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Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regulation table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different ...

, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single to the table. A player's proficiency at building big breaks, particularly century break

Century break

In the sport of snooker, a century break refers to scoring 100 points or more within one turn at the table, without missing a shot. The player does this by potting red balls and coloured balls alternately....

s (scores over 100), is widely used as a measure of their overall skill.

The maximum break possible in normal circumstances is 147. This is often known as a maximum, or a 147 (or orally a one-four-seven). The 147 is amassed by potting all 15 with 15 for 120 points then all six for a further 27 points.

The highest break possible is 155.

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, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single to the table. A player's proficiency at building big breaks, particularly century break

Century break

Highest break following a foul

The highest break possible is 155. This can occur when an opponent but leaves the player on all 15 reds. The player can nominate one of the other colours as a red, known as a "", which carries the same value as a red for just that shot. By potting the free ball followed by a colour, then all the reds with colours, and then the colours up to the pink or black, the player can compile a break of more than 147. If the free ball is followed by a black, and the player goes on to clear the table taking all blacks with the reds and then all six colours, the total score for the break is 155.

Breaks exceeding 147

At least eight breaks in excess of 147 have been recorded.

A 151 is reported to have been compiled by Wally West against Butch Rogers in West London's Hounslow Luciana snooker club during a club match in 1976. After Rogers fouled, Wally took the green as his free ball followed by the brown. He then took 14 red and blacks and a pink off the last red. He then cleared up to make the 151.
In April 1988 Steve Duggan made a 148 in a practice frame against Mark Rowing in Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...

.
In 1993 Stephen Hendry
Stephen Hendry
Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...

made a 148 in a practice match against Alfie Burden
Alfred Burden
Alfred 'Alfie' Burden is an English professional snooker player who lives in London. Burden originally had his eyes set on making a career as a professional footballer, but a badly broken leg destroyed this ambition. He spent a couple of seasons at Arsenal as a schoolboy apprentice, but was with...

.
In 1995 Tony Drago
Tony Drago
Tony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8-6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...

made a 149 against Nick Manning in West Norwood, London in 1995, that was recorded by the Guinness Book of Records as the highest in this category. In that Drago nominated the as the free ball, to score one point. He then potted the brown again, for four more points, before potting 13 reds and 13 blacks, a red and a , a red and a , then all the colours.
In 1997 Eddie Manning achieved a 149 in a practice match against Kam Pandya at Willie Thorne's in Leicester. Like Drago he took brown, brown, 13 blacks, pink and blue.
In April 2003 Jamie Cope
Jamie Cope
Jamie Cope is an English professional snooker player. He has reached the finals of two ranking tournaments...

made a 151 break at The Reardon Snooker Club during a practice game with David Fomm-Ward. After a foul by his opponent, Cope was snookered behind the brown ball. He took the brown as the free ball and then potted blue, 13 reds with blacks and two with pinks, then the six colours.
In October 2004, during qualifying for the UK Championship
UK Snooker Championship
The UK Championship is a professional snooker tournament, the second biggest tournament after the World Championship. The 2007 UK Championship was held at the Telford International Centre, having previously been held at the York Barbican Centre....

, Jamie Burnett
Jamie Burnett
Jamie Burnett is a professional snooker player from Hamilton, Scotland.-Career:During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, he achieved the impressive feat of becoming the first ever player to compile a break over 147 in a professional match, in which he made a break of 148 against...

achieved a 148 against Leo Fernandez
Leo Fernandez
Leo Fernandez is a current amateur and former professional snooker player born in Limerick, Ireland and living in London, England. He is currently competing on the Pontins International Tour , attempting to gain promotion to the Main Tour to regain professional status...

, becoming the first player to achieve a break of more than 147 in professional competition.
Jamie Cope was reported to have made a break of 155 in a practice frame in 2005.

Prizes

In professional tournaments, there is usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break, typically was an amount containing "147", e.g. £

Pound sterling

The pound sterling , often simply called the pound, is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory...

147, £1,470, £14,700 or £147,000 depending on the prestige of the tournament. As an extreme case, Ronnie O'Sullivan

Ronnie O'Sullivan

Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...

's 1997 maximum earned him £165,000 (£147,000 of this was for making the 147 break and another £18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament).

