Century break

The most centuries by a player in a professional match is seven, a record held jointly by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui, and Trump.

Tony Drago made the fastest recorded century in tournament play at the 1996 UK Championship, when he took 3 minutes and 31 seconds to score 100 points.

This means that only a single century break is possible in a frame of snooker under a limited number of combinations, but it requires the potting of at least 25 consecutive balls (10 x (1 + 7) + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 100).

An exception exists if the opponent fouls and leaves the incoming player snookered on all the remaining reds.

This has happened only once in professional competition, when Jamie Burnett made a 148 at the qualifying stage of the 2004 UK Championship.

[6] By the end of the 2013–14 season, the total number of players reaching the 100 centuries threshold had increased to 52.

Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured) has scored the most century breaks in professional snooker tournaments at more than 1,200.
Snooker table with balls placed in their starting positions