BBC SPORT | Northern Ireland | The Championship | Bradley is top all-time Ulster marksman

ULSTER'S ALL-TIME TOP 10 HOTSHOTS Paddy Bradley 16-191 (239) Oisin McConville 11-197 (230) Peter Canavan 9-191 (218) Paddy Doherty 15-159 (204) Peter Donohoe 17-133 (184) Steven McDonnell 16-136 (184) Sean O'Neill 17-125 (176) Charlie Gallagher 10-142 (172) Sean O'Connell 11-118 (151) Ronan Carolan (Cavan) 2-138 (144)

Derry's Paddy Bradley is the all-time Ulster hot-shot after his stunning performance this season and in particular against Monaghan.

The Glenullin man has leapfrogged over two legends this season to claim the number one spot with 16 goals and 191 points.

He started the 2009 campaign on 13-177 and quickly usurped Peter Canavan as the second highest Ulster hotshot in history with a goal and three points in the quarter-final game against Monaghan.

A solitary point in the defeat by Tyrone and two goals and eight points in the second round qualifying game against Monaghan saw Bradley flying past Armagh's points machine Oisin McConville's all-time record of 11-197 (230 points).

Two more points in the defeat by Donegal in the third round qualifier sees Bradley now sitting on 239 points with Armagh's Steven McDonnell a distant sixth on 16-136 having only garnered five points this season.

Bradley made his Derry debut back in 2000 season. His average is also the highest from the top group, with around five points per game.

Meanwhile, since the great Cavan sharp-shooter Peter Donahoe performed his heroics in the middle of the Breffni boys incredible run in the mid-Nineties, only three players have hit the top three years in succession.

From 1948 to 1950 Donahoe topped the poll and added a fourth top marksman award in 1955.

The last to achieve three-in-a-row was Fermanagh's Rory Gallagher at the turn of the century which included 4-12 in 2002.

The now-retired Canavan, also notched up three-in-a-row from 1994 to 1996 which put him at the top of the scorers' list with 218 until he was usurped by Oisin McConville last year.

Of course, with McConville retiring at the end of the 2008 season having failed to register a point, Bradley has raced to the top of the tree scoring 3-14 against Monaghan to take him to an impressive 239 points, eight more than the Armagh sharp-shooter.

ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIP HOT-SHOTS FROM 1948

2008 Steven McDonnell (Armagh) 1-17
2007 Thomas Freeman (Monaghan) 1-15
2006 Oisin McConville 0-19
2005 Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone) 1-26
2004 Colm McFadden (Donegal) & Oisin McConville (Arm) 1-13
2003 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 1-38
2002 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 4-12
2001 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 0-16
2000 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 1-19
1999 Oisin McConville (Armagh) 3-18
1998 Joe Brolly (Derry) & Tony Boyle (Donegal) 0-13
1997 Joe Brolly (Derry) 3-15
1996 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 3-13
1995 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 0-20
1994 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 1-17
1993 John Toner (Armagh) 0-23
1992 Enda Gormley (Derry) 0-25
1991 Ross Carr (Down) 0-21
1990 Manus Boyle (Donegal) 1-16
1989 Martin McHugh (Donegal) 2-16
1988 Stephen Conway (Tyrone) 0-17
1987 Enda Gormley (Derry) 0-20
1986 Brendan Mason (Down) 3-17
1985 Eamon McEneaney (Monaghan) 3-16
1984 Frank McGuigan (Tyrone) 0-19
1983 Derek McDonnell (Cavan) 4-11
1982 John Corvan (Armagh) & Peter McGinnity (Ferm) 1-9
1981 E McEneaney (Mon) & Brendan McGovern (Down) 1-17
1980 Patsy Hetherington (Tyrone) & Patsy Kerlin (Tyrone) 4-3
1979 Kieran Finlay (Monaghan) 1-18
1978 Donal Donohoe (Cavan) 0-12
1977 Brendan Kelly (Derry) 2-10
1976 Steve Duggan (Cavan) 1-22
1975 Willie Walsh (Down) 3-8
1974 Seamus Bonnar (Donegal) 6-4
1973 Patsy Hetherington (Tyrone) 0-17
1972 Joe Winston (Donegal) 0-26
1971 Sean O'Connell (Derry) 1-18
1970 Andy McCallin (Antrim) 3-15
1969 Sean Woods (Monaghan) & Gene Cusack (Cavan) 3-7
1968 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-17
1967 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 0-19
1966 PT Treacy (Fermanagh) 4-13
1965 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 2-29
1964 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 0-19
1963 Harry Laverty (Donegal) 2-10
1962 Seamus McMahon (Cav) & Frankie Donnelly (Tyr) 0-11
1961 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-16
1960 Con Smith (Cavan) 1-17
1959 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-17
1958 Paddy Doherty (Down) 3-14
1957 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) 1-14
1956 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) & Victor Sherlock (Cavan) 2-7
1955 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 0-14
1954 Brian Gallagher (Cavan) 0-14
1953 Art O'Hagan (Armagh) 3-4
1952 John Joe Cassidy (Cavan) 1-7
1951 Joe McCallin (Antrim) 3-14
1950 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3-18
1949 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 4-10
1948 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3-12

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