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Shea Malone leads the way so far in the scoring charts
Ahead of Sunday’s NFL Division 1 final between Donegal and Kerry, Edward Molloy has been crunching the numbers on matters to date.
The total number of appearances across the seven regulation games are 135, and that’s broken down in each round as 19, 20, 20, 19, 19, 18, 20.
Thirty-two different players have played in the league with seven having started all seven league matches. Gavin Mulreany, Brendan McCole, Caolan McGonigle, Michael Langan, Jason McGee, Hugh McFadden and Conor O’Donnell are the ever-presents there.
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Eleven players have played some part in all seven league matches, which includes the above as well as Finnbarr Roarty, Ryan McHugh, Peadar Mogan, and Shea Malone
The players who played in the McKenna Cup but not in the league are: Ultan Doherty, Oisin Caulfield, and Cormac Gallagher.
The most used sub this year in league was Turlough Carr four appearances in off the bench.
Scores
Total scored in 2026: 12-188 (224 pts) Match average 22.4 pts
League: 8-138 (162 pts) Match average 23.1 pts
Number of scorers for all matches: 66 (10,10,7,9,9,11,10)
Number of different scorers this year in the league 20 (ie 26 in total for the year)
Top scorers
League and 2026 in total
Shea Malone 3-07 5-12
Conor O Donnell 3-15 3-17
Michael Langan 0-23 0-23
Jason McGee 0-16 0-21
Gavin Mulreany 0-12 0-20
Daire O Baoilll 1-05 2-07
Peadar Mogan 0-07 0-11
Conor McCahill 0-06 0-10
Finnbarr Roarty 0-10 0-10
Oisin Gallen 0-08 0-08
Ryan McHugh 0-06 0-08
Hugh McFadden 0-02 0-07
Michael Murphy 0-06 0-06
Jamie Brennan 1-03 1-03
Ciaran Moore 0-03 0-04
Shane O Donnell 0-03 0-03
Eoghan B. Gallagher 0-03 0-03
Caolan McGonigle 0-01 0-01
Sean Martin 0-01 0-01
Caolan McColgan 0-01 0-02
Eoin McGeehan 1-01
Kevin Muldoon 0-04
Oisin Caulfield 0-01
Seanan Carr 0-03
Paul O Hare 0-01
Turlough Carr 0-01
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