List of official maximum 147s in professional competition

	Date	Player	Opponent	Event
1	January 11, 1982*	Steve Davis Steve Davis Steve Davis, OBE, is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s....	John Spencer John Spencer (snooker player) John Spencer was an English professional snooker player who dominated the game in the 1970s along with Ray Reardon. Spencer was born in Radcliffe .-Career:He started his snooker career at the age of 15...	Lada Classic Classic (snooker) The Classic was a professional snooker tournament.The tournament started life as the Wilsons Classic in 1980. A change in sponsor in 1982 meant a name change to Lada Classic. Two years later, the tournament was made a ranking tournament. Mercantile Credit took over the sponsorship for the 1984/85...
2	April 23, 1983*	Cliff Thorburn Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn, CM is a retired professional Canadian snooker player...	Terry Griffiths Terry Griffiths Terrence "Terry" Griffiths OBE is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in 1979, and reached the 1988 final. He has also won the UK Championship and Masters...	Embassy World Championship World Snooker Championship 1983 The 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 16th April to the 2nd May 1983. The 1983 championship is remembered for the first-ever 147 maximum break at a World Snooker Championship. Canada's Cliff Thorburn achieved it at the start of his...
3	January 28, 1984*	Kirk Stevens Kirk Stevens Kirk Stevens is a Canadian professional snooker player.Stevens started playing young, achieving his first aged just 12. He turned professional aged 20, and reached the semi-finals of the World Championship aged 21...	Jimmy White Jimmy White James Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...	Benson & Hedges Masters 1987 Masters Snooker The 1987 Benson and Hedges Masters took place between January 25 and February 1, 1987 at the Wembley Conference Centre. The Top 16 ranked players took part in the competition...
4	November 17, 1987	Willie Thorne Willie Thorne William Joseph Thorne , best known as Willie Thorne, is a former English professional snooker player and now a commentator.-Life and career:...	Tommy Murphy	Tennents UK Championship 1987 UK Snooker Championship The 1987 Tennents UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston starting on 13 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 21 and 29 November 1987. Willie Thorne made UK Championship history when he became the first player to make a 147 against Tommy Murphy although it was not...
5	February 20, 1988	Tony Meo Tony Meo Tony Meo is a retired English snooker player.Meo was a schoolfriend of Jimmy White, and the pair would regularly skip school to play snooker together. At 17 Tony became the then youngest person known to have made a 147...	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Rothmans Matchroom League
6	September 24, 1988	Alain Robidoux Alain Robidoux Alain Robidoux is a Canadian snooker player; he played on the World Snooker tour from 1988-2002 and continues to play in events in Canada....	Jim Meadowcroft Jim Meadowcroft Jim Meadowcroft is a retired English professional snooker player who has latterly been a coach and a commentator on the game....	European Open
7	February 18, 1989	John Rea John Rea (snooker player) John Rea is a retired Scottish snooker player.The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Professional Championships when he beat Murdo McLeod to become the Scottish champion....	Ian Black	Scottish Professional Championship
8	March 8, 1989	Cliff Thorburn Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn, CM is a retired professional Canadian snooker player...	Jimmy White Jimmy White James Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...	Matchroom League
9	January 16, 1991	James Wattana James Wattana James Wattana is a Thai professional snooker player.-Career:...	Paul Dawkins	Mita/Sky World Masters
10	June 1991	Peter Ebdon Peter Ebdon Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Career:...	Wayne Martin	Strachan Open Strachan Open (snooker) The Strachan Open was a professional snooker tournament.The tournament was held once, in 1992, and was a ranking tournament.The following season, four so-called Minor Ranking Events were held. These earned only one tenth of the ranking points of most other ranking tournaments, and were designed to...
11	February 1992*	James Wattana James Wattana James Wattana is a Thai professional snooker player.-Career:...	Tony Drago Tony Drago Tony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8-6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...	British Open British Open (snooker) The British Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament from 1985. The tournament has not been held since the 2004/2005 season....
12	April 22, 1992*	Jimmy White Jimmy White James Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...	Tony Drago Tony Drago Tony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8-6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...	Embassy World Championship World Snooker Championship 1992 The 1992 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 18 April and 4 May 1992.Stephen Hendry was the eventual winner of the 1992 Embassy World Championship after an 18-14 win over Jimmy White. At one point, White led 14-8 and was a red and colour away...
13	May 9, 1992	John Parrott John Parrott John Parrott MBE is an English professional snooker player.He won the World Snooker Championship in 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final. Two years earlier he had lost 18-3 to Steve Davis, the heaviest final defeat in modern times...	Tony Meo Tony Meo Tony Meo is a retired English snooker player.Meo was a schoolfriend of Jimmy White, and the pair would regularly skip school to play snooker together. At 17 Tony became the then youngest person known to have made a 147...	Matchroom League
14	May 24, 1992	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Willie Thorne Willie Thorne William Joseph Thorne , best known as Willie Thorne, is a former English professional snooker player and now a commentator.-Life and career:...	Matchroom League
