1996 World Snooker Championship - Century Breaks

Century Breaks

There were 48 century breaks in the 1996 World Snooker Championship, a new record which would last until 1998. The highest break of the tournament was 144 made by both Peter Ebdon and Tony Drago. This was only the second time since 1980, when Kirk Stevens and Steve Davis both made a 136, that two players had the joint highest break of the championship. Stephen Hendry made 11 century breaks in the tournament, one short of his record of 12 set the previous year.

  • 144, 138, 137, 123, 109, 107, 100, 100 Peter Ebdon
  • 144, 115 Tony Drago
  • 139, 126, 120, 106, 103, 102, 102, 101, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • 137, 130, 104, 101 John Higgins
  • 135, 125, 121, 118, 113, 110, 108, 106, 105, 104, 104 Stephen Hendry
  • 129 Jason Ferguson
  • 125 Alan McManus
  • 123, 120, 101 Dave Harold
  • 116, 105, 104, 103 Steve Davis
  • 115 Anthony Hamilton
  • 110 Darren Morgan
  • 109 Ken Doherty
  • 103 Euan Henderson
  • 100 Jimmy White

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