TheAll-Time All Star Award in Hurling was an award given on an annual basis to a sportsperson who had made a long-running and considerable contribution to the sport ofhurling in Ireland. In existence from 1980 until 1994 the award was presented to a former player who, more than likely, would have received anAll Star had the awards scheme been in existence during their playing days.
| Year | County | Winner | Era | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 |  Limerick | Mick Mackey | 1930–1947 | A two-time All-Ireland-winning captain, his honours include threeAll-Ireland medals, five consecutiveNational Hurling League medals and fiveMunster medals. |
| 1981 |  Cork | Jack Lynch | 1936–1950 | Regarded as the greatest midfielder of his time, he won a record five All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and three National League medals. |
| 1982 | Limerick Dublin | Garrett Howard | 1921–1936 | One of the brilliant hurlers of his era, he had the distinction of winning All-Ireland and National League medals with two counties and Railway Cup medals with two provinces. |
| 1983 |  ClareDublin | Pa 'Fowler' McInerney | 1913–1933 | In a twenty-year inter-county career that spanned three decades, he won All-Ireland medals with Clare and Dublin. |
| 1984 |  Kilkenny | Jim Langton | 1938–1954 | One of the great Kilkenny players of his era, he won two All-Ireland medals and seven Leinster medals. |
| 1985 | Cork | Eudie Coughlan | 1919–1931 | |
| 1986 |  Tipperary | Tommy Doyle | 1937–1953 | |
| 1987 |  Waterford | Christy Moylan | 1935–1949 | |
| 1988 | Cork | Paddy 'Fox' Collins | 1929–1938 | |
| 1989 |  Galway | M. J. 'Inky' Flaherty | 1936–1953 | |
| 1990 | Clare | John Joe 'Goggles' Doyle | 1926–1938 | |
| 1991 | Limerick | Jackie Power | 1935–1948 | |
| 1992 |  Wexford | Billy Rackard Bobby Rackard | 1945–1964 | |
| 1993 | Tipperary | Pat Stakelum | 1947–1957 | |
| 1994 | Kilkenny | Martin White | 1931–1938 |