15	November 1992	Peter Ebdon Peter Ebdon Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Career:...	Ken Doherty Ken Doherty Ken Doherty is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur and world professional champion . He was also World Under-21 champion in 1989.-Career:...	Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship 1992 UK Snooker Championship The 1992 UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston. Jimmy White won his first and only UK Championship, beating defending champion John Parrott 16-9 in the final, winning back-to-back ranking events, having won the Rothmans Grand Prix a month earlier...
16	September 1994	David McDonnell	Nic Barrow	British Open British Open (snooker) The British Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament from 1985. The tournament has not been held since the 2004/2005 season....
17	April 27, 1995*	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Jimmy White Jimmy White James Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...	Embassy World Championship World Snooker Championship 1995 The 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 14th to the 30th April 1995. Stephen Hendry won his fifth world title beating Nigel Bond 18-9.-Notable Moments:...
18	November 25, 1995*	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Gary Wilkinson Gary Wilkinson Gary Wilkinson is an English professional snooker player.-Career:Wilkinson turned professional in 1987, and climbed the rankings to reach the no. 5 spot in the world within four years. He failed to sustain these results and has never won a ranking tournament, losing in the final of the 1991...	Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship 1995 UK Snooker Championship The 1995 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston starting on 17 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 25 November and 3 December 1995.- Prize Money :Winner £70,000Runner-up ???...
19	January 5, 1997*	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge
20	April 21, 1997*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Mick Price Mick Price (snooker player) Mick Price is a retired English professional snooker player. He is best known for being Ronnie O'Sullivan's opponent when O'Sullivan scored the fastest 147 break in the game's history, at the 1997 World Championship. He also qualified for the World Championships in 1992 and 1996, reaching the...	Embassy World Championship World Snooker Championship 1997 The 1997 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 19th April to the 5th May 1997.- Notable Moments :* The semi-final matches were 'best of 33' for the first time, having previously been 'best of 31'....
21	September 1997	James Wattana James Wattana James Wattana is a Thai professional snooker player.-Career:...	Pang Wei Guo	Catch China Challenge China Open (snooker) The China Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of ranking tournaments.The event was revived for the 2004/05 season due to the increasing popularity of snooker in China. To this extent, an extra wildcard round was included before the first round proper to allow for...
22	May 16, 1998*	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Ken Doherty Ken Doherty Ken Doherty is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur and world professional champion . He was also World Under-21 champion in 1989.-Career:...	Doc. Marten's Premier League
23	August 10, 1998	Adrian Gunnell Adrian Gunnell Adrian Gunnell is an English professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage...	Mario Wehrmann	Thailand Masters Thailand Masters (snooker) The Thailand Masters was a professional snooker tournament. Previously known as Thailand Open and Asian Open, it was a ranking tournament from 1989/90 to 2001/02....
24	August 13, 1998	Mehmet Husnu	Eddie Barker	China International China Open (snooker) The China Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of ranking tournaments.The event was revived for the 2004/05 season due to the increasing popularity of snooker in China. To this extent, an extra wildcard round was included before the first round proper to allow for...
25	January 13, 1999	Jason Prince	Ian Brumby	British Open British Open (snooker) The British Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament from 1985. The tournament has not been held since the 2004/2005 season....
26	January 29, 1999*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	James Wattana James Wattana James Wattana is a Thai professional snooker player.-Career:...	Regal Welsh Open Welsh Open (snooker) The Welsh Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of ranking tournaments. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which started in 1980 and only involved Welsh players....
27	February 4, 1999	Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham is an English professional snooker player. He was 1996 World Amateur champion, but for many years was something of a journeyman professional. He had a run of strong results in late 2005, to earn him a top 32 world rankings place he has yet to lose...	Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player. He has reached three ranking semi-finals, and spent four seasons inside the top 32 of the rankings, although he is yet to win a match in the final stages of the World Championship.-Career:Before taking up snooker professionally he was an...	UK Tour Event
28	March 22, 1999	Nick Dyson Nick Dyson Nick Dyson is an English professional snooker player. He is one of a few players to have scored more than one 147 in tournament play. He has reached the last 32 of eight tournaments, including the 1991 and 2001 World Championship, but never progressed beyond this stage...	Adrian Gunnell Adrian Gunnell Adrian Gunnell is an English professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage...	UK Tour Event
29	April 6, 1999*	Graeme Dott Graeme Dott Graeme Dott is a professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, which was his first ranking title after four previous runner-up spots...	David Roe David Roe David Roe is an English professional snooker player, and a four-time ranking tournament quarter-finalist. He has consistently held a Top-64 ranking since the 1988/1989 season, peaking at no. 13. His final quarter-final was the 1995 German Open.Roe began his professional career for the 1986/1987...	British Open British Open (snooker) The British Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament from 1985. The tournament has not been held since the 2004/2005 season....
