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List of 15-round scores over 125

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The first 15-round show was shown on 24 September 2001. Since then, over 3,000 episodes have been shown. In these, there have only been 75 scores over 125.

Chris Wills was the first player to score over 125, scoring 129 against April Carlin in 2002. The first score over 130 was by by Julian Fell in Series 48, scoring 138 against Carl McDermott. He then broke his own record by getting 4 nine letter words against Danny Hamilton, achieving 146 points.

Kirk Bevins is the first player to make two consecutive scores over 125, achieving these in his third and fourth preliminary games. Zarte Siempre is the first player to make three consecutive scores over 125, achieving these in his fourth, fifth and sixth games.

List of scores over 125

Episodes are sorted by score. Tied scores are sorted chronologically.

Old format

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3387 18/12/2002 SF Danny Hamilton 77 – 146 Julian Fell Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Richard Samson 158
5654 1/03/2013 30BGF Jack Hurst 111 – 146 Conor Travers Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jenny Eclair Susie Dent 149
5636 5/02/2013 30B1 Wayne Kelly 89 – 143 Jack Hurst Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Kate Adie Susie Dent 151
4877 3/09/2009 P Chris Davies 139 – 89 Ross Mackenzie Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent 143
3349 25/10/2002 P Julian Fell 138 – 29 Carl McDermott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ingrid Tarrant Susie Dent 148
3836 13/12/2004 QF John Gray 73 – 138 Mark Tournoff Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 141
3656 2/03/2004 P Stewart Holden 137 – 68 Anna Briggs Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Susie Dent 139
4228 6/11/2006 P Steven Briers 136 – 41 Dean Rowley Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Tony Christie Susie Dent 142
4806 29/04/2009 P Julie Russell 84 – 134 Hamish Williamson Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent 152
3869 11/02/2005 P Frank Mulvey 133 – 86 Kevin Warner Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jennie Bond Susie Dent 152
4857 9/07/2009 P Micheal Harris 101 – 133 Andrew Hulme Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Donal MacIntyre Susie Dent 155
5137 21/10/2010 P Jack Hurst 133 – 65 Alex Curran Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 134
S38 28/09/2012 S Peter Lee 132 – 72 Dave Taylor Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 137
3400 20/01/2003 CQF Tom Hargreaves 131 – 98 Ben Wilson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Eric Knowles Susie Dent 144
4771 5/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 130 – 55 Peter Bennett Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 150
5634 1/02/2013 30B1 John Ashmore 92 – 130 Kirk Bevins Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 130
3169 17/01/2002 P Chris Wills 129 – 77 April Carlin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Kathryn Apanowicz Susie Dent 131
4097 5/05/2006 P Jon Corby 128 – 61 Chris Bailiffe Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Susie Dent 141
4468 26/10/2007 P Craig Beevers 128 – 36 Peter Watts Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 134
4864 20/07/2009 P Andrew Hulme 128 – 52 Mike Olive Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Anton du Beke Susie Dent 144
3501 13/06/2003 P Patrick Vowles 127 – 58 Connie Piggott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Peter Baldwin Susie Dent 132
4426 29/08/2007 P Jeffrey Hansford 127 – 70 Alex Burrows Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Susie Dent 141
4768 2/03/2009 P Ann Abel 54 – 127 Kirk Bevins Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 130
5104 6/09/2010 P Daniel Pati 127 – 59 Barry Hughes Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Penny Smith Susie Dent 129
5173 10/12/2010 QF Eoin Monaghan 127 – 45 Niall Young Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Amanda Lamb Susie Dent 130
5644 15/02/2013 30B2 Chris Davies 117 – 127* David O'Donnell Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Ken Bruce Susie Dent 140
S11 11/09/2003 S Melanie Beaumont 83 – 126 Linda Dawe Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Bernard Ingham Alison Heard 140
4045 25/02/2006 P Matthew Shore 126 – 55 Inderjit Bedi Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Susie Dent 139
4516 11/01/2008 P Michael Macdonald-Cooper 126 – 29 Stewart Scott Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Dr Phil Hammond Alison Heard 148
4691 16/10/2008 P Charlie Reams 126 – 31 Darren Edwards Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Ann Widdecombe Susie Dent 142
4770 4/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 126 – 47 Ben Nicholas Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 126
5183 14/01/2011 P Adam Gillard 126 – 70 Ray Li Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Tim Vine Susie Dent 129
5312 21/07/2011 P Mark Deeks 126 – 44 Lesley Lewis Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Mark Durden-Smith Susie Dent 132
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum


