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Century

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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 Fiona Wood 5 8 62.5%
110 Alan Young 5 12 41.7% One in Series 69 plus four in Series 86

Contestants with eight consecutive prelim centuries

Contestants are sorted chronologically.

Rank Name Points total Average Highest score Lowest score
1 Julian Fell 924 115.5 138 104
2 Craig Beevers 907 113.38 128 103
3 Andrew Hulme 930 116.25 133 101
4 Eoin Monaghan 898 112.25 121 100
5 Jack Hurst 946 118.25 133 110
6 Adam Gillard 903 112.88 126 102
7 Andy Platt 889 111.13 120 100
8 Giles Hutchings 965 120.63 130 111
9 Dylan Taylor 974 121.75 129 113
10 Jen Steadman 952 119 130 104
11 Mark Murray 902 112.75 122 100
12 Tom Cappleman 927 115.88 135 105
13 Jonathan Wynn 922 115.25 131 100
14 Thomas Carey 923 115.38 122 109
15 Robin McKay 888 111 129 102
16 Stephen Read 915 114.38 131 104
17 Zarte Siempre 967 120.88 130 111
18 Toby McDonald 882 110.25 121 104
19 Elliott Mellor 1,061 132.63 152 118
20 James Haughton 958 119.75 134 103
21 Luke Johnson-Davies 1,024 128 143 113
22 Sam Cappleman-Lynes 939 117.38 124 110
23 Luke Boynton 1,032 129 147 106
24 Ahmed Mohamed 927 115.88 138 106
25 Dan Byrom 967 120.88 140 104
26 Matt O'Connor 949 118.63 139 102
27 Edward Byrne 969 121.13 143 104
28 Tom Stevenson 1,000 125 154 117
29 Cillian McMulkin 944 118 154 101
30 Ronan Higginson 1,041 130.13 143 110
31 Harry Savage 939 117.38 130 105
32 Mark Finnerty 876 109.5 128 102

Contestants who have scored only centuries

Contestants are sorted chronologically.

Rank Name Games played Points total Average Highest score Lowest score
1 Julian Fell 14 1,634 116.71 146 100
2 Craig Beevers 11 1,236 112.36 128 103
3 Lesley Hines 2 209 104.5 105 104
4 Jack Hurst 18 2,109 117.17 143 108
5 Dylan Taylor 15 1,805 120.33 129 108
6 Jen Steadman 12 1,407 117.25 130 104
7 Ciaran McCarthy 1 104 104 104 104
8 Adam Curran 1 100 100 100 100
9 Robin McKay 10 1,107 110.7 129 102
10 Luke Johnson-Davies 13 1,601 123.15 143 100
11 David Wevill 1 101 101 101 101
12 Ronan Higginson 11 1,435 130.45 150 110
13 Harry Savage 11 1,266 115.09 130 104
14 Niall Cusack 1 100 100 100 100

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.