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Highest single score in the cue sport snooker
A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147 or, orally, a one‑four‑seven) is the highest possible break in snooker in normal circumstances and is
Maximum_break
List of breaks by English snooker player
centuries and maximum breaks, as well as the fastest maximum break of all time, in the professional sport of snooker. He also holds the highest break in professional
Maximum and century breaks made by Ronnie O'Sullivan
Maximum_and_century_breaks_made_by_Ronnie_O'Sullivan
Overview article
followed by potting all six colours. This "maximum break" of 147 rarely occurs in match play. The fastest maximum break in a tournament was achieved during the
Rules_of_snooker
English snooker player (born 1975)
first maximum break in professional competition. Compiled in a time of 5 minutes and 8 seconds, it remains the fastest competitive maximum break in snooker
Ronnie_O'Sullivan
English snooker tournament
+ £6,000 + £20,000). the 147th official maximum break. Ranking tournament. the 200th official maximum break. A one-off, round-robin, non-ranking edition
Championship_League
including the fastest maximum break in professional competition; the highest number of century breaks; the highest number of maximum breaks, and the most Triple
Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan
Professional_snooker_career_of_Ronnie_O'Sullivan
Professional snooker tournament
year's qualifiers—and 81 at the main stage. The highest break of the tournament was a maximum break by Chang Bingyu, the second of his professional career
2026 World Snooker Championship
2026_World_Snooker_Championship
Invitational snooker tournament
3–1 in the final. There were 173 century breaks made during the tournament, including five maximum breaks, made respectively by Chris Wakelin in his
2026 Championship League (invitational)
2026_Championship_League_(invitational)
Snooker tournament
earned two-thirds of the event's £50,000 maximum break prize, with the other third going to Un-Nooh. The maximums were O'Sullivan's first in almost seven
2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
2025_Saudi_Arabia_Snooker_Masters
Snooker tournament in Sheffield, England
second round, Mark Allen made the fifth maximum break of his career and the 15th in Crucible history. The maximums by Page and Allen took the season total
2025 World Snooker Championship
2025_World_Snooker_Championship
Annual professional snooker ranking tournament
have been staged and 30 players have won the Championship. Fifteen maximum breaks have been made in the history of the tournament, by eleven different
World_Snooker_Championship
Professional snooker tournament
century breaks. For the second time, after the 2008 event, two maximum breaks occurred at the main stage of the tournament: Kyren Wilson made a maximum in
2023 World Snooker Championship
2023_World_Snooker_Championship
Topics referred to by the same term
(Murat Boz album) "Maximum" (song), a song by Murat Boz Maximum (character), a fictional superhero published by DC Comics Maximum break in snooker is often
Maximum_(disambiguation)
Scottish snooker player (born 1969)
breaks include 11 maximum breaks, putting him in third place behind O'Sullivan (17) and John Higgins (13) for the most officially recognised maximums
Stephen_Hendry
March 2026 snooker competition in China
compiled a maximum break, the seventh of his professional career, in the penultimate frame of the final. It was the record-extending 23rd maximum of the season
2026_World_Open_(snooker)
Snooker non-ranking tournament in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
which could only be potted after a player had completed a maximum break of 147 to extend the break to 167 for a $1,000,000 bonus prize. The event features
Riyadh Season Snooker Championship
Riyadh_Season_Snooker_Championship
Canadian snooker player (born 1948)
At the 1983 tournament, Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break in a World Championship match, achieving the feat in his second-round
Cliff_Thorburn
Snooker tournament
break of the tournament, a maximum break in the fifth frame of his last-64 match against Xu Si. This was Un-Nooh's fourth competitive maximum break.
