| Year: | 1988 |
| Dates: | 8 May – 9 October 1988 |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Team: | Meath |
| Titles: | 5th |
| Team2: | Cork |
| Munster: | Cork |
| Leinster: | Meath |
| Ulster: | Monaghan |
| Connacht: | Mayo |
| Topscorer: | Brian Stafford (0-38) |
| Matches: | 33 |
| Next: | 1989 |
The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 102nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 8 May 1988 and ended on 9 October 1988.
For the second year in a row, the final was between Meath and Cork. Again, the outcome was the same, Meath winning the replay by a scoreline of 0-13 to 0-12.
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See main article: 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Stafford | Meath | 0-38 | 38 | 5 | 7.60 | |
| 2 | Larry Tompkins | Cork | 0-34 | 34 | 5 | 6.80 |
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Cunningham | Armagh | 2-5 | 11 | Fermanagh |
| John McCormack | Longford | 1-8 | 11 | Wicklow | |
| 3 | Maurice Fitzgerald | Kerry | 0-10 | 10 | Cork |
| Ronan Carolan | Cavan | 0-10 | 10 | Monaghan | |
| 5 | Mark Butler | Mayo | 1-6 | 9 | Sligo |
| Pat Spillane | Kerry | 1-6 | 9 | Waterford | |
| Brian Stafford | Meath | 0-9 | 9 | Mayo | |
| 8 | Eamonn McEneaney | Monaghan | 1-5 | 8 | Down |
| Larry Tompkins | Cork | 0-8 | 8 | Meath | |
| Brian Stafford | Meath | 0-8 | 8 | Cork | |
| Larry Tompkins | Cork | 0-8 | 8 | Meath | |
| Brian Stafford | Meath | 0-8 | 8 | Offaly |