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Century
A century is an occurrence of a contestant scoring at least 100 points. This was never achieved in the 9-round format as it required the players to find at least three nine-letter words in the six letters rounds available. However, before the 15-round era, centuries were possible in 14-round games, as well as in the Countdown Masters series, where Richard Whiteley often called players that achieved them centurions.
Centuries have become relatively common in 15-round games. The first ever century was by Clive Spate in the grand 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 fourth game of Series 46.
Most centuries
Since the start of the 15-round era in Series 46, the following players have achieved at least five centuries in heat games, sorted alphabetically by surname:
Rank | Name | Centuries | Games played | Percentage | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zarte Siempre | 13 | 14 | 92.9% | Five in Series 69 plus eight in Series 78 |
2 | Matt O'Connor | 9 | 14 | 64.3% | One in Series 65 plus eight in Series 85 |
3 | Craig Beevers | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
4 | Luke Boynton | 8 | 9 | 88.9% | |
5 | Edward Byrne | 8 | 10 | 80% | |
6 | Dan Byrom | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
7 | Tom Cappleman | 8 | 9 | 88.9% | |
8 | Sam Cappleman-Lynes | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
9 | Thomas Carey | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
10 | Julian Fell | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
11 | Mark Finnerty | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
12 | Adam Gillard | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
13 | James Haughton | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
14 | Ronan Higginson | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
15 | Andrew Hulme | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
16 | Jack Hurst | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
17 | Giles Hutchings | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
18 | Luke Johnson-Davies | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
19 | Martin May | 8 | 15 | 53.3% | Two in Series 57 plus six in Series 79 |
20 | Toby McDonald | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
21 | Robin McKay | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
22 | Cillian McMulkin | 8 | 9 | 88.9% | |
23 | Elliott Mellor | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
24 | Ahmed Mohamed | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
25 | Eoin Monaghan | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
26 | Mark Murray | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
27 | Andy Platt | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
28 | Stephen Read | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
29 | Harry Savage | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
30 | Jen Steadman | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
31 | Tom Stevenson | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
32 | Dylan Taylor | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
33 | Jonathan Wynn | 8 | 9 | 88.9% | |
34 | Kirk Bevins | 7 | 9 | 77.8% | |
35 | Innis Carson | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
36 | Bradley Cates | 7 | 12 | 58.3% | One in Series 56 plus six in Series 69 |
37 | Jeff Clayton | 7 | 11 | 63.6% | |
38 | Chris Davies | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
39 | Ann Dibben | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
40 | Paul Erdunast | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
41 | George Ford | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
42 | John Hardie | 7 | 9 | 77.8% | |
43 | Tom Hargreaves | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
44 | Stu Harkness | 7 | 9 | 77.8% | |
45 | Bradley Horrocks | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
46 | Dan McColm | 7 | 9 | 77.8% | |
47 | Edward McCullagh | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
48 | Paul Nixon | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
49 | Arthur Page | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
50 | Tricia Pay | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
51 | Antoinette Ryan | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
52 | Viraj Seelam | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
53 | Leo Smith | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
54 | Glen Webb | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
55 | Chris Wills | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
56 | Jack Worsley | 7 | 8 | 87.5% | |
57 | Maggie Barlow | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
58 | Quinn Bartlett | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
59 | Stephen Briggs | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
60 | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
61 | Tom Chafer-Cook | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
62 | Chris Cummins | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
63 | Mark Davies | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
64 | Paul Gallen | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
65 | Marcus Hares | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
66 | Stewart Holden | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
67 | James Hurrell | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
68 | Tracey Mills | 6 | 9 | 66.7% | |
69 | Liam Moloney | 6 | 7 | 85.7% | See trivia |
70 | David O'Donnell | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
71 | Grace Page | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
72 | Jessica Pratesi | 6 | 9 | 66.7% | |
73 | Jonathan Rawlinson | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
74 | Dinos Sfyris | 6 | 12 | 50% | |
75 | Martyn Simpson | 6 | 8 | 75% | See trivia |
76 | Conor Travers | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
77 | Gerry Tynan | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
78 | Ian Volante | 6 | 12 | 50% | One in Series 56 plus five in Series 82 |
79 | Jamie Washington | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
80 | Jack Welsby | 6 | 8 | 75% | |
81 | Jamie Wing | 6 | 8 | 75% | Wing's score of 100 on his debut is not counted as it included a tiebreak conundrum |
82 | Philip Aston | 5 | 7 | 71.4% | See trivia |
83 | Ben Bazzard | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
84 | John Brackstone | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
85 | Steven Briers | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
86 | James Burley | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
87 | Jon Corby | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
88 | Mark Deeks | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
89 | George Greenhough | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
90 | Lee Hartley | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
91 | Paul Howe | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
92 | Chris Hunt | 5 | 7 | 71.4% | See trivia |
93 | Martin Hurst | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
94 | Steve Hyde | 5 | 11 | 45.5% | |
95 | Wesley Jardine | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
96 | Andy Noden | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
97 | Paul O'Brien | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
98 | Jon O'Neill | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
99 | Samir Pilica | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
100 | Charlie Reams | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
101 | Moose Rosser | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
102 | Matthew Shore | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
103 | Kevin Steede | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
104 | Ryan Styles | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
105 | Matthew Tassier | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
106 | Kevin Thurlow | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
107 | Mark Tournoff | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
108 | Brendan Whitehurst | 5 | 8 | 62.5% | |
109 | Alan Young | 5 | 12 | 41.7% | One in Series 69 plus four in Series 86 |
Trivia
Chris Hunt, Liam Moloney, Philip Aston, and Martyn Simpson are the only players to have achieved five or more centuries, and not gone on to become octochamps.