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

+Official maximum breaks achieved in professional competition  Date Season PlayerAge Opponent Event 1 81–82    Classic 2 82–83    World Championship 3 83–84    Masters 4 87–88    UK Championship 5 87–88 (2)    Matchroom League 6 88–89    European Open  7 88–89 (2)    Scottish Professional Championship 8 88–89 (3)  (2nd)   Matchroom League 9 90–91    World Masters 10 91–92    Strachan Open  11 91–92 (2)  (2nd)   British Open 12 91–92 (3)    World Championship 13 91–92 (4)    Matchroom League 14 91–92 (5)    Matchroom League 15 92–93  (2nd)   UK Championship 16 94–95    British Open  17 94–95 (2)  (2nd)   World Championship 18 95–96  (3rd)   UK Championship 19 96–97  (4th)   Charity Challenge  20 96–97 (2)    World Championship 21 97–98  (3rd)   China International 22 97–98 (2)  (5th)   Premier League 23 98–99    Thailand Masters  24 98–99 (2)    China International  25 98–99 (3)    British Open  26 98–99 (4)  (2nd)   Welsh Open 27 98–99 (5)    UK Tour – Event 3 28 98–99 (6)    UK Tour – Event 4 29 98–99 (7)    British Open 30 99–00  (6th)   British Open  31 99–00 (2)    Welsh Open  32 99–00 (3)  (3rd)   Grand Prix 33 99–00 (4)    Benson & Hedges Championship 34 99–00 (5)  (7th)   UK Championship 35 99–00 (6)    Nations Cup 36 99–00 (7)  (2nd)   Irish Masters 37 99–00 (8)    Scottish Open  38 99–00 (9)  (4th)   Scottish Open 39 00–01    Scottish Masters 40 00–01 (2)    Benson & Hedges Championship 41 00–01 (3)  (2nd)   UK Championship 42 00–01 (4)  (8th)   Malta Grand Prix  43 01–02  (5th)   LG Cup 44 01–02 (2)    Benson & Hedges Championship 45 02–03    Benson & Hedges Championship 46 02–03 (2)  (6th)   World Championship 47 03–04  (3rd)   LG Cup  48 03–04 (2)  (4th)   British Open 49 04–05  (5th)   Grand Prix 50 04–05 (2)    UK Championship 51 04–05 (3)    World Championship 52 05–06  (2nd)   Masters Qualifying Event 53 05–06 (2)    World Championship  54 06–07    Grand Prix 55 06–07 (2)    Masters 56 06–07 (3)    Welsh Open 57 07–08    Grand Prix  58 07–08 (2)    Grand Prix 59 07–08 (3)  (7th)   Northern Ireland Trophy 60 07–08 (4)  (8th)   UK Championship 61 07–08 (5)  (2nd)   China Open 62 07–08 (6)  (9th)   World Championship 63 07–08 (7)    World Championship 64 08–09  (2nd)   Shanghai Masters 65 08–09 (2)    Bahrain Championship  66 08–09 (3)    Bahrain Championship 67 08–09 (4)  (2nd)   UK Championship 68 08–09 (5)  (9th)   World Championship 69 09–10    Jiangsu Classic 70 09–10 (2)    China Open 71 10–11    Players Tour Championship – Event 1 72 10–11 (2)    Players Tour Championship – Event 3 73 10–11 (3)  (10th)   World Open  74 10–11 (4)    Rhein–Main Masters 75 10–11 (5)  (2nd)   Rhein–Main Masters 76 10–11 (6)    Prague Classic 77 10–11 (7)  (10th)   Welsh Open 78 11–12  (11th)   Paul Hunter Classic 79 11–12 (2)    German Masters  80 11–12 (3)  (2nd)   Players Tour Championship – Event 10  81 11–12 (4)    Players Tour Championship – Event 10 82 11–12 (5)    FFB Snooker Open 83 11–12 (6)  (3rd)   FFB Snooker Open 84 11–12 (7)  (4th)   Players Tour Championship – Event 11 85 11–12 (8)  (3rd)   Players Tour Championship – Event 11 86 11–12 (9)  (2nd)   World Open  87 11–12 (10)  (2nd)   World Championship  88 11–12 (11)  (11th)   World Championship 89 12–13  (3rd)   Wuxi Classic  90 12–13 (2)    Paul Hunter Classic 91 12–13 (3)  (6th)   Shanghai Masters  92 12–13 (4)  (2nd)   Bulgarian Open 93 12–13 (5)    UK Championship  94 12–13 (6)    UK Championship  95 12–13 (7)  (7th)   UK Championship 96 12–13 (8)  (2nd)   Scottish Open 97 12–13 (9)  (5th)   Players Tour Championship – Finals 98 12–13 (10)  (2nd)   Wuxi Classic  99 13–14    Antwerp Open100 13–14 (2)  (2nd)   UK Championship 101 13–14 (3)    German Masters  102 13–14 (4)    German Masters 103 13–14 (5)  (2nd)   Championship League 104 13–14 (6)  (3rd)   