Some Crucible trivia

[The Statman]

Just looking at some stats and I find the following little nuggets of (purely trivial) info concerning the upcoming World Championship:

• The second semi-final will (assuming there are no walkovers) be the 7,000th match in World Championship history.

• We may see the 1,000th Crucible century: the current total is 940, so 60 centuries would be required (not impossible).

• John Parrott has become the first player to qualify for the Crucible on nine occasions; meanwhile Michael Judge has become the first player to lose in the final qualifying round seven times.

• If at least two matches reach a decider, we will see the 100th Crucible decider.

• Stephen Hendry is almost guaranteed to leapfrog Jimmy White to second place in frames played at the Crucible - and could overtake Steve Davis in top spot. Current standings are: Davis 1,570, White 1,558, Hendry 1,545 followed by Parrott 1,068 and Griffiths 999.

• Stephen Hendry could become the first player to earn £2million at the Crucible alone. He is currently on £1,969,878 and twelve pence. Also, Mark Williams could become the third player to earn over £1million at the Crucible. He's currently on £984,050. Above him are Ronnie O'Sullivan (£1,277,600) and Hendry.

• Judd Trump could become the youngest player ever to win a match at the Crucible, at 17 and 245 days. No other 17-year-old has won a match at Sheffield.

• If Steve Davis wins 21 frames he will be the fifth player to win 1,000 World Championship frames, after Fred Davis (1,878), John Pulman (1,178), Walter Donaldson (1,133) and Stephen Hendry (currently 1,002).

• Saturday 28 April will be the 500th day of play at the Crucible.

[Cyril]

Very good Statman. Bring it on

[chasmmi]

Just looking at some stats and I find the following little nuggets of (purely trivial) info concerning the upcoming World Championship:

• The second semi-final will (assuming there are no walkovers) be the 7,000th match in World Championship history.

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This almost makes me want somebody to withdraw so that the final can have the added prestige of being the big 7000. (Please note that almost here is supposed to be read as an extreme exageration)

Just looking at some stats and I find the following little nuggets of (purely trivial) info concerning the upcoming World Championship:

• We may see the 1,000th Crucible century: the current total is 940, so 60 centuries would be required (not impossible).

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When was the last time 60 was achieved though?

Just looking at some stats and I find the following little nuggets of (purely trivial) info concerning the upcoming World Championship:

• Stephen Hendry is almost guaranteed to leapfrog Jimmy White to second place in frames played at the Crucible - and could overtake Steve Davis in top spot. Current standings are: Davis 1,570, White 1,558, Hendry 1,545 followed by Parrott 1,068 and Griffiths 999.

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Assuming that Griffiths doesn't come out of retirement who is best placed to be the next to break 1000? I would guess Doherty or Ebdon. Any candidates this year for the milestone?

Just looking at some stats and I find the following little nuggets of (purely trivial) info concerning the upcoming World Championship:


• Stephen Hendry could become the first player to earn £2million at the Crucible alone. He is currently on £1,969,878 and twelve pence. Also, Mark Williams could become the third player to earn over £1million at the Crucible. He's currently on £984,050. Above him are Ronnie O'Sullivan (£1,277,600) and Hendry.
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Has the prize money been released yet? I would have thought Mark will break 7 figures just for turning up. If not though how many players are in with a shot of reaching the magic one mil? I would guess the winner is getting around 250,000 this year so (without considering maximums anyone on 800,000 or more has a chance)

Just looking at some stats and I find the following little nuggets of (purely trivial) info concerning the upcoming World Championship:

• If Steve Davis wins 21 frames he will be the fifth player to win 1,000 World Championship frames, after Fred Davis (1,878), John Pulman (1,178), Walter Donaldson (1,133) and Stephen Hendry (currently 1,002).

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I'm guessing bar Jimmy and Parrott nobody else could be close t this milestone from the current crop of players as at 70/71 frames being the maximum one can win in a single year, 1000 frames will take a minimum of 15 years to compile (and that's if you are world champion each time).

If its taken Hendry and Davis over 20 years to achieve then a non total domination player would need 30. Hence I would be surprised if anyone other than Parrott from this yrears last 32 is even near 700.

[The Statman]

In response to your questions:

When was the last time 60 was achieved though?

63 in 2005 (the record of 68 in 2002 is the only other 60+).

Assuming that Griffiths doesn't come out of retirement who is best placed to be the next to break 1000? I would guess Doherty or Ebdon. Any candidates this year for the milestone?

Next are O'Sullivan on 877 (level with Thorburn, followed by Dennis Taylor on 830), Doherty on 826 and Ebdon on 815.