30	September 19, 1999*	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Peter Ebdon Peter Ebdon Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Career:...	British Open British Open (snooker) The British Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament from 1985. The tournament has not been held since the 2004/2005 season....
31	September 21, 1999	Barry Pinches Barry Pinches Barry Pinches is an English professional snooker player, recognisable for his bright and flamboyant waistcoats, which usually feature the yellow and green colours of Norwich City F.C.. He is a former top 32 player and ranking-event quarter-finalist.-Career:He won the English Amateur title in 1988,...	Joe Johnson	Regal Welsh Open Welsh Open (snooker) The Welsh Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of ranking tournaments. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which started in 1980 and only involved Welsh players....
32	October 13, 1999*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Graeme Dott Graeme Dott Graeme Dott is a professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, which was his first ranking title after four previous runner-up spots...	Grand Prix Grand Prix (snooker) The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than...
33	November 4, 1999	Karl Burrows	Adrian Rosa	Benson & Hedges Championship
34	November 22, 1999*	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Paul Wykes	Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 1999 UK Snooker Championship The 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship took place at the Bournemouth International Conference Centre starting on 13 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 20 and 28 November 1999....
35	January 21, 2000*	John Higgins	Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor is a retired snooker player, and current BBC snooker commentator. Taylor is well known for his sense of humour and his trademark over-sized glasses...	Nations Cup Snooker World Cup The World Cup was an invitational snooker tournament . The annual contests featured team of three players representing their country against other such teams, but with individual 1st, 2nd, etc., places...
36	March 24, 2000*	John Higgins	Jimmy White Jimmy White James Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...	Irish Masters Irish Masters (snooker) The Irish Masters was a professional snooker tournament. It was founded in 1978, but only became a ranking tournament from the 2002/03 season. Up until 2000 it was played at Goffs, Co. Kildare. But after Benson & Hedges were banned from sponsoring the tournament in 2001, the tournament got a new...
37	March 24, 2000	Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow.-Career:Maguire almost qualified for the 2000 World Championships, leading eventual semi-finalist Joe Swail 9-6 in the final qualifying round before losing 10-9 , but first served notice of his true potential by knocking out...	Phaitoon Phonbun	Regal Scottish Open Players Championship (snooker) The Players Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It is the most recent name of the ranking tournament held in Scotland every year. The tournament has had a bewildering number of name changes in its history...
38	April 5, 2000*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Quinten Hann Quinten Hann Quinten Hann is an Australian former professional snooker player who now plays professional pool. He was the 1999 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion and 1994 world under 21 champion. His highest break is 143. He was given an eight year ban from snooker in February 2006...	Regal Scottish Open Players Championship (snooker) The Players Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It is the most recent name of the ranking tournament held in Scotland every year. The tournament has had a bewildering number of name changes in its history...
39	October 25, 2000*	Marco Fu Marco Fu Marco Fu is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Snooker Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship...	Ken Doherty Ken Doherty Ken Doherty is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur and world professional champion . He was also World Under-21 champion in 1989.-Career:...	Regal Scottish Masters Scottish Masters (snooker) The Scottish Masters, often known by its sponsored names, the Lang's Scottish Masters or the Regal Scottish Masters, was a non-ranking professional snooker tournament held every year from 1981 until 2002, with the exception of 1988...
40	November 7, 2000	David McLellan	Steve Meakin	Benson & Hedges Championship
41	November 19, 2000	Nick Dyson Nick Dyson Nick Dyson is an English professional snooker player. He is one of a few players to have scored more than one 147 in tournament play. He has reached the last 32 of eight tournaments, including the 1991 and 2001 World Championship, but never progressed beyond this stage...	Robert Milkins Robert Milkins Robert Milkins is an English professional snooker player from Gloucester. Robert's highest ever world ranking is 21, and he spent 4 seasons in the top 32, before dropping to #47 for the 2007/2008 season.-Career:...	Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 2000 UK Snooker Championship The 2000 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship took place at the Bournemouth International Conference Centre starting on 18 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 25 November and 3 December 2000....
42	February 25, 2001*	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Mark Williams	Malta Grand Prix Malta Grand Prix (snooker) The Malta Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament which ran from the 1994/95 season to 2000/2001, sponsored by Rothmans. In 2000 it was the European ranking tournament.-Winners:-External links:*...
43	October 17, 2001*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Drew Henry Drew Henry Drew Henry is a former Scottish professional snooker player, who has spent five seasons in the top 32 in the rankings so far in his career, peaking at #18, although he slipped out of this in 2005. He has twice reached the second round of the World Championships, in 2000 and 2003, beating Mark King...	LG Cup Grand Prix (snooker) The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than...
