- Career
- The record for most century breaks scored in official tournament plays is held by Stephen Hendry with 775.
- The first player to record 1000 centuries in public performance was Horace Lindrum.
- Season
- The first player to reach 50 centuries in a season was Stephen Hendry, with 53 century breaks from the 1994/1995 season.
- Hendry achieved another 51 centuries during the 1995/1996 season. Ronnie O'Sullivan came close with 48 in the 2006/2007 season, but it was not until the 2010/2011 season when the record was finally broken by Mark Selby with 54 centuries. Prior to the 2010/2011 season—the season that saw the Players Tour Championship
established—there were far fewer tournaments on the calendar, with
Hendry never having the chance to contest over one hundred matches,
unlike Selby did when he broke Hendry's record. Selby equalled Hendry's record at the 2011 World Snooker Championship during his second round tie with Hendry, and another century in his quarter-final match took his total for that season to 54 centuries. Selby went on to set a new record with 55 century breaks in the 2011/2012 season. Judd Trump took the record with 61 centuries in the 2012/2013 season and the record was broken for the fourth successive season in 2013/2014 when Neil Robertson overtook Trump's tally.
- The first player to reach the 'century of centuries' (100 century breaks) mark during a single season is Neil Robertson in the 2013/2014 season on 30 April 2014 during his quarter final match against Judd Trump at the 2014 World Snooker Championship. In total, Robertson compiled 103 century breaks throughout the season.
- Single event
- The most centuries in a single match during a professional
tournament is seven and was achieved by Stephen Hendry during the final
of the 1994 UK Championship.
During this match, Hendry compiled six centuries in a span of eight
frames, and was the first player to compile five centuries in seven
frames.
- Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for making the most centuries in a best-of-9 match compiling five centuries (including a 147) to beat Ali Carter 5–2 at the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy.
- The most century breaks in a ranking event is 16 centuries by Stephen Hendry during the 2002 World Championship.
- World Championship
- Ronnie O'Sullivan has compiled more century breaks than any other player in the World Championship competition at the Crucible Theatre. He broke Stephen Hendry's record of 127 at the 2013 championship, finishing the tournament on 131 centuries. At the 2014 World Snooker Championship O'Sullivan compiled thirteen more to extend his record to 144 century breaks.
- Only Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan have compiled six centuries each in a single World Championship match at the Crucible Theatre. Selby set the record in a second round match at the 2011 World Championship, which was also a record for a best-of-25 match.
O'Sullivan tied it when he compiled six centuries during the final of
the 2013 World Snooker Championship, setting a record for a world final
at the Crucible; the record for a final previously stood at five,
jointly held by Hendry (in 1997), John Higgins (1998) and Matthew Stevens (2000).
- The most total centuries during a single game at the World Snooker Championship is eight and was compiled by Hendry and Peter Ebdon during the 2002 final. This record was tied by Ronnie O'Sullivan and Barry Hawkins in the final of the 2013 World Snooker Championship.
- Consecutive
- There have been five consecutive centuries in a match on two
occasions. Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry made five consecutive
centuries between them during the final of the 2003 British Open, and Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson achieved the same feat at the 2009 Masters in the quarter-final. Stephen Maguire made five consecutive centuries at the 2004 British Open comprising the last three frames of his quarter final and the first two frames of the semi-final.
- Only three players have made four consecutive centuries in a match: John Higgins in the final of the 2005 Grand Prix, Shaun Murphy at the 2007 Welsh Open and Neil Robertson at the 2013 Ruhr Open.
- Fastest
The quickest recorded century break in tournament play was by Tony Drago. In the 1996 UK Championship, he took just 3 minutes 31 seconds (211 seconds) to score a hundred points.
