There have been 139 maximum breaks made in professional tournament play since Steve Davis managed the first way back in 1982.

Ronnie O'Sullivan, unsurprisingly, tops the charts with the most having delighted the crowds on 14 occasions, including the fastest ever at the 1997 World Championship.

Snooker's official 147 breaks in history
Steve Davis - 1982 Lada Classic
Cliff Thorburn - 1983 World Championship
Kirk Stevens - 1984 Masters
Willie Thorne - 1987 UK Championship
Tony Meo - 1988 Matchroom League
Alain Robidoux - 1988 European Open
John Rea - 1989 Scottish Championship
Cliff Thorburn - 1989 Matchroom League
James Wattana - 1991 World Masters
Peter Ebdon - 1991 Strachan Professional
James Wattana - 1992 British Open
Jimmy White - 1992 World Championship
John Parrott - 1992 Matchroom League
Stephen Hendry - 1992 Matchroom League
Peter Ebdon - 1992 UK Championship
David McDonnell - 1994 British Open
Stephen Hendry - 1995 World Championship
Stephen Hendry - 1995 UK Championship
Stephen Hendry - 1997 Charity Challenge
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1997 World Championship
James Wattana - 1997 China International Challenge
Stephen Hendry - 1998 Premier League
Adrian Gunnell - 1998 Thailand Masters Qualifiers
Mehmet Husnu - 1998 China International Qualifiers
Jason Prince - 1999 British Open Qualifiers
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Welsh Open
Stuart Bingham - 1999 UK Tour
Nick Dyson - 1999 UK Tour
Graeme Dott - 1999 British Open
Stephen Hendry - 1999 British Open
Barry Pinches - 1999 Welsh Open
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Grand Prix
Karl Burrows - 1999 B&H Championship
Stephen Hendry - 1999 UK Championship
John Higgins - 2000 Nations Cup
John Higgins - 2000 Irish Masters
Stephen Maguire - 2000 Scottish Open
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2000 Scottish Open
Marco Fu - 2000 Scottish Masters
David McLellan - 2000 B&H Championship
Nick Dyson - 2000 UK Championship
Stephen Hendry - 2001 Malta Grand Prix
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2001 LG Cup
Shaun Murphy - 2001 B&H Championship
Tony Drago - 2002 B&H Championship
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2003 World Championship
John Higgins - 2003 LG Cup
John Higgins - 2003 British Open
John Higgins - 2004 Grand Prix
David Gray - 2004 UK Championship
Mark Williams - 2005 World Championship
Stuart Bingham - 2005 Masters Qualifying
Robert Milkins -2006 World Championship Qualifying
Jamie Cope - 2006 Grand Prix
Ding Junhui - 2007 Masters
Andrew Higginson - 2007 Welsh Open
Jamie Burnett - 2007 Grand Prix
Tom Ford - 2007 Grand Prix
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 UK Championship
Stephen Maguire - 2008 China Open
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2008 World Championship
Ali Carter - 2008 World Championship
Jamie Cope - 2008 Shanghai Masters
Liang Wenbo - 2008 Bahrain Championship Qualifying
Marcus Campbell - 2008 Bahrain Championship
Ding Junhui - 2008 UK Championship
Stephen Hendry - 2009 World Championship
Mark Selby - 2009 Jiangsu Classic
Neil Robertson - 2010 China Open
Kurt Maflin - 2010 Players Tour Championship event one
Barry Hawkins - 2010 Players Tour Championship event three
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2010 World Open
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon - 2010 Rüsselsheim Open
Mark Williams - 2010 Rüsselsheim Open
Rory McLeod - 2010 Prague Open
Stephen Hendry - 2011 Welsh Open
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
Mike Dunn - 2011 German Masters
David Gray - 2011 Players Tour Championship event ten
Ricky Walden - 2011 Players Tour Championship event ten
Matthew Stevens - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 12
Ding Junhui - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 12
Ding Junhui - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 11
Jamie Cope - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 11
Marco Fu - 2012 Haikou World Open Qualifiers
Robert Milkins - 2012 World Championship Qualifiers
Stephen Hendry - 2012 World Championship
Stuart Bingham - 2012 Wuxi Classic
Ken Doherty - 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
John Higgins - 2012 Shanghai Masters
Tom Ford - 2012 Bulgarian Open
Andy Hicks - 2012 UK Championship Qualifiers
Jack Lisowski - 2012 UK Championship Qualifiers
John Higgins - 2012 UK Championship
Kurt Maflin - 2012 Ravenscraig Open
Ding Junhui - 2013 Players Championship
Neil Robertson 2013 Wuxi Classic Qualifiers
Judd Trump - 2013 Antwerp Open
Mark Selby - 2013 UK Championship
Dechawat Poomjaeng - 2013 German Masters Qualifying
Gary Wilson - 2013 German Masters Qualifying
Shaun Murphy - 2014 Championship League
Shaun Murphy - 2014 Gdynia Open
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2014 Welsh Open
Aditya Mehta - 2014 Paul Hunter Classic
Ryan Day - 2014 Haining Open
Shaun Murphy - 2014 Ruhr Open
Ronnie O'Sullivan 2014 UK Championship
Ben Woollaston - 2014 Lisbon Open
Barry Hawkins - 2015 Championship League
Marco Fu - 2015 Masters
Judd Trump - 2015 German Masters
David Gilbert - 2015 Championship League
Neil Robertson - 2015 UK Championship
Marco Fu - 2015 Gibraltar Open
Ding Junhui - 2016 Welsh Open
Fergal O'Brien - 2016 Championship League
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Stephen Maguire - 2016 Shanghai Masters
Shaun Murphy - 2016 European Masters Qualifying
Alfie Burden - 2016 English Open
John Higgins - 2016 Northern Ireland Open
Mark Allen - 2016 UK Championship
Ali Carter - 2017 German Masters qualifiers (December)
Ross Muir - 2017 German Masters qualifiers (December)
Mark Davis - 2017 Championship League
Tom Ford - 2017 German Masters
Mark Davis - 2017 Championship League
Judd Trump - 2017 China Open
Gary Wilson - 2017 World Championship qualifiers
Liang Wenbo - 2017 English Open
Kyren Wilson - 2017 International Championship
Cao Yupeng - 2017 Scottish Open
Martin Gould - 2018 Championship League
Luca Brecel - 2018 Championship League
Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2018 China Open
Stuart Bingham - 2018 China Open
Liang Wenbo - 2018 World Championship Qualifiers

