Maximum Break
The maximum break in snooker under normal circumstances is 147. This is often known as a maximum, a 147, or verbally a one-four-seven, and is amassed by potting all fifteen reds with fifteen blacks for 120 points, followed by all six colours for a further 27 points.
No. | Date | Player | Age | Opponent | Event | |
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1 | 11 January 1982 | Steve Davis | 24 years, 142 days | John Spencer | ClassicTV | |
2 | 23 April 1983 | Cliff Thorburn | 35 years, 97 days | Terry Griffiths | World ChampionshipTV | |
3 | 28 January 1984 | Kirk Stevens | 25 years, 164 days | Jimmy White | MastersTV | |
4 | 17 November 1987 | Willie Thorne | 33 years, 258 days | Tommy Murphy | UK Championship | |
5 | 20 February 1988 | Tony Meo | 28 years, 139 days | Stephen Hendry | Matchroom League | |
6 | 24 September 1988 | Robidoux, AlainAlain Robidoux | 28 years, 61 days | Jim Meadowcroft | European Open (Q) | |
7 | 18 February 1989 | John Rea | 37 years, 75 days | Ian Black | Scottish Professional Championship | |
8 | 08 March 1989 | Cliff Thorburn(2) | 41 years, 51 days | Jimmy White | Matchroom League | |
9 | 16 January 1991 | James Wattana | 20 years, 364 days | Paul Dawkins | World Masters | |
010 | 05 June 1991 | Peter Ebdon | 20 years, 282 days | Wayne Martin | Strachan Open (Q) | |
011 | 25 February 1992 | James Wattana (2) | 22 years, 39 days | Tony Drago | British OpenTV | |
012 | 22 April 1992 | Jimmy White | 29 years, 356 days | Tony Drago | World ChampionshipTV | |
013 | 09 May 1992 | John Parrott | 27 years, 364 days | Tony Meo | Matchroom League | |
014 | 24 May 1992 | Stephen Hendry | 23 years, 132 days | Willie Thorne | Matchroom League | |
015 | 14 November 1992 | Peter Ebdon(2) | 22 years, 79 days | Ken Doherty | UK Championship | |
016 | 07 September 1994 | David McDonnell | 22 years, 331 days | Nic Barrow | British Open (Q) | |
017 | 27 April 1995 | Stephen Hendry (2) | 26 years, 104 days | Jimmy White | World ChampionshipTV | |
018 | 25 November 1995 | Stephen Hendry (3) | 26 years, 316 days | Gary Wilkinson | UK ChampionshipTV | |
019 | 05 January 1997 | Stephen Hendry (4) | 27 years, 358 days | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Charity ChallengeTV | |
020 | 21 April 1997 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 21 years, 137 days | Mick Price | World ChampionshipTV | |
021 | 18 September 1997 | James Wattana (3) | 27 years, 244 days | Pang Weiguo | China International | |
022 | 16 May 1998 | StephenStephen Hendry (5) | 29 years, 123 days | DKen Doherty | Premier LeagueTV | |
023 | 10 August 1998 | Adrian Gunnell | 25 years, 351 days | Mario Wehrmann | Thailand Masters (Q) | |
024 | 13 August 1998 | Mehmet Husnu | 26 years, 19 days | Eddie Barker | China International (Q) | |
025 | 13 January 1999 | Jason Prince | 28 years, 210 days | Ian Brumby | British Open (Q) | |
026 | 29 January 1999 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 23 years, 55 days | James Wattana | Welsh OpenTV | |
027 | 04 February 1999 | Stuart Bingham | 22 years, 259 days | Barry Hawkins | UK Tour – Event 3 | |
028 | 22 March 1999 | Nick Dyson | 29 years, 93 days | Adrian Gunnell | UK Tour – Event 4 | |
029 | 06 April 1999 | Graeme Dott | 21 years, 329 days | David Roe | British OpenTV | |