44	November 12, 2001	Shaun Murphy Shaun Murphy (snooker player) Shaun Murphy is an English professional snooker player who is the reigning UK Champion, and the 2005 World Champion.Murphy is noted for his widely acclaimed cue action and his consistent long potting...	Adrian Rosa	Benson & Hedges Championship
45	October 28, 2002	Tony Drago Tony Drago Tony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8-6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...	Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham is an English professional snooker player. He was 1996 World Amateur champion, but for many years was something of a journeyman professional. He had a run of strong results in late 2005, to earn him a top 32 world rankings place he has yet to lose...	Benson & Hedges Championship
46	April 22, 2003*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Marco Fu Marco Fu Marco Fu is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Snooker Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship...	Embassy World Championship World Snooker Championship 2003 The 2003 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place between 19 April and 5 May 2003 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Peter Ebdon looked to defend his world title which he won in 2002, but the final winner was Mark Williams, beating Ken Doherty by 18 frames to 16 in the final.-Notable...
47	October 12, 2003*	John Higgins	Mark Williams	LG Cup Grand Prix (snooker) The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than...
48	November 12, 2003*	John Higgins	Michael Judge Michael Judge Michael Judge is a professional snooker player from the Republic of Ireland. Unlike Ken Doherty and Fergal O'Brien he has not won a ranking event, coming closest in the 2004 Grand Prix, where he reached the semi-finals...	British Open British Open (snooker) The British Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament from 1985. The tournament has not been held since the 2004/2005 season....
49	October 4, 2004*	John Higgins	Ricky Walden Ricky Walden Ricky Walden is a snooker professional, born in Chester, England but living in Flintshire, Wales. At 6'4" he is tall for a snooker player, and he has a noticeably crouching posture....	Totesport Grand Prix Grand Prix (snooker) The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than...
50	November 17, 2004	David Gray David Gray (snooker player) David Gray is an English professional snooker player.-Career:Gray turned professional in 1996, after becoming the youngest winner of the English amateur title in 1995...	Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion...	Travis UK Championship 2004 UK Snooker Championship The 2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship took place at the Barbican Centre in York starting on 15 November and TV stages shown on BBC and on Eurosport took place between 20 and 28 November 2004....
51	April 20, 2005*	Mark Williams	Robert Milkins Robert Milkins Robert Milkins is an English professional snooker player from Gloucester. Robert's highest ever world ranking is 21, and he spent 4 seasons in the top 32, before dropping to #47 for the 2007/2008 season.-Career:...	Embassy World Championship World Snooker Championship 2005 The 2005 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place between the 16 April and 2 May 2005 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield England. Ronnie O'Sullivan looked to defend his world title which he won in 2004, but the final winner was the relatively fresh faced Shaun Murphy, beating Matthew Stevens...
52	November 22, 2005	Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham is an English professional snooker player. He was 1996 World Amateur champion, but for many years was something of a journeyman professional. He had a run of strong results in late 2005, to earn him a top 32 world rankings place he has yet to lose...	Marcus Campbell Marcus Campbell Marcus Campbell is a Scottish professional snooker player. He lives in Erskine. He has been ranked within the worlds top 64 for 9 consecutive seasons and is currently provisionally ranked at 40....	The Masters qualifiers
53	March 14, 2006	Robert Milkins Robert Milkins Robert Milkins is an English professional snooker player from Gloucester. Robert's highest ever world ranking is 21, and he spent 4 seasons in the top 32, before dropping to #47 for the 2007/2008 season.-Career:...	Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion...	888.com World Championship qualifiers
54	October 23, 2006	Jamie Cope Jamie Cope Jamie Cope is an English professional snooker player. He has reached the finals of two ranking tournaments...	Michael Holt Michael Holt (snooker player) Michael Holt is a professional snooker player from Nottingham, England. , he has reached the quarter finals of three ranking tournaments - the 1999 UK Championship, the 2003 LG Cup, and the 2005 Grand Prix.-Career:...	Royal London Watches Grand Prix
55	January 14, 2007*	Ding Junhui Ding Junhui Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. A prolific breakbuilder when on form, it took him only five seasons to compile a century of centuries, a record he shares with Ronnie O'Sullivan....	Anthony Hamilton Anthony Hamilton (snooker player) Anthony Hamilton is an English professional snooker player noted for his strong break-building technique and distinctive appearance. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's top 16, and fifteen in the top 32, reaching a career-high at number #10 in the world in the 1999/2000 season...	Saga Insurance Masters 2007 Masters Snooker The 2007 Saga Insurance Masters was the 33rd edition of the Masters professional snooker tournament, held from January 14 to January 21, 2007 in the Wembley Arena, London. It was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan, who defeated Ding Junhui 10-3 in the final...
56	February 16, 2007*	Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson is an English professional snooker player, currently living in Widnes. He is best known for reaching the final of the 2007 Welsh Open as a virtual unknown...	Ali Carter Allister Carter Allister Carter is an English professional snooker player, who lives in Tiptree . He reached the final of the World Championship 2008, his first major final...	Welsh Open
