| Year: | 1965 |
| Dates: | 25 April – 5 September 1965 |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Munster: | Tipperary |
| Leinster: | Wexford |
| Matches: | 13 |
| Poty: | Jimmy Doyle |
| Team: | Tipperary |
| Titles: | 21st |
| Captain: | Jimmy Doyle |
| Team2: | Wexford |
| Captain2: | Tom Neville |
| Totalgoals: | 60 (4.6 per game) |
| Totalpoints: | 234 (18.0 per game) |
| Topscorer: | Paddy Molloy (4-12) |
| Previous: | 1964 |
| Next: | 1966 |
The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 79th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 25 April 1965 and ended on 5 September 1965.
Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 2-16 to 0-10 defeat of Wexford. It was the team's fourth All-Ireland championship in five years.
A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, the same number and makeup of participants from the previous championship.
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | |||
| Carlow | Red, green and yellow | ||||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1954 | 1956 | 1952-53 | |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | 1938 | 1961 | 1938-39 | |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1950-51 | ||
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1963 | 1964 | 1932-33 | |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1949 | ||
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1955 | 1946-47 | |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | ||||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1964 | 1964 | 1964-65 | |
| Waterford | White and blue | 1959 | 1963 | 1962-63 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | ||||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1960 | 1962 | 1957-58 | |
First round
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Final
See main article: 1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paddy Molloy | Offaly | 4-12 | 24 | 2 | 12.00 | |
| 2 | Seán McLoughlin | Tipperary | 6-01 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 | |
| 3 | Christy O'Brien | Laois | 3-07 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 | |
| 4 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 0-14 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 | |
| 5 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 1-09 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paddy Molloy | Offaly | 2-07 | 13 | Carlow |
| 2 | Paddy Molloy | Offaly | 2-05 | 11 | Laois |
| 3 | Frank Coffey | Galway | 1-06 | 9 | Clare |
| 4 | Christy O'Brien | Laois | 2-02 | 8 | Westmeath |
| Christy O'Brien | Laois | 1-05 | 8 | Offaly | |
| Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 0-08 | 8 | Dublin | |
| 4 | Martin Byrne | Wexford | 2-01 | 7 | Kilkenny |
| Mattie Fox | Galway | 2-01 | 7 | Clare | |
| Pat Cronin | Clare | 2-01 | 7 | Galway | |
| Theo English | Tipperary | 2-01 | 7 | Cork | |
| Seán McLoughlin | Tipperary | 2-01 | 7 | Wexford | |
| Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 0-07 | 7 | Cork |