Watch: 10 of the best 147 maximum breaks including Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest ever

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Last year, Eurosport ran a rather one-sided poll to discover the nation's favourite maximum break of all time and unsurprisingly the Rocket's record-breaking effort against Mick Price in 1997 came out on top.

O'Sullivan, who was just 21 at the time and four years away from his first of five Crucible crowns, compiled his break during a first-round victory and it won him a whopping £147,000.

It was clocked at five minutes 20 seconds at the time but in recent years it's been correctly altered to 5:08, which averages out at roughly 8.5 seconds per shot. To put that into perspective, that's over a minute quicker than the next fastest by O'Sullivan in 2003.

1. Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mick Price, 1997 World Championship first round

2. Kirk Stevens v Jimmy White, 1984 Masters semi-final

3. Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths, 1983 World Championship second round

4. Steve Davis v John Spencer, 1982 Lada Classic quarter-finals

5. Stephen Hendry v Ronnie O’Sullivan, 1997 Charity Challenge final

6. Jimmy White v Tony Drago, 1992 World Championship first round

7. Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Williams, 2008 World Championship quarter-finals

8. Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White, 1995 World Championship semi-finals

9. Neil Robertson v Liang Wenbo, 2015 UK Championship final

10. John Higgins v Gerard Greene, 2018 Scottish Open third round

How many 147 breaks have been made and who scored them?

There have been 146 maximums in professional snooker history, with Steve Davis managing the first in 1982 while Ronnie O'Sullivan has scored the most with 15.

This includes the fastest ever in five minutes 20 seconds at the 1997 World Championship - which was also the Rocket's maiden maximum.

