This article lists players who have captained the senior Cork county football team in the Munster Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The captain is no longer chosen from the club that has won the Cork Senior Football Championship.

List of captains YearPlayerClubNational TitlesProvincial Titles1928Joe KearneyUCCMunster Football Final winning captain19291930James J. Hogan19311932193319341935193619371938Tim HarringtonBantry Blues1939Jack LynchSt. Nicholas'1940Mick FinnClonakilty1941Denis J. O'SullivanGarnish19421943Tadhgo CrowleyClonakiltyMunster Football Final winning captain1944Mick FinnClonakilty1945Dessie CullinaneClonakiltyTadhgo CrowleyClonakiltyAll-Ireland Football Final winning captainMunster Football Final winning captain1946Dave MagnierFermoy1947Fachtna O'DonovanClonakilty1948Fachtna O'DonovanClonakilty1949John O'KeeffeMillstreetMunster Football Final winning captain1950John CroninCollins1951Con McGrathGarda1952Éamonn YoungCollinsMunster Football Final winning captain1953Humphrey O'NeillClonakilty1954Niall FitzGeraldCollins19551956Donal O'SullivanLeesMunster Football Final winning captain1957Nealie DugganLeesMunster Football Final winning captain1958Paddy O'DriscollGarda1959Dan MurrayMacroom1960Donal HurleySt. Finbarr's1961Paddy HarringtonGarda1962Johnny O'FlynnKilshannig1963196419651966Jerry O'SullivanSt. Nicholas'Munster Football Final winning captain1967Denis CoughlanSt. Nicholas'Munster Football Final winning captain1968Bernie O'NeillAdrigole1969Dan DineenBantry BluesDonal HuntBantry Blues1970Pat O'DohertySt Nicholas'1971Mick ScannellNaomh AbánMunster Football Final winning captain1972Donal HuntBantry Blues1973Billy MorganNemo RangersAll-Ireland Football Final winning captainMunster Football Final winning captain1974Denis CoughlanSt. Nicholas'Munster Football Final winning captain1975Jimmy BarrettNemo Rangers1976Dinny AllenNemo Rangers1977Jimmy Barry-MurphySt. Finbarr's1978Brian MurphyNemo Rangers1979Brian MurphyNemo Rangers1980Christy RyanSt. Finbarr's1981Christy RyanSt. Finbarr's1982Dinny AllenNemo Rangers1983Christy RyanSt. Finbarr'sMunster Football Final winning captain1984Jimmy KerriganNemo Rangers1985Conor CounihanAghada1986John KerinsSt. Finbarr's1987Conor CounihanAghadaMunster Football Final winning captain1988Tony NationNemo RangersMunster Football Final winning captain1989Dinny AllenNemo RangersAll-Ireland Football Final winning captainMunster Football Final winning captain1990Larry TompkinsCastlehavenAll-Ireland Football Final winning captainMunster Football Final winning captain1991Danny CullotyDuhallow1992Danny CullotyDuhallow1993Mick McCarthyO'Donovan RossaMunster Football Final winning captain1994Steven O'BrienNemo RangersMunster Football Final winning captain1995Niall CahalaneCastlehavenMunster Football Final winning captain1996Mark O'ConnorBantry Blues1997Brian MurphyClonakilty1998Ciarán O'SullivanUrhan1999Philip CliffordBantry BluesMunster Football Final winning captain2000Philip CliffordUCC2001Joe KavanaghNemo Rangers2002Colin CorkeryNemo RangersMunster Football Final winning captain2003Martin CroninNemo Rangers2004Colin CrowleyCastlehaven2005Eoin SextonKilbrittain2006Derek KavanaghNemo RangersMunster Football Final winning captain2007Derek KavanaghNemo Rangers2008Graham CantyBantry BluesMunster Football Final winning captain2009Graham CantyBantry BluesMunster Football Final winning captain2010Graham CantyBantry BluesAll-Ireland Football Final winning captain2011Graham CantyBantry Blues 2012Graham CantyBantry BluesMunster Football Final winning captain 2013Graham CantyBantry Blues2014 Michael Shields St. Finbarr's2015 Michael Shields St. Finbarr's2016 Paul Kerrigan Nemo Rangers2017 Paul Kerrigan Nemo Rangers2018 Ian Maguire St. Finbarr's2019 Ian Maguire St. Finbarr's2020 Ian Maguire St. Finbarr's2021 Ian Maguire St. Finbarr's

See also List of Cork senior ladies' Gaelic football team captains