork's run began with a 1-19 to 2-8 win against Tipperary in the quarter-final of the 1982 championship and finished with a 1-18 apiece draw with Tipperary in the Munster final of the 1987 championship. The 15-game unbeaten streak, which included just one drawn game, ended with a 4-22 to 1-22 extra-time loss to Tipperary in the replay of the 1987 Munster final. Limerick (15 matches): As of 11 June 2023, Limerick are currently unbeaten in 15 Munster Championship games, a run that started in the 2019 Munster Final on 30 June 2019.
Players
Top scorers All time
This is a list of players who have scored a cumulative total of 100 points or more in the Munster Championship.
+ As of 12 June 2024Pos.NameTeamGoalsPointsTotal 1 Cork 18 320 374 2 Cork 29 146 233 3 Limerick 10 184 214 4 Tipperary 12 177 213 5 Clare 7 167 188 6 Waterford 19 120 177 7 Tipperary 16 125 173 8 Tipperary 8 148 172 9 Cork 22 103 169 10 Limerick 7 139 160 11 Limerick 30 61 151 12 Limerick 24 78 150 13 Tipperary 16 97 145 14 Cork 6 114 132 15 Clare 5 112 124 16 Tipperary 14 77 119 17 Cork 1 115 118 18 Cork 5 102 117 19 Clare 20 53 113 20 Cork 6 91 109 21 Limerick 8 84 108 22 Tipperary 6 86 10423 Tipperary 8 79 103 Limerick 3 94 103 25 Cork 33 3 102
By year
+ YearNameTeamScoreTotal Limerick 5-02 17 Waterford 3-00 9 Limerick 6-00 18 Cork 8-00 24 Cork 3-09 18 Cork 4-01 13 Cork 4-00 12 Limerick 3-15 24 Tipperary 2-05 11 Cork 0-12 12 Cork 3-14 23 Limerick 4-00 12 Tipperary 2-31 37 Tipperary 4-19 31 Cork 1-08 11 Cork 3-03 12 Clare 6-04 22 Waterford 5-03 18 Limerick 1-12 15 Cork 4-08 20 Tipperary 4-02 14 Tipperary 1-12 15 Waterford 2-14 20 Tipperary 5-17 32 Cork 3-08 17 Tipperary 4-20 32 Waterford 1-11 14 Tipperary 1-17 20 Cork 1-10 13 Cork 3-19 28 Clare 2-18 24 Cork 1-11 14 Cork 5-07 22 Clare 1-09 12 Limerick 2-25 31 Cork 3-25 34 Tipperary 3-19 28 Limerick 3-14 23 Limerick 1-21 24 Limerick 6-02 20 Clare 1-14 17 Clare 0-15 15 Limerick 2-17 23 Limerick 3-11 20 Limerick 7-06 27 Cork 0-26 26 John Grogan Tipperary 2-101-13 16 Cork 1-14 17 Cork 2-11 17 Tommy Guilfoyle Clare 0-123-03 12 Tipperary 1-44 47 Cork 2-10 16 Tipperary 2-18 24 Cork 4-06 18 Tipperary 1-20 23 Cork 0-23 23 Tipperary 4-06 18 Limerick 3-21 30 Limerick 0-18 18 Limerick 1-24 27 Clare 0-17 17 Waterford 1-22 25 Tipperary 0-24 24 Cork 1-18 21 Limerick 0-17 17 Tipperary 2-24 30 Waterford 6-16 34 Waterford 6-04 22 Tipperary 0-27 27 Tipperary 2-30 36 Limerick 0-21 21 Niall Gilligan TipperaryClare 1-13 16 Waterford 1-22 25 Waterford 1-22 25 Tipperary 4-16 28 Tipperary 1-22 25 Limerick 0-17 17 Cork 2-41 47 Limerick 1-18 21 Tipperary 2-25 31 Cork 0-27 27 Clare 2-49 55 Limerick 2-41 47 Limerick 2-28 34 Clare 2-21 27 Clare 1-46 49 Cork 2-39 45 Cork 3-37 49
Single game