2012 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The 2012 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 112th staging of the Kerry [Senior Football Championship] since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889 [Kerry Senior Football Championship|1889]. The championship ran from 16 June to 28 October 2012.
Dr. Crokes entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title.
The final was played on 28 October 2012 at FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney, between Dr. Crokes and Dingle in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Dr. Crokes won the match by 2–13 to 0–8 to claim their ninth championship title overall and a third title in succession.
Colm Cooper was the championship's top scorer with 5-21.
Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Football ChampionshipFrom Championship
Relegated to the Kerry Intermediate Football ChampionshipResults
Round 3
- Feale Rangers received a bye in this round.
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Colm Cooper | Dr. Crokes | 5-21 | 36 | 5 | 7.20 |
| 2 | Paul Geaney | Dingle | 2-22 | 28 | 5 | 5.60 |
| 3 | Mike Frank Russell | Laune Rangers | 1-19 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 |
| 4 | Edmund Walsh | St. Kieran's | 1-18 | 21 | 5 | 4.20 |
| 5 | Tom McGoldrick | St. Kieran's | 1-17 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 6 | Billy O'Connor | Dingle | 6-01 | 19 | 5 | 3.80 |
| 7 | D. J. Fleming | Kilcummin | 1-15 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 8 | Éanna O'Connor | Kilcummin | 1-14 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
| 9 | Brian Looney | Dr. Crokes | 1-13 | 16 | 5 | 3.20 |
| 9 | Paul O'Connor | Kenmare | 0-16 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
;In a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Colm Cooper | Dr. Crokes | 4-06 | 18 | St Michael's/Foilmore |
| 2 | Conor Cox | Feale Rangers | 1-08 | 11 | Dingle |
| 3 | Billy O'Connor | Dingle | 3-00 | 9 | Kilcummin |
| 3 | Edmund Walsh | St. Kieran's | 1-06 | 9 | West Kerry |
| 3 | Mike Frank Russell | Laune Rangers | 0-09 | 9 | Shannon Rangers |
| 3 | Cathal O'Sullivan | West Kerry | 0-09 | 9 | St. Kieran's |
| 3 | Barry John Keane | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 0-09 | 9 | St. Kieran's |
| 8 | Tom McGoldrick | St. Kieran's | 1-05 | 8 | Austin Stacks |
| 8 | D. J. Fleming | Kilcummin | 1-05 | 8 | Kerins O'Rahilly's |
| 8 | Mike Frank Russell | Laune Rangers | 1-05 | 8 | Rathmore |
| 8 | E. J. O'Donoghue | St. Kieran's | 1-05 | 8 | Kenmare |
| 8 | Paul O'Connor | Kenmare | 0-08 | 8 | St. Brendan's |
Miscellaneous
- Dr. Crokes became the first team since South Kerry between 2004–06 to win three titles in-a-row.
- Dingle qualified for the final for the first time since 1948.