List of snooker players with over 100 century breaks

Century of centuries refers to players who have achieved at least one hundred century breaks in professional snooker tournaments. The list also shows the number of seasons it took the player to compile a century of centuries and the number of maximum breaks the player has achieved.

Rank	Player	Number of Centuries	Seasons to Reach 100	Number of maximums
1	Stephen Hendry	746	6	9
2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	593	5	9
3	John Higgins	435	6	5
4	Steve Davis	316	10	1
5	Peter Ebdon	275	7	2
6	Jimmy White	274	12	1
7	Ken Doherty	267	7	0
8	Mark Williams	232	8	1
9	John Parrott	221	9	1
10	Anthony Hamilton	195	9	0
11	Marco Fu	188	8	1
12	Matthew Stevens	183	7	0
13	Ding Junhui	170	5	2
14	Shaun Murphy	159	9	1
15	Stephen Maguire	159	11	2
16	Alan McManus	150	10	0
17	Stephen Lee	142	11	0
18	James Wattana	141	9	3
19	Mark Selby	140	11	1
20	Ryan Day	137	10	0
21	Neil Robertson	129	11	1
22	Willie Thorne	126	19	1
23	Dave Harold	117	16	0
24	Stuart Bingham	116	13	2
25	Paul Hunter	114	9	0
26	Andy Hicks	113	15	0
27	Robin Hull	111	13	0
28	Darren Morgan	111	14	0
29	Ali Carter	107	14	1
30	Joe Perry	107	17	0
31	Tony Drago	104	25	1
32	Fergal O'Brien	103	18	0
Last updated on 23 April 2010.

Notes

• Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ding Junhui both took 5 seasons to reach 100 centuries, which is the shortest period of time in which this has occurred.
• Tony Drago took 25 seasons to score his 100th century, the longest such period.
• Every World Champion from 1987 is on this list with the exception of Graeme Dott, who was World Champion in 2006.
• Jimmy White is the player with the most centuries who has yet to win a world title, although he has reached 6 finals.
• Ken Doherty is the highest player on the list never to have made a maximum break, although he did miss the final black to complete a 147 during his defeat in the final of the 2000 Masters.
• Anthony Hamilton is the highest player on the list never to have won a ranking title.

References

• "Snooker's Leading Century Makers". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
• "The Game's Top 50 Century Makers". WPBSA. Retrieved 2010-04-23.