030 | 19 September 1999 | Stephen Hendry (6) | 30 years, 249 days | Peter Ebdon | British OpenTV | |
031 | 21 September 1999 | Barry Pinches | 29 years, 70 days | Joe Johnson | Welsh Open (Q) | |
032 | 13 October 1999 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) | 23 years, 312 days | Graeme Dott | Grand PrixTV | |
033 | 04 November 1999 | Karl Burrows | 31 years, 322 days | Adrian Rosa | Benson & Hedges Championship | |
034 | 22 November 1999 | Stephen Hendry (7) | 30 years, 313 days | Paul Wykes | UK ChampionshipTV | |
035 | 21 January 2000 | John Higgins | 24 years, 248 days | Dennis Taylor | Nations CupTV | |
036 | 24 March 2000 | John Higgins(2) | 24 years, 311 days | Jimmy White | Irish MastersTV | |
037 | 28 March 2000 | Stephen Maguire | 19 years, 15 days | Phaitoon Phonbun | Scottish Open (Q) | |
038 | 05 April 2000 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) | 24 years, 122 days | Quinten Hann | Scottish OpenTV | |
039 | 25 October 2000 | Marco Fu | 22 years, 291 days | Ken Doherty | Scottish MastersTV | |
040 | 07 November 2000 | David McLellan | 30 years, 302 days | Steve Meakin | Benson & Hedges Championship | |
041 | 19 November 2000 | Nick Dyson (2) | 30 years, 336 days | Robert Milkins | UK Championship | |
042 | 25 February 2001 | Stephen Hendry (8) | 32 years, 43 days | Mark Williams | Malta Grand PrixTV | |
043 | 17 October 2001 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) | 25 years, 316 days | Drew Henry | LG CupTV | |
044 | 12 November 2001 | Shaun Murphy | 19 years, 94 days | Adrian Rosa | Benson & Hedges Championship | |
045 | 28 October 2002 | Tony Drago | 37 years, 36 days | Stuart Bingham | Benson & Hedges Championship | |
046 | 22 April 2003 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) | 27 years, 138 days | Marco Fu | World ChampionshipTV | |
047 | 12 October 2003 | John Higgins(3) | 28 years, 147 days | Mark Williams | LG CupTV | |
048 | 12 November 2003 | John Higgins(4) | 28 years, 178 days | Michael Judge | British OpenTV | |
049 | 04 October 2004 | John Higgins(5) | 29 years, 139 days | Ricky Walden | Grand PrixTV | |
050 | 17 November 2004 | David Gray | 25 years, 282 days | Mark Selby | UK Championship | |
051 | 20 April 2005 | Mark Williams | 30 years, 30 days | Robert Milkins | World ChampionshipTV | |
052 | 22 November 2005 | Stuart Bingham (2) | 29 years, 185 days | Marcus Campbell | Masters Qualifying Event | |
053 | 14 March 2006 | Robert Milkins | 30 years, 8 days | Mark Selby | World Championship (Q) | |
054 | 23 October 2006 | Jamie Cope | 21 years, 41 days | Michael Holt | Grand Prix | |
055 | 14 January 2007 | Ding Junhui | 19 years, 288 days | Anthony Hamilton | MastersTV | |
056 | 15 February 2007 | Andrew Higginson | 29 years, 64 days | Ali Carter | Welsh OpenTV | |
057 | 19 September 2007 | BJamie Burnett | 32 years, 3 days | Liu Song | Grand Prix (Q) | |
058 | 14 October 2007 | Tom Ford | 24 years, 58 days | Steve Davis | Grand Prix | |
059 | 08 November 2007 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (7) | 31 years, 338 days | Ali Carter | Northern Ireland TrophyTV | |
060 | 15 December 2007 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (8) | 32 years, 10 days | Mark Selby | UK ChampionshipTV | |
