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The '''800 club''' is inhabited by those players from the [[15 round format|15-round era]] who amass a total score of at least eight hundred in their heat games. This is significant because it implies an average score of a [[century]] or more. Currently there are 77 members of the club, all of whom are [[octochamp]]s. Names in italics indicate contestants who have achieved a century in all their heat games.

==Scores==
===Old Format===
* '''''[[Jack Hurst]]''''' (946, 118.25, Series 63)
* '''''[[Andrew Hulme]]''''' (930, 116.25, Series 61)
* '''[[Kirk Bevins]]''' (925, 115.625, Series 60)
* '''''[[Julian Fell]]''''' (924, 115.5, Series 48)
* '''''[[Craig Beevers]]''''' (907, 113.375, Series 57)
* '''''[[Adam Gillard]]''''' (903, 112.875, Series 64)
* '''''[[Eoin Monaghan]]''''' (898, 112.25, Series 63)
* '''[[Edward McCullagh]]''' (896, 112, Series 64)
* '''[[Chris Davies (Series 61)|Chris Davies]]''' (892, 111.5, Series 61)
* '''[[Conor Travers]]''' (890, 111.25, Series 54)
* '''[[David O'Donnell]]''' (880, 110, Series 58)
* '''[[Chris Wills]]''' (875, 109.375, Series 47)
* '''[[Stewart Holden]]''' (870, 108.75, Series 51)
* '''[[Innis Carson]]''' (861, 107.625, Series 61)
* '''[[Chris Cummins]]''' (858, 107.25, Series 50)
* '''[[Jon Corby]]''' (856, 107, Series 54)
* '''[[Tom Hargreaves]]''' (850, 106.25, Series 47)
* '''[[Matthew Shore]]''' (850, 106.25, Series 54)
* '''[[Jonathan Rawlinson]]''' (850, 106.25, Series 66)
* [[Paul Gallen]] (846, 105.75, Series 52)
* [[Steven Briers]] (843, 105.375, Series 55)
* [[Daniel Pati]] (840, 105, Series 63)
* [[James Hurrell]] (838, 104.75, Series 57)
* [[Marcus Hares]] (834, 104.25, Series 63)
* [[Jack Welsby]] (831, 103.875, Series 52)
* [[Grace Page]] (829, 103.625, Series 48)
* [[Mark Deeks]] (824, 103, Series 65)
* [[John Brackstone]] (822, 102.75, Series 53)
* [[Tom Barnes]] (822, 102.75, Series 64)
* [[Richard Brittain]] (820, 102.5, Series 55)
* [[Charlie Reams]] (820, 102.5, Series 59)
* [[Jeffrey Hansford]] (818, 102.25, Series 57)
* [[Jack Worsley]] (818, 102.25, Series 66)
* [[George Greenhough]] (817, 102.125, Series 48)
* [[Paul Howe]] (815, 101.875, Series 54)
* [[Graeme Cole]] (813, 101.625, Series 65)
* [[Lee Hartley]] (811, 101.375, Series 47)
* [[John Mayhew]] (811, 101.375, Series 53)
* [[Scott Gillies]] (810, 101.25, Series 63)
* [[Mark Tournoff]] (809, 101.125, Series 52)
* [[Martin Bishop]] (809, 101.125, Series 59)
* [[Stuart Earl]] (807, 100.875, Series 50)
* [[Jon O'Neill]] (804, 100.5, Series 53)
* [[Oliver Garner]] (802, 100.25, Series 62)
* [[Peter Lee]] (801, 100.125, Series 66)

