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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:
- 13: Zarte Siempre (5 in Series 69 plus 8 in Series 78)
- 8: Craig Beevers
- 8: Luke Boynton
- 8: Tom Cappleman
- 8: Sam Cappleman-Lynes
- 8: Thomas Carey
- 8: Julian Fell
- 8: Adam Gillard
- 8: James Haughton
- 8: Andrew Hulme
- 8: Jack Hurst
- 8: Giles Hutchings
- 8: Luke Johnson-Davies
- 8: Martin May (2 in Series 57 plus 6 in Series 79)
- 8: Toby McDonald
- 8: Robin McKay
- 8: Elliott Mellor
- 8: Eoin Monaghan
- 8: Mark Murray
- 8: Andy Platt
- 8: Stephen Read
- 8: Jen Steadman
- 8: Dylan Taylor
- 8: Jonathan Wynn
- 7: Kirk Bevins
- 7: Innis Carson
- 7: Jeff Clayton
- 7: Chris Davies
- 7: Ann Dibben
- 7: Paul Erdunast
- 7: George Ford
- 7: John Hardie
- 7: Tom Hargreaves
- 7: Bradley Horrocks
- 7: Dan McColm
- 7: Edward McCullagh
- 7: Paul Nixon
- 7: Tricia Pay
- 7: Antoinette Ryan
- 7: Leo Smith
- 7: Glen Webb
- 7: Chris Wills
- 7: Jack Worsley
- 6: Maggie Barlow
- 6: Stephen Briggs
- 6: Florence Cappleman-Lynes
- 6: Bradley Cates
- 6: Tom Chafer-Cook
- 6: Chris Cummins
- 6: Mark Davies
- 6: Paul Gallen
- 6: Marcus Hares
- 6: Stewart Holden
- 6: James Hurrell
- 6: Tracey Mills
- 6: Liam Moloney
- 6: David O'Donnell
- 6: Grace Page
- 6: Jonathan Rawlinson
- 6: Martyn Simpson
- 6: Dinos Sfyris
- 6: Conor Travers
- 6: Gerry Tynan
- 6: Ian Volante (1 in Series 56, 5 in Series 82)
- 6: Jamie Washington
- 6: Jack Welsby
- 6: Jamie Wing**
- 5: Philip Aston
- 5: John Brackstone
- 5: Steven Briers
- 5: James Burley
- 5: Jon Corby
- 5: Mark Deeks
- 5: George Greenhough
- 5: Lee Hartley
- 5: Paul Howe
- 5: Chris Hunt
- 5: Martin Hurst
- 5: Wesley Jardine
- 5: Andy Noden
- 5: Jon O'Neill
- 5: Samir Pilica
- 5: Charlie Reams
- 5: Moose Rosser
- 5: Matthew Shore
- 5: Kevin Steede
- 5: Ryan Styles
- 5: Matthew Tassier
- 5: Kevin Thurlow
- 5: Mark Tournoff
- 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.