2023_WST_Classic
made nine maximum breaks and more than 1,000 century breaks in the professional sport of snooker. Trump has made nine official maximum breaks in professional
Maximum and century breaks made by Judd Trump
Maximum_and_century_breaks_made_by_Judd_Trump
Chinese snooker player (born 1987)
the title. During his career, he has compiled 700 century breaks, including seven maximum breaks, in professional play. He is the only Asian player to be
Ding_Junhui
Series of snooker tournaments
days, Ronnie O'Sullivan became the oldest player to record an official maximum break. At the 2026 Masters, aged 50 years and 245 days, John Higgins became
2025–26_snooker_season
English professional snooker player (1954–2020)
for his break-building ability and was among the first players to compile 100 century breaks in competitive play. He achieved a maximum break at the 1987
Willie_Thorne
Professional snooker tournament
Higgins made a maximum break in the 12th frame of his second-round loss to Kurt Maflin. This was Higgins' tenth career maximum break and his first at
2020 World Snooker Championship
2020_World_Snooker_Championship
English snooker player (born 1989)
break-building skills, he holds the record for the most century breaks achieved in one season, having made 107 in 2024–25, and has made nine maximum breaks
Judd_Trump
Snooker tournament
that could be potted only after a player had completed a maximum break to extend the break to 167. Any player who successfully potted the gold ball would
2025 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship
2025_Riyadh_Season_Snooker_Championship
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up break or breaks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Break or Breaks or The Break may refer to: Recess (break), time in which a group of people
Break
Cue sport
red. A break of 100 points or more is referred to as a century break; these are recorded over the career of a professional player. A maximum break in snooker
Snooker
Method of estimating the parameters of a statistical model, given observations
In statistics, maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is a method of estimating the parameters of an assumed probability distribution, given some observed
Maximum_likelihood_estimation
Professional snooker tournament
Quarter-finalist: £31,500 Last 16: £16,800 Last 32: £9,450 Highest break: £18,000 Maximum break: £147,000 Total: £1,260,000 There were nine rounds in the qualifying
1997 World Snooker Championship
1997_World_Snooker_Championship
Chinese snooker player (born 2003)
the semi-finals of the 2026 Masters on his debut and made his first maximum break in professional competition during the 2026 Championship League. At
Wu_Yize
2025 invitational snooker tournament
Ronnie O'Sullivan. The tournament produced 56 century breaks, of which the highest was a maximum break by Zhang Anda, the fourth of his career, in his second-round
2025_Shanghai_Masters
Professional snooker tournament
112: £5,000 Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000 Total: £2,395,000 A bonus of £40,000 was offered for a maximum break made at the Crucible
2024 World Snooker Championship
2024_World_Snooker_Championship
Snooker tournament
for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames. (Note a maximum break in six-red snooker is 75) Michael Holt Ryan Day Jimmy White "Six of
2009_Six-red_World_Grand_Prix
player had a break of 89 points." (Chiefly British; compare US run.) See also maximum break and century break. break and dish Same as break and run (chiefly
Glossary_of_cue_sports_terms
English snooker player (born 1991)
final. He has compiled more than 500 century breaks in professional competition, including five maximum breaks. During the 2009–10 season, Wilson won the
Kyren_Wilson
English snooker player (born 1982)
million in prize money and has compiled more than 700 century breaks, including ten maximum breaks. His highest world ranking was number three, which he maintained
Shaun_Murphy
Snooker tournament
produced a total of 63 century breaks, with a further 80 centuries made during qualifying. The highest was a maximum break by Xu Si in his second-round
2023_UK_Championship
Snooker tournament
128th official maximum break and the third of his career in the second frame of his 5–2 win over Peter Ebdon in the first round. Maximum breaks had already
2017_German_Masters
Thai snooker player (born 1985)
defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final, and made his seventh career maximum break of 147 during the match. Un-Nooh first entered the professional tour
Thepchaiya_Un-Nooh
Snooker tournament, held in China
in the final, and made a maximum break in the third frame. Ryan Day made the highest break in qualifying with a maximum break, the fourth in his career
2023 International Championship
