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. 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. 8: Craig Beevers
2. 8: Julian Fell
3. 7: Kirk Bevins
4. 7: Tom Hargreaves
5. 7: Chris Wills
6. 6: Chris Cummins
7. 6: Paul Gallen
8. 6: Stewart Holden
9. 6: James Hurrell
10. 6: David O'Donnell
11. 6: Grace Page
12. 6: Conor Travers
13. 6: Jack Welsby
14. 5: John Brackstone
15. 5: Steven Briers
16. 5: Jon Corby
17. 5: George Greenhough
18. 5: Lee Hartley
19. 5: Paul Howe
20. 5: Chris Hunt
21. 5: Jon O'Neill
22. 5: Charlie Reams
23. 5: Matthew Shore
24. 5: Kevin Thurlow
25. 5: Mark Tournoff

• Chris Hunt is the only player to have achieved five or more centuries, and not gone on to become an octochamp.