2025 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 2025 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 131st staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship ran from 12 September to 26 October 2025.
Thomastown entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Balyhale Shamrocks in the [|quarter-finals].
The [|final] was played on 26 October 2025 at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Ballyhale Shamrocks and O'Loughlin Gaels, in what was their fourth meeting in the final overall. Ballyhale Shamrocks won the match by 1-18 to 0-12 to claim a record 21st championship title overall and a first title in three years.
T. J. Reid was the championship's [|top scorer] with 0-40.
Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipFrom Championship
Relegated to the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipChampionship statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | T. J. Reid | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 0-40 | 40 | 4 | 10.00 |
| 2 | John Walsh | Mullinavat | 2-21 | 27 | 2 | 13.50 |
| 3 | Shane Stapleton | Dicksboro | 2-15 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
| 3 | James Bergin | Clara | 0-21 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
| 5 | James Hughes | Bennettsbridge | 1-16 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
| 5 | Mark Bergin | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-19 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 7 | Brian Kavanagh | Lisdowney | 1-14 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 8 | Eoin Cody | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 1-10 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 9 | Liam Moore | Dicksboro GAA | 2-06 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Timmy Clifford | Dicksboro | 1-09 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Fionán Mackessy | O'Loughlin Gaels | 1-09 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |