Maximum break

A **maximum break** is the highest break in snooker. It is also known as a **maximum**, a **147**, or a **one-four-seven**. To make the break, the player must play 36 shots in a row. Doing a maximum break is similar to a nine-dart finish in darts or a 300 game in ten-pin bowling.

## List of official maximum breaks

||Date|Season|Player|scope="col" style="width:3em;"|Age|Opponent|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||data-sort-value="1981,01"|81–82||||Classic||
||data-sort-value="1982,01"|82–83||||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="1983,01"|83–84||||Masters||
||data-sort-value="1987,01"|87–88||||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="1987,02"|87–88 <small>(2)</small>||||Matchroom League||
||data-sort-value="1988,01"|88–89||||European Open||
||data-sort-value="1988,02"|88–89 <small>(2)</small>||||Scottish Professional Championship||
||data-sort-value="1988,03"|88–89 <small>(3)</small>|(2nd)|||Matchroom League||
||data-sort-value="1990,01"|90–91||||World Masters||
||data-sort-value="1991,01"|91–92||||Strachan Open||
||data-sort-value="1991,02"|91–92 <small>(2)</small>|(2nd)|||British Open||
||data-sort-value="1991,03"|91–92 <small>(3)</small>||||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="1991,04"|91–92 <small>(4)</small>||||Matchroom League||
||data-sort-value="1991,05"|91–92 <small>(5)</small>||||Matchroom League||
||data-sort-value="1992,01"|92–93|(2nd)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="1994,01"|94–95||||British Open||
||data-sort-value="1994,02"|94–95 <small>(2)</small>|(2nd)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="1995,01"|95–96|(3rd)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="1996,01"|96–97|(4th)|||Charity Challenge||
||data-sort-value="1996,02"|96–97 <small>(2)</small>||||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="1997,01"|97–98|(3rd)|||China International||
||data-sort-value="1997,02"|97–98 <small>(2)</small>|(5th)|||Premier League||
||data-sort-value="1998,01"|98–99||||Thailand Masters||
||data-sort-value="1998,02"|98–99 <small>(2)</small>||||China International||
||data-sort-value="1998,03"|98–99 <small>(3)</small>||||British Open||
||data-sort-value="1998,04"|98–99 <small>(4)</small>|(2nd)|||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="1998,05"|98–99 <small>(5)</small>||||UK Tour – Event 3||
||data-sort-value="1998,06"|98–99 <small>(6)</small>||||UK Tour – Event 4||
||data-sort-value="1998,07"|98–99 <small>(7)</small>||||British Open||
||data-sort-value="1999,01"|99–00|(6th)|||British Open||
||data-sort-value="1999,02"|99–00 <small>(2)</small>||||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="1999,03"|99–00 <small>(3)</small>|(3rd)|||Grand Prix||
||data-sort-value="1999,04"|99–00 <small>(4)</small>||||Benson & Hedges Championship||
||data-sort-value="1999,05"|99–00 <small>(5)</small>|(7th)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="1999,06"|99–00 <small>(6)</small>||||Nations Cup||
||data-sort-value="1999,07"|99–00 <small>(7)</small>|(2nd)|||Irish Masters||
||data-sort-value="1999,08"|99–00 <small>(8)</small>||||Scottish Open||
||data-sort-value="1999,09"|99–00 <small>(9)</small>|(4th)|||Scottish Open||
||data-sort-value="2000,01"|00–01||||Scottish Masters||
||data-sort-value="2000,02"|00–01 <small>(2)</small>||||Benson & Hedges Championship||
||data-sort-value="2000,03"|00–01 <small>(3)</small>|(2nd)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2000,04"|00–01 <small>(4)</small>|(8th)|||Malta Grand Prix||
||data-sort-value="2001,01"|01–02|(5th)|||LG Cup||
||data-sort-value="2001,02"|01–02 <small>(2)</small>||||Benson & Hedges Championship||
||data-sort-value="2002,01"|02–03||||Benson & Hedges Championship||
||data-sort-value="2002,02"|02–03 <small>(2)</small>|(6th)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2003,01"|03–04|(3rd)|||LG Cup||
||data-sort-value="2003,02"|03–04 <small>(2)</small>|(4th)|||British Open||
||data-sort-value="2004,01"|04–05|(5th)|||Grand Prix||
