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Revision as of 21:52, 10 December 2023
This list includes all the wins by over 100 in Countdown history. All such occurrences are in the 15-round format – it was possible in the 9-round format, but never happened. The first occurrence was on 25 October 2002, in which Julian Fell beat Carl McDermott by 109 points. The next one wouldn't be for over eight years. There are known to be 52 wins by over 100 in Countdown (a few 15-round games remain unreleased with an unknown scoreline), plus two in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
The biggest winning margin in Countdown is 133 points, jointly held by Elliott Mellor on 22 May 2019 and Ronan Higginson on 24 May 2023.
The biggest winning margin in the old 15-round format is 112 points, held by Tom Barnes on 16 May 2011.
Unofficially, the biggest winning margin is 862 points by Jon Richardson and Jack Whitehall in Episode Cats29, in which the conundrum was worth 843 points.
Contents
Multiple wins by over 100
Two | Three | Four | Five |
List of wins by over 100
Games are sorted by biggest winning margin first, which is italicised between the individual contestant scores. Ties are sorted chronologically.
Old 15-round format
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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5264 | 16/05/2011 | P | Tom Barnes | 119–(112)–7 | Christine Buffrey | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Delia Smith | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
3349 | 25/10/2002 | P | Julian Fell | 138–(109)–29 | Carl McDermott | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Ingrid Tarrant | Susie Dent | 148 | ||
5285 | 14/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 125–(106)–19 | Mike Linnell | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
5188 | 21/01/2011 | P | Adam Gillard | 125–(102)–23 | Mavis Riley | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jonathan Maitland | Susie Dent | 141 | ||
5665 | 22/03/2013 | P | Andy Platt | 109–(102)–7 | Carl Anderson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 115 |
New 15-round format
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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7080 | 22/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 143–(133)–10 | Kieran Matley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
8024 | 24/05/2023 | P | Ronan Higginson | 143–(133)–10 | Aaron Sutton | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 166 | ||
7470 | 23/03/2021 | P | Luke Boynton | 136–(126)–10 | Matthew Hallas | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
7860 | 29/09/2022 | P | Tom Stevenson | 154–(126)–28 | Lauren Bowley | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Eve Muirhead | Susie Dent | 154 | ||
7742 | 18/04/2022 | P | Matt O'Connor | 130–(124)–6 | Charlie Edwards | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7472 | 25/03/2021 | P | Luke Boynton | 147–(122)–25 | John Lorimer-George | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Konnie Huq | Susie Dent | 155 | ||
7081 | 23/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 126–(116)–10 | Monica Quadri | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
7082 | 24/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 125–(114)–11 | Saul Rothwell | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7471 | 24/03/2021 | P | Luke Boynton | 120–(114)–6 | Bobby Casey | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Konnie Huq | Susie Dent | 138 | ||
7744 | 20/04/2022 | P | Matt O'Connor | 120–(114)–6 | Anna Chandra | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
8021 | 19/05/2023 | P | Ronan Higginson | 126–(114)–12 | Greg Raine | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Annie Macmanus | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7220 | 05/12/2019 | P | Zach Hart | 26–(113)–139 | Luke Johnson-Davies | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
6109 | 24/03/2015 | P | Tom Cappleman | 135–(112)–23 | Jack Roberts | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nicky Campbell | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
7077 | 17/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 152–(112)–40 | John Hadfield | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 154 | ||
7332 | 27/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 117–(112)–5 | Bernie Kingston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7333 | 28/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 124–(112)–12 | Phil Savage | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
6580 | 11/05/2017 | P | Stephen Read | 131–(110)–21 | Alan Jefferson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Austin | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7803 | 12/07/2022 | P | Edward Byrne | 123–(109)–14 | James Wright | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Jenny Ryan | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7859 | 28/09/2022 | P | Tom Stevenson | 119–(109)–10 | Sara Woolridge | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Eve Muirhead | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8081 | 11/08/2023 | P | Harry Savage | 130–(109)–21 | Sandra Ring | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Edith Bowman | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
6616 | 04/07/2017 | P | Tom Chafer-Cook | 129–(108)–21 | Nick Knight | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Greg Rusedski | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7233 | 03/01/2020 | P | Luke Johnson-Davies | 131–(108)–23 | Nathan Nicholson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
8023 | 23/05/2023 | P | Ronan Higginson | 135–(108)–27 | Martin Peirce | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
5749 | 13/08/2013 | P | Dylan Taylor | 129–(107)–22 | Leone Mitchell | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
6960 | 26/11/2018 | P | Andrew Jackson | 116–(106)–10 | Lewis Edgeley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7335 | 01/09/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 123–(106)–17 | Malcolm Slee | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7761 | 13/05/2022 | P | Ryan Carlsen | 106–(106)–0 | Sarah Herbert | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Michael Crick | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
6777 | 06/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 128–(105)–23 | Jonathan Stoneman | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
6847 | 14/06/2018 | QF | Zarte Siempre | 124–(105)–19 | Jan Pask | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7121 | 19/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 125–(105)–20 | Ryan Williams | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
7747 | 25/04/2022 | P | Matt O'Connor | 139–(105)–34 | James Campbell | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Justin Webb | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
8026 | 26/05/2023 | P | Ronan Higginson | 122–(105)–17 | Richard Clingen | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Cally Beaton | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
8165 | 07/12/2023 | P | JJ Burrows | 115–(105)–10 | Chris Ritchie | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Bob Harris | Susie Dent | 155 | ||
5751 | 15/08/2013 | P | Dylan Taylor | 121–(104)–17 | Russ Millhouse | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
6108 | 23/03/2015 | P | Tom Cappleman | 117–(104)–13 | Connor Moorst | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Nicky Campbell | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6234 | 23/10/2015 | P | Zac Goodman | 114–(104)–10 | Ross Lough | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Margaret Mountford | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
6366 | 24/05/2016 | P | Robin McKay | 112–(104)–8 | Struan Charters | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Buerk | Susie Dent | 166 | ||
6421 | 29/08/2016 | P | Martin Hurst | 111–(104)–7 | Arnold Solomon | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
7122 | 22/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 134–(104)–30 | Iain Sime | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 150 | ||
7334 | 31/08/2020 | P | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 121–(104)–17 | Matt Duffy | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
7474 | 29/03/2021 | P | Luke Boynton | 137–(103)–34 | Martin Curtis | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Konnie Huq | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
6592 | 30/05/2017 | P | Moose Rosser | 132–(102)–30 | Gareth Davies | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dan Walker | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7079 | 21/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 118–(102)–16 | Sam Ashworth | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7120 | 18/07/2019 | P | James Haughton | 133–(102)–31 | Sonia Elston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 156 | ||
6818 | 03/05/2018 | P | Toby McDonald | 111–(101)–10 | Alyssa Critchley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7023 | 04/03/2019 | P | Dinos Sfyris | 119–(101)–18 | Pauline Collard | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 147 |
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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Cats29 | 16/01/2015 | S | Roisin Conaty & Sean Lock |
28–(862)–890** | Jon Richardson & Jack Whitehall |
Jimmy Carr | Rachel Riley | Joe Wilkinson | Rob Beckett | Susie Dent | 903 | |
Cats9 | 13/09/2013 | S | Bob Mortimer & Lee Mack |
0–(153)–153* | Jon Richardson & Adam Hills |
Jimmy Carr | Rachel Riley | Joe Wilkinson | Alex Horne & the Horne Section |
Susie Dent | 177 |
See also
- List of 9-round wins by over 60, the equivalent score in the 9-round format.