Seamus Callanan's haul of 2-4 in the All-Ireland semi-final has put him within touching distance of Paul Shiels in the hurling top scorer chart.

Callanan has cut the gap to just eight points between him and Antrim's Paul Shiels. The Ulster man bagged 1-64 (67) in seven games with Callanan now on 7-38 (59) from five.

With 7-11 Callanan is now also the leading scorer from play.

The Tipperary ace has seven goals to his name, making him the leading goalscorer in championship 2014. Wexford's Conor McDonald has five majors, with PJ O'Connell (Antrim), Shane Dowling (Limerick) and Derek McNicholas (Westmeath) on four each.

The highest individual scoring feat in the championship so far is Pat Horgan's 2-11 against Clare and Callanan's 3-8 v Galway.

The highest average score belongs to Limerick's Shane Dowling with 12.0 points per game, which is marginally better than Callanan's 11.8.

The senior hurling championship top scorers (Sunday 17 August)

Overall - championship hurling top scorer
Paul Shiels, Antrim 1-64 (67) 9.57avg
Seamus Callanan, Tipperary 7-38 (59) 11.8avg
Pat Horgan, Cork 2-43 (49) 9.8avg
TJ Reid, Kilkenny 3-40 (49) 9.8avg
Shane Dowling, Limerick 4-36 (48) 12.0avg
Ruairi Convery, Derry 2-34 (40) 10.0avg
Paul Morris, Wexford 1-37 (40) 6.66avg
Stephen Maher, Laois 1-34 (37) 7.2avg
Conor Cooney, Galway 2-30 (36) 9.0avg

From play - championship hurling top scorer
Seamus Callanan, Tipperary 7-11 (32) 6.4avg
Conor McDonald, Wexford 5-10 (25) 4.16avg
PJ O'Connell, Antrim 4-12 (24)
Colin Fennelly, Kilkenny 2-16 (22) 4.4avg
Paul Shiels, Antrim 1-17 (20) 2.85avg
J O'Dwyer, Tipperary 2-12 (18) 3.6avg
TJ Reid, Kilkenny 3-8 (17) 4.25avg
Shane Dowling, Limerick 3-8 (17) 3.4avg
John McCusker, Down 1-14 (17) 5.66avg
Paul Morris, Wexford 1-14 (17) 2.83avg Tweet

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