List of All Stars Awards winners (football)

This is a list of all past winners of the official GAA GPA All Stars Awards in Gaelic football since the first awards in 1971. As an insight to the prominent players of the 1960s, it also includes the unofficial "Cuchulainn" awards presented from 1963 to 1967 under the auspices of Gaelic Weekly magazine.
For each year since 1995, when the official award began, the All Stars Footballer of the Year is highlighted with ^FOTY. If the footballer of the year did not win an All Star Award, his name is added to the [|list] as FOTY. The unofficial Texaco Footballer of the Year, awarded since 1958, is a guide to the leading players of the past.

Overview

By the end of 2020, nearly 400 different footballers had received awards. For those with the highest numbers of awards, see GAA GPA All Stars Awards.
As of 2024, the players are from the following teams:

Kerry, 167/66
Dublin, 146/67
Cork, 64/42
Tyrone, 58/33
Mayo, 54/33
Meath, 49/27
Galway, 48/34
Donegal, 40/27
Offaly, 30/19
Armagh, 31/21
Derry, 29/19
Down, 23/18
Roscommon, 16/12
Kildare, 15/12
Monaghan, 14/10
Westmeath, 5/4
Laois, 5/5
Cavan, 5/5
Fermanagh, 4/3
Tipperary, 4/3
Sligo, 4/4
Louth, 3/3
Leitrim, 2/2
Antrim, 1
Wicklow, 1
Clare, 1
Wexford, 1

No player has received an All Star while representing Carlow, Kilkenny**, Limerick, Longford, Waterford, or the overseas county teams of London and New York in football.

1970s

1971

;County breakdown

Galway = 4
Offaly = 4
Mayo = 1
Kerry = 1
Meath = 1
Cork = 1
Sligo = 1
Antrim = 1
Down = 1

1972

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Offaly = 7
Kerry = 2
Donegal = 1
Galway = 1
Cork = 1
Roscommon = 1
Down = 1
Armagh = 1

1973

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Cork = 7
Offaly = 3
Galway = 3
Kerry = 1
Derry = 1

1974

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 6
Galway = 3
Cork = 2
Donegal = 1
Sligo = 1
Roscommon = 1
Kerry = 1

1975

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 5
Dublin = 3
Derry = 3
Meath = 2
Cork = 1
Down = 1

1976

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 7
Kerry = 5
Cork = 2
Galway = 1

1977

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 9
Armagh = 3
Kerry = 2
Roscommon = 1

1978

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 6
Dublin = 3
Kildare = 1
Roscommon = 1
Cavan = 1
Down = 1
Offaly = 1
Cork = 1

1979

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 6
Dublin = 3
Roscommon = 3
Monaghan = 1
Offaly = 1
Mayo = 1

1980s

1980

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 7
Roscommon = 3
Cork = 2
Tyrone = 1
Armagh = 1
Offaly = 1

1981

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 9
Offaly = 3
Galway = 2
Down = 1

1982

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Offaly = 7
Kerry = 5
Cork = 1
Fermanagh = 1
Armagh = 1

1983

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 4
Kerry = 2
Offaly = 2
Cork = 2
Down = 2
Galway = 1
Donegal = 1
Meath = 1

1984

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 7
Dublin = 3
Tyrone = 2
Meath = 1
Galway = 1
Derry = 1

1985

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 5
Dublin = 4
Mayo = 3
Monaghan = 1
Roscommon = 1

1986

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 6
Tyrone = 4
Laois = 2
Roscommon = 1
Meath = 1
Monaghan = 1

1987

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Meath = 5
Cork = 4
Derry = 2
Kerry = 2
Dublin = 1
Galway = 1

1988

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Meath = 5
Cork = 4
Dublin = 3
Monaghan = 2
Kerry = 1

1989

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Cork = 6
Mayo = 5
Dublin = 1
Kerry = 1
Tyrone = 1
Roscommon = 1

1990s

1990

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Cork = 6
Meath = 4
Leitrim = 1
Galway = 1
Donegal = 1
Wicklow = 1
Down = 1

1991

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Meath = 6
Down = 4
Dublin = 3
Roscommon = 1
Kildare = 1

1992

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Donegal = 7
Derry = 3
Dublin = 3
Clare = 1
Mayo = 1

1993

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Derry = 7
Dublin = 3
Cork = 2
Donegal = 1
Mayo = 1
Armagh = 1

1994

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Down = 7
Dublin = 3
Meath = 2
Leitrim = 1
Cork = 1
Tyrone = 1

1995

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 7
Derry = 2
Cork = 2
Tyrone = 2
Galway = 1
Meath = 1

1996

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Meath = 5
Mayo = 5
Tyrone = 2
Dublin = 1
Derry = 1
Kerry = 1

1997

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 5
Kildare = 3
Mayo = 2
Meath = 2
Offaly = 1
Cavan = 1
Derry = 1

1998

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Galway = 7
Kildare = 5
Derry = 1
Meath = 1
Tipperary = 1

1999

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Meath = 7
Cork = 4
Armagh = 2
Dublin = 1
Mayo = 1

2000s

2000

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 6
Galway = 4
Derry = 2
Armagh = 2
Kildare = 1

2001

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Galway = 6
Meath = 4
Dublin = 1
Roscommon = 1
Westmeath = 1
Tyrone = 1
Kerry = 1

2002

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Armagh = 6
Dublin = 3
Kerry = 2
Cork = 1
Donegal = 1
Sligo = 1
Tyrone = 1

2003

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Tyrone = 7
Laois = 3
Armagh = 2
Galway = 1
Tipperary = 1
Donegal = 1

