Editing Maximum break (section)

===Multiple maximums===
More than one official maximum break has been compiled in the same event on more than twenty occasions. The first tournament with more than one maximum break was the [[1992 Matchroom League]], in which [[John Parrott]] and Stephen Hendry each made a 147 break.<ref name="Max 013 & 014" /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Maximums for Parrott and Hendry |magazine=[[Snooker Scene]] |publisher=Everton's News Agency |location=Birmingham |date=June 1992|page=34}}</ref> The first time that two maximum breaks were made in the same [[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] tournament was at the [[1999 British Open (1998/1999)|1999 British Open]], where [[Jason Prince]] made one during qualifying and [[Graeme Dott]] at the main event.<ref name="Max 025 & 029" /> This was repeated at the [[2000 Scottish Open (snooker)|2000 Scottish Open]], with [[Stephen Maguire]] in qualifying and Ronnie O'Sullivan at the main event.<ref name="Max 037 & 038" /> The [[2008 World Snooker Championship]] was the first event where two maximum breaks (by O'Sullivan and Carter) were televised.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7373388.stm |title=Carter hits historic Crucible 147 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=22 December 2011 |date=29 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811215603/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7373388.stm |archive-date=11 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Two maximum breaks (by Neil Robertson and [[Noppon Saengkham]]) were also televised at the [[2019 Welsh Open (snooker)|2019 Welsh Open]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14039/manbetx-welsh-open-2019 |title=ManBetX Welsh Open 2019 – Centuries |work=[[World Snooker Tour]] |date=11 February 2019 |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211051919/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14039/manbetx-welsh-open-2019 |archive-date=11 February 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Three official maximums at the same WPBSA ([[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]) event have been achieved four times. The first was at the [[2012 UK Championship]], when [[Andy Hicks]] and [[Jack Lisowski]] both compiled one each in qualifying and John Higgins compiled one in the televised stages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=198 |title=williamhill.com UK Championship (2012) |website=snooker.org |access-date=8 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726062636/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=198 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The second time was at the [[2017 German Masters]], where Ali Carter and [[Ross Muir]] both compiled one each during qualifying and [[Tom Ford (snooker player)|Tom Ford]] during the televised stages.<ref name="Max 128" /> The third time was at the [[2024 Championship League (invitational)|2024 Championship League]] by [[Kyren Wilson]] in Group 3,<ref name="Max 197" /> by John Higgins in Group 5,<ref name="Max 198" /> and by [[Joe O'Connor (snooker player)|Joe O'Connor]] in Group 7.<ref name="Max 200" /> The fourth time was at the [[2025 Championship League (invitational)|2025 Championship League]] by [[Jak Jones]] in Group 2,<ref name="Max 209" /> by [[David Gilbert (snooker player)|David Gilbert]] in Group 7,<ref name="Max 211" /> and by [[Mark Selby]] in the Winners' Group.<ref name="Max 212" />

[[Mark Davis (snooker player)|Mark Davis]] became the only player to make two official maximum breaks in professional competition at the same event when he compiled two 147s at the [[2017 Championship League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/higgins-takes-championship-league-in-double-ricoh-joy/ |title=Higgins takes Championship League in double Ricoh joy |work=Championship League Snooker |date=2 March 2017 |access-date=6 March 2017 |url-status=live |archive-date=6 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306174046/http://www.championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/higgins-takes-championship-league-in-double-ricoh-joy/}}</ref> The [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 12|2012 FFB Snooker Open]], 2017 German Masters and [[2018 Paul Hunter Classic]] are the only WPBSA events where two maximums were made on the same day.<ref name="Max 082 & 083" /><ref name="Max 125 & 126" /> Three maximum breaks were compiled on 8 February 1998 during the Buckley's Bitter Challenge, an unofficial event, by [[Matthew Stevens]], [[Ryan Day (snooker player)|Ryan Day]] and [[Tony Chappel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08022010/58/week-white-becomes-brown.html |last=Turner |first=Chris |title=On this Week: White becomes Brown |website=[[Yahoo!]] [[Eurosport]] |date=8 February 2010 |access-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213233058/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08022010/58/week-white-becomes-brown.html}}</ref> There have been at least five non{{nbh}}tournament matches where more than one maximum was compiled. [[Peter Ebdon]] compiled two maximum breaks during an 11{{nbh}}frame exhibition match at Eastbourne Police Club on 15 April 1996. In 2003 he also compiled two consecutive maximum breaks against Steve Davis in an exhibition match.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /><ref name="GS_147club" /> In 2009 Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled consecutive maximum breaks at an exhibition match in Ireland.<ref name="Sp_Life_147s">{{cite web |url=https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/how-many-147-breaks-in-snooker-have-been-made-and-who-made-them/35800 |title=How many 147 breaks in snooker have been made and who made them? |work=[[Sporting Life (British newspaper)|Sporting Life]] |first=Chris |last=Hammer |date=6 February 2025 |access-date=8 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208132458/https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/how-many-147-breaks-in-snooker-have-been-made-and-who-made-them/35800 |archive-date=8 February 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The only player known to compile more than two maximum breaks on a single occasion is [[Adrian Gunnell]], who compiled three maximums in four frames at a club in Telford in 2003 while practising against Ian Duffy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/PlayersAlphabeticalArticle/0,,13165~2233743,00.html |title=Adrian Gunnell |date=30 November 2010 |work=[[World Snooker Tour]] |access-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511002422/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/PlayersAlphabeticalArticle/0%2C%2C13165~2233743%2C00.html |archive-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Murphy grateful for Gunnell help |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=27 November 2009 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8381809.stm |access-date=27 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503010705/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8381809.stm |archive-date=3 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the only players to record maximum breaks in consecutive ranking events. Higgins made one during his defeat by Mark Williams in the [[2003 LG Cup (snooker)|LG Cup]] final, and then one in his second round match at the [[2003 British Open]].<ref name="Max 047" /><ref name="Max 048" /> O'Sullivan made one at the [[2007 Northern Ireland Trophy|Northern Ireland Trophy]] and another at the [[2007 UK Championship|UK Championship]] in 2007.<ref name="Max 059" /><ref name="Max 060" />

In the third round of the qualifying stage for the [[2025 World Snooker Championship|2025 World Championship]], [[Jackson Page]] made two maximum breaks in his 10{{nbnd}}2 win over [[Allan Taylor (snooker player)|Allan Taylor]], with the first in the eighth frame on 13 April 2025, and the second in the 12th frame on 14 April 2025.<ref name="Max 215" /><ref name="Max 216" /> becoming the first player ever to make two maximums in the same match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackson Page hits second 147 in match to create snooker history |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2025/0414/1507617-page-hits-second-147-in-match-to-create-snooker-history/ |website=[[RTÉ Sport]] |date=14 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025 |archive-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414162600/https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2025/0414/1507617-page-hits-second-147-in-match-to-create-snooker-history/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Page makes history with second 147 in same match |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/c86j0jj6nyvo |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=14 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025 |archive-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414161416/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/c86j0jj6nyvo |url-status=live}}</ref>