||data-sort-value="2004,02"|04–05 <small>(2)</small>||||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2004,03"|04–05 <small>(3)</small>||||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2005,01"|05–06|(2nd)|||Masters Qualifying Event||
||data-sort-value="2005,02"|05–06 <small>(2)</small>||||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2006,01"|06–07||||Grand Prix||
||data-sort-value="2006,02"|06–07 <small>(2)</small>||||Masters||
||data-sort-value="2006,03"|06–07 <small>(3)</small>||||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2007,01"|07–08||||Grand Prix||
||data-sort-value="2007,02"|07–08 <small>(2)</small>||||Grand Prix||
||data-sort-value="2007,03"|07–08 <small>(3)</small>|(7th)|||Northern Ireland Trophy||
||data-sort-value="2007,04"|07–08 <small>(4)</small>|(8th)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2007,05"|07–08 <small>(5)</small>|(2nd)|||China Open||
||data-sort-value="2007,06"|07–08 <small>(6)</small>|(9th)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2007,07"|07–08 <small>(7)</small>||||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2008,01"|08–09|(2nd)|||Shanghai Masters||
||data-sort-value="2008,02"|08–09 <small>(2)</small>||||Bahrain Championship||
||data-sort-value="2008,03"|08–09 <small>(3)</small>||||Bahrain Championship||
||data-sort-value="2008,04"|08–09 <small>(4)</small>|(2nd)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2008,05"|08–09 <small>(5)</small>|(9th)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2009,01"|09–10||||Jiangsu Classic||
||data-sort-value="2009,02"|09–10 <small>(2)</small>||||China Open||
||data-sort-value="2010,01"|10–11||||Players Tour Championship – Event 1||
||data-sort-value="2010,02"|10–11 <small>(2)</small>||||Players Tour Championship – Event 3||
||data-sort-value="2010,03"|10–11 <small>(3)</small>|(10th)|||World Open||
||data-sort-value="2010,04"|10–11 <small>(4)</small>||||Rhein–Main Masters||
||data-sort-value="2010,05"|10–11 <small>(5)</small>|(2nd)|||Rhein–Main Masters||
||data-sort-value="2010,06"|10–11 <small>(6)</small>||||Prague Classic||
||data-sort-value="2010,07"|10–11 <small>(7)</small>|(10th)|||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2011,01"|11–12|(11th)|||Paul Hunter Classic||
||data-sort-value="2011,02"|11–12 <small>(2)</small>||||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2011,03"|11–12 <small>(3)</small>|(2nd)|||Players Tour Championship – Event 10||
||data-sort-value="2011,04"|11–12 <small>(4)</small>||||Players Tour Championship – Event 10||
||data-sort-value="2011,05"|11–12 <small>(5)</small>||||FFB Snooker Open||
||data-sort-value="2011,06"|11–12 <small>(6)</small>|(3rd)|||FFB Snooker Open||
||data-sort-value="2011,07"|11–12 <small>(7)</small>|(4th)|||Players Tour Championship – Event 11||
||data-sort-value="2011,08"|11–12 <small>(8)</small>|(3rd)|||Players Tour Championship – Event 11||
||data-sort-value="2011,09"|11–12 <small>(9)</small>|(2nd)|||World Open||
||data-sort-value="2011,10"|11–12 <small>(10)</small>|(2nd)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2011,11"|11–12 <small>(11)</small>|(11th)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2012,01"|12–13|(3rd)|||Wuxi Classic||
||data-sort-value="2012,02"|12–13 <small>(2)</small>||||Paul Hunter Classic||
||data-sort-value="2012,03"|12–13 <small>(3)</small>|(6th)|||Shanghai Masters||
||data-sort-value="2012,04"|12–13 <small>(4)</small>|(2nd)|||Bulgarian Open||
||data-sort-value="2012,05"|12–13 <small>(5)</small>||||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2012,06"|12–13 <small>(6)</small>||||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2012,07"|12–13 <small>(7)</small>|(7th)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2012,08"|12–13 <small>(8)</small>|(2nd)|||Scottish Open||
||data-sort-value="2012,09"|12–13 <small>(9)</small>|(5th)|||Players Tour Championship – Finals||
||data-sort-value="2012,10"|12–13 <small>(10)</small>|(2nd)|||Wuxi Classic||
||data-sort-value="2013,01"|13–14||||Antwerp Open||