2023_International_Championship
Northern Irish snooker player (born 1986)
over 700 century breaks in professional competition, including five maximum breaks. He is the only player to have made maximum breaks in all three Triple
Mark_Allen_(snooker_player)
Snooker tournament
produced 90 century breaks—29 in the qualifiers held in Leicester and 61 at the main stage in Wuhan—of which the highest were two maximum breaks. Xiao made the
2025_Wuhan_Open_(snooker)
Snooker tournament
Last 64: £5,350 Highest break: £5,000 Total: £850,000 In the qualifiers held in Leicester, Zhou Yuelong made the third maximum break of his career in the
2025_Xi'an_Grand_Prix
Professional ranking snooker tournament
These were the 15th and 16th maximums of the season, breaking the record of 15 set in the 2024–25 season. The highest break at the main stage was a 138
2025_UK_Championship
Snooker tournament
champion. The tournament produced 27 century breaks, including two maximum breaks. Ding Junhui made the first maximum in his first-round match against O'Sullivan
2024_Masters_(snooker)
Australian snooker player (born 1982)
UK Championship again in 2015, becoming the first player to score a maximum break in a triple crown final. He won the event for a third time in 2020,
Neil_Robertson
English snooker player (born 1985)
tournament against Ricky Walden in December, Wilson made his first maximum break in professional competition. He also performed successfully at the European
Gary_Wilson_(snooker_player)
English professional snooker player
rankings. He has made over 300 century breaks in professional competition. He compiled the only maximum break of his career at the 1992 World Championship
Jimmy_White
Snooker tournament
produced a total of 128 century breaks, 83 made in qualifying matches and 45 during the main stage. The highest was a maximum break compiled by Zhang Anda in
2024_UK_Championship
Snooker tournament
century breaks, of which the highest was a maximum break by Murphy in his semi-final match against Mark Allen. It was the sixth maximum break in Masters
2025_Masters_(snooker)
Achievement in snooker
normal circumstances, the highest possible century in snooker is 147 (a "maximum break"), composed of 15 reds (one point each), 15 blacks (seven points each)
Century_break
Snooker tournament, held in China
centuries during the tournament. Two maximum breaks were compiled at the event: Gary Wilson made the sixth maximum of his career during his 6–3 win over
2025 International Championship
2025_International_Championship
Professional snooker tournament
also made a maximum break in his third-round qualifying match against Pang Junxu, the second of his career and the fifth time that a maximum had been made
2022 World Snooker Championship
2022_World_Snooker_Championship
Snooker tournament, held June and July 2025
produced 109 century breaks (86 in stage one, 19 in stage two, and 4 in stage three), of which the highest was a maximum break by Fan Zhengyi in his
2025 Championship League (ranking)
2025_Championship_League_(ranking)
Professional snooker tournament
£2,350 Last 128: £1,475 Highest break (televised phase): £16,000 Highest break (qualifying rounds): £5,000 Maximum break: £147,000 Total: £1,132,000 The
1995 World Snooker Championship
1995_World_Snooker_Championship
January–February 2026 Snooker event, held in Germany
109 century breaks, 58 during the qualifying matches played in Sheffield and 51 at the main stage in Berlin. The highest was a maximum break by Zhang Anda
2026_German_Masters
Longest recorded life span
Maximum life span (or, for humans, maximum reported age at death) is a measure of the maximum amount of time one or more members of a population have
Maximum_life_span
Series of snooker tournaments
Snookerhallen in Stockholm from 4 to 6 October 2024. Zhao Xintong made a maximum break in his last-64 match against Shaun Liu, the first in a Q Tour event
2024–25_Q_Tour
Snooker tournament
first 147 break. John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break. It also
2012_UK_Championship
Snooker tournament
which could only be potted after a player had completed a maximum break of 147 to extend the break to 167. The event was broadcast locally in the Middle East
2024_World_Masters_of_Snooker
English snooker player (born 1976)
days. A prolific break-builder, Bingham has compiled over 600 century breaks during his career. He has scored nine career maximum breaks, tied with Judd
Stuart_Bingham
1993 comic book crossover
"Maximum Carnage" is a 14-part comic book crossover published in Marvel Comics' Spider-Man family of titles in 1993. It featured Spider-Man, Venom, and
Maximum_Carnage
Snooker tournament
frames. The event produced 82 century breaks, including two maximum breaks. Aaron Hill made the first maximum of his career during his second-round match
