Wexford defeated Dublin in the final of the 1890 Leinster Senior Football Championship (SFC).

Dublin won its first Leinster SFC the following year by defeating Kildare in the final, and followed up by winning its first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) by defeating Cork by a scoreline of 2–1 to 1–1 in the 1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

But then when (Kevin) Heffernan came back into it in '74, it was a different ball game... Much more rigorous in terms of tolerating any drinking or messing".

Starting from the 1970s, the Dublin team managed by Kevin Heffernan (and briefly by Tony Hanahoe) won four All-Ireland SFCs (1974, 1976, 1977 and 1983) and seven Leinster Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles (six of which were consecutive).

This series of games had the added factor of Dublin and Meath being long-time fierce rivals, a rivalry that intensified when Meath won four from the previous five Leinster SFCs and two All-Ireland SFCs over the previous five years, to replace Dublin as the strongest team in the province of Leinster.

The following year, Dublin won the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, defeating Tyrone by a single point.

Dublin limited Cork, Donegal and Kerry to a single All-Ireland SFC each during that decade.

He introduced new players to the team each year, starting with Paul Mannion and Jack McCaffrey in 2013, continuing with Cormac Costello and Nicky Devereaux in 2014, followed by Brian Fenton and John Small in 2015 and Davy Byrne in 2016.

Jim Gavin continued to introduce new players, with Con O'Callaghan and Niall Scully appearing in 2017 and Brian Howard and Eoin Murchan emerging in 2018.

[6] But Gavin tended to wait one year from when he noticed them to introduce them to his team, O'Callaghan having been ready in 2016 and Howard in 2017.

[19] Kevin Heffernan 1974–76 Tony Hanahoe 1976–78 Kevin Heffernan (2) 1978–86 Brian Mullins, Robbie Kelleher & Seán Doherty 1986 Gerry McCaul 1986–90 Paddy Cullen 1990–92 Pat O'Neill 1992–95 Mickey Whelan 1995–97 Tommy Carr 1997–01 Tommy Lyons 2001–04 Paul Caffrey 2004–08 Pat Gilroy 2008–12 Jim Gavin 2012–2019 Dessie Farrell 2019– Stephen Cluxton made his 112th appearance in the All-Ireland Football Championship when he captained Dublin to their six-in-a-row on 19 December 2020.

Cluxton became his county's most capped player, overtaking Johnny McDonnell's record against Meath in the National League on 17 October 2020.

1974: Paddy Cullen, Seán Doherty, Robbie Kelleher, Paddy Reilly, David Hickey, Jimmy Keaveney 1975: Gay O'Driscoll, Robbie Kelleher2nd, Anton O'Toole 1976: Paddy Cullen2nd, Kevin Moran, Brian Mullins, Anton O'Toole2nd, Tony Hanahoe, David Hickey2nd, Bobby Doyle 1977: Paddy Cullen3rd, Gay O'Driscoll2nd, Robbie Kelleher3rd, Tommy Drumm, Pat O'Neill, Brian Mullins2nd, Anton O'Toole3rd, Bobby Doyle2nd, Jimmy Keaveney2nd 1978: Robbie Kelleher4th, Tommy Drumm2nd, Jimmy Keaveney3rd 1979: Paddy Cullen4th, Tommy Drumm3rd, Bernard Brogan Snr 1983: Pat Canavan, Tommy Drumm4th, Barney Rock, Joe McNally 1984: John O'Leary, P. J. Buckley, Barney Rock2nd 1985: John O'Leary2nd, Gerry Hargan, Barney Rock3rd, Tommy Conroy 1987: Kieran Duff 1988: Mick Kennedy, Noel McCaffrey, Kieran Duff2nd 1989: Gerry Hargan2nd 1991: Mick Deegan, Tommy Carr, Keith Barr 1992: Paul Curran, Eamon Heery, Vinnie Murphy 1993: John O'Leary3rd, Dermot Deasy, Charlie Redmond 1994: John O'Leary4th, Jack Sheedy, Charlie Redmond2nd 1995: John O'Leary5th, Paul Curran2nd, Keith Barr2nd, Brian Stynes, Dessie Farrell, Paul Clarke, Charlie Redmond3rd 1996: Paul Curran3rd 1999: Ciarán Whelan 2001: Coman Goggins 2002: Stephen Cluxton, Ray Cosgrove, Paddy Christie 2006: Stephen Cluxton2nd, Alan Brogan 2007: Stephen Cluxton3rd, Barry Cahill, Ciarán Whelan2nd, Alan Brogan2nd 2008: Shane Ryan 2010:  Bernard Brogan Jnr 2011: Stephen Cluxton4th, Kevin Nolan, Michael Darragh MacAuley, Paul Flynn,  Alan Brogan 3rd, Bernard Brogan Jnr2nd 2012: Paul Flynn2nd 2013: Stephen Cluxton5th, Rory O'Carroll, Cian O'Sullivan,  Michael Darragh MacAuley 2nd, Paul Flynn3rd, Bernard Brogan Jnr3rd 2014: James McCarthy, Diarmuid Connolly, Paul Flynn4th 2015: Rory O'Carroll2nd, Philly McMahon, Cian O'Sullivan2nd,  Jack McCaffrey , Brian Fenton, Ciarán Kilkenny, Bernard Brogan Jnr4th 2016: Jonny Cooper, Philly McMahon2nd, Brian Fenton2nd, Diarmuid Connolly2nd, Ciarán Kilkenny2nd, Dean Rock 2017: Michael Fitzsimons, Cian O'Sullivan3rd, Jack McCaffrey2nd, James McCarthy2nd, Dean Rock2nd, Con O'Callaghan, Paul Mannion 2018: Jonny Cooper2nd, James McCarthy3rd, Jack McCaffrey3rd,  Brian Fenton 3rd, Brian Howard, Paul Mannion2nd, Ciarán Kilkenny3rd 2019:  Stephen Cluxton 6th, Michael Fitzsimons2nd, Brian Howard2nd, Jack McCaffrey4th, Brian Fenton4th, Paul Mannion3rd, Con O'Callaghan2nd 2020: Michael Fitzsimons3rd, James McCarthy4th, John Small, Eoin Murchan,  Brian Fenton 5th, Niall Scully, Ciarán Kilkenny4th, Con O'Callaghan3rd, Dean Rock3rd 2021: Ciarán Kilkenny5th 2022: Ciarán Kilkenny6th 2023: Stephen Cluxton7th, Michael Fitzsimons4th, James McCarthy5th, Brian Fenton6th, Colm Basquel Note: Paddy Holden received 3 Cú Chulainn Awards, while Des Foley received 2 Cú Chulainn Awards.

2010: Bernard Brogan Jnr 2010: Rory O'Carroll 2012: Ciarán Kilkenny 2014: Conor McHugh 2017: Aaron Byrne[24] 2019: Ciarán Archer Dublin has won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) final on 31 occasions – only Kerry, with 38 All-Ireland SFC titles, has won more.

Dublin is the only county team in men's football or hurling to have won six consecutive All-Ireland Championships.

This result was their consecutive eighth, making history and saw it become Leinster champions for the twelfth time in thirteen years.