061 | 29 March 2008 | Stephen Maguire (2) | 27 years, 16 days | Ryan Day | China OpenTV | |
062 | 28 April 2008 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (9) | 32 years, 145 days | Mark Williams | World ChampionshipTV | |
063 | 29 April 2008 | Ali Carter | 28 years, 279 days | Peter Ebdon | World ChampionshipTV | |
064 | 02 October 2008 | Jamie Cope (2) | 23 years, 20 days | Mark Williams | Shanghai MastersTV | |
065 | 29 October 2008 | Liang Wenbo | 21 years, 238 days | Gould, MartinMartin Gould | Bahrain Championship (Q) | |
066 | 08 November 2008 | Marcus Campbell | 36 years, 47 days | Ahmed Basheer Al-Khusaibi | Bahrain ChampionshipTV | |
067 | 16 December 2008 | Ding Junhui (2) | 21 years, 259 days | John Higgins | UK ChampionshipTV | |
068 | 28 April 2009 | Stephen Hendry (9) | 40 years, 105 days | Shaun Murphy | World ChampionshipTV | |
069 | 05 June 2009 | Selby, MarkMark Selby | 25 years, 351 days | Joe Perry | Jiangsu ClassicTV | |
070 | 01 April 2010 | Neil Robertson | 28 years, 49 days | Peter Ebdon | China OpenTV | |
071 | 25 June 2010 | Kurt Maflin | 26 years, 321 days | Michal Zielinski | Players Tour Championship – Event 1 | |
072 | 06 August 2010 | Barry Hawkins | 31 years, 105 days | James McGouran | Players Tour Championship – Event 3 | |
073 | 20 September 2010 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (10) | 34 years, 289 days | Mark King | World OpenTV (Q) | |
074 | 22 October 2010 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon | 16 years, 312 days | Barry Hawkins | Rhein–Main Masters | |
075 | 23 October 2010 | Mark Williams (2) | 35 years, 216 days | Diana Schuler | Rhein–Main Masters | |
076 | 19 November 2010 | Rory McLeod | 39 years, 238 days | Issara Kachaiwong | Prague Classic | |
077 | 17 February 2011 | Stephen Hendry (10) | 42 years, 35 days | Stephen Maguire | Welsh OpenTV | |
078 | 26 August 2011 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (11) | 35 years, 264 days | Adam Duffy | Paul Hunter ClassicTV | |
079 | 22 November 2011 | Mike Dunn | 40 years, 2 days | Kurt Maflin | German Masters (Q) | |
080 | 27 November 2011 | David Gray (2) | 32 years, 291 days | Robbie Williams | Players Tour Championship – Event 10 (Q) | |
081 | 29 November 2011 | Ricky Walden | 29 years, 18 days | Gareth Allen | Players Tour Championship – Event 10 | |
082 | 15 December 2011 | Matthew Stevens | 32 years, 95 days | Michael Wasley | FFB Snooker Open | |
083 | 15 December 2011 | Ding Junhui (3) | 24 years, 258 days | Brandon Winstone | FFB Snooker Open | |
084 | 17 December 2011 | Ding Junhui (4) | 24 years, 260 days | James Cahill | Players Tour Championship – Event 11TV | |
085 | 18 December 2011 | Jamie Cope (3) | 26 years, 97 days | Kurt Maflin | Players Tour Championship – Event 11 | |
086 | 14 January 2012 | Marco Fu (2) | 34 years, 6 days | Matthew Selt | World Open (Q) | |
087 | 11 April 2012 | Robert Milkins (2) | 36 years, 36 days | Xiao Guodong | World Championship (Q) | |
088 | 21 April 2012 | Stephen Hendry (11) | 43 years, 99 days | Stuart Bingham | World ChampionshipTV | |
089 | 01 July 2012 | Stuart Bingham (3) | 36 years, 41 days | Ricky Walden | Wuxi ClassicTV | |
090 | 24 August 2012 | Ken Doherty | 42 years, 342 days | Julian Treiber | Paul Hunter Classic | |
091 | 23 September 2012 | John Higgins(6) | 37 years, 128 days | Judd Trump | Shanghai MastersTV | |
