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Maximums

In total there have been 246 maximums in pro snooker. Here are the 92 players to have made at least one. See also our YouTube playlist with more than 160 of these breaks captured on video. See also players with ranking titles.

HR = Highest ranking; R = World Ranking; PEOSR = Provisional end-of-season ranking; W% = Win percentage (ranking events); WR = Women's Ranking
Name Nationality Born-Sort Born Died-Sort Died FirstSeasonAsPro-Sort First turned pro (# seasons ago) NumRankingTitles-Sort Ranking wins NumMaximums-Sort Maximums HighestRanking-Sort HR R-Sort R S-Sort S PEOSR-Sort PEOSR EO-Sort EO AO-Sort AO W%-Sort W% WR-Sort WR Wikipedia-Sort Wiki Twitter-Sort Twitter Homepage-Sort Home page
Aaron Hill Ireland -423 28.02.2002 (24) 2020 2020 (6) 0 2 2 40 40 41 41 41 41 34 34 999 999 58.33 58.33 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Aditya Mehta (a) India 5541 31.10.1985 (40) 2008 2008 (18) 0 1 1 40 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Adrian Gunnell (a) England 10357 24.08.1972 (53) 1994 1994 (32) 0 1 1 40 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Alain Robidoux (a) Canada 14770 25.07.1960 (66) 1987 1987 (39) 0 1 1 40 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Alfie Burden England 8784 14.12.1976 (49) 1994 1994 (32) 1 1 1 1 38 38 114 114 98 98 112 112 999 999 30.00 30.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_Burden Go ZZZZ
Ali Carter England 7831 25.07.1979 (47) 1996 1996 (30) 6 6 4 4 2 2 24 24 22 22 22 22 999 999 54.55 54.55 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Carter Go ZZZZ
Zhang Anda China 3295 25.12.1991 (34) 2009 2009 (17) 1 1 5 5 10 10 19 19 20 20 17 17 999 999 58.82 58.82 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Xintong Go ZZZZ
Andrew Higginson England 8420 13.12.1977 (48) 1996 1996 (30) 0 1 1 18 18 105 105 98 98 113 113 999 999 36.36 36.36 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Higginson_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Andy Hicks (a) England 10006 10.08.1973 (53) 1991 1991 (35) 0 1 1 18 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Barry Hawkins England 7924 23.04.1979 (47) 1996 1996 (30) 5 5 3 3 4 4 10 10 10 10 11 11 999 999 0.00 0.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Robertson Go ZZZZ
Barry Pinches (a) England 11130 13.07.1970 (56) 1989 1989 (37) 0 1 1 4 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Ben Woollaston England 4981 14.05.1987 (39) 2003 2003 (23) 0 1 1 25 25 43 43 39 39 67 67 999 999 33.33 33.33 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Chang Bingyu China -584 08.08.2002 (24) 2019 2019 (7) 0 3 3 47 47 47 47 48 48 23 23 999 999 80.00 80.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Bingyu Go ZZZZ
Chris Wakelin England 3213 16.03.1992 (34) 2013 2013 (13) 2 2 1 1 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wakelin Go ZZZZ
Cliff Thorburn (a) Canada 19344 16.01.1948 (78) 1972 1972 (54) 2 2 2 2 1 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
David Gilbert England 7143 12.06.1981 (45) 2002 2002 (24) 1 1 3 3 10 10 32 32 31 31 28 28 999 999 70.59 70.59 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilbert_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
David Gray (a) England 7997 09.02.1979 (47) 1996 1996 (30) 1 1 2 2 10 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
David McDonnell (a) Ireland 10675 11.10.1971 (54) 1991 1991 (35) 0 1 1 10 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
David McLellan (a) Scotland 11314 10.01.1970 (56) 1991 1991 (35) 0 1 1 10 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Dechawat Poomjaeng (a) Thailand 8210 11.07.1978 (48) 2011 2011 (15) 0 1 1 10 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Fergal O'Brien (a) Ireland 10526 08.03.1972 (54) 1991 1991 (35) 1 1 1 1 10 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Gary Wilson England 5622 11.08.1985 (41) 2004 2004 (22) 3 3 6 6 10 10 23 23 24 24 19 19 999 999 54.55 54.55 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wilson_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Graeme Dott (a) Scotland 8635 12.05.1977 (49) 1994 1994 (32) 2 2 2 2 2 2 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Dott Go ZZZZ
