Ronnie O'Sullivan has hit 15 of the 147 breaks ever hit
A look at the total number of 147 breaks ever scored in snooker history, who made them and videos of the best ones.
There have been 151 maximum breaks made in professional tournament snooker, with Steve Davis managing the first way back in 1982 and Ronnie O'Sullivan scoring the most with 15.
His maiden effort at the 1997 World Championship - in just five minutes 20 seconds - was undoubtedly the greatest of all time and you wonder if anyone will ever do it quicker.
The much lesser known David Gilbert hit the 147th maximum in the unfitting surroundings of a non televised Championship League event in January 2019 but if nothing else, it makes for a good pub quiz question.
Below we list all the 147 breaks in chronological order, the most prolific maximum scorers and a breakdown of how many have been hit year-by-year, but before then we've picked out some of our favourites - in no particular order - for you to watch.
Watch: Snooker's greatest 147 breaks
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mick Price, 1997 World Championship first round
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Selby, 2007 UK Championship semi-final
Ronnie O'Sullivan hit a 147 in the deciding frame against Mark Selby
Kirk Stevens v Jimmy White, 1984 Masters semi-final
Kirk Stevens hits a 147 against Jimmy White in the Masters
Cliff Thorburn v Terry Griffiths, 1983 World Championship second round
Cliff Thorburn's first ever Crucible maximum break
Steve Davis v John Spencer, 1982 Lada Classic quarter-finals
Steve Davis scores the first televised 147 in the Lada Classic
Stephen Hendry v Ronnie O’Sullivan, 1997 Charity Challenge final
Stephen Hendry managed a 147 against Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1997
Jimmy White v Tony Drago, 1992 World Championship first round
Jimmy White's 147 against Tony Drago at the Crucible
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Williams, 2008 World Championship quarter-finals
Ronnie O'Sullivan scored his second Crucible 147 against Mark Williams
Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White, 1995 World Championship semi-finals
Stephen Hendry fired in a maximum against Jimmy White in 1995
9. Neil Robertson v Liang Wenbo, 2015 UK Championship final
Neil Robertson scored a 147 in the UK Championship final
10. John Higgins v Gerard Greene, 2018 Scottish Open third round
John Higgins scored a maximum break against Gerard Greene in the 2018 Scottish Open
Snooker's official 147 breaks in history
- Steve Davis - 1982 Lada Classic
- Cliff Thorburn - 1983 World Championship
- Kirk Stevens - 1984 Masters
- Willie Thorne - 1987 UK Championship
- Tony Meo - 1988 Matchroom League
- Alain Robidoux - 1988 European Open
- John Rea - 1989 Scottish Championship
- Cliff Thorburn - 1989 Matchroom League
- James Wattana - 1991 World Masters
- Peter Ebdon - 1991 Strachan Professional
- James Wattana - 1992 British Open
- Jimmy White - 1992 World Championship
- John Parrott - 1992 Matchroom League
- Stephen Hendry - 1992 Matchroom League
- Peter Ebdon - 1992 UK Championship
- David McDonnell - 1994 British Open
- Stephen Hendry - 1995 World Championship
- Stephen Hendry - 1995 UK Championship
- Stephen Hendry - 1997 Charity Challenge
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1997 World Championship
- James Wattana - 1997 China International Challenge
- Stephen Hendry - 1998 Premier League
- Adrian Gunnell - 1998 Thailand Masters Qualifiers
- Mehmet Husnu - 1998 China International Qualifiers
- Jason Prince - 1999 British Open Qualifiers
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Welsh Open
- Stuart Bingham - 1999 UK Tour
- Nick Dyson - 1999 UK Tour
- Graeme Dott - 1999 British Open
- Stephen Hendry - 1999 British Open
- Barry Pinches - 1999 Welsh Open
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Grand Prix
- Karl Burrows - 1999 B&H Championship
- Stephen Hendry - 1999 UK Championship
- John Higgins - 2000 Nations Cup
- John Higgins - 2000 Irish Masters
- Stephen Maguire - 2000 Scottish Open
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2000 Scottish Open
- Marco Fu - 2000 Scottish Masters
- David McLellan - 2000 B&H Championship
- Nick Dyson - 2000 UK Championship
- Stephen Hendry - 2001 Malta Grand Prix
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2001 LG Cup
- Shaun Murphy - 2001 B&H Championship
- Tony Drago - 2002 B&H Championship
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2003 World Championship
- John Higgins - 2003 LG Cup
- John Higgins - 2003 British Open
- John Higgins - 2004 Grand Prix
- David Gray - 2004 UK Championship
- Mark Williams - 2005 World Championship
- Stuart Bingham - 2005 Masters Qualifying
- Robert Milkins -2006 World Championship Qualifying
