List of 15-round scores under 30
From Countdown
This list includes all the 15-round scores under 30, not including 30 itself. The first score under 30 was by Julie Cotton against David Franks.
Andy Platt is the only person to have restricted four players to scores under 30, Edward McCullagh, Dylan Taylor, Tom Cappleman, Matthew Tassier, Paul Erdunast and Stephen Read have done it to three players, and Richard Priest, Andrew Hulme, Tom Barnes, Peter Lee, Jonathan Rawlinson, Bobby Banerjee, Tracey Mills, Tom Chafer-Cook and Noel McIlvenny are the only players to have restricted two different opponents to scores under 30. Zarte Siempre has also restricted three different opponents to scores under 30, though one of these was during his original run in Series 69.
List of scores under 30
Episodes are sorted by score. Tied scores are sorted chronologically.
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Guest | Lex | Max |
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6076 | 30/01/2015 | P | Tracey Mills | 104 – 6 | Wendy Cooke | Helen Skelton | Susie Dent | 122 |
5264 | 16/05/2011 | P | Tom Barnes | 119 – 7 | Christine Buffrey | Delia Smith | Susie Dent | 129 |
5665 | 22/03/2013 | P | Andy Platt | 109 – 7 | Carl Anderson | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 115 |
6421 | 29/08/2016 | P | Martin Hurst | 111 – 7 | Arnold Solomon | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 127 |
6366 | 24/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 112 – 8 | Struan Charters | Michael Buerk | Susie Dent | 166 |
5734 | 17/07/2013 | P | Margaret Lawless | 67 – 10 | Gen Baker | Brendan Cole | Susie Dent | 121 |
6234 | 23/10/2015 | P | Zac Goodman | 114 – 10 | Ross Lough | Margaret Mountford | Susie Dent | 133 |
5842 | 8/01/2014 | P | Bobby Banerjee | 94 – 11 | Danny Davey | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 137 |
4529 | 30/01/2008 | P | David O'Donnell | 111 – 13 | Hazel Wheeler | Richard Digance | Alison Heard | 126 |
6108 | 23/03/2015 | P | Tom Cappleman | 117 – 13 | Connor Moorst | Nicky Campbell | Susie Dent | 124 |
6678 | 2/10/2017 | P | Eoin Jackson | 86 – 14 | Jacob Gardner | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 122 |
5436 | 29/02/2012 | P | Peter Lee | 105 – 15 | James Belshaw | John Parrott | Susie Dent | 115 |
6314 | 23/02/2016 | P | Paul Erdunast | 113 – 15 | Julie Hall | Julia Bradbury | Susie Dent | 132 |
5115 | 21/09/2010 | P | Eoin Monaghan | 100 – 16 | Clive Myers | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 125 |
5149 | 8/11/2010 | P | Marcus Hares | 103 – 16 | Ryan Curtis | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 120 |
6112 | 27/03/2015 | P | Tom Cappleman | 105 – 16 | Paul Young | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 128 |
6650 | 22/08/2017 | P | Noel McIlvenny | 93 – 16 | Ben Parker | Martin Lewis | Susie Dent | 140 |
6724 | 6/12/2017 | P | Phil Abbott | 112 – 16 | Emma Saunders | Richard Madeley | Susie Dent | 123 |
5751 | 15/08/2013 | P | Dylan Taylor | 121 – 17 | Russ Millhouse | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 125 |
6620 | 10/07/2017 | P | Tom Chafer-Cook | 98 – 17 | Barry Taylor | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 130 |
3422 | 19/02/2003 | P | John Marlowe | 88 – 18 | Judy Smedley | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 129 |
5844 | 10/01/2014 | P | Bobby Banerjee | 79 – 18 | Helen Keating | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 161 |
4862 | 16/07/2009 | P | Andrew Hulme | 104 – 19 | Barbara Speak | Ian Hyland | Susie Dent | 121 |
5285 | 14/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 125 – 19 | Mike Linnell | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 129 |
5674 | 8/04/2013 | P | Giles Hutchings | 119 – 19 | Mike Lee | Julia Bradbury | Susie Dent | 132 |
5760 | 2/09/2013 | P | Jen Steadman | 112 – 19 | Derek Knowles | Jonathan Edwards | Susie Dent | 120 |
