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 2013, 387 different footballers had received awards. For those with the highest numbers of awards, see GAA GPA All Stars Awards.
As of 2022, the players are from the following teams: Given as Team, team's overall total/number of different players to have won while representing this team: Kerry, 155/64 (list) Dublin, 141/66 (list) Cork, 64/42 (list) Tyrone, 57/33 (list) Meath, 48/26 (list) Galway, 43/29 (list) Donegal, 34/22 (list) Offaly, 30/19 (list) Derry, 29/19 (list) Mayo, 28? (list) Armagh, 24/8 (list) Down, 23/18 (list) Kildare, 15/12 (list) Roscommon, 15/11 (list) Monaghan, 13/9 (list) Cavan, 5/5 Laois, 5/5 Westmeath, 5/4 Sligo, 4/4 Fermanagh, 4/3 Tipperary, 4/3 Leitrim, 2/2 Louth, 2? Antrim, 1 Clare, 1 Wexford, 1 Wicklow, 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.
Cú Chulainn Awards
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
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.