092 | 16 November 2012 | Tom Ford (2) | 29 years, 91 days | Matthew Stevens | Bulgarian OpenTV | |
093 | 21 November 2012 | Andy Hicks | 39 years, 103 days | Daniel Wells | UK Championship (Q) | |
094 | 22 November 2012 | Jack Lisowski | 21 years, 150 days | Chen Zhe | UK Championship (Q) | |
095 | 05 December 2012 | John Higgins(7) | 37 years, 201 days | Mark Davis | UK ChampionshipTV | |
096 | 14 December 2012 | Kurt Maflin (2) | 29 years, 128 days | Stuart Carrington | Scottish Open | |
097 | 16 March 2013 | Ding Junhui (5) | 25 years, 349 days | Mark Allen | Players Tour Championship – FinalsTV | |
098 | 28 May 2013 | Neil Robertson (2) | 31 years, 106 days | Mohamed Khairy | Wuxi Classic (Q) | |
099 | 15 November 2013 | Judd Trump | 24 years, 87 days | Mark Selby | Antwerp Open | |
100 | 07 December 2013 | Mark Selby (2) | 30 years, 171 days | Ricky Walden | UK ChampionshipTV | |
101 | 11 December 2013 | Dechawat Poomjaeng | 35 years, 153 days | Zak Surety | German Masters (Q) | |
102 | 12 December 2013 | Gary Wilson | 28 years, 123 days | Ricky Walden | German Masters (Q) | |
103 | 08 January 2014 | Shaun Murphy (2) | 31 years, 151 days | Mark Davis | Championship League | |
104 | 09 February 2014 | Shaun Murphy (3) | 31 years, 183 days | Jamie Jones | Gdynia Open | |
105 | 02 March 2014 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (12) | 38 years, 87 days | Ding Junhui | Welsh OpenTV | |
106 | 22 August 2014 | Aditya Mehta | 28 years, 295 days | Stephen Maguire | Paul Hunter Classic | |
107 | 23 October 2014 | Ryan Day | 34 years, 214 days | Cao Yupeng | Haining Open | |
108 | 23 November 2014 | Shaun Murphy (4) | 32 years, 105 days | Robert Milkins | Ruhr OpenTV | |
109 | 04 December 2014 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (13) | 38 years, 364 days | Matthew Selt | UK ChampionshipTV | |
110 | 12 December 2014 | Ben Woollaston | 27 years, 212 days | Joe Steele | Lisbon Open | |
111 | 05 January 2015 | Barry Hawkins (2) | 35 years, 257 days | Stephen Maguire | Championship League | |
112 | 11 January 2015 | Marco Fu (3) | 37 years, 3 days | Stuart Bingham | MastersTV | |
113 | 06 February 2015 | Judd Trump(2) | 25 years, 170 days | Mark Selby | German Masters | |
114 | 10 February 2015 | David Gilbert | 33 years, 243 days | Xiao Guodong | Championship League | |
115 | 06 December 2015 | Neil Robertson (3) | 33 years, 298 days | Liang Wenbo | UK ChampionshipTV | |
116 | 11 December 2015 | Marco Fu (4) | 37 years, 337 days | Sam Baird | Gibraltar Open | |
117 | 19 February 2016 | Ding Junhui (6) | 28 years, 324 days | Neil Robertson | Welsh OpenTV | |
118 | 25 February 2016 | Fergal O'Brien | 43 years, 354 days | Mark Davis | Championship League | |
119 | 25 February 2016 | Fergal O'Brien | 31 years, 131 days | Maflin, Kurt | Paul Hunter Classic | |
120 | 20 September 2016 | Stephen Maguire | 35 years, 191 days | Yi Chen Xu | Shanghai Masters | |
121 | 28-Sep-16 | Shaun Murphy | 34 years, 49 days | Allan Taylor | European Masters (Q) | |
122 | 11-Oct-16 | Alfie Burden | 39 years, 302 Days | Daniel Wells | English Open | |
123 | 16 November 2016 | John Higgins | 41 years, 182 days | Sam Craigie | Northern Ireland Open tournament | |
124 | 27November 2016 | Mark Allen | 30 years, 279 days | Rod Lawler | UK Championship | |