57	September 19, 2007	Jamie Burnett Jamie Burnett Jamie Burnett is a professional snooker player from Hamilton, Scotland.-Career:During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, he achieved the impressive feat of becoming the first ever player to compile a break over 147 in a professional match, in which he made a break of 148 against...	Liu Song Liu Song (snooker) Liu Song is a professional snooker player from Tianjin, China.-Life and career:In 2003, Liu reached the final of the IBSF Under 21 World Championship, in Taupo, New Zealand...	Royal London Watches Grand Prix qualifiers
58	October 14, 2007	Tom Ford Tom Ford (snooker player) Tom Ford is an English professional snooker player from Leicester.As a junior, he played against Mark Selby frequently...	Steve Davis Steve Davis Steve Davis, OBE, is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s....	Royal London Watches Grand Prix Grand Prix 2007 (snooker) The 2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix snooker tournament was held between 13 October and 21 October 2007 at the A.E.C.C.. Qualifying was held between 17 September and 23 September 2007 at Pontin's Prestatyn...
59	November 8, 2007*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Ali Carter Allister Carter Allister Carter is an English professional snooker player, who lives in Tiptree . He reached the final of the World Championship 2008, his first major final...	Northern Ireland Trophy Northern Ireland Trophy 2007 The 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy took place between 4 November and 11 November 2007 in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Stephen Maguire won his first ranking tournament since 2004 , by beating Fergal O'Brien 9-5 in the final...
60	December 15, 2007*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion...	Maplin UK Championship 2007 UK Snooker Championship The 2007 Maplin UK Championship of Snooker was the 31st instalment of the UK Championship, held in the Telford International Centre. It took place between 8 December and 16 December 2007...
61	March 29, 2008*	Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow.-Career:Maguire almost qualified for the 2000 World Championships, leading eventual semi-finalist Joe Swail 9-6 in the final qualifying round before losing 10-9 , but first served notice of his true potential by knocking out...	Ryan Day Ryan Day Ryan Day , is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is known as a very solid breakbuilder and is one of only 27 players to have made over a century of centuries. -Career:...	China Open China Open 2007 (snooker) The 2007 China Open took place from March 25 to April 1 2007 at the Beijing Student University Stadium.This snooker tournament was the penultimate ranking event of the season, preceding the World Snooker Championship 2007...
62	April 28, 2008*	Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	Mark Williams	888.com World Championship World Snooker Championship 2008 The 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship took place between 19 April and 5 May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the champion for the third time after beating Ali Carter 18-8.-First round:...
63	April 29, 2008*	Ali Carter	Peter Ebdon Peter Ebdon Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Career:...	888.com World Championship World Snooker Championship 2008 The 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship took place between 19 April and 5 May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the champion for the third time after beating Ali Carter 18-8.-First round:...
64	October 2, 2008*	Jamie Cope Jamie Cope Jamie Cope is an English professional snooker player. He has reached the finals of two ranking tournaments...	Mark Williams Mark Williams Mark Williams may refer to:In Australia:Mark Williams , Australian singer Mark L. Williams, Australian footballer...	Shanghai Masters
65	October 29, 2008	Liang Wenbo Liang Wenbo Liang Wenbo is a professional snooker player. He is left-handed and ranked as China's number 2 player, after Ding Junhui...	Martin Gould Martin Gould Martin Gould; born 14 September 1981 is an English professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He practices at the North Harrow Snooker Center. He works part-time as a casino croupier-Career:...	Bahrain Snooker Championship qualifiers
66	November 8, 2008*	Marcus Campbell Marcus Campbell Marcus Campbell is a Scottish professional snooker player. He lives in Erskine. He has been ranked within the worlds top 64 for 9 consecutive seasons and is currently provisionally ranked at 40....	Ahmed Al-Khusaibi	Bahrain Snooker Championship Bahrain Championship 2008 The 2008 Bahrain Championship, the fourth ranking professional snooker tournament of the 2008/2009 season, was the first edition of the Bahrain Championship tournament...
67	December 16, 2008*	Ding Junhui Ding Junhui Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. A prolific breakbuilder when on form, it took him only five seasons to compile a century of centuries, a record he shares with Ronnie O'Sullivan....	John Higgins	Maplin UK Championship
68	April 28, 2009*	Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	Shaun Murphy Shaun Murphy (snooker player) Shaun Murphy is an English professional snooker player who is the reigning UK Champion, and the 2005 World Champion.Murphy is noted for his widely acclaimed cue action and his consistent long potting...	Betfred.com World Championship World Snooker Championship 2009 The 2009 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship took place between 18 April and 4 May at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.This was the first time that the World Snooker Championship had been sponsored by Betfred.com....
69	June 5, 2009*	Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion...	Joe Perry Joe Perry (snooker player) Joe Perry is an English professional snooker player. He is often referred to as the 'Fen Potter' and is also nicknamed 'the Gentleman' for his likeable attitude...	Jiangsu Classic 2009 Jiangsu Classic The 2009 Wuzhou International Group Jiangsu Classic was an invitational professional snooker tournament. It took place between 4–7 June 2009 in Wuxi, China.The round-robin stage consists of two groups of six players, ten top 16 players....

