Find out details of the number of centuries made at the World Snooker Championship on every occasion in which the WST showpiece has been staged at Sheffield's iconic Crucible Theatre.
There are few finer sights in sport than witnessing a century break in snooker.
Made to look, at times, effortless, conducting a three-digit break requires pin-point cue accuracy, immaculate ball striking and precise cue ball control.
All of the big names have enjoyed century breaks at the Crucible over the years, with seven-time World Snooker Championship winner Ronnie O'Sullivan responsible for more of them than any other player in history.
But how many have been scored in each staging of the event since its inaugural outing in Sheffield back in 1977?
Find out the answer to that, together with details of the highest break made at each event, below...
Crucible Centuries
Total number of century breaks made at the Crucible, year-by-year, including details of highest break.
- 2025 - 107 (147, Mark Allen)
- 2024 - 63 (142, Jackson Page, Mark Williams & Ricky Walden)
- 2023 - 90 (147, Kyren Wilson & Mark Selby)
- 2022 - 109 (147, Neil Robertson)
- 2021 - 108 (144, Shaun Murphy)
- 2020 - 79 (147, John Higgins)
- 2019 - 100 (143, John Higgins)
- 2018 - 84 (146, John Higgins)
- 2017 - 74 (146, Ronnie O'Sullivan)
- 2016 - 86 (143, Kyren Wilson)
- 2015 - 86 (145, Neil Robertson & Stuart Bingham)
- 2014 - 58 (140, Neil Robertson)
- 2013 - 55 (143, Neil Robertson)
- 2012 - 71 (147, Stephen Hendry)
- 2011 - 74 (138, Mark King & Ding Junhui)
- 2010 - 60 (146 (Mark Allen & Graeme Dott)
- 2009 - 83 (147, Stephen Hendry)
- 2008 - 62 (147, Ronnie O'Sullivan & Ali Carter)
- 2007 - 68 (144, Ali Carter)
- 2006 - 46 (140, Ronnie O'Sullivan)
- 2005 - 63 (147, Mark Williams)
- 2004 - 55 (145, Joe Perry)
- 2003 - 53 (147, Ronnie O'Sullivan)
- 2002 - 68 (145, Matthew Stevens)
- 2001 - 53 (140, Joe Swail)
- 2000 - 54 (143, Matthew Stevens)
- 1999 - 53 (142, John Higgins)
- 1998 - 59 (143, John Higgins & Jimmy White)
- 1997 - 39 (147, Ronnie O'Sullivan)
- 1996 - 48 (144, Tony Drago & Peter Ebdon)
- 1995 - 30 (147, Stephen Hendry)
- 1994 - 35 (143, Alan McManus)
- 1993 - 35 (144, Steve Davis)
- 1992 - 25 (147, Jimmy White)
- 1991 - 31 (140, Jimmy White)
- 1990 - 18 (140, John Parrott)
- 1989 - 19 (141, Stephen Hendry)
- 1988 - 18 (140, Steve James)
- 1987 - 18 (127, Steve Davis)
- 1986 - 20 (134, Steve Davis)
- 1985 - 14 (143 (Bill Werbeniuk)
- 1984 - 8 (138, Rex Williams)
- 1983 - 18 (147, Cliff Thorburn)
- 1982 - 10 (143, Willie Thorne)
- 1981 - 13 (145, Doug Mountjoy)
- 1980 - 11 (136, Steve Davis & Kirk Stevens)
- 1979 - 13 (142, Bill Werbeniuk)
- 1978 - 7 (138, John Spencer)
- 1977 - 6 (135, John Spencer)
Most centuries at the Crucible (in a single World Snooker Championship)
- 109 century breaks (2022)
The 2022 World Snooker Championship produced more century breaks than any other previous installment of the competition, with a record 109 100+ breaks being compiled.
The tally, which included an outstanding 147 maximum from Neil Robertson, surpassed the previous record of 108 century breaks, which was set just 12 months earlier, by one!