5873 | 20/02/2014 | P | Andy Naylor | 104 – 19 | Douglas Horne | Jonathan Edwards | Susie Dent | 132 |
3607 | 10/12/2003 | P | Steve Graston | 105 – 20 | Robin Barnett | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 153 |
4568 | 31/03/2008 | P | Richard Priest | 98 – 20 | Richard Wilson | Lynda Baron | Susie Dent | 120 |
5109 | 13/09/2010 | P | Daniel Pati | 113 – 20 | Brenda Bagust | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 121 |
5590 | 15/11/2012 | P | Heather Styles | 88 – 20 | Stuart Gillespie | Connie Fisher | Susie Dent | 120 |
6317 | 26/02/2016 | P | Paul Erdunast | 98 – 20 | Colin Mills | Julia Bradbury | Susie Dent | 118 |
3651 | 24/02/2004 | P | Stewart Holden | 108 – 21 | Fiona Scott | Jimmy Carr | Susie Dent | 119 |
4859 | 13/07/2009 | P | Andrew Hulme | 111 – 21 | Gordon Armour | Ian Hyland | Susie Dent | 126 |
5392 | 8/12/2011 | QF | David Butcher | 21 – 116 | Mark Deeks | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | 126 |
6307 | 12/02/2016 | P | Jack Creswell | 74 – 21 | Jamie Dunn | Jennie McAlpine | Susie Dent | 111 |
6580 | 11/05/2017 | P | Stephen Read | 131 – 21 | Alan Jefferson | Mark Austin | Susie Dent | 133 |
6594 | 1/06/2017 | P | Euan Cosh | 21 – 83 | Chloe Hutton | Dan Walker | Susie Dent | 134 |
6616 | 4/07/2017 | P | Tom Chafer-Cook | 129 – 21 | Nick Knight | Greg Rusedski | Susie Dent | 134 |
6647 | 17/08/2017 | P | Noel McIlvenny | 96 – 21 | Chris Feetenby | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | 134 |
4956 | 13/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 105 – 22 | Troy Ramsey-Axelsson | Brian Capron | Susie Dent | 126 |
5596 | 26/11/2012 | P | David Barnard | 107 – 22 | Stella Nanziri-Mbuggu | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 128 |
5749 | 13/08/2013 | P | Dylan Taylor | 129 – 22 | Leone Mitchell | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 143 |
6187 | 10/08/2015 | P | Nathan Pace | 72 – 22 | Andrew Cooper | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 121 |
6481 | 6/12/2016 | P | John Shaw | 102 – 22 | Paul McLaughlin | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 125 |
5188 | 21/01/2011 | P | Adam Gillard | 125 – 23 | Mavis Riley | Jonathan Maitland | Susie Dent | 141 |
6097 | 2/03/2015 | P | Jordan Barker | 87 – 23 | Mark Mulholland | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 135 |
6109 | 24/03/2015 | P | Tom Cappleman | 135 – 23 | Jack Roberts | Nicky Campbell | Susie Dent | 144 |
6368 | 26/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 107 – 23 | Jason Vincent | Michael Buerk | Susie Dent | 145 |
6777 | 6/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 128 – 23 | Jonathan Stoneman | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 132 |
3292 | 18/07/2002 | P | David Nickeas | 104 – 24 | Julie Cocker | Robert Hardy | Phiona Stanley | 114 |
3784 | 30/09/2004 | P | John Gray | 106 – 24 | Martin Clemett | Jennie Bond | Susie Dent | 132 |
4466 | 24/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 109 – 24 | Thomas Baldwin | Barry Norman | Susie Dent | 120 |
5031 | 5/05/2010 | P | Lee Graham | 94 – 24 | Steve Lock | Kate Humble | Susie Dent | 116 |
5199 | 7/02/2011 | P | Edward McCullagh | 108 – 24 | Paul Walsh | Martin Lewis | Susie Dent | 117 |
5412 | 26/01/2012 | P | Sri Gutta | 97 – 24 | David Airey | Michael Vaughan | Susie Dent | 132 |
5506 | 14/06/2012 | P | Jonathan Rawlinson | 119 – 24 | Max Eyre | Saira Khan | Susie Dent | 128 |
5657 | 6/03/2013 | P | Philip Jarvis | 84 – 24 | Anthony Josephson | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 118 |
5796 | 22/10/2013 | P | Bradley Cates | 123 – 24 | Andrew Bryce | Arlene Phillips | Susie Dent | 125 |
6065 | 15/01/2015 | P | Josephine Sinclair | 75 – 24 | John Taylor | David Emanuel | Susie Dent | 132 |
6228 | 15/10/2015 | P | John Hardie | 110 – 24 | David Cumming | Martin Lewis | Susie Dent | 153 |