New format

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
6991 17/01/2019 P Tom Carey 122 – 150 Zarte Siempre Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 168
5712 11/06/2013 P Glen Webb 141 – 49 Martin Wilsdon Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Snow Susie Dent 145
5742 29/07/2013 P Zarte Siempre 137 – 41 Michelle Furnell Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Walker Susie Dent 143
5975 15/08/2014 P Mark Davies 137 – 76 Keith Myers-Sleight Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Angellica Bell Susie Dent 145
6012 15/10/2014 P Dan McColm 137 – 53 Harry Jarrett Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Richard Arnold Susie Dent 139
6109 24/03/2015 P Tom Cappleman 135 – 23 Jack Roberts Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Nicky Campbell Susie Dent 144
6276 22/12/2015 SF Jonathan Wynn 134 – 100 Stephen Briggs Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tim Rice Susie Dent 157
6734 20/12/2015 SF Tom Chafer-Cook 134 – 83 Noel McIlvenny Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Rufus Hound Susie Dent 157
6278 4/01/2016 CP Tom Cappleman 133 – 115 Glen Webb Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 147
6279 5/01/2016 CP Heather Styles 73 – 132 Giles Hutchings Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 135
6592 30/05/2017 P Moose Rosser 132 – 30 Gareth Davies Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Walker Susie Dent 136
6199 31/08/2015 P Jonathan Wynn 131 – 55 Paul Curtayne Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Greg Rusedski Susie Dent 134
6580 11/05/2017 P Stephen Read 131 – 21 Alan Jefferson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Austin Susie Dent 133
5678 12/04/2013 P Giles Hutchings 130 – 82 Alan Flanagan Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Richard Madeley Susie Dent 144
5762 4/09/2013 P Jen Steadman 130 – 49 Ian Toulson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Connie Fisher Susie Dent 132
6313 22/02/2016 P Paul Erdunast 130 – 73 Ben Dali Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Julia Bradbury Susie Dent 135
6422 30/08/2016 P Martin Hurst 130 – 36 Tom Law Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 156
6778 7/03/2018 P Zarte Siempre 130 – 62 Patrick Gray Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Liz Bonnin Susie Dent 144
6779 8/03/2018 P Zarte Siempre 130 – 39 Dave Burch Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Liz Bonnin Susie Dent 145
5673 3/04/2013 P Jean Wright 54 – 129 Giles Hutchings Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Julia Bradbury Susie Dent 134
5749 13/08/2013 P Dylan Taylor 129 – 22 Leone Mitchell Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 143
5988 8/09/2014 P Paul Bradley 40 – 129 Jamie Ilett-Jones Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Janet Street-Porter Susie Dent 143
6011 14/10/2014 P Dan McColm 129 – 58 Samantha Cooper Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Richard Arnold Susie Dent 131
6201 2/09/2015 P Jonathan Wynn 129 – 33 Hannah Short Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Greg Rusedski Susie Dent 132
6362 18/05/2016 P Tony Lock 42 – 129 Robin McKay Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Janet Street-Porter Susie Dent 143
6616 4/07/2017 P Tom Chafer-Cook 129 – 21 Nick Knight Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Greg Rusedski Susie Dent 134
6985 9/01/2019 CP Tom Chafer-Cook 129 – 89 Martin Hurst Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Linda Papadopoulos Susie Dent 142
5714 13/06/2013 P Glen Webb 128 – 52 Anne Whitehead Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dan Snow Susie Dent 133
6349 21/04/2016 P Ann Dibben 128 – 28 Nick Ferguson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dave Myers Susie Dent 145
6626 19/07/2017 P Shabir Alidina 53 – 128 John Cowen Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Packham Susie Dent 136
6986 10/01/2019 CP Bradley Horrocks 128 – 104 Andrew Macleod Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Linda Papadopoulos Susie Dent 133
6777 6/03/2018 P Zarte Siempre 128 – 23 Jonathan Stoneman Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Liz Bonnin Susie Dent 132
6120 13/04/2015 P Gerry Tynan 127 – 55 Dean Anderson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Janet Street-Porter Susie Dent 131
6154 10/06/2015 SF Tom Cappleman 127 – 52 Kevin Steede Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent 132
6181 27/07/2015 P Stephen Briggs 127 – 51 Tom Pitt-Brooke Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Michael Buerk Susie Dent 144
6283 11/01/2016 CP Callum Todd 127 – 88 Samir Pilica Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 137
6287 15/01/2016 CQF Andy Platt 125 – 127 Dylan Taylor Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent 145
6312 19/02/2016 P Paul Erdunast 127 – 46 Stuart Moore Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Richard Arnold Susie Dent 132
5764 6/09/2013 P Jen Steadman 126 – 36 Helen Betts Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Connie Fisher Susie Dent 131
5765 9/09/2013 P Jen Steadman 126 – 55 Ned French Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Connie Fisher Susie Dent 147
5839 20/12/2013 GF Dylan Taylor 116 – 126 Callum Todd Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Richard Madeley Susie Dent 134
6013 16/10/2014 P Dan McColm 126 – 44 Antony Aston Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Richard Arnold Susie Dent 130
6282 8/01/2016 CP George Ford 99 – 126 Jen Steadman Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 137
6607 20/06/2017 P Tom Chafer-Cook 126 – 52 Bobbi Ramsammy Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Suzi Perry Susie Dent 134

Evolution of the highest 15-round score

Old format

New format

Notable exceptions

Chris Cummins scored 123 with two nine letter words against Richard Redman in his 7th appearance. During the game Cummins had NOVATE disallowed. However it's listed in the dictionary under NOVATION and therefore should have been allowed, making his final score 129. This is not included in this list.