||data-sort-value="2013,02"|13–14 <small>(2)</small>|(2nd)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2013,03"|13–14 <small>(3)</small>||||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2013,04"|13–14 <small>(4)</small>||||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2013,05"|13–14 <small>(5)</small>|(2nd)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2013,06"|13–14 <small>(6)</small>|(3rd)|||Gdynia Open||
||data-sort-value="2013,07"|13–14 <small>(7)</small>|(12th)|||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2014,01"|14–15||||Paul Hunter Classic||
||data-sort-value="2014,02"|14–15 <small>(2)</small>||||Haining Open||
||data-sort-value="2014,03"|14–15 <small>(3)</small>|(4th)|||Ruhr Open||
||data-sort-value="2014,04"|14–15 <small>(4)</small>|(13th)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2014,05"|14–15 <small>(5)</small>||||Lisbon Open||
||data-sort-value="2014,06"|14–15 <small>(6)</small>|(2nd)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2014,07"|14–15 <small>(7)</small>|(3rd)|||Masters||
||data-sort-value="2014,08"|14–15 <small>(8)</small>|(2nd)|||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2014,09"|14–15 <small>(9)</small>||||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2015,01"|15–16|(3rd)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2015,02"|15–16 <small>(2)</small>|(4th)|||Gibraltar Open||
||data-sort-value="2015,03"|15–16 <small>(3)</small>|(6th)|||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2015,04"|15–16 <small>(4)</small>||||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2016,01"|16–17||||Paul Hunter Classic||
||data-sort-value="2016,02"|16–17 <small>(2)</small>|(3rd)|||Shanghai Masters||
||data-sort-value="2016,03"|16–17 <small>(3)</small>|(5th)|||European Masters||
||data-sort-value="2016,04"|16–17 <small>(4)</small>||||English Open||
||data-sort-value="2016,05"|16–17 <small>(5)</small>|(8th)|||Northern Ireland Open||
||data-sort-value="2016,06"|16–17 <small>(6)</small>||||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2016,07"|16–17 <small>(7)</small>|(2nd)|||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2016,08"|16–17 <small>(8)</small>||||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2016,09"|16–17 <small>(9)</small>||||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2016,10"|16–17 <small>(10)</small>|(3rd)|||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2016,11"|16–17 <small>(11)</small>|(2nd)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2016,12"|16–17 <small>(12)</small>|(3rd)|||China Open||
||data-sort-value="2016,13"|16–17 <small>(13)</small>|(2nd)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2017,01"|17–18|(2nd)|||English Open||
||data-sort-value="2017,02"|17–18 <small>(2)</small>||||International Championship||
||data-sort-value="2017,03"|17–18 <small>(3)</small>||||Scottish Open||
||data-sort-value="2017,04"|17–18 <small>(4)</small>||||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2017,05"|17–18 <small>(5)</small>||||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2017,06"|17–18 <small>(6)</small>|(14th)|||China Open||
||data-sort-value="2017,07"|17–18 <small>(7)</small>|(4th)|||China Open||
||data-sort-value="2017,08"|17–18 <small>(8)</small>|(3rd)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2018,01"|18–19||||Paul Hunter Classic||
||data-sort-value="2018,02"|18–19 <small>(2)</small>||||Paul Hunter Classic||
||data-sort-value="2018,03"|18–19 <small>(3)</small>|(2nd)|||English Open||
||data-sort-value="2018,04"|18–19 <small>(4)</small>|(15th)|||English Open||
||data-sort-value="2018,05"|18–19 <small>(5)</small>|(3rd)|||Champion of Champions||
||data-sort-value="2018,06"|18–19 <small>(6)</small>|(9th)|||Scottish Open||
||data-sort-value="2018,07"|18–19 <small>(7)</small>|(4th)|||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2018,08"|18–19 <small>(8)</small>|(2nd)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2018,09"|18–19 <small>(9)</small>|(4th)|||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2018,10"|18–19 <small>(10)</small>||||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2018,11"|18–19 <small>(11)</small>||||Indian Open||
||data-sort-value="2018,12"|18–19 <small>(12)</small>|(5th)|||China Open||
||data-sort-value="2019,01"|19–20|(4th)|||International Championship||
