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 {{See|Max}}
-A '''max game''' is a game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. This is indicated by bolding the score, max, and name in episode tables. Whether or not a numbers round with the max score but not the closest possible solution to the target is considered a max is a matter of debate in the community. [[Allan Saldanha]]'s win against [[Joyce Cansfield]], and [[Ronan Higginson]]'s win against [[Adam Dexter]] are the two instances of this in the list below, and are considered by some to not be true max games.
+A '''max game''' is a game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. This is indicated by bolding the score, max and name in episode tables. Whether or not a numbers round with the max score but not the closest possible solution to the target is considered a max is a matter of debate in the community. [[Allan Saldanha]]'s win against [[Joyce Cansfield]], and [[Ronan Higginson]]'s win against [[Adam Dexter]] are the two instances of this in the list below, and are considered by some to not be true max games.
-A '''double max game''' is a game where the two players achieve the maximum possible joint score. This results from both players maxing all [[Letters game|letters]] and [[Numbers game|numbers]] rounds, and one then solving the [[conundrum]]. This has never been achieved on televised ''Countdown'', with episodes [[Episode 5649|5649]] and [[Episode 5653|5653]] below each being one maxed letters round short of the achievement.
+A '''double max game''' is a game where the two players achieve the maximum possible joint score. This results from both players maxing all [[Letters game|letters]] and [[Numbers game|numbers]] rounds, and one then solving the [[conundrum]]. This has never been achieved on televised ''Countdown'', with Episodes [[Episode 5649|5649]] and [[Episode 5653|5653]] below each being one maxed letters round short of the achievement.
 Some games from the early years of ''[[Countdown]]'' are not known, so it is possible that [[Jenny Haldane]]'s max game was not the first.

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 {{ep | 8048 | 27/06/2023 | SF |'''Ronan Higginson'''|'''122''' – 98|[[Adam Dexter]]|[[Maggie Aderin-Pocock]]|Susie Dent|'''122'''}}
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 {{ep | 8023 | 23/05/2023 | P |'''[[Ronan Higginson]]'''|'''135''' – 27|[[Martin Peirce]]|[[Vick Hope]]|Susie Dent|'''135'''}}
 {{ep | 8048 | 27/06/2023 | SF |'''Ronan Higginson'''|'''122''' – 98|[[Adam Dexter]]|[[Maggie Aderin-Pocock]]|Susie Dent|'''122'''}}
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 A '''max game''' is a game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. This is indicated by bolding the score, max, and name in episode tables. Whether or not a numbers round with the max score but not the closest possible solution to the target is considered a max is a matter of debate in the community. [[Allan Saldanha]]'s win against [[Joyce Cansfield]], and [[Ronan Higginson]]'s win against [[Adam Dexter]] are the two instances of this in the list below, and are considered by some to not be true max games.
-A '''double max game''' is a game where the two players achieve the maximum possible joint score. This results from both players maxing all [[Letters game|letters]] and [[Numbers game|numbers]] rounds, and one then solving the [[conundrum]]. This has never been achieved on televised ''Countdown'', with  Episodes 5649 and 5653 below each being one maxed letters round short of the achievement.
+A '''double max game''' is a game where the two players achieve the maximum possible joint score. This results from both players maxing all [[Letters game|letters]] and [[Numbers game|numbers]] rounds, and one then solving the [[conundrum]]. This has never been achieved on televised ''Countdown'', with episodes [[Episode 5649|5649]] and [[Episode 5653|5653]] below each being one maxed letters round short of the achievement.
-Some games from the early years of ''[[Countdown]]'' are not known, so it is possible that [[Jenny Haldane|Haldane]]'s max game was not the first.
+Some games from the early years of ''[[Countdown]]'' are not known, so it is possible that [[Jenny Haldane]]'s max game was not the first.
 ==List of max games==
 The list is sorted chronologically.
