Ryan McHugh (born 11 April 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays with his local club Cill Chartha and the Donegal senior inter-county team.
A former county minor, McHugh propelled himself onto the national stage with a 2–2 blitz of All-Ireland champions Dublin in the semi-final meeting at Croke Park.
McHugh has been likened to a child of school-going age — "You'd think he had just stepped off a school bus", GAA pundit Benny Tierney once said.
His former county manager Jim McGuinness has suggested: "Even when the big hits are going in, Ryan has the ability to summon that little shimmy that helps to take him past defenders and allows him to set up colleagues."