Players who have made the most 147s
Players who have scored more than one

Ronnie O'Sullivan - 14
Stephen Hendry - 11
John Higgins - 8
Ding Junhui - 6
Shaun Murphy - 5
Stuart Bingham - 4
Marco Fu - 4
Tom Ford - 3
James Wattana - 3
Jamie Cope - 3
Neil Robertson - 3
Stephen Maguire - 3
Judd Trump - 3
Liang Wenbo - 3
Cliff Thorburn - 2
Peter Ebdon - 2
Nick Dyson - 2
Mark Williams - 2
David Gray - 2
Robert Milkins - 2
Kurt Maflin - 2
Mark Selby - 2
Barry Hawkins - 2
Ali Carter - 2
Mark Davis - 2
Gary Wilson - 2

Official 147 occurrence year by year:
1982: 1
1983: 1
1984: 1
1987: 1
1988: 2
1989: 2
1991: 2
1992: 5
1994: 1
1995: 2
1997: 3
1998: 3
1999: 10
2000: 7
2001: 3
2002: 1
2003: 3
2004: 2
2005: 2
2006: 2
2007: 6
2008: 7
2009: 2
2010: 7
2011: 9
2012: 11
2013: 6
2014: 8
2015: 6
2016: 10
2017: 8
2018: 3
TOTAL (so far): 137

Source- Sporting Life