Christy Ring Cup records and statistics

This page details statistics of the Christy Ring Cup.

General performances

By team

Performance in the Christy Ring Cup by team

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Westmeath	3	1	2005, 2007, 2010	2008
Carlow	3	1	2008, 2009, 2017	2006
Kerry	2	3	2011, 2015	2010, 2013, 2014
Kildare	2	1	2014, 2018	2007
Meath	2	0	2016, 2019	—
Down	1	3	2013	2005, 2009, 2019
Antrim	1	2	2006	2016, 2017
London	1	1	2012	2018
Wicklow	0	2	—	2011, 2012
Derry	0	1	—	2015

By province

Province	Winners	Runners-up	% Wins per final	Winning teams	Runners-up
Leinster	10	5	58.33%	Westmeath (3), Carlow (3), Kildare (2), Meath (2)	Wicklow (2), Carlow (1), Kildare (1), Westmeath (1)
Ulster	2	6	16.66%	Antrim (1), Down (1)	Down (3), Antrim (2), Derry (1)
Munster	2	3	16.66%	Kerry (2)	Kerry (3)
Britain	1	1	8.33%	London (1)	London (1)

Teams

By semi-final appearances

Team	No. of Appearances	Years in Semi-finals
Kildare	10	2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Down	10	2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Kerry	6	2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
Carlow	6	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017
Meath	6	2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019
Wicklow	5	2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018
Westmeath	4	2005, 2007, 2008, 2010
Derry	4	2008, 2015, 2018, 2019
Mayo	3	2008, 2009, 2014
Antrim	3	2006, 2016, 2017
London	2	2012, 2018
Roscommon	1	2019

Unbeaten sides

• Four teams have won the Christy Ring Cup unbeaten:
  • Westmeath had 5 wins and 1 draw in 2007.
  • Carlow had 4 wins and 1 draw in 2009.
  • Kerry had 4 wins in 2011.
  • Kerry had 4 wins in 2015.
  • Meath had 4 wins and 1 draw in 2016.
  • Meath had 5 wins in 2019.

Final success rate

• One team has appeared in the final twice, being victorious on both occasions:
  • Meath (2016), (2019)

Consecutive participations

Down, Kildare and Wicklow have the record number of consecutive participations in the Christy Ring Cup, taking part in all fifteen tournaments.

Biggest wins

• The most one sided finals:
  • 18 points – 2006: Antrim 5-13 - 1-07 Carlow
  • 14 points – 2018: Kildare 3-19 - 1-11 London
  • 13 points – 2011: Kerry 2-21 - 2-08 Wicklow

Defending the cup

A total of fifteen tournaments have been played and only one team has been successful in retaining the cup. (most teams were promoted after winning the Christy Ring Cup, therefore they were unable to defend the cup):

• Carlow on one attempt out of two (2009)

Player records

Miscellaneous

• Most Christy Ring Cup winners' medals: 3
  • Joe Clarke (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • Paul Greville (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • Conor Jordan (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • Enda Loughlin (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • Darren McCormack (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • Andrew Mitchell (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • Brendan Murtagh (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • John Shaw (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • Ronan Whelan (Westmeath) – 2005, 2007, 2010
  • Richard Coady (Carlow) - 2008, 2009, 2017