Snooker's official 147 breaks in history

1. Steve Davis - 1982 Lada Classic
2. Cliff Thorburn - 1983 World Championship
3. Kirk Stevens - 1984 Masters
4. Willie Thorne - 1987 UK Championship
5. Tony Meo - 1988 Matchroom League
6. Alain Robidoux - 1988 European Open
7. John Rea - 1989 Scottish Championship
8. Cliff Thorburn - 1989 Matchroom League
9. James Wattana - 1991 World Masters
10. Peter Ebdon - 1991 Strachan Professional
11. James Wattana - 1992 British Open
12. Jimmy White - 1992 World Championship
13. John Parrott - 1992 Matchroom League
14. Stephen Hendry - 1992 Matchroom League
15. Peter Ebdon - 1992 UK Championship
16. David McDonnell - 1994 British Open
17. Stephen Hendry - 1995 World Championship
18. Stephen Hendry - 1995 UK Championship
19. Stephen Hendry - 1997 Charity Challenge
20. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1997 World Championship
21. James Wattana - 1997 China International Challenge
22. Stephen Hendry - 1998 Premier League
23. Adrian Gunnell - 1998 Thailand Masters Qualifiers
24. Mehmet Husnu - 1998 China International Qualifiers
25. Jason Prince - 1999 British Open Qualifiers
26. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Welsh Open
27. Stuart Bingham - 1999 UK Tour
28. Nick Dyson - 1999 UK Tour
29. Graeme Dott - 1999 British Open
30. Stephen Hendry - 1999 British Open
31. Barry Pinches - 1999 Welsh Open
32. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Grand Prix
33. Karl Burrows - 1999 B&H Championship
34. Stephen Hendry - 1999 UK Championship
35. John Higgins - 2000 Nations Cup
36. John Higgins - 2000 Irish Masters
37. Stephen Maguire - 2000 Scottish Open
38. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2000 Scottish Open
39. Marco Fu - 2000 Scottish Masters
40. David McLellan - 2000 B&H Championship
41. Nick Dyson - 2000 UK Championship
42. Stephen Hendry - 2001 Malta Grand Prix
43. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2001 LG Cup
44. Shaun Murphy - 2001 B&H Championship
45. Tony Drago - 2002 B&H Championship
46. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2003 World Championship
47. John Higgins - 2003 LG Cup
48. John Higgins - 2003 British Open
49. John Higgins - 2004 Grand Prix
50. David Gray - 2004 UK Championship
51. Mark Williams - 2005 World Championship
52. Stuart Bingham - 2005 Masters Qualifying
53. Robert Milkins -2006 World Championship Qualifying
54. Jamie Cope - 2006 Grand Prix
55. Ding Junhui - 2007 Masters
56. Andrew Higginson - 2007 Welsh Open
57. Jamie Burnett - 2007 Grand Prix
58. Tom Ford - 2007 Grand Prix
59. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy
60. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 UK Championship
61. Stephen Maguire - 2008 China Open
62. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2008 World Championship
63. Ali Carter - 2008 World Championship
64. Jamie Cope - 2008 Shanghai Masters
65. Liang Wenbo - 2008 Bahrain Championship Qualifying
66. Marcus Campbell - 2008 Bahrain Championship
67. Ding Junhui - 2008 UK Championship
68. Stephen Hendry - 2009 World Championship
69. Mark Selby - 2009 Jiangsu Classic
70. Neil Robertson - 2010 China Open
71. Kurt Maflin - 2010 Players Tour Championship event one
72. Barry Hawkins - 2010 Players Tour Championship event three
73. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2010 World Open
74. Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon - 2010 Rüsselsheim Open
75. Mark Williams - 2010 Rüsselsheim Open
76. Rory McLeod - 2010 Prague Open
77. Stephen Hendry - 2011 Welsh Open
78. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
79. Mike Dunn - 2011 German Masters
80. David Gray - 2011 Players Tour Championship event ten
81. Ricky Walden - 2011 Players Tour Championship event ten
82. Matthew Stevens - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 12
83. Ding Junhui - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 12
84. Ding Junhui - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 11
85. Jamie Cope - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 11
86. Marco Fu - 2012 Haikou World Open Qualifiers
87. Robert Milkins - 2012 World Championship Qualifiers
88. Stephen Hendry - 2012 World Championship
89. Stuart Bingham - 2012 Wuxi Classic
90. Ken Doherty - 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
91. John Higgins - 2012 Shanghai Masters
92. Tom Ford - 2012 Bulgarian Open
93. Andy Hicks - 2012 UK Championship Qualifiers
94. Jack Lisowski - 2012 UK Championship Qualifiers
95. John Higgins - 2012 UK Championship
96. Kurt Maflin - 2012 Ravenscraig Open
97. Ding Junhui - 2013 Players Championship
98. Neil Robertson 2013 Wuxi Classic Qualifiers
99. Judd Trump - 2013 Antwerp Open
100. Mark Selby - 2013 UK Championship
101. Dechawat Poomjaeng - 2013 German Masters Qualifying
102. Gary Wilson - 2013 German Masters Qualifying
103. Shaun Murphy - 2014 Championship League
104. Shaun Murphy - 2014 Gdynia Open
105. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2014 Welsh Open
106. Aditya Mehta - 2014 Paul Hunter Classic
107. Ryan Day - 2014 Haining Open
108. Shaun Murphy - 2014 Ruhr Open
109. Ronnie O'Sullivan 2014 UK Championship
110. Ben Woollaston - 2014 Lisbon Open
111. Barry Hawkins - 2015 Championship League
112. Marco Fu - 2015 Masters
113. Judd Trump - 2015 German Masters
114. David Gilbert - 2015 Championship League
115. Neil Robertson - 2015 UK Championship
116. Marco Fu - 2015 Gibraltar Open
117. Ding Junhui - 2016 Welsh Open
118. Fergal O'Brien - 2016 Championship League
119. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
120. Stephen Maguire - 2016 Shanghai Masters
121. Shaun Murphy - 2016 European Masters Qualifying
122. Alfie Burden - 2016 English Open
123. John Higgins - 2016 Northern Ireland Open
124. Mark Allen - 2016 UK Championship
125. Ali Carter - 2017 German Masters qualifiers (December)
126. Ross Muir - 2017 German Masters qualifiers (December)
127. Mark Davis - 2017 Championship League
128. Tom Ford - 2017 German Masters
129. Mark Davis - 2017 Championship League
130. Judd Trump - 2017 China Open
131. Gary Wilson - 2017 World Championship qualifiers
132. Liang Wenbo - 2017 English Open
133. Kyren Wilson - 2017 International Championship
134. Cao Yupeng - 2017 Scottish Open
135. Martin Gould - 2018 Championship League
136. Luca Brecel - 2018 Championship League
137. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2018 China Open
138. Stuart Bingham - 2018 China Open
139. Liang Wenbo - 2018 World Championship Qualifiers
140. Michael Georgiou - 2018 Paul Hunter Classic
141. Jamie Jones - 2018 Paul Hunter Classic
142. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 2018 English Open
143. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2018 English Open
144. Mark Selby - 2018 Champion of Champions
145. John Higgins - 2018 Scottish Open
146. Judd Trump - 2018 German Masters qualifiers
147. David Gilbert - 2019 Championship League
148. Neil Robertson - 2019 Welsh Open
149. Noppon Saengkham - 2019 Welsh Open
150. Zhou Yuelong - 2019 Indian Open
151. Stuart Bingham - 2019 China Open
152. Tom Ford - 2019 International Championship
153. Tom Ford - 2019 English Open
154. Stuart Bingham - 2019 Northern Ireland Open
155. Barry Hawkins - 2019 UK Championship
156. Kyren Wilson - 2020 Welsh Open

Players who have made the most 147s

Players who have scored more than one

• Ronnie O'Sullivan - 15
• Stephen Hendry - 11
• John Higgins - 9
• Ding Junhui - 6
• Stuart Bingham - 6
• Shaun Murphy - 5
• Tom Ford - 5
• Judd Trump - 4
• Marco Fu - 4
• Neil Robertson - 4
• Barry Hawkins - 3
• James Wattana - 3
• Jamie Cope - 3
• Stephen Maguire - 3
• Mark Selby - 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
• Ali Carter - 2
• Mark Davis - 2
• Gary Wilson - 2
• David Gilbert - 2
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 2
• Kyren 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: 12
• 2019: 9
• 2020: 1

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