125 | 8 December 2016 | Ali Carter | 37 years, 136 days | Wang Yuchen | German Masters(Q) | |
126 |
8 December 2016 |
Ross Muir | 21 years, 63 days | Itaro Santos | German Masters (Q) | |
127 | 10 January 2017 | Mark Davis | 44 years, 151 days | Neil Robertson | Championship League | |
128 | 1 February 2017 | Tom Ford | 33 years, 168 days | Peter Ebdon | German Masters | |
129 | 2 March 2017 | Mark Davis | 44 years, 202 days | John Higgins | Championship League | |
130 | 30 March 2017 | Judd Trump | 27 years, 222 days | Tian Pengfei | China Open | |
131 |
6 April 2017 |
Gary Wilson |
31 years, 238 days |
Josh Boileau |
World Championship (Q) |
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132 |
18 October 2017 |
Liang Wenbo |
30 years, 227 days |
Tom Ford |
English Open |
|
133 |
31 October 2017 |
Kyren Wilson |
25 years, 312 days |
Martin Gould |
International Championship |
|
134 |
12 December 2017 |
Cao Yupeng |
27 years, 46 days |
Andrew Higginson |
Scottish Open |
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135 | 26 January 2018 | Martin Gould | 36 years, 134 days | Li Hang | Championship League | |
136 | 26 March 2018 | Luca Brecel | 23 years, 18 days | John Higgins | Championship League | |
137 | 3 April 2018 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 42 years, 119 days | Elliot Slessor | China Open | |
138 | 4 April 2018 | Stuart Bingham | 41 years, 318 days | Ricky Walden | China Open | |
139 | 12 April 2018 | Liang Wenbo | 31 years, 38 days | Rod Lawler | World Championship | |
140 | 24 August 2018 | Michael Georgiou | 30 years, 218 days | Germany Umut Dikme | Paul Hunter Classic | |
141 | 24 August 2018 | Jamie Jones | 30 years, 191 days | Lee Walker | Paul Hunter Classic | |
142 | 16 October 2018 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 33 years, 181 days | Iran Soheil Vahedi | English Open | |
143 | 17 October 2018 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 42 years, 316 days | England Allan Taylor | English Open | |
144 | 8 November 2018 | Mark Selby (3) | 35 years, 120 days | Neil Robertson | Champion of Champions | |
145 | 12 December 2018 | John Higgins | 43 years, 208 days | Gerard Greene | Scottish Open | |
146 | 21 December 2018 | Judd Trump | 29 years, 123 days | Lukas Kleckers | German Masters | |
147 | 22 January 2019 | David Gilbert | 37 years, 224 days | Stephen Maguire | Championship League | |
148 | 12 February 2019 | Neil Robertson | 37 years, 1 day | Jordan Brown | Welsh Open | |
149 | 14 February 2019 | Noppon Saengkham | 26 years, 214 days | Mark Selby | Welsh Open | |
150 | 28 February 2019 | Zhou Yuelong | 21 years, 35 days | Lyu Haotian | Indian Open | |
151 | 03 April 2019 | Stuart Bingham | 42 years, 317 days | Peter Ebdon | China Open | |
152 | 17 June 2019 | Tom Ford (4) | 35 years, 304 days | Fraser Patrick | International Championship (Q) | |
153 | 17 October 2019 | Tom Ford (5) | 36 years, 61 days | Shaun Murphy | English Open | |
154 | 12 November 2019 | Stuart Bingham (6) | 43 years, 175 days | Lu Ning | Northern Ireland Open | |
155 | 27 November 2019 | Barry Hawkins (3) | 40 years, 218 days | Gerard Greene | UK Championship | |
156 | 11 February 2020 | Kyren Wilson (2) | 40 years, 218 days | Gerard Greene | Welsh Open |