2025_English_Open_(snooker)
Professional snooker tournament
Qualification highest break: £2,250 Main stage highest break: £20,000 Qualification maximum break: £5,000 Main stage maximum break: £147,000 Total: £1,615
2002 World Snooker Championship
2002_World_Snooker_Championship
Snooker tournament
Last 112: £2,500 Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000 Total: £1,205,000 Michael Holt made the first maximum break of his professional career
2026_China_Open_(snooker)
English snooker and billiards player (1901–1978)
In 1955, Davis was the first player to make an officially recognised maximum break. He collapsed whilst watching his brother Fred play Perrie Mans in the
Joe_Davis
Professional snooker tournament
Last 48: £8,000 Last 64: £5,000 Televised stage highest break: £14,000 Televised stage maximum break: £147,000 Total: £1,121,800 The first round was played
2005 World Snooker Championship
2005_World_Snooker_Championship
Snooker tournament
century breaks were made during the main stage, and a further 41 in qualifying. Sean O'Sullivan made the tournament's highest break, a maximum break in his
2023_European_Masters
Professional snooker tournament
Hendry in the second round. Hendry made the highest break during the tournament, a maximum break of 147. Hendry, seven-time winner of the event, announced
2012 World Snooker Championship
2012_World_Snooker_Championship
Irish professional snooker player
the second maximum break of his career during his 5–2 win over Huang Jiahao at the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix, having made his first maximum break 23 days previously
Aaron_Hill_(snooker_player)
Chinese snooker player (born 1997)
over Shaun Liu in the last-64, Zhao became the first player to make a maximum break on the Q Tour. He won Q Tour Event 4 in Manchester in November, defeating
Zhao_Xintong
Snooker tournament
Shaun Murphy made the tenth maximum break in 2023 in his third round match against Daniel Wells. The eleventh maximum break was compiled by Gary Wilson
Welsh_Open_(snooker)
Snooker tournament
Wilson's fifth maximum break in professional competition and the 11th maximum in Welsh Open history. Mark Allen made the 600th century break of his professional
2024_Welsh_Open_(snooker)
Scottish snooker player (born 1975)
break at the 2024 English Open, becoming the second player, after O'Sullivan, to reach that milestone. He has made 13 officially recognised maximum breaks
John_Higgins
English snooker player (born 1957)
"Interesting". Davis was the first player to make an officially recognised maximum break in professional competition, which he achieved at the 1982 Classic,
Steve_Davis
Group of snooker players: Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, and Mark Williams
39 Triple Crown titles, 14 world titles, over 3,000 century breaks, and 33 maximum breaks—as well as their longevity as top-ranked players. O'Sullivan
Class_of_'92_(snooker)
Professional snooker tournament
500 Last 16: £22,000 Last 32: £15,000 Highest break: £22,000 Maximum break: £147,000 Highest pre-TV break: £5,000 Total: £1,682,900 The opening round was
2003 World Snooker Championship
2003_World_Snooker_Championship
Professional snooker tournament
Lisowski. However, in qualifying for the event, Liang Wenbo scored a maximum break of 147. The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament
2018 World Snooker Championship
2018_World_Snooker_Championship
Snooker tournament
Zhou Yuelong made a maximum break in his first round match with Peter Lines, and in 2021 Xiao Guodong made the first maximum break of his career in his
Scottish_Open_(snooker)
Hong Kongese snooker player
season. As a prolific break-builder, Fu has compiled over 500 century breaks in professional competition, including five maximum breaks. A cultural icon in
Marco_Fu
Snooker tournament
Main Tour. During the tournament Michael White compiled the fastest 75 maximum break in the group stage with 2 minutes and 28 seconds. Mark Davis won in
2009 Six-red World Championship
2009_Six-red_World_Championship
Series of fantasy young adult novels by James Patterson
Maximum Ride is a series of young adult science fantasy novels by American author James Patterson. The series centers on the adventures of Maximum "Max"
Maximum_Ride
English snooker player
Meo became the then-youngest person known to have made an unofficial maximum break of 147. He won the British under-19 title in 1978, as well as other
Tony_Meo
Snooker tournament
compiled a 147 maximum break. It was the first maximum break achieved in a tournament in Scotland, and was also his first competitive century break. The title
1989 Scottish Professional Championship
1989_Scottish_Professional_Championship
English snooker player (born 1991)
ranking title. Lisowski has made over 300 career century breaks, including one maximum break. Lisowski began playing "snooker" at the age of seven, using
