1986 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1986 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 98th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 2 May 1986 and ended on 5 October 1986.
Blackrock entered the championship as the [1985 Cork (city)|Cork Senior Hurling Championship|defending champions].
The final was played on 5 October 1986 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Midleton and Blackrock, in what was their second successive meeting in the final. Midleton won the match by 1–18 to 1–10 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title in three years.
Midleton's Ger Fitzgerald was the championship's top scorer with 5–17.
Team changes
From Championship
Regraded to the Cork Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipDeclined to field a team
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Top scorers overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Ger Fitzgerald | Midleton | 5-17 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Finbarr Delaney | Blackrock | 4-19 | 31 | 4 | 7.75 |
| 3 | John Grogan | Ballyhea | 2-17 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 4 | Mossie Fitzgibbon | Milford | 1-14 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 5 | John Fenton | Midleton | 3-07 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 6 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | St. Finbarr's | 3-03 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Vincent Sheehan | Milford | 3-02 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
| 7 | Denis Walsh | St. Finbarr's | 0-11 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
| 9 | John Fitzgibbon | Glen Rovers | 3-01 | 10 | 1 | 10.00 |
| 9 | Christy Clancy | Imokilly | 2-04 | 10 | 2 | 5.00 |
| 9 | Adrian O'Driscoll | Carrigdhoun | 2-04 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 |
| 9 | Martin Fitzpatrick | Carrigdhoun | 0-10 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 |
;Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | John Grogan | Ballyhea | 1-11 | 14 | Milford |
| 2 | Finbarr Delaney | Blackrock | 2-07 | 13 | Ballyhea |
| 3 | Ger FitzGerald | Midleton | 2-05 | 11 | Muskerry |
| 4 | John Fitzgibbon | Glen Rovers | 3-01 | 10 | Duhallow |
| 4 | Mossie Fitzgibbon | Milford | 0-10 | 10 | Ballyhea |
| 6 | Thomas Mulcahy | Imokilly | 2-02 | 8 | Carrigdhoun |
| 6 | John Fenton | Midleton | 2-02 | 8 | St. Finbarr's |
| 6 | Tony Coyne | Youghal | 1-05 | 8 | Ballyhea |
| 6 | Ger Fitzgerald | Midleton | 1-05 | 8 | St. Finbarr's |
| 6 | John Fenton | Midleton | 1-05 | 8 | Carrigdhoun |
| 6 | Denis Walsh | St. Finbarr's | 0-08 | 8 | Midleton |