The Gaelic Stats record book · Scoring
Highest scoring totals
Explore the leading scoring totals and goals across the recorded senior inter-county seasons.
All counties · Championship & Tailteann Cup · 2000–2026
Explore the ranking below. Players with equal totals share the same rank.
Top 100 places
103 players · including ties · 25 per page| Rank | Player | total score | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Mark Barry (Laois)8 goals · 82 one-pointers · 0 two-pointers | 106 | 2019–20257 recorded seasons |
| 100 | Matthew Donnelly (Tyrone)2 goals · 100 one-pointers · 0 two-pointers | 106 | 2012–202615 recorded seasons |
| 100 | Peter Canavan (Tyrone)3 goals · 97 one-pointers · 0 two-pointers | 106 | 2000–20056 recorded seasons |
Each selection stops at the top 100 places. Everyone tied at the cutoff is included, so a list can contain more than 100 players. Equal totals share a rank and may continue onto the next page. Names are ordered alphabetically within ties.
What counts?
Total scoring value counts each goal as three points, each one-pointer as one and each two-pointer as two. The breakdown shows the number of scoring events of each type, not their weighted value. Only scores credited to a participating player for that county and game count. Own goals are excluded from individual totals. Scoring origin is not used.
Published match coverage: 2000–2026. League games are excluded. The default includes the provincial Championship, All-Ireland series, qualifiers and Tailteann Cup. Competition labels follow the recorded archive.
A player’s records are counted separately for each county represented. Totals may not represent complete careers for players whose careers began before coverage. The season range shows a player’s first and last recorded season in this selection; it does not imply an appearance in every intervening year.