 {{episode table}}
-{{ep | 792 | 5/08/1988 | P |[[John Widdowson]]| 46 - '''70''' |'''[[Jenny Haldane]]'''|[[Ned Sherrin]]|[[Freda Thornton]]|'''70'''}}
+{{ep | 792 | 05/08/1988 | P |[[John Widdowson]]|46 - '''70'''|'''[[Jenny Haldane]]'''|[[Ned Sherrin]]|[[Freda Thornton]]|'''70'''}}
-{{ep | 1621 | 16/02/1995 | P |'''[[Darren Shacklady]]'''| '''69''' - 38 |[[Tony David]]|[[Jan Harvey]]|[[Ruth Killick]]|'''69'''}}
+{{ep | 1621 | 16/02/1995 | P |'''[[Darren Shacklady]]'''|'''69''' - 38|[[Tony David]]|[[Jan Harvey]]|[[Ruth Killick]]|'''69'''}}
-{{ep | 1903 | 16/12/1996 | SQF |[[Joyce Cansfield]]| 50 – '''67''' |'''[[Allan Saldanha]]'''|[[Nigel Rees]]|[[Catherine Clarke]]|'''67''' }}
+{{ep | 1903 | 16/12/1996 | SQF |[[Joyce Cansfield]]|50 – '''67'''|'''[[Allan Saldanha]]'''|[[Nigel Rees]]|[[Catherine Clarke]]|'''67''' }}
-{{ep | 4770 | 4/03/2009 | P |'''[[Kirk Bevins]]'''| '''126''' – 47  |[[Ben Nicholas]]|[[Dr Phil Hammond]]|[[Susie Dent]]|'''126'''}}
+{{ep | 4770 | 04/03/2009 | P |'''[[Kirk Bevins]]'''|'''126''' – 47|[[Ben Nicholas]]|[[Dr Phil Hammond]]|[[Susie Dent]]|'''126'''}}
-{{ep | 5634 | 1/02/2013 | 30B1 |[[John Ashmore]]| 92 - '''130''' |'''[[Kirk Bevins]]'''|[[Mark Foster]]|Susie Dent|'''130'''}}
+{{ep | 5634 | 01/02/2013 | 30B1 |[[John Ashmore]]|92 - '''130'''|'''Kirk Bevins'''|[[Mark Foster]]|Susie Dent|'''130'''}}
-{{ep | 5642 | 13/02/2013 | 30B2 |[[Chris Hawkins]]| 85 - '''119''' |'''[[Conor Travers]]'''|[[Ken Bruce]]|Susie Dent|'''119'''}}
+{{ep | 5642 | 13/02/2013 | 30B2 |[[Chris Hawkins]]|85 - '''119'''|'''[[Conor Travers]]'''|[[Ken Bruce]]|Susie Dent|'''119'''}}
-{{ep | 5649 | 22/02/2013 | 30BQF |'''[[Jon O'Neill]]'''| '''122''' - 104 |[[Jack Worsley]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|'''122'''}}
+{{ep | 5649 | 22/02/2013 | 30BQF |'''[[Jon O'Neill]]'''|'''122''' - 104|[[Jack Worsley]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|'''122'''}}
-{{ep | 5650 | 25/02/2013 | 30BQF |'''[[Conor Travers]]'''| '''119''' - 94 |[[Kirk Bevins]]|[[Jenny Eclair]]|Susie Dent|'''119'''}}
+{{ep | 5650 | 25/02/2013 | 30BQF |'''Conor Travers'''|'''119''' - 94|Kirk Bevins|[[Jenny Eclair]]|Susie Dent|'''119'''}}
-{{ep | 5653 | 28/02/2013 | 30BSF |[[Jon O'Neill]]| 102 - '''120''' |'''[[Conor Travers]]'''|Jenny Eclair|Susie Dent|'''120'''}}
+{{ep | 5653 | 28/02/2013 | 30BSF |Jon O'Neill|102 - '''120'''|'''Conor Travers'''|Jenny Eclair|Susie Dent|'''120'''}}
-{{ep | 6054 | 17/12/2014 | SF |'''[[Dan McColm]]'''| '''123''' - 77 |[[George Ford]]|[[David Baddiel]]|Susie Dent|'''123'''}}
+{{ep | 6054 | 17/12/2014 | SF |'''[[Dan McColm]]'''|'''123''' - 77|[[George Ford]]|[[David Baddiel]]|Susie Dent|'''123'''}}
-{{ep | 7407 | 10/12/2020 | QF |'''[[Luke Johnson-Davies]]'''| '''136''' - 89 |[[David Kempshall]]|[[John Inverdale]]|Susie Dent|'''136'''}}
+{{ep | 7407 | 10/12/2020 | QF |'''[[Luke Johnson-Davies]]'''|'''136''' - 89|[[David Kempshall]]|[[John Inverdale]]|Susie Dent|'''136'''}}