Jack_Lisowski
Professional snooker tournament
tournament previously held jointly by Kyren Wilson and Matthew Selt. Three maximum breaks were made during the event, compiled by Jak Jones in Group 2, David
2025 Championship League (invitational)
2025_Championship_League_(invitational)
Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan 2015
official maximum break. This was Fu's third official 147 and the seventh maximum break in the 2014–15 season. It was also the third maximum break in Masters
2015_Masters_(snooker)
Topics referred to by the same term
Maximum break, the highest possible break in a single frame of snooker. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Maximum score
Maximum_score
6-red snooker tournament, held September 2019
10,500,000 baht, with 4,000,000 baht awarded to the winner. Only one maximum break of 75 was made during the event, by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. The event was
2019 Six-red World Championship
2019_Six-red_World_Championship
Snooker tournament
career. The event featured 32 century breaks, including two maximum breaks. Higgins made his 12th maximum break in professional competition in the first
2021_British_Open
English snooker player (born 1983)
2019. He has compiled more than 900 century breaks in professional competition, including six maximum breaks, one of which is the only one to have been
Mark_Selby
Series of snooker tournaments
winner receiving £3,000. In event 2 the £500 break prize went to the player with the fastest maximum break. The schedule for the Events 1 to 5 is listed
Pro_Challenge_Series
Snooker tournament
maximum break in professional competition in the 7th frame of his last 32 match against Ricky Walden. These were the 137th and 138th official maximum
2018_China_Open_(snooker)
Snooker tournament
tournament produced 72 century breaks, 26 in the qualifying rounds and 46 at the main stage, of which the highest was a maximum break by Xu Si in the second round
2025_Welsh_Open_(snooker)
Professional snooker tournament
over three sessions. Carter made a maximum break in his 13–9 win over Ebdon. His opponent came very close to a maximum of his own just a frame earlier,
2008 World Snooker Championship
2008_World_Snooker_Championship
Iranian snooker player (born 1994)
world ranking of 15 in October 2023. He compiled his first professional maximum break during the qualifying rounds of the 2022 European Masters. Vafaei has
Hossein_Vafaei
Snooker tournament
official maximum break during the match against Ricky Walden. This was Wilson's first 147 break. It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the
2014_German_Masters
Professional snooker tournament
Terry Griffiths, where he compiled a maximum break of 147 points, becoming the first player to make such a break in a World Championship match. The World
1983 World Snooker Championship
1983_World_Snooker_Championship
Snooker tournament
official maximum break in the third frame of his wildcard round match against Xu Yichen. It was Maguire's third professional maximum break. Ding Junhui
2016_Shanghai_Masters
Snooker tournament
140th official maximum break in the third frame of his last 128 match against Umut Dikme. It was Georgiou's first professional maximum break. Later on the
2018_Paul_Hunter_Classic
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n.
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.
n.
A brief reflection or maxim.
n.
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).
a.
Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
n.
Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
n.
The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum.
n.
An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
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A proposition; a maxim.
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Minimum.
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An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
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The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
n.
The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large.
v. t.
A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
a.
Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.
n.
In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
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A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.
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A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.
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of Minimum
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A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
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of Maximum