List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final goalscorers

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The following is a list of goalscorers in All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals. See List of FIFA World Cup final goalscorers a similar list but in soccer not Gaelic football

Contents

Scoring in Gaelic games: Most scores are points but there are goals too.

The last final to finish goalless was in 2022.

Dean Rock holds the record for the fastest goal scored in the history of All-Ireland SFC finals, after sending the ball past David Clarke directly from the throw-in of the 2020 final, breaking Kerryman Garry McMahon's record which had stood since the 1962 final. [1]

Goalless finals

Complete list of goalless finals.

1895

1901

1903

1904

1906

1907

1910 (was not played)

1917

1918

1922

1924

1927

1952 replay

1964

1965

1969

1988 replay

1990

1992

2000 drawn game

2001

2003

2010

2015

2022

Finals goalscorers

Joe Ledwidge scored two goals in the 1898 final. Joseph James Ledwidge.jpg
Joe Ledwidge scored two goals in the 1898 final.
Pat Spillane Pink Spillane.jpg
Pat Spillane
Padraic Joyce scored a goal in the 1998 final. Padraic Joyce cropped from Padraic Joyce (Galway) and Sean Kelly (Kerry).jpg
Pádraic Joyce scored a goal in the 1998 final.
Oisin McConville scored a goal in the 2002 final. Oisin McConville - AI Club 2007.jpg
Oisín McConville scored a goal in the 2002 final.
Peter Canavan scored a goal in the 2005 final. Peter Canavan - SFC 2005 cc 3.0.jpg
Peter Canavan scored a goal in the 2005 final.
Tomas O Se scored a goal in the 2005 final. Tomas O Se (2009).jpg
Tomás Ó Sé scored a goal in the 2005 final.
Declan O'Sullivan scored a goal in the 2006 final. Declan O'Sullivan.JPG
Declan O'Sullivan scored a goal in the 2006 final.
Eoin Brosnan scored a goal in the 2006 final. Eoin Brosnan. Kerry Footballer and Solicitor..JPG
Eoin Brosnan scored a goal in the 2006 final.

Pre-1928

YearDetail
1887 1 goal for Limerick
1889 3 goals for Tipperary
1890 2 goals for Cork
1891 2 goals for Dublin; 1 goal for Cork
1892 1 goal for Dublin, with ten minutes to go
1893 1 goal for Wexford
1894 (1)1 goal for Dublin
1894 (2)1 goal for Cork
1896 Bill Murphy for Limerick
1897 William Guiry X2 for Dublin
1898 Joe Ledwidge X2 for Dublin
1899 1 goal for Dublin, in the first half
1900 3 goals for Tipp
1902 2 goals for Dublin, in the first half
1905 Jack Connolly for Kildare
1908 1 goal for Dublin
1909 Johnny Skinner for Kerry
1911 1 goal for Antrim, followed by 6 goals for Cork that included a Billy Mackessy hat-trick the first in an All Ireland Football final
1912 1 goal apiece for Antrim and Louth
1913 Dick Fitzgerald, Johnny Skinner for Kerry
1914 (1)2 goals for Wexford; 1 goal for Kerry
1914 (2)2 goals for Kerry
1915 Jim and Aidan Byrne for Wexford; Dick Fitzgerald and Denis Doyle for Kerry
1916 3 goals for Wexford; 1 goal for Mayo
1919 2 goals for Kildare, by Frank "Joyce" Conlan and Jim O'Connor
1920 Frank Burke for Dublin; Tommy Powell for Tipp
1920 Bill Fitzsimmons for Dublin
1923 P. J. Kirwan for Dublin; 1 other goal for Kerry (Brosnan)
1925 3 goals for Galway; 1 goal for Cavan
1926 (1)Bill Gorman for Kerry
1926 (2)Tom O'Mahoney for Kerry

