2025 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 2025 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 125th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897. The draw for the group stage pairings was made on 27 January 2025. The championship ran from 12 July to 7 September 2025.
Ballygunner entered the championship as the defending champions. Brickey Rangers were relegated after just one season in the top flight after losing a [|playoff] to Ferrybank.
The [|final] was played on 7 September 2025 at Walsh Park in Waterford, between Ballygunner and Mount Sion, in what was their 16th meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in three years. Ballygunner won the match by 2–25 to 1–16 to claim their 25th championship title overall and a 12th championship title in succession.
Tom O'Connell was the championship's [|top scorer] with 4–68.
Format change
A motion by the Ferrybank club proposing two groups of six teams was passed prior to the championship draw. The top two teams in each group qualify for the [|quarter-finals]. The remaining four teams in each group qualify for the [|preliminary quarter-finals].Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the Waterford Premier Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipFrom Championship
Relegated to the Waterford Premier Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipChampionship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Tom O'Connell | Brickey Rangers | 4–68 | 80 | 8 | 10.00 |
| 2 | Dessie Hutchinson | Ballygunner | 7–57 | 78 | 8 | 9.75 |
| 3 | Mark O'Brien | Ferrybank | 0–71 | 71 | 8 | 8.87 |
| 4 | Gavin O'Brien | Roanmore | 1–65 | 68 | 7 | 9.71 |
| 5 | Reuben Halloran | De La Salle | 1–60 | 63 | 7 | 9.00 |
| 6 | Martin O'Neill | Mount Sion | 1–59 | 62 | 7 | 8.85 |
| 7 | Tom Carey | Passage | 4–44 | 56 | 7 | 8.00 |
| 8 | Patrick Curran | Dungarvan | 1–45 | 48 | 5 | 9.60 |
| 9 | Bill Power | Clonea | 0–46 | 46 | 6 | 7.66 |
| 10 | Evan Spellman | Fourmilewater | 0–43 | 43 | 7 | 6.14 |
;In a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Dessie Hutchinson | Ballygunner | 2–10 | 16 | Brickey Rangers |
| 2 | Tom O'Connell | Brickey Rangers | 2–09 | 15 | Passage |
| 2 | Patrick Curran | Dungarvan | 1–12 | 12 | Clonea |
| 4 | Martin O'Neill | Mount Sion | 1–11 | 14 | Dungarvan |
| 5 | Reuben Halloran | De La Salle | 1–10 | 13 | Brickey Rangers |
| 5 | Tom O'Connell | Brickey Rangers | 1–10 | 13 | Ferrybank |
| 5 | Gavin O'Brien | Roanmore | 0–13 | 13 | Fourmilewater |
| 5 | Gavin O'Brien | Roanmore | 0–13 | 13 | Brickey Rangers |
| 9 | Dessie Hutchinson | Ballygunner | 1–09 | 12 | Abbeyside |
| 9 | Patrick Curran | Dungarvan | 0–12 | 12 | Passage |
| 9 | Bill Power | Clonea | 0–12 | 12 | Abbeyside |
| 9 | Tom O'Connell | Brickey Rangers | 0–12 | 12 | Roanmore |