* Televised.

List of other official maximum 147s

	Date	Player	Opponent	Event
1	January 22, 1955	Joe Davis Joe Davis Joe Davis, OBE was a British professional player of snooker and English billiards....	Willie Smith	Exhibition match at Leicester Square Hall, London
2	December 23, 1966	Rex Williams Rex Williams Rex Williams , son of Minnie Roberts and William Williams, is a retired English professional billiards and snooker player....	Mannie Francisco	Exhibition match, "Professionals vs Amateurs", Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa, and the largest in land area, forming part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. It is the provincial capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislative capital of South Africa, where the National Parliament and many...

List of most official 147s

	Player	Number	Last 147
1=	England Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...	9	2008
1=	Scotland Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...	9	2009
3	Scotland John Higgins	5	2004
4	Thailand James Wattana James Wattana James Wattana is a Thai professional snooker player.-Career:...	3	1997
5=	Canada Cliff Thorburn Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn, CM is a retired professional Canadian snooker player...	2	1989
5=	England Peter Ebdon Peter Ebdon Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Career:...	2	1992
5=	England Nick Dyson Nick Dyson Nick Dyson is an English professional snooker player. He is one of a few players to have scored more than one 147 in tournament play. He has reached the last 32 of eight tournaments, including the 1991 and 2001 World Championship, but never progressed beyond this stage...	2	2000
5=	England Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham is an English professional snooker player. He was 1996 World Amateur champion, but for many years was something of a journeyman professional. He had a run of strong results in late 2005, to earn him a top 32 world rankings place he has yet to lose...	2	2005
5=	Scotland Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow.-Career:Maguire almost qualified for the 2000 World Championships, leading eventual semi-finalist Joe Swail 9-6 in the final qualifying round before losing 10-9 , but first served notice of his true potential by knocking out...	2	2008
5=	England Jamie Cope Jamie Cope Jamie Cope is an English professional snooker player. He has reached the finals of two ranking tournaments...	2	2008
5=	China Ding Junhui Ding Junhui Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. A prolific breakbuilder when on form, it took him only five seasons to compile a century of centuries, a record he shares with Ronnie O'Sullivan....	2	2008

Records

Joe Davis
Joe Davis
Joe Davis, OBE was a British professional player of snooker and English billiards....

compiled the first officially recognised 147 against Willie Smith on 22 January 1955 at Leicester Square Hall, London.

The first maximum compiled in professional competition was made by John Spencer
John Spencer (snooker player)
John Spencer was an English professional snooker player who dominated the game in the 1970s along with Ray Reardon. Spencer was born in Radcliffe .-Career:He started his snooker career at the age of 15...

in 1979. It was not officially ratified due to oversized pockets.

The first televised 147 was by Steve Davis
Steve Davis
Steve Davis, OBE, is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s....

in the 1982 Lada Classic
Classic (snooker)
The Classic was a professional snooker tournament.The tournament started life as the Wilsons Classic in 1980. A change in sponsor in 1982 meant a name change to Lada Classic. Two years later, the tournament was made a ranking tournament. Mercantile Credit took over the sponsorship for the 1984/85...

.

In 1983, Cliff Thorburn
Cliff Thorburn
Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn, CM is a retired professional Canadian snooker player...

became the first player to make a maximum break at the World Championships
World Snooker Championship
The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and world ranking points. The current champion is John Higgins.- History :The...

, a feat that has since been repeated by Jimmy White
Jimmy White
James Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...

, Stephen Hendry
Stephen Hendry
Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07...

(twice), Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...

(three times), Mark Williams and Ali Carter.

Hendry and O'Sullivan are the only players to have made a maximum break during the World Championships and then go on to win the title - Hendry in 1995
World Snooker Championship 1995
The 1995 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 14th to the 30th April 1995. Stephen Hendry won his fifth world title beating Nigel Bond 18-9.-Notable Moments:...

and O'Sullivan in 2008
World Snooker Championship 2008
The 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship took place between 19 April and 5 May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the champion for the third time after beating Ali Carter 18-8.-First round:...

O'Sullivan compiled each of the five fastest 147 breaks ever recorded, the fastest of which took 5 minutes and 20 seconds recorded in the 1st round of the 1997 World Championship
World Snooker Championship 1997
The 1997 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 19th April to the 5th May 1997.- Notable Moments :* The semi-final matches were 'best of 33' for the first time, having previously been 'best of 31'....

.

Hendry, O'Sullivan and Mark Williams are the only players who have made maximums to win matches. Hendry compiled a maximum in the final at the 1997 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge winning him the title, Williams at the 2005 World Championship
World Snooker Championship 2005
The 2005 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place between the 16 April and 2 May 2005 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield England. Ronnie O'Sullivan looked to defend his world title which he won in 2004, but the final winner was the relatively fresh faced Shaun Murphy, beating Matthew Stevens...

, and O'Sullivan at the 2007 UK Championship
2007 UK Snooker Championship
The 2007 Maplin UK Championship of Snooker was the 31st instalment of the UK Championship, held in the Telford International Centre. It took place between 8 December and 16 December 2007...

and 2008 World Championship
World Snooker Championship 2008
The 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship took place between 19 April and 5 May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the champion for the third time after beating Ali Carter 18-8.-First round:...

. Two of these were made in the deciding frame of the match: Hendry's in the 1997 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge final and O'Sullivan's maximum at the 2007 UK Championship in the semi-final.

Only Hendry and John Higgins have made maximums in finals of tournaments. Hendry has made three, the first in the final of the 1997 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge, the second at the 1999 British Open
British Open (snooker)
The British Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament from 1985. The tournament has not been held since the 2004/2005 season....

and the third at the 2001 Malta Grand Prix
Malta Grand Prix (snooker)
The Malta Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament which ran from the 1994/95 season to 2000/2001, sponsored by Rothmans. In 2000 it was the European ranking tournament.-Winners:-External links:*...

. Higgins made a maximum in the final of the 2003 LG Cup
Grand Prix (snooker)
The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than...

.

Higgins became the first and only player to record a 147 in successive ranking events and matches; he made one in his 9-5 defeat by Mark Williams in the LG Cup
Grand Prix (snooker)
The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than...

final at Preston, and then one in the British Open
British Open (snooker)
The British Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament from 1985. The tournament has not been held since the 2004/2005 season....

