Mayo lead the way in the GAA PwC Gaelic football All-Star nominations after their historic All-Ireland win this year.

Andy Moran’s men make up 11 of the 45 nominations after winning the county’s first All-Ireland in 75 years, with runners-up Kerry having seven nominees.

The rest reads as Dublin with 5, Westmeath four, Monaghan, Armagh and Louth three each, Roscommon, Cork, Galway and Tyrone two each and one from Donegal.

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Ryan O’Donoghue. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

The All-Ireland Champions also dominate the individual awards, with Jack Carney and Ryan O’Donoghue nominated for the Footballer of the Year award, alongside Kerryman David Clifford. If either Carney or O’Donoghue get the top nod, they’ll be the first Mayo player to win the award since their boss Andy Moran won it in 2017.

Kobe McDonald and Darragh Beirne are also up for the Young Footballer of the Year as well, with Louth’s Dara McDonnell taking the third nomination.

The PwC All-Stars will be presented at a gala black-tie event at Dublin’s RDS on Friday, 30th October, which will be shown live on RTÉ.

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Kobe McDonald. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

PwC All-Stars Football Nominations 2026

Goalkeepers

  1. Rory Beggan (Monaghan)
  2. Jack Livingstone (Mayo)
  3. Shane Murphy (Kerry)

Defenders

  1. Sam Callinan (Mayo)
  2. Jack Coyne (Mayo)
  3. Enda Hession (Mayo)
  4. David McBrien (Mayo)
  5. Donnacha McHugh (Mayo)
  6. Jason Foley (Kerry)
  7. Michael Breen (Kerry)
  8. Jarlath Óg Burns (Armagh)
  9. Tiernan Kelly (Armagh)
  10. Dara McDonnell (Louth)
  11. Craig Lennon (Louth)
  12. Ronan Wallace (Westmeath)
  13. Matthew Whittaker (Westmeath)
  14. David Byrne (Dublin)
  15. Charlie McMorrow (Dublin)
  16. Tommy Walsh (Cork)
  17. Niall Devlin (Tyrone)
  18. Dylan Byrne (Monaghan)

Midfielders

  1. Jack Carney (Mayo)
  2. Mark O’Shea (Kerry)
  3. Conn Kilpatrick (Tyrone)
  4. John Maher (Galway)
  5. Ciarán Kilkenny (Dublin)
  6. Michael Langan (Donegal)

Forwards

  1. Darragh Beirne (Mayo)
  2. Ryan O’Donoghue (Mayo)
  3. Kobe McDonald (Mayo)
  4. Jordan Flynn (Mayo)
  5. David Clifford (Kerry)
  6. Paudie Clifford (Kerry)
  7. Dylan Geaney (Kerry)
  8. Niall Scully (Dublin)
  9. Con O’Callaghan (Dublin)
  10. Darragh Heneghan (Roscommon)
  11. Diarmuid Murtagh (Roscommon)
  12. Sam McCartan (Westmeath)
  13. Brandon Kelly (Westmeath)
  14. Steven Sherlock (Cork)
  15. Stephen O’Hanlon (Monaghan)
  16. Ciarán Downey (Louth)
  17. Oisín Conaty (Armagh)
  18. Robert Finnerty (Galway)

PwC GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year Nominees

  1. David Clifford (Fossa, Kerry)
  2. Ryan O’Donoghue (Belmullet, Mayo)
  3. Jack Carney (Kilmeena, Mayo)

PwC GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year Nominees

  1. Darragh Beirne (Claremorris, Mayo)
  2. Kobe McDonald (Crossmolina Deel Rovers, Mayo)
  3. Dara McDonnell (Naomh Máirtín, Louth)