Galway's Shane Walsh is now the top scoring footballer in championship 2014 but there are some big names hot on his heels.

Tipperary's Con Sweeney is knocked off the top thanks to five points for the Tribesman in his side's All-Ireland quarter-final loss to Kerry, with Walsh now on 1-29 from five games.

Mayo's Cillian O'Connor is just three points behind (2-23) with an All-Ireland semi-final to look forward to while Conor McManus is in forth spot with 1-21.

From open play Kerry's James O'Donoghue with 1-13 joins Sweeney (3-7) as the leading scorer excluding placed balls. O'Donoghue hit 0-8 in the Munster final and followed that up with 1-5 against Galway, averaging eight points from play per game.

Overall Fermanagh's Sean Quigley has the highest average score per game so far with 11.5.

Quigley has four goals to his name, as does Meath's Michael Newman.

The highest individual game tally so far belongs to Quigley (2-8 v Laois).

Overall - championship football top scorer
Shane Walsh, Galway 1-29 (32) 6.4avg
Con Sweeney, Tipperary 4-19 (31) 6.2avg
Cillian O'Connor, Mayo 2-23 (29) 7.25avg
Conor McManus, Monaghan 1-21 (24) 4.8avg
Sean Quigley, Fermanagh 3-14 (23) 11.5avg
Donie Kingston, Laois 0-23 (23) 4.6avg
Tony Kernan, Armagh 0-21 (21) 3.5avg
Ross Munnelly, Laois 0-21 (21) 4.2avg
Michael Newman, Meath 4-8 (20) 6.66avg
Barry Grogan, Tipperary 2-14 (20) 4.0avg

From play - championship football top scorer
James O'Donoghue, Kerry 1-13 (16) 8.0avg
Con Sweeney, Tipperary 3-7 (16) 3.2avg
Shane Walsh, Galway 1-12 (15) 3.0avg
Shane McGrath, Clare 1-12 (15) 3.0avg
Danny Cummins, Galway 2-9 (15) 3.0avg
Conor Laverty, Down 2-8 (14) 3.5avg
Jamie Clarke, Armagh 0-14 (14) 2.5avg Tweet

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