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

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