Century

A century is an occurrence of a player scoring 100 points. This was never achieved in the 9 round format as it required the players to find at least 3 nine letter words in the 6 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 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 4th game of Series 46.

Most centuries

Since the start of the 15 round era in Series 46, the following players have achieved at least 5 centuries in heat games, sorted by alphabetical order where necessary:

1. 13: Zarte Siempre (5 in Series 69 plus 8 in Series 78)
2. 8: Craig Beevers
3. 8: Luke Boynton
4. 8: Ed Byrne
5. 8: Tom Cappleman
6. 8: Sam Cappleman-Lynes
7. 8: Thomas Carey
8. 8: Julian Fell
9. 8: Adam Gillard
10. 8: James Haughton
11. 8: Andrew Hulme
12. 8: Jack Hurst
13. 8: Giles Hutchings
14. 8: Luke Johnson-Davies
15. 8: Martin May (2 in Series 57 plus 6 in Series 79)
16. 8: Toby McDonald
17. 8: Robin McKay
18. 8: Elliott Mellor
19. 8: Ahmed Mohamed
20. 8: Eoin Monaghan
21. 8: Mark Murray
22. 8: Andy Platt
23. 8: Stephen Read
24. 8: Jen Steadman
25. 8: Dylan Taylor
26. 8: Jonathan Wynn
27. 7: Kirk Bevins
28. 7: Innis Carson
29. 7: Jeff Clayton
30. 7: Chris Davies
31. 7: Ann Dibben
32. 7: Paul Erdunast
33. 7: George Ford
34. 7: John Hardie
35. 7: Tom Hargreaves
36. 7: Bradley Horrocks
37. 7: Dan McColm
38. 7: Edward McCullagh
39. 7: Paul Nixon
40. 7: Tricia Pay
41. 7: Antoinette Ryan
42. 7: Leo Smith
43. 7: Glen Webb
44. 7: Chris Wills
45. 7: Jack Worsley
46. 6: Maggie Barlow
47. 6: Stephen Briggs
48. 6: Florence Cappleman-Lynes
49. 6: Bradley Cates
50. 6: Tom Chafer-Cook
51. 6: Chris Cummins
52. 6: Mark Davies
53. 6: Paul Gallen
54. 6: Marcus Hares
55. 6: Stewart Holden
56. 6: James Hurrell
57. 6: Tracey Mills
58. 6: Liam Moloney
59. 6: David O'Donnell
60. 6: Grace Page
61. 6: Jonathan Rawlinson
62. 6: Martyn Simpson
63. 6: Dinos Sfyris
64. 6: Conor Travers
65. 6: Gerry Tynan
66. 6: Ian Volante (1 in Series 56, 5 in Series 82)
67. 6: Jamie Washington
68. 6: Jack Welsby
69. 6: Jamie Wing**
70. 5: Philip Aston
71. 5: John Brackstone
72. 5: Steven Briers
73. 5: James Burley
74. 5: Jon Corby
75. 5: Mark Deeks
76. 5: George Greenhough
77. 5: Lee Hartley
78. 5: Paul Howe
79. 5: Chris Hunt
80. 5: Martin Hurst
81. 5: Wesley Jardine
82. 5: Andy Noden
83. 5: Jon O'Neill
84. 5: Samir Pilica
85. 5: Charlie Reams
86. 5: Moose Rosser
87. 5: Matthew Shore
88. 5: Kevin Steede
89. 5: Ryan Styles
90. 5: Matthew Tassier
91. 5: Kevin Thurlow
92. 5: Mark Tournoff
93. 5: Brendan Whitehurst

• 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.

**NOTE: Wing scored 100 on his debut against Paul Anderson including a tie-break conundrum - this is not included as a century on this page.