6246 | 10/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 98 – 24 | Tam O'Hare | Michelle Collins | Susie Dent | 124 |
6627 | 20/07/2017 | P | John Cowen | 106 – 24 | Tom Blessington | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 129 |
3190 | 15/02/2002 | P | David Franks | 91 – 25 | Julie Cotton | Roger McGough | Richard Samson | 119 |
3579 | 31/10/2003 | P | Stuart Solomons | 117 – 25 | Sue Hearn | Lesley Garrett | Susie Dent | 129 |
4003 | 7/01/2006 | P | Christine Armstrong | 83 – 25 | Jean Garrod | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | 131 |
4567 | 28/03/2008 | P | Richard Priest | 101 – 25 | Matt Wate | Ann Widdecombe | Susie Dent | 123 |
5663 | 20/03/2013 | P | Andy Platt | 112 – 25 | John Wiseman | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 149 |
6021 | 29/10/2014 | P | George Ford | 95 – 25 | Stewart Fraser | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 124 |
6070 | 22/01/2015 | P | Tracey Mills | 101 – 25 | Sean Chenery | Tim Wonnacott | Susie Dent | 142 |
6168 | 6/07/2015 | P | Judy Bursford | 83 – 25 | Phil Lane | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 134 |
6211 | 18/09/2015 | P | Thomas Carey | 122 – 25 | Billy Richardson | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 135 |
3620 | 12/01/2004 | P | Margaret Murphy | 88 – 26 | Peter Ernest | Henry Blofeld | Susie Dent | 133 |
3625 | 19/01/2004 | P | Evelyn Schofield | 87 – 26 | Tom Jamieson | Rick Wakeman | Susie Dent | 129 |
4510 | 3/01/2008 | P | Gayle Smith | 108 – 26 | Lester Ashton | Roger Cook | Alison Heard | 130 |
4976 | 10/02/2010 | P | Craig Chittenden | 98 – 26 | Keith Chatton | Mark Foster | Susie Dent | 130 |
5065 | 22/06/2010 | P | Scott Gillies | 122 – 26 | Judith Hunt | Aled Jones | Susie Dent | 133 |
5508 | 18/06/2012 | P | Jonathan Rawlinson | 96 – 26 | Gavin Dare | Penny Smith | Susie Dent | 128 |
5743 | 5/08/2013 | P | Zarte Siempre | 103 – 26 | Sam Wheeler | Dan Walker | Susie Dent | 124 |
5905 | 15/04/2014 | P | Mark Murray | 100 – 26 | Jim Sales | Louise Minchin | Susie Dent | 132 |
6249 | 13/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 120 – 26 | Eoin Jardine | Sherrie Hewson | Susie Dent | 134 |
6318 | 29/02/2016 | P | Paul Erdunast | 111 – 26 | Dave Higgins | Julia Bradbury | Susie Dent | 134 |
6673 | 25/09/2017 | P | Phil Peel | 97 – 26 | Nick Bryant-Nichols | Steve Backshall | Susie Dent | 155 |
6740 | 5/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 98 – 26 | Wendy Almond | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 135 |
4203 | 2/10/2006 | P | Andrew Blades | 88 – 27 | Jill Tucker | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 132 |
4541 | 15/02/2008 | P | Tim Reypert | 96 – 27 | John Bryan | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | 116 |
4680 | 1/10/2008 | P | Junaid Mubeen | 97 – 27 | Margaret Batters | Barry Cryer | Susie Dent | 122 |
5202 | 10/02/2011 | P | Edward McCullagh | 121 – 27 | Lalitha Thyagarajan | Martin Lewis | Susie Dent | 127 |
5241 | 13/04/2011 | P | Graham Hill | 102 – 27 | Jack Walker | Ken Bruce | Susie Dent | 119 |
5499 | 5/06/2012 | P | Ben Nicholson | 59 – 27 | Alex Rayment | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 118 |
5527 | 13/07/2012 | P | Paul James | 83 – 27 | Chris Barnett | Jo Brand | Susie Dent | 124 |
5750 | 14/08/2013 | P | Dylan Taylor | 124 – 27 | Mike Thompson | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 126 |
6119 | 8/04/2015 | P | Gerry Tynan | 91 – 27 | James Humpish | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 121 |
6400 | 20/07/2016 | P | Stephen Fuller | 27 – 106 | Aidan Linge | David James | Susie Dent | 154 |
6577 | 8/05/2017 | P | Stephen Read | 110 – 27 | Jake Denney | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 121 |
6578 | 9/05/2017 | P | Stephen Read | 111 – 27 | Tim Clarke | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 133 |