Gdynia Open 105 13–14 (7)  (12th)   Welsh Open  106 14–15    Paul Hunter Classic 107 14–15 (2)    Haining Open 108 14–15 (3)  (4th)   Ruhr Open 109 14–15 (4)  (13th)   UK Championship 110 14–15 (5)    Lisbon Open111 14–15 (6)  (2nd)   Championship League 112 14–15 (7)  (3rd)   Masters 113 14–15 (8)  (2nd)   German Masters 114 14–15 (9)    Championship League 115 15–16  (3rd)   UK Championship  116 15–16 (2)  (4th)   Gibraltar Open 117 15–16 (3)  (6th)   Welsh Open 118 15–16 (4)    Championship League 119 16–17    Paul Hunter Classic 120 16–17 (2)  (3rd)   Shanghai Masters 121 16–17 (3)  (5th)   European Masters  122 16–17 (4)    English Open 123 16–17 (5)  (8th)   Northern Ireland Open 124 16–17 (6)    UK Championship 125 16–17 (7)  (2nd)   German Masters  126 16–17 (8)    German Masters  127 16–17 (9)    Championship League 128 16–17 (10)  (3rd)   German Masters 129 16–17 (11)  (2nd)   Championship League 130 16–17 (12)  (3rd)   China Open 131 16–17 (13)  (2nd)   World Championship  132 17–18  (2nd)   English Open 133 17–18 (2)    International Championship 134 17–18 (3)    Scottish Open 135 17–18 (4)    Championship League 136 17–18 (5)    Championship League 137 17–18 (6)  (14th)   China Open 138 17–18 (7)  (4th)   China Open 139 17–18 (8)  (3rd)   World Championship  140 18–19    Paul Hunter Classic 141 18–19 (2)    Paul Hunter Classic 142 18–19 (3)  (2nd)   English Open 143 18–19 (4)  (15th)   English Open 144 18–19 (5)  (3rd)   Champion of Champions 145 18–19 (6)  (9th)   Scottish Open 146 18–19 (7)  (4th)   German Masters  147 18–19 (8)  (2nd)   Championship League 148 18–19 (9)  (4th)   Welsh Open 149 18–19 (10)    Welsh Open 150 18–19 (11)    Indian Open 151 18–19 (12)  (5th)   China Open 152 19–20  (4th)   International Championship  153 19–20 (2)  (5th)   English Open 154 19–20 (3)  (6th)   Northern Ireland Open 155 19–20 (4)  (3rd)   UK Championship 156 19–20 (5)  (2nd)   Welsh Open 157 19–20 (6)  (10th)   World Championship 158 20–21  (2nd)   Championship League 159 20–21 (2)  (11th)   Championship League 160 20–21 (3)  (6th)   German Masters  161 20–21 (4)  (5th)   Northern Ireland Open 162 20–21 (5)  (3rd)   UK Championship 163 20–21 (6)  (7th)   UK Championship 164 20–21 (7)  (2nd)   Scottish Open 165 20–21 (8)  (8th)   Championship League 166 20–21 (9)  (3rd)   WST Pro Series 167 21–22  (12th)   British Open 168 21–22 (2)  (3rd)   British Open 169 21–22 (3)    Scottish Open  170 21–22 (4)  (2nd)   Northern Ireland Open 171 21–22 (5)  (3rd)   German Masters  172 21–22 (6)  (4th)   UK Championship 173 21–22 (7)  (6th)   Turkish Masters  174 21–22 (8)  (9th)   Gibraltar Open 175 21–22 (9)  (2nd)   World Championship  176 21–22 (10)  (5th)   World Championship 177 22–23    European Masters  178 22–23 (2)    European Masters  179 22–23 (3)  (4th)   British Open 180 22–23 (4)  (5th)   Hong Kong Masters 181 22–23 (5)  (7th)   Champion of Champions  182 22–23 (6)  (8th)   Scottish Open 183 22–23 (7)  (3rd)   English Open 184 22–23 (8)  (3rd)   German Masters 185 22–23 (9)  (7th)   Welsh Open 186 22–23 (10)  (4th)   WST Classic 187 22–23 (11)  (3rd)   Tour Championship 188 22–23 (12)  (4th)   World Championship 189 22–23 (13)  (5th)   World Championship  190 23–24    European Masters  191 23–24 (2)  (4th)   International Championship  192 23–24 (3)  (2nd)   International Championship  193 23–24 (4)    UK Championship  194 23–24 (5)  (8th)   Snooker Shoot Out 195 23–24 (6)  (7th)   Masters 196 23–24 (7)  (3rd)   Masters 197 23–24 (8)  (5th)   Championship League 198 23–24 (9)  (13th)   Championship League 199 23–24 (10)  (5th)   Welsh Open 200 23–24 (11)    Championship League 201 23–24 (12)    World Open
Note: (Q) denotes maximums made during qualifying stages of events. (F) denotes maximums made in tournament finals.

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