The bench mark in the race for Sam

MUCH has been made of the impact teams have off the bench.

Here are the tallies of the 16 teams in the Sam Maguire race.

The scoring returns are based on players who started on the bench across all their games in the league and championship season.

The facts were taken from this week’s feature on which teams are getting the most punch from their substitutions.

Here are the teams and their rankings

1 Galway 4-25 (7f, 1m)
Top scorer from bench: Tomo Culhane 3-1
16 games

2 Monaghan 4-25 (6f, 6m)
Top scorers from bench: Conor McManus 0-6f, Barry McBennett 1-3
12 games

3 Dublin 4-24 (1m)
Top scorer from bench: Colm Basquel 1-3
14 games

4 Mayo 4-21 (2-0pens, 1f, 1m)
Top scorer from bench: Cillian O’Connor 2-5 (2-0pens, 1m, 1f)
14 games

5 Armagh 1-34 (3f)
Top scorer from bench: Aidan Nugent 0-9 (4f)
16 games

6 Donegal 1-24 (2f)
Top scorer from bench: Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí 0-6
16 games

7 Kerry 2-16 (1f, 1m)
Top scorer from bench: David Clifford 1-2 (1f)
14 games

8 Cork 2-15 (8f)
Top scorer from bench: Stephen Sherlock 0-11 (6f)
13 games

9 Westmeath 0-19 (5f)
Top scorer from bench: Robbie Forde 0-7 (3f)
12 games

10 Cavan 1-16 (1f, 1m)
Top scorer from bench: Cian Madden 0-4 (1f)
12 games

11 Roscommon 1-15 (5f)
Top scorer from bench: Conor Cox 0-9 (5f)
13 games

12 Derry 0-17 (1f)
Top scorer from bench: Niall Toner 0-10 (1f)
14 games

13 Clare 1-13 (3f, 3 45)
Top scorer from bench: Diarmuid O’Donnell 1-7 (3f)
12 games

14 Tyrone 0-13 (7f)
Top scorer from bench: Darren McCurry 0-8 (6f) NFL v Mayo
13 games

15 Louth 1-9
Top scorer from bench: Tom Jackson 1-2
15 games

16 Meath 1-9 (1f)
Top scorer from bench: Cian McBride 1-0
12 games

DOWN, Antrim and Fermanagh competed in the Tailteann Cup. Here are there stats.

1 Down 1-29 (3f, 1m)
Top scorer from bench: Oisín Savage 1-8 (2f, 1m)
16 games

2 Fermanagh: 2-13 (2f, 1m)
Top scorer from bench: Conor Love 2-4 (1f)
12 games

3 Antrim 0-16 (2f)
Top scorers from bench: Conor Hand 0-5/Dominic McEnhill 0-5
14 games

Check out this week’s Gaelic Life for the feature in full.