List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final goalscorers

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

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

The last final to finish goalless was in 2022.

The first ever goal in a final was scored by William Spain twelve minutes from the end of the 1887 final. Billy Mackessy scored the first hat-trick in the 1911 final. 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. Other defining goals include David Clifford's in the 2026 final, both surpassing Colm Cooper as Kerry's leading championship scorer and equalling Mikey Sheehy's all-time goalscoring record for Kerry.

Finals goalscorers

Pre-1928 Year Detail 1887 William Spain for Limerick, 12' from the end 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 Year Detail 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 Year Detail 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; 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, Mikey Sheehy for Kerry, Eoin Liston X3 for Kerry 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) 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 Year Detail 2002 Oisín McConville for Armagh (54') 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) 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

Year Player Team Score Minute Result Report Ref 2009 Colm O'Neill Cork 10' 1–9 (12) – 0–16 (16) 2011 Colm Cooper Kerry 1–12 (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 Donegal 2–1 (7) - 0-0 (0) 11' 2013 Bernard Brogan Dublin 2–12 (18) – 1–14 (17) Bernard Brogan (2) Dublin Andy Moran Mayo 2014 Paul Geaney Kerry 1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0) 1' 2–9 (15) – 0–12 (12) Kieran Donaghy Kerry 2016 (1) Kevin McLoughlin Dublin 1–0 (3) - 0-2 (2) 9' 2–9 (15) – 0–15 (15) Colm Boyle Dublin 2–0 (6) - 0-4 (14) 23' 2016 (2) Lee Keegan Mayo 1–4 (7) - 0-6 (6) 18' 1–15 (18) – 1–14 (17) Report Diarmuid Connolly Dublin 42' (p) 2017 Con O'Callaghan Dublin 1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0) 3' 1–17 (20) – 1–16 (19) Lee Keegan Mayo 1–12 (15) - 1-11 (14) 53' 2018 Paul Mannion Dublin 1–3 (6) - 0-5 (5) 20' (p) 2–17 (23) – 1–14 (17) Niall Scully Dublin 2–5 (11) - 0-7 (7) 27' Peter Harte Tyrone 2–14 (20) - 1-12 (15) 65' (p) 2019 (1) Jack McCaffrey Dublin 1–4 (7) - 0-5 (5) 19' 1–16 (19) – 1–16 (19) Report Killian Spillane Kerry 1–14 (17) - 1-12 (15) 56' 2019 (2) Eoin Murchan Dublin 1–10 (13) - 0-10 (10) 36' 1–18 (21) – 0–15 (15) Report 2020 Dean Rock Dublin 1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0) 1' 2–14 (20) – 0–15 (15) Con O'Callaghan Dublin 23' 2021 Cathal McShane Tyrone 1–10 (13) - 0-9 (9) 46' 2–14 (20) – 0–15 (15) Darren McCurry Tyrone 2–10 (16) - 0-11 (11) between 58' and 61' 2023 Paul Geaney Kerry 1–4 (7) - 0–6 (6) 35+2' 1–15 (18) – 1–13 (16) Report Paddy Small Dublin 1–8 (11) - 1–8 (11) 46' 2024 Aaron McKay Armagh 47' 1–11 (14) – 0–13 (13) Report 2025 Joe O'Connor Kerry 1–26 (29) – 0–19 (19) 70' 1–26 (29) – 0–19 (19) Report 2026 David Clifford Kerry 1–4 (7) - 0-1 (1) 15' 1–20 (23) – 1–17 (20) Report D. Beirne Mayo 1–12 (15) - 1-8 (11) 40'

Statistics Men with multiple goals

They include (list probably not complete): PlayerNumber of goalsTeamYear(s)Kieran Donaghy4Kerry2006, 2007 (X2), 2014Billy Mackessy3Cork1911Paddy Munnelly3Mayo1936Tom O'Connor3Kerry1941, 1946 drawn game, 1946 replayJimmy Keaveney3Dublin1976, 1977 (X2)Eoin Liston3Kerry1978Mikey Sheehy3Kerry1978, 1980, 1986William Guiry2Dublin1897Joe Ledwidge2Dublin1898Johnny Skinner2Kerry1909, 1913Dick Fitzgerald2Kerry1913, 1915Ned Sweeney2Kerry1929, 1930Paul Russell2Kerry1931, 1932Michael Ferriter2Galway1933John Joe Landers2Kerry1930, 1937 replayTimmy O'Leary2Kerry1937 replayDan Spring2Kerry1939Paddy Burke2Kerry1946 drawn game, 1946 replayFrank Stockwell2Galway1956Denis Kelleher2Cork1956Dan McAuliffe2Kerry1959Jimmy Barry-Murphy2Cork1973John Egan2Kerry1975, 1978Joe Kernan2Armagh1977Barney Rock2Dublin1983, 1984Joe McNally2Dublin1985Kevin O'Neill2Mayo2006Colm Cooper2Kerry1978, 2007Bernard Brogan Jnr2Dublin2013Con O'Callaghan2Dublin2017, 2020Paul Geaney2Kerry2014, 2022

Men who scored penalties A comprehensive list of all penalties taken in All-Ireland finals was published in the Irish Independent in 2024.

Goalless finals Complete list of goalless finals.

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