Century

A century is an occurrence of a player scoring 100 points. This was never achieved in the 9 round format as it required the players to find at least 3 nine letter words in the 6 letters rounds available. However before the 15 round era, centuries were possible in 14 round games, as well as in the Countdown Masters series, where Richard Whiteley often called players that achieved them centurions.

Centuries have become relatively common in 15 round games. The first ever century was by Clive Spate in the final of Series 8. He scored 107 points in the 14 round game. The first ever century in a 15 round game was by Ian McMenzie in the 4th game of Series 46.

Most centuries

Since the start of the 15 round era in Series 46, the following players have achieved at least 5 centuries in heat games, sorted by alphabetical order where necessary:

1. 13: Zarte Siempre (5 in Series 69 plus 8 in Series 78)
2. 9: Matt O'Connor (1 in Series 65 plus 8 in Series 85)
3. 8: Craig Beevers
4. 8: Luke Boynton
5. 8: Edward Byrne
6. 8: Dan Byrom
7. 8: Tom Cappleman
8. 8: Sam Cappleman-Lynes
9. 8: Thomas Carey
10. 8: Julian Fell
11. 8: Adam Gillard
12. 8: James Haughton
13. 8: Andrew Hulme
14. 8: Jack Hurst
15. 8: Giles Hutchings
16. 8: Luke Johnson-Davies
17. 8: Martin May (2 in Series 57 plus 6 in Series 79)
18. 8: Toby McDonald
19. 8: Robin McKay
20. 8: Elliott Mellor
21. 8: Ahmed Mohamed
22. 8: Eoin Monaghan
23. 8: Mark Murray
24. 8: Andy Platt
25. 8: Stephen Read
26. 8: Jen Steadman
27. 8: Dylan Taylor
28. 8: Jonathan Wynn
29. 7: Kirk Bevins
30. 7: Innis Carson
31. 7: Jeff Clayton
32. 7: Chris Davies
33. 7: Ann Dibben
34. 7: Paul Erdunast
35. 7: George Ford
36. 7: John Hardie
37. 7: Tom Hargreaves
38. 7: Bradley Horrocks
39. 7: Stu Harkness
40. 7: Dan McColm
41. 7: Edward McCullagh
42. 7: Paul Nixon
43. 7: Tricia Pay
44. 7: Antoinette Ryan
45. 7: Leo Smith
46. 7: Glen Webb
47. 7: Chris Wills
48. 7: Jack Worsley
49. 6: Maggie Barlow
50. 6: Quinn Bartlett
51. 6: Stephen Briggs
52. 6: Florence Cappleman-Lynes
53. 6: Bradley Cates
54. 6: Tom Chafer-Cook
55. 6: Chris Cummins
56. 6: Mark Davies
57. 6: Paul Gallen
58. 6: Marcus Hares
59. 6: Stewart Holden
60. 6: James Hurrell
61. 6: Tracey Mills
62. 6: Liam Moloney
63. 6: David O'Donnell
64. 6: Grace Page
65. 6: Jonathan Rawlinson
66. 6: Martyn Simpson
67. 6: Dinos Sfyris
68. 6: Conor Travers
69. 6: Gerry Tynan
70. 6: Ian Volante (1 in Series 56, 5 in Series 82)
71. 6: Jamie Washington
72. 6: Jack Welsby
73. 6: Jamie Wing**
74. 5: Philip Aston
75. 5: John Brackstone
76. 5: Steven Briers
77. 5: James Burley
78. 5: Jon Corby
79. 5: Mark Deeks
80. 5: George Greenhough
81. 5: Lee Hartley
82. 5: Paul Howe
83. 5: Chris Hunt
84. 5: Martin Hurst
85. 5: Steve Hyde
86. 5: Wesley Jardine
87. 5: Andy Noden
88. 5: Jon O'Neill
89. 5: Samir Pilica
90. 5: Charlie Reams
91. 5: Moose Rosser
92. 5: Matthew Shore
93. 5: Kevin Steede
94. 5: Ryan Styles
95. 5: Matthew Tassier
96. 5: Kevin Thurlow
97. 5: Mark Tournoff
98. 5: Brendan Whitehurst
99. 5: Alan Young (1 in Series 69 plus 4 in Series 86)

• Chris Hunt, Liam Moloney, Philip Aston, and Martyn Simpson are the only players to have achieved five or more centuries, and not gone on to become octochamps.

**NOTE: Wing scored 100 on his debut against Paul Anderson including a tie-break conundrum - this is not included as a century on this page.