Status
Hendry won 72 professional titles putting him second on the all-time list, behind Steve Davis. However, Hendry is the record holder for the number of ranking titles won, with 36. In addition, he won four team titles as well as several amateur titles.
His other career records include: consecutive wins of a single tournament, longest consecutive winning streak (in ranking events), most centuries compiled in one match (7), most centuries compiled in one tournament (16), most years ranked world no.1, most career centuries (775) and highest total prize money. He became only the second player to compile more than one maximum at the Crucible and the oldest player to make a maximum in professional competition. He also holds the records for the longest unbroken run of appearances at the World Championship (27 times) and the longest unbroken run inside the top 16 in the world rankings (23 seasons).
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