, both in 2003.

Higgins' maximum breaks at the 2003 LG Cup
Grand Prix (snooker)
The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than...

and 2004 Totesport Grand Prix
Grand Prix (snooker)
The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than...

. This made him the first and only player to record maximums in the same tournament in successive years (the LG Cup being the sponsor's name for that year's Grand Prix). Since Higgins made the maximums in the 2003 final and the 2004 first round, he made maximums in successive rounds of the same tournament but not at the same event.

The youngest player to make an official 147 in professional competition is Stephen Maguire
Stephen Maguire
Stephen Maguire is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow.-Career:Maguire almost qualified for the 2000 World Championships, leading eventual semi-finalist Joe Swail 9-6 in the final qualifying round before losing 10-9 , but first served notice of his true potential by knocking out...

at the 2000 Scottish Open
Players Championship (snooker)
The Players Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It is the most recent name of the ranking tournament held in Scotland every year. The tournament has had a bewildering number of name changes in its history...

qualifiers just a week after his 19th birthday. The youngest player to have made a televised 147 is Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. A prolific breakbuilder when on form, it took him only five seasons to compile a century of centuries, a record he shares with Ronnie O'Sullivan....

, who was 19 years and 7 months at the time, in the 2007 Saga Insurance Masters
2007 Masters Snooker
The 2007 Saga Insurance Masters was the 33rd edition of the Masters professional snooker tournament, held from January 14 to January 21, 2007 in the Wembley Arena, London. It was won by Ronnie O'Sullivan, who defeated Ding Junhui 10-3 in the final...

. The youngest player to make a 147 in the televised stages of a ranking
Snooker world rankings
The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments. They are maintained by the sport's governing body, the WPBSA...

event was Jamie Cope at 21 years and 1 month old at the 2006 Grand Prix.

The oldest player to make a maximum in professional competition is Cliff Thorburn, who was 41 during the 1989 Matchroom League. The oldest player to have made a 147 in a world ranking
Snooker world rankings
The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments. They are maintained by the sport's governing body, the WPBSA...

event is Stephen Hendry, who made his maximum break at the 2009 World Snooker Championship at the age of 40.

On April 28, 2008 Ronnie O'Sullivan made his ninth 147 break in competition during the 888.com World Snooker Championships
World Snooker Championship 2008
The 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship took place between 19 April and 5 May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the champion for the third time after beating Ali Carter 18-8.-First round:...

. In doing so he also won the match and set a new record for both the number of competitive maximums and the number of televised maximums, both of which had been previously held by Hendry. This record was again equalised by Hendry exactly one year later. On April 28, 2009 he made his ninth 147 break in his quarter final match against Shaun Murphy.

On April 29, 2008 Ali Carter made his first 147 break against Peter Ebdon
Peter Ebdon
Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Career:...

in their quarter-final match of the 2008 888.com World Snooker Championships
World Snooker Championship 2008
The 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship took place between 19 April and 5 May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the champion for the third time after beating Ali Carter 18-8.-First round:...

. This was the first time a 147 break had been made twice in the same professional tournament at the same venue, following O'Sullivan's maximum during the previous day's play. Two maximum breaks were previously compiled by Stephen Hendry and John Parrott
John Parrott
John Parrott MBE is an English professional snooker player.He won the World Snooker Championship in 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final. Two years earlier he had lost 18-3 to Steve Davis, the heaviest final defeat in modern times...

during the 1992 Matchroom League but at different venues.

Cliff Thorburn is the first player to have made more than one competitive maximum break and Stephen Hendry is the first player to have made more than one televised maximum break.

Joe Swail
Joe Swail
Joe Swail is a professional snooker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has reached ten major ranking semi-finals, including the 2000 and 2001 World Championships but only one final...

compiled the first competitive maximum break to be made on the Continent, during a Belgian tournament in Brussels in December 1993. He was playing R. Melkenbeek, a local amateur.

List of matches where more than one 147 was compiled

Peter Ebdon compiled two maximum breaks during an 11-frame exhibition match at Eastbourne Police Club on April 15, 1996.

Jimmy White compiled two maximum breaks during a 6-1 victory over John Virgo in an exhibition at the de Montfort Hall, Leicester, on November 7, 1995. Some 12 years earlier, White recorded two 147s in a 27-frame challenge match against Jim Peck at Peterborough.

Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled consecutive maximum breaks at an exhibition match in Ireland.

Mark King
Mark King (snooker player)
Mark King is a professional snooker player. He has not yet won a ranking tournament, but came close when he was a beaten finalist in the 1997 Regal Welsh Open and the 2004 Irish Masters...

and Joe Jogia
Shailesh Jogia
Shailesh Jogia, commonly known as 'Joe', is a snooker player of Indian extraction, born in Leicester, England on 13 November 1975. He lives in the Hertfordshire town of Letchworth....

made consecutive maximum breaks at the Grove Open.

External links

Global Snooker: The Max Files
World Championship 147s video archive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhGGfB2-vG0155 break by Jimmy White
Jimmy White
James Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...

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