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. 8: Andrew Hulme
4. 7: Kirk Bevins
5. 7: Innis Carson
6. 7: Tom Hargreaves
7. 7: Chris Wills
8. 6: Chris Cummins
9. 6: Paul Gallen
10. 6: Stewart Holden
11. 6: James Hurrell
12. 6: David O'Donnell
13. 6: Grace Page
14. 6: Conor Travers
15. 6: Jack Welsby
16. 5: John Brackstone
17. 5: Steven Briers
18. 5: Jon Corby
19. 5: George Greenhough
20. 5: Lee Hartley
21. 5: Paul Howe
22. 5: Chris Hunt
23. 5: Jon O'Neill
24. 5: Charlie Reams
25. 5: Matthew Shore
26. 5: Kevin Thurlow
27. 5: Mark Tournoff

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