- Jamie Cope - 2006 Grand Prix
- Ding Junhui - 2007 Masters
- Andrew Higginson - 2007 Welsh Open
- Jamie Burnett - 2007 Grand Prix
- Tom Ford - 2007 Grand Prix
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 UK Championship
- Stephen Maguire - 2008 China Open
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2008 World Championship
- Ali Carter - 2008 World Championship
- Jamie Cope - 2008 Shanghai Masters
- Liang Wenbo - 2008 Bahrain Championship Qualifying
- Marcus Campbell - 2008 Bahrain Championship
- Ding Junhui - 2008 UK Championship
- Stephen Hendry - 2009 World Championship
- Mark Selby - 2009 Jiangsu Classic
- Neil Robertson - 2010 China Open
- Kurt Maflin - 2010 Players Tour Championship event one
- Barry Hawkins - 2010 Players Tour Championship event three
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2010 World Open
- Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon - 2010 Rüsselsheim Open
- Mark Williams - 2010 Rüsselsheim Open
- Rory McLeod - 2010 Prague Open
- Stephen Hendry - 2011 Welsh Open
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
- Mike Dunn - 2011 German Masters
- David Gray - 2011 Players Tour Championship event ten
- Ricky Walden - 2011 Players Tour Championship event ten
- Matthew Stevens - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 12
- Ding Junhui - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 12
- Ding Junhui - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 11
- Jamie Cope - 2011 Players Tour Championship event 11
- Marco Fu - 2012 Haikou World Open Qualifiers
- Robert Milkins - 2012 World Championship Qualifiers
- Stephen Hendry - 2012 World Championship
- Stuart Bingham - 2012 Wuxi Classic
- Ken Doherty - 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
- John Higgins - 2012 Shanghai Masters
- Tom Ford - 2012 Bulgarian Open
- Andy Hicks - 2012 UK Championship Qualifiers
- Jack Lisowski - 2012 UK Championship Qualifiers
- John Higgins - 2012 UK Championship
- Kurt Maflin - 2012 Ravenscraig Open
- Ding Junhui - 2013 Players Championship
- Neil Robertson 2013 Wuxi Classic Qualifiers
- Judd Trump - 2013 Antwerp Open
- Mark Selby - 2013 UK Championship
- Dechawat Poomjaeng - 2013 German Masters Qualifying
- Gary Wilson - 2013 German Masters Qualifying
- Shaun Murphy - 2014 Championship League
- Shaun Murphy - 2014 Gdynia Open
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2014 Welsh Open
- Aditya Mehta - 2014 Paul Hunter Classic
- Ryan Day - 2014 Haining Open
- Shaun Murphy - 2014 Ruhr Open
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 2014 UK Championship
- Ben Woollaston - 2014 Lisbon Open
- Barry Hawkins - 2015 Championship League
- Marco Fu - 2015 Masters
- Judd Trump - 2015 German Masters
- David Gilbert - 2015 Championship League
- Neil Robertson - 2015 UK Championship
- Marco Fu - 2015 Gibraltar Open
- Ding Junhui - 2016 Welsh Open
- Fergal O'Brien - 2016 Championship League
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
- Stephen Maguire - 2016 Shanghai Masters
- Shaun Murphy - 2016 European Masters Qualifying
- Alfie Burden - 2016 English Open
- John Higgins - 2016 Northern Ireland Open
- Mark Allen - 2016 UK Championship
- Ali Carter - 2017 German Masters qualifiers (December)
- Ross Muir - 2017 German Masters qualifiers (December)
- Mark Davis - 2017 Championship League
- Tom Ford - 2017 German Masters
- Mark Davis - 2017 Championship League
- Judd Trump - 2017 China Open
- Gary Wilson - 2017 World Championship qualifiers
- Liang Wenbo - 2017 English Open
- Kyren Wilson - 2017 International Championship
- Cao Yupeng - 2017 Scottish Open
- Martin Gould - 2018 Championship League
- Luca Brecel - 2018 Championship League
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2018 China Open
- Stuart Bingham - 2018 China Open
- Liang Wenbo - 2018 World Championship Qualifiers
- Michael Georgiou - 2018 Paul Hunter Classic
- Jamie Jones - 2018 Paul Hunter Classic
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 2018 English Open
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2018 English Open
- Mark Selby - 2018 Champion of Champions
- John Higgins - 2018 Scottish Open
- Judd Trump - 2018 German Masters qualifiers
- David Gilbert - 2019 Championship League
- Neil Robertson - 2019 Welsh Open
- Noppon Saengkham - 2019 Welsh Open
- Zhou Yuelong - 2019 Indian Open
- Stuart Bingham - 2019 China 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
- Shaun Murphy - 5
- Judd Trump - 4
- Stuart Bingham - 4
- Marco Fu - 4
- Neil Robertson - 4
- Tom Ford - 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
- Barry Hawkins - 2
- Ali Carter - 2
- Mark Davis - 2
- Gary Wilson - 2
- David Gilbert - 2
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - 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: 4
TOTAL (so far): 150