Xiao Guodong China 4343 10.02.1989 (37) 2007 2007 (19) 2 2 4 4 8 8 11 11 11 11 14 14 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao_Guodong Go ZZZZ
Hossein Vafaei Iran 2270 15.10.1994 (31) 2012 2012 (14) 1 1 1 1 15 15 27 27 28 28 26 26 999 999 66.67 66.67 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Vafaei Go ZZZZ
Jack Lisowski England 3478 25.06.1991 (35) 2010 2010 (16) 1 1 1 1 10 10 17 17 17 17 16 16 999 999 54.55 54.55 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lisowski Go ZZZZ
Jackson Page Wales -219 08.08.2001 (25) 2019 2019 (7) 0 2 2 32 32 39 39 35 35 37 37 999 999 60.00 60.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Page Go ZZZZ
Jak Jones Wales 2713 29.07.1993 (33) 2010 2010 (16) 1 1 1 1 14 14 29 29 32 32 24 24 999 999 57.14 57.14 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Yize Go ZZZZ
James Wattana (a) Thailand 11307 17.01.1970 (56) 1989 1989 (37) 3 3 3 3 14 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Jamie Burnett (a) Scotland 9239 16.09.1975 (50) 1992 1992 (34) 0 1 1 14 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Jamie Cope (a) England 5590 12.09.1985 (40) 2002 2002 (24) 0 3 3 14 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Jamie Jones Wales 4705 14.02.1988 (38) 2006 2006 (20) 0 1 1 27 27 63 63 63 63 72 72 999 999 44.44 44.44 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Jones_(snooker_player) Go facebook.com/thejoneskid147 Go
Jason Prince (a) Northern Ireland 11156 17.06.1970 (56) 1990 1990 (36) 0 1 1 27 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Si Jiahui China -556 11.07.2002 (24) 2019 2019 (7) 0 2 2 12 12 16 16 16 16 27 27 999 999 40.00 40.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_Jiahui Go ZZZZ
Jimmy White England 14124 02.05.1962 (64) 1980 1980 (46) 10 10 1 1 2 2 95 95 94 94 99 99 999 999 16.67 16.67 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_White Go jimmywhitesnooker.com Go
Joe O'Connor England 1881 08.11.1995 (30) 2018 2018 (8) 0 1 1 25 25 28 28 27 27 36 36 999 999 37.50 37.50 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_O%27Connor_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
John Higgins Scotland 9360 18.05.1975 (51) 1992 1992 (34) 33 33 13 13 1 1 5 5 5 5 7 7 999 999 0.00 0.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Higgins Go ZZZZ
John Parrott (a) England 13384 11.05.1964 (62) 1983 1983 (43) 9 9 1 1 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
John Rea (a) Scotland 17925 05.12.1951 (74) 1984 1984 (42) 0 1 1 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Judd Trump England 4152 20.08.1989 (36) 2005 2005 (21) 31 31 9 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 999 999 0.00 0.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judd_Trump Go facebook.com/juddtrump147 Go
Ding Junhui China 5024 01.04.1987 (39) 2003 2003 (23) 15 15 7 7 1 1 15 15 15 15 32 32 999 999 0.00 0.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Junhui Go ZZZZ
Karl Burrows (a) England 12069 17.12.1967 (58) 1991 1991 (35) 0 1 1 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Ken Doherty (a) Ireland 11429 17.09.1969 (56) 1990 1990 (36) 6 6 1 1 2 2 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Doherty Go ZZZZ
Kirk Stevens (a) Canada 15478 17.08.1958 (67) 1978 1978 (48) 0 1 1 2 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Kurt Maflin (a) Norway 6356 08.08.1983 (43) 2000 2000 (26) 0 2 2 2 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Kyren Wilson England 3297 23.12.1991 (34) 2010 2010 (16) 10 10 5 5 2 2 7 7 8 8 21 21 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyren_Wilson Go ZZZZ