||data-sort-value="2019,02"|19–20 <small>(2)</small>|(5th)|||English Open||
||data-sort-value="2019,03"|19–20 <small>(3)</small>|(6th)|||Northern Ireland Open||
||data-sort-value="2019,04"|19–20 <small>(4)</small>|(3rd)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2019,05"|19–20 <small>(5)</small>|(2nd)|||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2019,06"|19–20 <small>(6)</small>|(10th)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2020,01"|20–21|(2nd)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2020,02"|20–21 <small>(2)</small>|(11th)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2020,03"|20–21 <small>(3)</small>|(6th)|||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2020,04"|20–21 <small>(4)</small>|(5th)|||Northern Ireland Open||
||data-sort-value="2020,05"|20–21 <small>(5)</small>|(3rd)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2020,06"|20–21 <small>(6)</small>|(7th)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2020,07"|20–21 <small>(7)</small>|(2nd)|||Scottish Open||
||data-sort-value="2020,08"|20–21 <small>(8)</small>|(8th)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2020,09"|20–21 <small>(9)</small>|(3rd)|||WST Pro Series||
||data-sort-value="2021,01"|21–22|(12th)|||British Open||
||data-sort-value="2021,02"|21–22 <small>(2)</small>|(3rd)|||British Open||
||data-sort-value="2021,03"|21–22 <small>(3)</small>||||Scottish Open||
||data-sort-value="2021,04"|21–22 <small>(4)</small>|(2nd)|||Northern Ireland Open||
||data-sort-value="2021,05"|21–22 <small>(5)</small>|(3rd)|||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2021,06"|21–22 <small>(6)</small>|(4th)|||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2021,07"|21–22 <small>(7)</small>|(6th)|||Turkish Masters||
||data-sort-value="2021,08"|21–22 <small>(8)</small>|(9th)|||Gibraltar Open||
||data-sort-value="2021,09"|21–22 <small>(9)</small>|(2nd)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2021,10"|21–22 <small>(10)</small>|(5th)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2022,01"|22–23||||European Masters||
||data-sort-value="2022,02"|22–23 <small>(2)</small>||||European Masters||
||data-sort-value="2022,03"|22–23 <small>(3)</small>|(4th)|||British Open||
||data-sort-value="2022,04"|22–23 <small>(4)</small>|(5th)|||Hong Kong Masters||
||data-sort-value="2022,05"|22–23 <small>(5)</small>|(7th)|||Champion of Champions||
||data-sort-value="2022,06"|22–23 <small>(6)</small>|(8th)|||Scottish Open||
||data-sort-value="2022,07"|22–23 <small>(7)</small>|(3rd)|||English Open||
||data-sort-value="2022,08"|22–23 <small>(8)</small>|(3rd)|||German Masters||
||data-sort-value="2022,09"|22–23 <small>(9)</small>|(7th)|||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2022,10"|22–23 <small>(10)</small>|(4th)|||WST Classic||
||data-sort-value="2022,11"|22–23 <small>(11)</small>|(3rd)|||Tour Championship||
||data-sort-value="2022,12"|22–23 <small>(12)</small>|(4th)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2022,13"|22–23 <small>(13)</small>|(5th)|||World Championship||
||data-sort-value="2023,01"|23–24||||European Masters||
||data-sort-value="2023,02"|23–24 <small>(2)</small>|(4th)|||International Championship||
||data-sort-value="2023,03"|23–24 <small>(3)</small>|(2nd)|||International Championship||
||data-sort-value="2023,04"|23–24 <small>(4)</small>||||UK Championship||
||data-sort-value="2023,05"|23–24 <small>(5)</small>|(8th)|||Snooker Shoot Out||
||data-sort-value="2023,06"|23–24 <small>(6)</small>|(7th)|||Masters||
||data-sort-value="2023,07"|23–24 <small>(7)</small>|(3rd)|||Masters||
||data-sort-value="2023,08"|23–24 <small>(8)</small>|(5th)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2023,09"|23–24 <small>(9)</small>|(13th)|||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2023,10"|23–24 <small>(10)</small>|(5th)|||Welsh Open||
||data-sort-value="2023,11"|23–24 <small>(11)</small>||||Championship League||
||data-sort-value="2023,12"|23–24 <small>(12)</small>||||World Open||
**Note:** (Q) denotes maximums made during qualifying stages of events. (F) denotes maximums made in tournament finals.