List of number one seeds

This page is a list of number one seeds, hereby creating the best seeds.

Seeds are sorted by wins, then number of points, then by chronological order.

9 Round Seeds

This page does not include Series 33.

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Lew Schwarz (Series 21)**	8	547
2	Jonathan Anstey (Series 18)*	8	540
3	David Williams (Series 43)	8	535
4	Tim Morrissey (Series 17)*	8	533
5	Harvey Freeman (Series 10)	8	523
6	Scott Mearns (Series 41)	8	510
7	Terry Knowles (Series 39)	8	502
8	Richard Campbell (Series 27)	8	500
9	Kevin McMahon (Series 44)	8	498
10	Allan Saldanha (Series 15)	8	490
11	Don Reid (Series 25)	8	487
12	David Acton (Series 31)	8	486
13	Jon Marsh (Series 12)*	8	479
14	David Ballheimer (Series 42)	8	472
15	Satbir Gupta (Series 32)	8	472
16	Suzanne Miles (Series 28)	8	465
17	Chris Waddington (Series 22)	8	463
18	Derek Coombs (Series 20)	8	462
19	James Martin (Series 34)	8	462
20	Nic Brown (Series 14)	8	456
21	Norman Christian (Series 24)	8	454
22	Dag Griffiths (Series 35)	8	453
23	Bhavin Manek (Series 36)	8	448
24	Gareth Williams (Series 23)	8	436
25	Mark Nyman (Series 3)	8	427
26	David Trace (Series 9)	8	423
27	Peter Hutchings (Series 40)	8	422
28	Steve Williams (Series 16)	8	412
29	Clive Freedman (Series 7)	8	409
30	John Wallace (Series 5)	8	404
31	Lindsay Denyer (Series 19)	8	386
32	Chris Toyne (Series 38)	7	449
33	Helen Grayson (Series 6)	7	437
34	Kate Surtees (Series 37)	7	423
35	Andrew Perry (Series 26)	7	412
36	John Rawnsley (Series 45)	7	409
37	Nita Marr (Series 13)	7	401
38	Chris Rogers (Series 29)	6	427
39	Clive Spate (Series 8)	6	366
40	Graham Cross (Series 30)	6	345
41	John Clarke (Series 11)	5	303
42	Robert Richland (Series 4)*	4	269
43	Russell Byers (Series 2)	4	207
44	Michael Wylie (Series 1)	4	??

* Score included one draw.

** Score included two draws.

15 round seeds

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Elliott Mellor (Series 80)	8	1061
2	Luke Boynton (Series 83)	8	1032
3	Luke Johnson-Davies (Series 82)	8	1024
4	Dylan Taylor (Series 69)	8	974
5	Zarte Siempre (Series 78)	8	967
6	Giles Hutchings (Series 68)	8	965
7	James Haughton (Series 81)	8	958
8	Jack Hurst (Series 63)	8	946
9	Dan McColm (Series 71)	8	942
10	Andrew Hulme (Series 61)	8	930
11	Thomas Cappleman (Series 72)	8	927
12	Kirk Bevins (Series 60)	8	925
13	Paul Erdunast (Series 74)	8	925
14	Julian Fell (Series 48)	8	924
15	Thomas Carey (Series 73)	8	923
16	Stephen Read (Series 76)	8	915
17	Craig Beevers (Series 57)	8	907
18	Adam Gillard (Series 64)	8	903
19	Mark Murray (Series 70)	8	902
20	Tom Chafer-Cook (Series 77)	8	896
21	Conor Travers (Series 54)	8	890
22	David O'Donnell (Series 58)	8	880
23	Chris Wills (Series 47)	8	875
24	Stewart Holden (Series 51)	8	870
25	Chris Cummins (Series 50)	8	858
26	Jonathan Rawlinson (Series 66)	8	850
27	Paul Gallen (Series 52)	8	846
28	Steve Briers (Series 55)	8	843
29	Martin May (Series 79)	8	839
30	Martin Hurst (Series 75)	8	830
31	Mark Deeks (Series 65)	8	824
32	John Brackstone (Series 53)	8	822
33	Charlie Reams (Series 59)	8	820
34	Oliver Garner (Series 62)	8	802
35	Paul James (Series 67)	8	794
36	Aaron Webber (Series 56)	8	773
37	John Davies (Series 49)	8	766
38	Ben Wilson (Series 46)*	6	570

* Ben Wilson's projected octochamp total would have been 760 as he was a viscount.

Trivia

• None of the first seven 9-round series were won by their #1 seeds. Clive Spate, in Series 8, was the first #1 seed to win a 9-round series.
• All of the first six 15-round series were won by their #1 seeds. Mark Tournoff, in Series 52, was the first person to win a 15-round series while seeded anything other than #1.