Liam Highfield England 3684 01.12.1990 (35) 2010 2010 (16) 0 1 1 39 39 69 69 68 68 57 57 999 999 66.67 66.67 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Highfield Go ZZZZ
Liam Pullen England -1652 11.07.2005 (21) 2023 2023 (3) 0 1 1 66 66 66 66 66 66 59 59 999 999 22.22 22.22 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Pullen Go ZZZZ
Luca Brecel Belgium 2126 08.03.1995 (31) 2011 2011 (15) 4 4 1 1 2 2 42 42 44 44 64 64 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(snooker_player) Go luca-brecel.com/ Go
Marco Fu Hong Kong 8394 08.01.1978 (48) 1998 1998 (28) 3 3 5 5 5 5 68 68 69 69 61 61 999 999 46.15 46.15 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Fu Go ZZZZ
Marcus Campbell (a) Scotland 10328 22.09.1972 (53) 1991 1991 (35) 0 1 1 5 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Mark Allen Northern Ireland 5427 22.02.1986 (40) 2005 2005 (21) 12 12 5 5 1 1 12 12 12 12 9 9 999 999 -1 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Allen_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Mark Davis (a) England 10369 12.08.1972 (54) 1991 1991 (35) 0 2 2 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Mark Selby England 6406 19.06.1983 (43) 1999 1999 (27) 25 25 6 6 1 1 9 9 9 9 5 5 999 999 100.00 100.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Selby Go ZZZZ
Mark J Williams Wales 9418 21.03.1975 (51) 1992 1992 (34) 27 27 3 3 1 1 8 8 7 7 8 8 999 999 0.00 0.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Williams_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Martin Gould (a) England 7049 14.09.1981 (44) 2003 2003 (23) 1 1 1 1 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Matthew Selt England 5779 07.03.1985 (41) 2002 2002 (24) 1 1 1 1 20 20 44 44 43 43 46 46 999 999 58.33 58.33 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Selt Go ZZZZ
Matthew Stevens Wales 8513 11.09.1977 (48) 1994 1994 (32) 1 1 1 1 4 4 49 49 49 49 48 48 999 999 33.33 33.33 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Stevens Go ZZZZ
Mehmet Husnu (a) Cyprus 10387 25.07.1972 (54) 1991 1991 (35) 0 1 1 4 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Michael Georgiou (a) Cyprus 4732 18.01.1988 (38) 2008 2008 (18) 1 1 1 1 4 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Michael Holt England 8183 07.08.1978 (48) 1996 1996 (30) 1 1 1 1 20 20 50 50 51 51 49 49 999 999 66.67 66.67 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Holt_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Mike Dunn (a) England 10635 20.11.1971 (54) 1991 1991 (35) 0 1 1 20 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Neil Robertson Australia 6899 11.02.1982 (44) 1998 1998 (28) 26 26 5 5 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 999 999 66.67 66.67 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Robertson Go neilrobertson.net Go
Nick Dyson (a) England 11336 19.12.1969 (56) 1989 1989 (37) 0 2 2 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Noppon Saengkham Thailand 3092 15.07.1992 (34) 2010 2010 (16) 0 3 3 22 22 45 45 46 46 29 29 999 999 68.42 68.42 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noppon_Saengkham Go ZZZZ
Peter Ebdon (a) England 11085 27.08.1970 (55) 1991 1991 (35) 9 9 2 2 22 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Ricky Walden England 6626 11.11.1982 (43) 2000 2000 (26) 3 3 1 1 6 6 55 55 54 54 63 63 999 999 55.56 55.56 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Walden Go rickywalden.co.uk Go
Robert Milkins (a) England 9067 06.03.1976 (50) 1995 1995 (31) 2 2 3 3 12 12 999 999 999 999 999 20.00 20.00 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Ronnie O'Sullivan England 9159 05.12.1975 (50) 1992 1992 (34) 41 41 17 17 1 1 14 14 14 14 10 10 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_O%27Sullivan Go https://www.facebook.com/TheRealRonnieOSullivan Go