1928 to 1969: Introduction of the Sam Maguire Cup

YearDetail
1928 2 goals for Kildare; 2 goals for Cavan
1929 1 goal for Kerry by Ned Sweeney, 1 for Kildare
1930 John Joe Landers, John Joe Sheehy Ned Sweeney for Kerry
1931 Paul Russell for Kerry
1932 Bill Landers and Paul Russell for Kerry
1933 Louis Blessing and "Son" Magee for Cavan (both first half); 2 other goals for Galway
1934 Michael Ferriter X2, Martin Kelly for Galway; 1 other goal for Dublin
1935 3 goals for Cavan; 2 goals for Kildare
1936 4 goals for Mayo including a Paddy Munnelly hat-trick
1937 (1)3 goals for Kerry; 1 goal for Cavan
1937 (2)4 goals for Kerry by Timmy O'Leary (2) Miko Doyle and John Joe Landers; 1 goal for Cavan
1938 (1)3 goals for Galway; 2 goals for Kerry
1938 (2)2 goals for Galway
1939 2 goals for Kerry by Dan Spring; 2 goals for Meath
1940 Joe Duggan for Galway (just before half-time)
1941 Tom O'Connor for Kerry
1942 Paddy O'Connor for Dublin (10th minute); 1 other goal for Galway
1943 (1)1 goal apiece for Cavan and Roscommon
1943 (2)2 goals apiece for Cavan and Roscommon
1944 Frankie Kinlough for Roscommon; 2 goals for Kerry
1945 Derry Beckett and Mick Tubridy for Cork
1946 (1)2 goals for Kerry by Paddy Burke and Tom O'Connor; 1 goal for Roscommon
1946 (2)2 goals for Kerry also by Paddy Burke and Tom O'Connor
1947 2 goals for Cavan; 2 goals for Kerry
1948 3 first-half goals for Cavan, 1 second-half goal for Cavan; 4 second-half goals for Mayo
1949 1 goal for Meath; 1 goal for Cavan (both second-half)
1950 Peter Solan(?) and Seán Flanagan(?) for Mayo; 1 goal for Louth
1951 Tom Langan and Joe Gilvarry for Mayo
1952 (1)2 goals for Cavan; 1 goal for Meath (none in replay)
1953 Mal McEvoy for Armagh (early)
1954 Tom Moriarty for Meath; 1 goal for Kerry
1955 Ollie Freaney for Dublin
1956 Frank Stockwell X2 for Galway (both first half); Johnny Creedon and Denis Kelleher X2 for Cork (second half)
1957 Tom Furlong for Cork; possible own goal? for Louth
1958 Owen Gribben and Paddy Farnan for Dublin
1959 Dan McAuliffe X2, Garry McMahon for Kerry; 1 other goal for Galway
1960 2 goals for Down; Dan McCartan (11 minutes into the second half), Paddy Doherty two minutes later from a (p)
1961 Mike Casey and Peter Daly for Offaly; followed by three goals for Down, all before half-time
1962 Garry MacMahon for Kerry after 35 seconds; 1 goal for Roscommon
1963 Simon Behan for Dublin
1966 Mattie McDonagh for Galway, after 21 minutes
1967 Terry Kearns for Meath, six minutes after the restart
1968 Seán O'Neill and John Murphy for Down, before eight minutes had been played; Brendan Lynch (late) for Kerry

1970 to 2000

YearDetail
1970 Din Joe Crowley and Mick Gleeson for Kerry, both late in the game
1971 Murt Connor for Offaly; 2 others for Galway
1972 (1)1 goal each for Offaly and Kerry
1972 (2) Paddy Fenning for Offaly; [2] none for Kerry
1973 Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Cork, after 2 minutes; Tom Naughton for Galway, second half; 1 other Galway goal, second half; Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Cork, second half; Jimmy Barrett for Cork, second half
1974 Michael Rooney for Galway, first half
1975 John Egan for Kerry, Ger O'Driscoll for Kerry
1976 John McCarthy, Jimmy Keaveney, Brian Mullins (all for Dublin)
1977 Jimmy Keaveney (X2) and three other goals for Dublin; Joe Kernan (X2) and 1 other goal for Armagh
1978 John Egan for Kerry,[ citation needed ] Mikey Sheehy for Kerry,[ citation needed ] Eoin Liston X3 for Kerry [3]
1979 3 goals for Kerry; 1 goal for Dublin
1980 John 'Jigger' O'Connor for Roscommon, after 35 seconds; Mikey Sheehy for Kerry
1981 Jack O'Shea for Kerry
1982 Séamus Darby for Offaly, last minute
1983 Barney Rock for Dublin; Stephen Joyce for Galway
1984 Barney Rock for Dublin
1985 Jack O'Shea for Kerry (after 11 minutes); Joe McNally X2 for Dublin (second half), Timmy O'Dowd for Kerry (afterwards)
1986 Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy
1987 Colm O'Rourke
1988 (1)1 goal for Cork (none in replay)
1989 Anthony Finnerty for Mayo (in the 38th minute)
1991 1 goal for Down, 1 goal for Meath
1993 Séamus Downey for Derry; 2 goals for Cork
1994 James McCarten for Down
1995 Charlie Redmond (late in the first half) [4]
1996 (1)1 for Mayo
1996 (2) Trevor Giles (p) for Meath and Tommy Dowd for Meath; 1 for Mayo
1997 1 for Mayo
1998 Dermot Earley Jnr for Kildare (first half), Pádraic Joyce for Galway (second half, before 50th minute)
1999 Joe Kavanagh for Cork (start of second half); 1 other for Meath
2000 (2) Declan Meehan for Galway in the 6th minute

