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. 8: Jack Hurst
5. 8: Eoin Monaghan
6. 7: Kirk Bevins
7. 7: Innis Carson
8. 7: Chris Davies
9. 7: Tom Hargreaves
10. 7: Chris Wills
11. 6: Chris Cummins
12. 6: Paul Gallen
13. 6: Marcus Hares
14. 6: Stewart Holden
15. 6: James Hurrell
16. 6: David O'Donnell
17. 6: Grace Page
18. 6: Conor Travers
19. 6: Jack Welsby
20. 5: John Brackstone
21. 5: Steven Briers
22. 5: Jon Corby
23. 5: George Greenhough
24. 5: Lee Hartley
25. 5: Paul Howe
26. 5: Chris Hunt
27. 5: Jon O'Neill
28. 5: Charlie Reams
29. 5: Matthew Shore
30. 5: Kevin Thurlow
31. 5: Mark Tournoff

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