Rory McLeod (a) Jamaica 10874 26.03.1971 (55) 2001 2001 (25) 0 1 1 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Ross Muir Scotland 1914 06.10.1995 (30) 2013 2013 (13) 0 1 1 67 67 85 85 84 84 81 81 999 999 45.45 45.45 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Muir Go https://www.facebook.com/RossMuirSnooker/ Go
Ryan Day Wales 7589 23.03.1980 (46) 1998 1998 (28) 4 4 4 4 6 6 36 36 37 37 44 44 999 999 33.33 33.33 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Day_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Sean O'Sullivan England 2439 29.04.1994 (32) 2012 2012 (14) 0 1 1 73 73 105 105 98 98 120 120 999 999 33.33 33.33 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_O%27Sullivan_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Shaun Murphy England 6719 10.08.1982 (44) 1998 1998 (28) 13 13 10 10 3 3 6 6 6 6 4 4 999 999 66.67 66.67 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Murphy Go shaunmurphy.net Go
Xu Si China 1073 24.01.1998 (28) 2017 2017 (9) 0 3 3 34 34 34 34 34 34 40 40 999 999 41.67 41.67 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_O%27Connor_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Stephen Hendry (a) Scotland 11676 13.01.1969 (57) 1985 1985 (41) 36 36 11 11 1 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hendry Go https://www.youtube.com/@stephenhendryscuetips Go
Stephen Maguire Scotland 7234 13.03.1981 (45) 1998 1998 (28) 7 7 3 3 2 2 30 30 29 29 25 25 999 999 40.00 40.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Maguire Go ZZZZ
Steve Davis (a) England 15838 22.08.1957 (68) 1978 1978 (48) 28 28 1 1 1 1 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Stuart Bingham England 8991 21.05.1976 (50) 1995 1995 (31) 6 6 9 9 2 2 21 21 21 21 20 20 999 999 54.55 54.55 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Yize Go stuartbingham.com Go
T Tirapongpaiboon Thailand 2575 14.12.1993 (32) 2010 2010 (16) 0 1 1 67 67 99 99 98 98 106 106 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Jones_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand 5737 18.04.1985 (41) 2009 2009 (17) 2 2 7 7 15 15 18 18 18 18 13 13 999 999 28.57 28.57 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thepchaiya_Un-Nooh Go ZZZZ
Tom Ford England 6347 17.08.1983 (42) 2001 2001 (25) 1 1 5 5 13 13 35 35 36 36 50 50 999 999 57.14 57.14 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Ford_(snooker_player) Go ZZZZ
Tony Drago (a) Malta 12885 22.09.1965 (60) 1985 1985 (41) 0 1 1 13 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Tony Meo (a) England 15065 04.10.1959 (66) 1979 1979 (47) 1 1 1 1 13 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Liang Wenbo (a) China 5051 05.03.1987 (39) 2005 2005 (21) 1 1 3 3 13 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Willie Thorne (a) England 17105 04.03.1954 (72) 17.06.2020 1975 1975 (51) 1 1 1 1 13 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 ZZZZ ZZZZ
Zhao Xintong China 1369 03.04.1997 (29) 2016 2016 (10) 6 6 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Xintong Go ZZZZ
Wu Yize China -1016 14.10.2003 (22) 2021 2021 (5) 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Yize Go ZZZZ
Zhou Yuelong China 1073 24.01.1998 (28) 2014 2014 (12) 0 3 3 17 17 22 22 23 23 15 15 999 999 57.14 57.14 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Yuelong Go ZZZZ
Cao Yupeng (a) China 3719 27.10.1990 (35) 2011 2011 (15) 0 1 1 35 35 999 999 999 999 999 -1 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Yupeng Go ZZZZ
Zak Surety England 3377 04.10.1991 (34) 2014 2014 (12) 0 2 2 40 40 40 40 42 42 39 39 999 999 50.00 50.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Surety Go ZZZZ
Fan Zhengyi China -26 27.01.2001 (25) 2018 2018 (8) 1 1 2 2 29 29 57 57 57 57 55 55 999 999 70.00 70.00 999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Zhengyi Go ZZZZ

Average: 2,67 maximums;