2001 to present

YearDetail
2002 Oisín McConville for Armagh (54') [5]
2004 1 for Kerry (first half); 1 for Mayo (first half); 1 for Mayo (second half)
2005 Peter Canavan for Tyrone; Dara Ó Cinnéide for Kerry; Tomás Ó Sé for Kerry
2006 Declan O'Sullivan for Kerry (7'); Kieran Donaghy for Kerry (9'); Kevin O'Neill for Mayo (16'); Colm Cooper for Kerry (26'); Pat Harte for Mayo (34'); Kevin O'Neill for Mayo (soon after; before half-time); Eoin Brosnan for Kerry (second half injury time) [6]
2007 Colm Cooper for Kerry; Kieran Donaghy X2 for Kerry; Daniel Goulding for Cork
2008 Tommy McGuigan for Tyrone
2009 Colm O'Neill for Cork
YearPlayerTeamScoreMinuteResultReportRef
2009 Colm O'Neill Cork10'1–9 (12) – 0–16 (16) [7]
2011 Colm Cooper Kerry1–12 (15) – 1–11 (14)
Kevin McManamon Dublin
2012 Michael Murphy Donegal 1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0)3'2–11 (17) – 0–13 (13)
Colm McFadden Donegal2–1 (7) - 0-0 (0)11'
2013 Bernard Brogan Dublin2–12 (18) – 1–14 (17)
Bernard Brogan (2)Dublin
Andy Moran [8] Mayo
2014 Paul Geaney Kerry1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0)1'2–9 (15) – 0–12 (12) [9]
Kieran Donaghy Kerry
2016 (1) Kevin McLoughlin Dublin1–0 (3) - 0-2 (2)9' ( o.g. )2–9 (15) – 0–15 (15) [10]
Colm Boyle Dublin2–0 (6) - 0-4 (14)23' ( o.g. )
2016 (2) Lee Keegan Mayo1–4 (7) - 0-6 (6)18'1–15 (18) – 1–14 (17) Report [11]
Diarmuid Connolly Dublin42' (p)
2017 Con O'Callaghan Dublin1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0)3'1–17 (20) – 1–16 (19) [12]
Lee Keegan Mayo1–12 (15) - 1-11 (14)53'
2018 Paul Mannion Dublin1–3 (6) - 0-5 (5)20' (p)2–17 (23) – 1–14 (17) [13]
Niall Scully Dublin2–5 (11) - 0-7 (7)27'
Peter Harte Tyrone2–14 (20) - 1-12 (15)65' (p)
2019 (1) Jack McCaffrey Dublin1–4 (7) - 0-5 (5)19'1–16 (19) – 1–16 (19) Report [14]
Killian Spillane Kerry1–14 (17) - 1-12 (15)56'
2019 (2) Eoin Murchan Dublin1–10 (13) - 0-10 (10)36'1–18 (21) – 0–15 (15) Report [15]

Dean Rock 2020 Con O'Callaghan 2020 Cathal McShane 2021 Darren McCurry 2021

Men with multiple goals

Eoin Liston once scored three goals in an All-Ireland final. Eoin Liston. Sea Lodge Hotel. Waterville.JPG
Eoin Liston once scored three goals in an All-Ireland final.
Kieran Donaghy scored four goals across three different finals. Kieran Donaghy. Quirke's Newsagents, Cahersiveen.jpg
Kieran Donaghy scored four goals across three different finals.
Bernard Brogan scored two goals in the 2013 final. Bernard Brogan at Web Summit 2014b.jpg
Bernard Brogan scored two goals in the 2013 final.

They include (list probably not complete):

PlayerNumber of goalsTeamYear(s)
Kieran Donaghy 4 Kerry 2006, 2007 (X2), 2014
Bill Mackessy 3 Cork 1911
Paddy Munnelly 3 Mayo 1936
Jimmy Keaveney 3 Dublin 1976, 1977 (X2)
Eoin Liston 3Kerry 1978
Mikey Sheehy 3Kerry 1978, 1980, 1986
Johnny Skinner 2Kerry 1909, 1913
Michael Ferriter 2 Galway 1933
Frank Stockwell 2Galway 1956
Denis Kelleher 2Cork 1956
Dan McAuliffe 2Kerry 1959
Jimmy Barry-Murphy 2Cork 1973
John Egan 2Kerry 1975, 1978
Joe Kernan 2 Armagh 1977
Barney Rock 2Dublin 1983, 1984
Joe McNally 2Dublin 1985
Kevin O'Neill 2Mayo 2006
Colm Cooper 2Kerry 1978, 1986
Bernard Brogan Jnr 2Dublin 2013
Con O'Callaghan 2Dublin 2017, 2020


Tom O'Connor Kerry 3 1941, 1946 (drawn game), 1946 (replay)

William Guiry Dublin 2 1897

Joe Ledwidge Dublin 2 1897

Dick Fitzgerald Kerry 2 1913, 1915

Ned Sweeney Kerry 2 1929, 1930

Paul Russell Kerry 2 1931, 1932

John Joe Landers Kerry 2 1930, 1937 (replay)

Timmy O'Leary Kerry 2 1937 (replay)

Dan Spring Kerry 2 1939

Paddy Burke Kerry 2 1946 (drawn game), 1946 (replay)

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