6768 | 21/02/2018 | P | Jill Thwaites | 27 – 107 | Philip Aston | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 151 |
4344 | 1/05/2007 | P | Aaron Webber | 75 – 28 | David Butler | Thelma Barlow | Susie Dent | 127 |
4831 | 3/06/2009 | P | Ian Sinclair | 28 – 103 | Chris Kirby | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 142 |
5197 | 3/02/2011 | P | Edward McCullagh | 97 – 28 | David Clerkin | Gregg Wallace | Susie Dent | 119 |
5262 | 12/05/2011 | P | Tom Barnes | 123 – 28 | Stuart Pecksen | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 141 |
5431 | 22/02/2012 | P | Peter Lee | 99 – 28 | Chris Stokes | Ann Widdecombe | Susie Dent | 119 |
5754 | 20/08/2013 | P | Gemma Church | 78 – 28 | Karl Pryor | Nicki Chapman | Susie Dent | 124 |
5853 | 23/01/2014 | P | Priscilla Munday | 94 – 28 | Anthony Willis | Matt Allwright | Susie Dent | 133 |
5984 | 2/09/2014 | P | David Stanford | 81 – 28 | Sara Thompson | Martin Lewis | Susie Dent | 122 |
6042 | 28/11/2014 | P | Antoinette Ryan | 103 – 28 | Kevin Duckworth | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 123 |
6349 | 21/04/2016 | P | Ann Dibben | 128 – 28 | Nick Ferguson | Dave Myers | Susie Dent | 145 |
6448 | 18/10/2016 | P | Andrew Macleod | 109 – 28 | Samantha Dorrough | Brendan Cole | Susie Dent | 158 |
6521 | 16/02/2017 | P | Wesley Jardine | 102 – 28 | Felan Hennigan | Rick Astley | Susie Dent | 134 |
6757 | 6/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 96 – 28 | Simon Block | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 122 |
3349 | 25/10/2002 | P | Julian Fell | 138 – 29 | Carl McDermott | Ingrid Tarrant | Susie Dent | 148 |
4039 | 18/02/2006 | P | Matthew Shore | 116 – 29 | Brian Wilson | Clarissa Dickson-Wright | Susie Dent | 143 |
4074 | 5/04/2006 | P | Kate Strong | 29 – 86 | Heather Culpin | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 119 |
4516 | 11/01/2008 | P | Michael Macdonald-Cooper | 126 – 29 | Stewart Scott | Dr Phil Hammond | Alison Heard | 148 |
5136 | 20/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 115 – 29 | Joseph Bartram | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 119 |
5195 | 1/02/2011 | P | Dave Dyer | 108 – 29 | Thom Archer | Gregg Wallace | Susie Dent | 123 |
5668 | 27/03/2013 | P | Andy Platt | 120 – 29 | Josh Young | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 131 |
5716 | 17/06/2013 | QF | Andy Platt | 115 – 29 | Chris Ball | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 123 |
5819 | 22/11/2013 | P | Jonathan Liew | 105 – 29 | Pam Skingle | Selina Scott | Susie Dent | 140 |
5829 | 6/12/2013 | P | Rod Chatfield | 95 – 29 | Jamie Marriott | Gyles Brandreth | Susie Dent | 125 |
6035 | 19/11/2014 | P | Joey Mulligan | 29 – 60 | Malcolm Fletcher | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 122 |
6529 | 28/02/2017 | P | Sam Holden | 71 – 29 | Ian Donaldson | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 145 |
6552 | 31/03/2017 | P | Jeff Clayton | 106 – 29 | Amar Chotai | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | 120 |
6559 | 11/04/2017 | P | James Qualter | 79 – 29 | Marcia Williams | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 133 |
6739 | 4/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 70 – 29 | Anthony McLaughlin | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 118 |
6780 | 9/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 118 – 29 | Steve Shingleton | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 123 |
Evolution of the lowest 15-round score
- Episode 3086 : Simon Pope : 61
- Episode 3087 : Linda Smith : 56
- Episode 3092 : Paul Booth : 38
- Episode 3184 : Maureen Taylor : 30
- Episode 3190 : Julie Cotton : 25
- Episode 3292 : Julie Cocker : 24
- Episode 3422 : Judy Smedley : 18
- Episode 4529 : Hazel Wheeler : 13
- Episode 5264 : Christine Buffrey : 7
- Episode 6076 : Wendy Cooke : 6