-{{ep | 7860 | 29/09/2022 | P |'''[[Tom Stevenson]]'''|'''154'''  – 28|[[Lauren Bowley]]|[[Eve Muirhead]]|Susie Dent|'''154'''}}
+{{ep | 7860 | 29/09/2022 | P |'''[[Tom Stevenson]]'''|'''154''' – 28|[[Lauren Bowley]]|[[Eve Muirhead]]|Susie Dent|'''154'''}}
 {{ep | 8023 | 23/05/2023 | P |'''[[Ronan Higginson]]'''|'''135''' – 27|[[Martin Peirce]]|[[Vick Hope]]|Susie Dent|'''135'''}}
 {{ep | 8048 | 27/06/2023 | SF |'''Ronan Higginson'''|'''122''' – 98|[[Adam Dexter]]|[[Maggie Aderin-Pocock]]|Susie Dent|'''122'''}}

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−	A '''max game''' is a game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. This is indicated by bolding the score, max, and name in episode tables. Whether or not a numbers round with the max score but not the closest possible solution to the target is considered a max is a matter of debate in the community. [[Allan Saldanha]]'s win against [[Joyce Cansfield]], and [[Ronan Higginson]]'s win against [[Adam Dexter]] are the two instances of this in the list below, and ~~both~~ are considered by some to not to be true max games.	+	A '''max game''' is a game in which the maximum possible score is achieved in every single round. This is indicated by bolding the score, max, and name in episode tables. Whether or not a numbers round with the max score but not the closest possible solution to the target is considered a max is a matter of debate in the community. [[Allan Saldanha]]'s win against [[Joyce Cansfield]], and [[Ronan Higginson]]'s win against [[Adam Dexter]] are the two instances of this in the list below, and are considered by some to not be true max games.

	A '''double max game''' is a game where the two players achieve the maximum possible joint score. This results from both players maxing all [[Letters game\|letters]] and [[Numbers game\|numbers]] rounds, and one then solving the [[conundrum]]. This has never been achieved on televised ''Countdown'', with Episodes 5649 and 5653 below each being one maxed letters round short of the achievement.		A '''double max game''' is a game where the two players achieve the maximum possible joint score. This results from both players maxing all [[Letters game\|letters]] and [[Numbers game\|numbers]] rounds, and one then solving the [[conundrum]]. This has never been achieved on televised ''Countdown'', with Episodes 5649 and 5653 below each being one maxed letters round short of the achievement.

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 {{ep | 7407 | 10/12/2020 | QF |'''[[Luke Johnson-Davies]]'''| '''136''' - 89 |[[David Kempshall]]|[[John Inverdale]]|Susie Dent|'''136'''}}
 {{ep | 7860 | 29/09/2022 | P |'''[[Tom Stevenson]]'''|'''154'''  – 28|[[Lauren Bowley]]|Eve Muirhead|Susie Dent|'''154'''}}
-{{ep | 8023 | 23/05/2023 | P |'''Ronan Higginson'''|'''135''' – 27|[[Martin Peirce]]|Vick Hope|Susie Dent|'''135'''}}
+{{ep | 8023 | 23/05/2023 | P |'''[[Ronan Higginson]]'''|'''135''' – 27|[[Martin Peirce]]|Vick Hope|Susie Dent|'''135'''}}
 {{episode table end}}