This page details statistics of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
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 for Dublin (1920-21-24-27-28)
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)
The most one sided Munster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
21 points – 1901: Wexford 7-6 (28) – (6) 1-3 Offaly
19 points – 2008: Kilkenny 5-21 (36) – (17) 0-17 Wexford
18 points – 1896: Dublin 4-6 (18) – (0) 0-00 Kilkenny
Only 5 teams of the 6 who have won the Leinster championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:
Kilkenny on 39 attempts out of 70 (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)
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)
Laois on 1 attempts out of 2 (1915)
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)
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.