2004

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 6
Fermanagh = 2
Mayo = 2
Westmeath = 2
Tyrone = 1
Derry = 1
Wexford = 1

2005

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Tyrone = 8
Kerry = 4
Armagh = 3

2006

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 6
Dublin = 2
Cork = 2
Mayo = 2
Fermanagh = 1
Donegal = 1
Armagh = 1

2007

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 6
Dublin = 4
Derry = 2
Cork = 1
Meath = 1
Monaghan = 1

2008

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Tyrone = 7
Kerry = 4
Westmeath = 2
Dublin = 1
Armagh = 1

2009

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 7
Cork = 5
Donegal = 1
Kildare = 1
Tyrone = 1

2010s

2010

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Cork = 4
Down = 4
Kildare = 2
Sligo = 1
Louth = 1
Tyrone = 1
Kerry = 1
Dublin = 1

2011

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 6
Kerry = 4
Donegal = 3
Mayo = 1
Kildare = 1

2012

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Donegal = 8
Mayo = 4
Cork = 2
Dublin = 1

2013

Pos.	Player	Team	Appearances
GK	Stephen Cluxton	Dublin	5
RCB	Colin Walshe	Monaghan	1
FB	Rory O'Carroll	Dublin	1
LCB	Keith Higgins	Mayo	2
RWB	Lee Keegan	Mayo	2
CB	Cian O'Sullivan	Dublin	1
LWB	Colm Boyle	Mayo	1
MD	Michael Darragh MacAuley^FOTY	Dublin	2
MD	Aidan O'Shea	Mayo	1
RWF	Paul Flynn	Dublin	3
CF	Colm Cooper	Kerry	8
LWF	Seán Cavanagh	Tyrone	5
RCF	James O'Donoghue	Kerry	1
FF	Bernard Brogan	Dublin	3
LCF	Conor McManus	Monaghan	1

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 6
Mayo = 4
Monaghan = 2
Kerry = 2
Tyrone = 1

2014

Pos.	Player	Team	Appearances
GK	Paul Durcan	Donegal	2
RCB	Paul Murphy	Kerry	1
FB	Neil McGee	Donegal	3
LCB	Keith Higgins	Mayo	3
RWB	James McCarthy	Dublin	1
CB	Peter Crowley	Kerry	1
LWB	Colm Boyle	Mayo	2
MD	Neil Gallagher	Donegal	2
MD	David Moran	Kerry	1
RWF	Paul Flynn	Dublin	4
CF	Michael Murphy	Donegal	2
LWF	Diarmuid Connolly	Dublin	1
RCF	Cillian O'Connor	Mayo	1
FF	Kieran Donaghy	Kerry	3
LCF	James O'Donoghue^FOTY	Kerry	2

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry= 5
Donegal= 4
Dublin= 3
Mayo= 3

2015

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin= 7
Kerry= 4
Mayo= 2
Tyrone= 1
Monaghan= 1

2016

Pos.	Player	Team	Appearances
GK	David Clarke	Mayo	1
RCB	Brendan Harrison	Mayo	1
FB	Jonny Cooper	Dublin	1
LCB	Philly McMahon	Dublin	2
RWB	Lee Keegan^FOTY	Mayo	4
CB	Colm Boyle	Mayo	3
LWB	Ryan McHugh	Donegal	1
MD	Brian Fenton	Dublin	2
MD	Mattie Donnelly	Tyrone	2
RWF	Peter Harte	Tyrone	1
CF	Diarmuid Connolly	Dublin	2
LWF	Ciarán Kilkenny	Dublin	2
RCF	Dean Rock	Dublin	1
FF	Michael Quinlivan	Tipperary	1
LCF	Paul Geaney	Kerry	1

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 6
Mayo = 4
Tyrone = 2
Donegal = 1
Kerry = 1
Tipperary = 1

2017

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 7
Mayo = 6
Kerry = 1
Tyrone = 1

2018

Pos.	Player	Team	Appearances
GK	Rory Beggan	Monaghan	1
RCB	Jonny Cooper	Dublin	2
FB	Colm Cavanagh	Tyrone	2
LCB	Pádraig Hampsey	Tyrone	1
RWB	Karl O'Connell	Monaghan	1
CB	James McCarthy	Dublin	3
LWB	Jack McCaffrey	Dublin	3
MD	Brian Fenton^FOTY	Dublin	3
MD	Brian Howard	Dublin	1
RWF	Paul Mannion	Dublin	2
CF	Ciarán Kilkenny	Dublin	3
LWF	Ryan McHugh	Donegal	2
RCF	David Clifford	Kerry	1
FF	Conor McManus	Monaghan	3
LCF	Ian Burke	Galway	1

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 7
Monaghan = 3
Tyrone = 2
Kerry = 1
Donegal = 1
Galway = 1

2019

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 7
Kerry = 4
Tyrone = 2
Mayo = 1
Donegal = 1

2020s

2020

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 9
Cavan = 3
Mayo = 2
Tipperary = 1

2021

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Tyrone = 8
Mayo = 3
Kerry = 3
Dublin = 1

2022

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 7
Galway = 5
Derry = 2
Dublin = 1

2023

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Dublin = 5
Kerry = 4
Derry = 4
Monaghan = 1
Roscommon = 1

2024

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Armagh = 6
Galway = 5
Donegal = 2
Tyrone = 1
Louth = 1

2025

Player has previously been selected.
;County breakdown

Kerry = 8
Donegal = 4
Meath = 1
Louth = 1
Armagh = 1