===New Format===
* '''''[[Dylan Taylor]]''''' (974, 121.75, Series 69)
* '''''[[Giles Hutchings]]''''' (965, 120.625, Series 68)
* '''''[[Jen Steadman]]''''' (952, 119, Series 69)
* '''[[Glen Webb]]''' (945, 118.125, Series 69)
* '''[[Dan McColm]]''' (942, 117.75, Series 71)
* '''''[[Tom Cappleman]]''''' (927, 115.875, Series 72)
* '''[[Paul Erdunast]]''' (925, 115.625, Series 74)
* '''''[[Thomas Carey]]''''' (923, 115.375, Series 73)
* '''''[[Jonathan Wynn]]''''' (922, 115.25, Series 73)
* '''''[[Stephen Read]]''''' (915, 114.375, Series 76)
* '''''[[Mark Murray]]''''' (902, 112.75, Series 70)
* '''[[Tom Chafer-Cook]]''' (896, 112, Series 77)
* '''''[[Robin McKay]]''''' (888, 111, Series 74)
* '''[[Ann Dibben]]''' (884, 110.5, Series 74)
* '''[[Stephen Briggs]]''' (883, 110.375, Series 73)
* '''[[Gerry Tynan]]''' (867, 108.375, Series 72)
* '''[[Bradley Cates]]''' (862, 107.75, Series 69)
* '''[[Antoinette Ryan]]''' (859, 107.375, Series 71)
* '''[[Tricia Pay]]''' (857, 107.125, Series 71)
* [[Jeff Clayton]] (846, 105.75, Series 76)
* [[John Hardie]] (845, 105.625, Series 73)
* [[Mark Davies]] (844, 105.5, Series 71)
* [[Tracey Mills]] (836, 104.5, Series 72)
* [[George Ford]] (832, 104, Series 71)
* [[Martin Hurst]] (830, 103.75, Series 75)
* [[Andy Noden]] (828, 103.5, Series 72)
* [[Moose Rosser]] (828, 103.5, Series 76)
* [[Jamie Washington]] (825, 103.125, Series 75)
* [[Andrew Macleod]] (809, 101.125, Series 75)
* [[Conrad Teixeira]] (806, 100.75, Series 74)
* [[Elliott Mack]] (804, 100.5, Series 76)
* [[Samir Pilica]] (801, 100.125, Series 70)

===Four games in old format, four games in new format===
* '''''[[Andy Platt]]''''' (889, 111.125, Series 68)

(Aggregate score over 8 games, average score over 8 games, series in which octochamp run was completed)

==Progression==
Those in '''bold''' are also members of the '''850 club''', a more elite subdivision of the 800 club. When [[Tom Hargreaves]] set his octochamp total of 850 at the start of 2002, [[Damian Eadie]] remarked that it would "stand for many moons". It didn't, but any player to reach that benchmark can certainly consider themselves among the all-time greats. The 850 club has been discussed very little in the post-[[Richard Whiteley]] era, with [[Apterous]] and other easily accessible resources pushing the standard of the top players ever higher.

Four 15-round series – [[Series 46]], [[Series 49|49]], [[Series 56|56]] and [[Series 67|67]] – have featured no players with heat-game totals over 800. (Though players in Series 46 were restricted to a maximum of [[viscount|6 wins]] instead of 8 in heat games, all totals from this series would still be below 800 if they were to be multiplied by 8/6.)

To date, 15 octochamps, in addition to averaging over a century, have scored 100 points or more in ''all eight'' of their heat games. They are shown in '''''bold italic''''' above.

Although it is in theory possible for a player to join the 800 club without completing an octochamp run (in particular, if he or she were to win seven games and lose the final one), to date this has never happened, with the highest non-octochamp point total – made by [[Steve Baines]] of [[Series 57]] – still falling 42 points short of 800. [[Chris Hunt]] and [[Zarte Siempre]] also averaged over 100 points in runs that featured losses, but only played seven and six preliminaries respectively. Again, this is primarily as a result of the ability of skilled 15-round contestants to build up momentum and greater absolute leads over less skilled opponents, especially as compared to those in the [[9 round format|9-round era]].

==Evolution of the highest-scoring 15-round octochamp==

===Old Format===

* '''[[Tom Hargreaves]]''' (850, 106.25, Series 47)
* '''[[Chris Wills]]''' (875, 109.375, Series 47)
* '''[[Julian Fell]]''' (924, 115.5, Series 48)
* '''[[Kirk Bevins]]''' (925, 115.625, Series 60)
* '''[[Andrew Hulme]]''' (930, 116.25, Series 61)
* '''[[Jack Hurst]]''' (946, 118.25, Series 63)

===New Format===

* '''[[Giles Hutchings]]''' (965, 120.625, Series 68)
* '''[[Dylan Taylor]]''' (974, 121.75, Series 69)

==See also==
[[480 club]], the equivalent under the 9 round format.

==External links==
*{{Database|url=octochamps.php|text=Octochamp totals}}
*{{TCDP|url=octochamps.htm|text=List of octochamps}}

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