Editing Maximum break (section)

==Breaks exceeding 147==
A break higher than 147 can be achieved when an opponent {{Cuegloss|Foul|fouls}} before any reds are potted, and leaves the incoming player {{Cuegloss|Snooker|snookered}} on all 15 reds. The player can nominate one of the other {{Cuegloss|Colour ball|colours}} as a red, known as a {{cuegloss|free ball}}, which carries the same value as a red for just that shot. If the free ball is potted, the referee places this coloured ball back on its original location, de facto creating a setup as if there were 16 reds in total, thus creating a potential maximum break of 155 if a player starts from a free ball position.<ref name="Max 100" />

In October 2004, during qualifying for the [[2004 UK Championship|UK Championship]], [[Jamie Burnett]] became the only player to record a break of more than 147 in tournament play, when he scored 148 against [[Leo Fernandez]]. He took the brown as the free ball, then potted the brown again followed by the 15 reds with 12 blacks, two pinks and a blue, then the six colours.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /><ref name="Burnett_148_Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/oct/18/snooker.cliveeverton |title=Burnett's break goes one better |last=Everton |first=Clive |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 October 2004 |access-date=9 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906163408/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/oct/18/snooker.cliveeverton |archive-date=6 September 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Burnett_148_BBC">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/3750162.stm |title=Scot Burnett compiles 148 break |date=16 October 2004 |access-date=12 December 2019 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115151320/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/3750162.stm |archive-date=15 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Some breaks exceeding 147 have been reported in non{{nbh}}tournament settings:
* A 151 is reported to have been compiled by Wally West against Butch Rogers in West London's Hounslow Luciana snooker club during a club match in 1976. After Rogers fouled, West took the green as his free ball followed by the brown. He then took 14 reds and blacks and a pink off the last red. He then cleared up to make the 151.<ref name="snooker.org_Records">{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/Plr/records.shtml |title=Snooker world records |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=snooker.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315092741/https://www.snooker.org/plr/records.shtml |archive-date=15 March 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1714209.html |title=So farewell Wally West |date=2 November 2002 |access-date=18 May 2009 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |via=HighBeam Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025150336/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1714209.html |archive-date=25 October 2012}}</ref>
* In April 1988 [[Steve Duggan]] made a 148 in a practice frame against [[Mark Rowing]] in [[Doncaster]].<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /><ref name="Independent_Q&A">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-tide-turns-at-st-helens-1586952.html |title=The tide turns at St Helen's |date=15 June 1995 |access-date=21 May 2009 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102193851/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-tide-turns-at-st-helens-1586952.html |archive-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 1993 [[Stephen Hendry]] made a 148 in a practice match against [[Alfred Burden|Alfie Burden]].<ref name="snooker.org_Records" />
* In 1995 [[Tony Drago]] made a 149 in practice against Nick Manning in [[West Norwood|West Norwood, London]], that was recorded by the ''Guinness Book of Records'' as the highest in this category. In that {{Cuegloss|match}} Drago nominated the {{Cuegloss|Brown ball|brown}} as the free ball, to score one point. He then potted the brown again, for four more points, before potting the 15 reds with 13 blacks, a {{Cuegloss|Pink ball|pink}} and a {{Cuegloss|Blue ball|blue}}, then all the colours.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /><ref name="Independent_Q&A" />
* In 1997 Eddie Manning achieved a 149 break in a practice match against Kam Pandya at Willie Thorne's Snooker Club in Leicester. He potted brown, brown, 13 blacks, pink and blue.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" />
* In April 2003 [[Jamie Cope]] made a 151 break at The Reardon Snooker Club during a practice game with David Fomm{{nbh}}Ward. After a foul by his opponent, Cope was snookered behind the brown ball. He took the brown as the free ball and then potted the blue, 13 reds with blacks and two with pinks, then the six colours.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" />
* In 2005, Jamie Cope made snooker's first highest possible 155 break in a witnessed practice frame.<ref name="Everton_Guardian" />
* In November 2010 Sam Harvey made a 151 break in a practice match against [[Kyren Wilson]] at his home club in [[Bedford]]. Harvey potted the brown as the free ball and then the black, 12 reds with blacks, two with pinks and one with blue, then the six colours.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/News/Hot-shot-Sams-top-151-frame-is-not-just-down-to-spot-of-pot-luck.htm |title=Hot-shot Sam's top 151 frame is not just down to spot of pot luck |last=Smith |first=Nick |newspaper=[[Bedfordshire on Sunday]] |access-date=20 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009093900/http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/News/Hot-shot-Sams-top-151-frame-is-not-just-down-to-spot-of-pot-luck.htm |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In August 2021, [[Thepchaiya Un-Nooh]] made a 155 break in a practice match against [[Hossein Vafaei]]. The feat was filmed by a security camera.<ref name="snooker.org_Records" /><ref>{{cite web |title=155 Snooker Break Thepchaiya Uh-Nooh |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7SegsW5Tc |website=[[YouTube]] |date=14 August 2021 |access-date=24 August 2021 |archive-date=24 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824104111/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv7SegsW5Tc |url-status=live}}</ref>
* In March 2022, [[Marco Fu]] made a 149 break in a practice match against [[Noppon Saengkham]] at the Ding Junhui Snooker Academy.<ref>{{cite web |title='Anything over 147 is really rare' – Marco Fu hits 149 break ahead of 2022 World Snooker Championship return |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2021-2022/anything-over-147-is-really-rare-marco-fu-hits-149-break-ahead-of-2022-world-snooker-championship-re_sto8867059/story.shtml |work=[[Eurosport]] |first=Desmond |last=Kane |date=31 March 2022 |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240327103156/https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2021-2022/anything-over-147-is-really-rare-marco-fu-hits-149-break-ahead-of-2022-world-snooker-championship-re_sto8867059/story.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hong Kong's Marco Fu warms up for World Snooker Championships with rare 149 break in practice match |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3172484/hong-kong-snooker-star-marco-fu-warms-world-championships-rare-149?campaign=3172484&module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |first=Shirley |last=Chui |date=31 March 2022 |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327104531/https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3172484/hong-kong-snooker-star-marco-fu-warms-world-championships-rare-149?campaign=3172484&module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article |url-status=live}}</ref>