O'Sullivan could statistically do it this year but he would need to reach the final and all five of his matches be close (a la Doherty in 2003)

Has the prize money been released yet? I would have thought Mark will break 7 figures just for turning up. If not though how many players are in with a shot of reaching the magic one mil? I would guess the winner is getting around 250,000 this year so (without considering maximums anyone on 800,000 or more has a chance)

Top prize this year is £220,000, £20,000 up on last year. On last year's figures the second-round losers' prize of £12,680 would be just insufficient for Williams, though it only needs to rise by £3,270.

Next on the list are White (£956,025), Davis S. (£809,130), Ebdon (£763,450), Doherty (£734,400), Higgins J. (£725,300) and Stevens M. (£618,880). Parrott is the only other player over £½m.

I'm guessing bar Jimmy and Parrott nobody else could be close to this milestone from the current crop of players [1,000 World Championship frames won] as at 70/71 frames being the maximum one can win in a single year, 1000 frames will take a minimum of 15 years to compile (and that's if you are world champion each time).If its taken Hendry and Davis over 20 years to achieve then a non total domination player would need 30. Hence I would be surprised if anyone other than Parrott from this yrears last 32 is even near 700.

Jimmy White is on 901, Parrott on 682 and O'Sullivan on 604. They are the next of the current crop to manage it. White would be able to do it in one year from the 4th qualifying round back.[quote]

[chasmmi]

Sorry to keep the questions coming and I know the answers are freely available but with regard to the number of frames won stat, surely Drago must have played a fair few as he started qualifying for the crucible before Jimmy.

[The Statman]

Sorry to keep the questions coming and I know the answers are freely available but with regard to the number of frames won stat, surely Drago must have played a fair few as he started qualifying for the crucible before Jimmy.

Here is the complete list of those who have won at least 100 World Championship frames:

It includes all World Championship matches, including pre-Crucible years and rounds, up to the end of the 2007 qualifiers.

Player	P	W	L	%
Davis, F.	3487	1878	1609	53.86
Pulman, J.	2280	1178	1102	51.67
Donaldson, W.	2101	1133	968	53.93
Hendry, S.	1680	1002	678	59.64
Davis, S.	1664	979	685	58.83
Reardon, R.	1722	932	790	54.12
White, Jimmy	1664	905	759	54.39
Davis, J.	1353	839	514	62.01
Charlton, E.	1574	826	748	52.48
Spencer, J.	1442	779	663	54.02
Higgins, A.	1454	767	687	52.75
Parrott, J.	1271	702	569	55.23
Thorburn, C.	1201	635	566	52.87
O’Sullivan, R.	1018	604	414	59.33
Griffiths, T.	1039	559	480	53.8
Taylor, Dennis	1114	557	557	50
Ebdon, P.	965	549	416	56.89
Williams, R.	1185	530	655	44.73
Doherty, K.	948	516	432	54.43
Lindrum, H.	935	516	419	55.19
Pinches, B.	883	507	376	57.42
Stevens, M.	846	492	354	58.16
Brown, Albert	940	484	456	51.49
Higgins, J.	828	469	359	56.64
Thorne, W.	891	464	427	52.08
Knowles, T.	904	460	444	50.88
Smith, Sidney	870	451	419	51.84
Kennerley, K.	953	445	508	46.69
Williams, Mark J.	783	441	342	56.32
Rea, Jack	927	430	497	46.39
Johnson, J.	810	417	393	51.48
Taylor, David	871	413	458	47.42
Morgan, D.	815	409	406	50.18
Bond, N.	755	409	346	54.17
Hallett, M.	821	406	415	49.45
McManus, A.	797	392	405	49.18
Foulds, N.	776	390	386	50.26
Mountjoy, D.	775	388	387	50.06
Stevens, K.	688	381	307	55.38
Hicks, A.	712	380	332	53.37
Judge, M.	682	375	307	54.99
Brown, Alec	875	370	505	42.29
Wattana, J.	720	365	355	50.69
McCulloch, I.	669	360	309	53.81
Dyson, N.	662	355	307	53.63
Dodd, L.	682	350	332	51.32
Miles, G.	714	346	368	48.46
Swail, J.	663	344	319	51.89
Meo, T.	666	343	323	51.5
Lee, Stephen	635	342	293	53.86
Wilkinson, Gary	670	341	329	50.9
Reynolds, D.	663	337	326	50.83
Davis, M.	604	337	267	55.79
Hamilton, A.	655	332	323	50.69
Henry, D.	605	330	275	54.55
Dale, D.	614	328	286	53.42
Jones, T.	636	327	309	51.42
Roe, D.	653	326	327	49.92
James, S.	638	323	315	50.63
King, Mark	597	315	282	52.76
Mazrocis, S.	572	311	261	54.37
Dott, G.	570	307	263	53.86
Small, C.	587	304	283	51.79
Bingham, S.	540	303	237	56.11
Day, R.	506	303	203	59.88
Murphy, Shaun	505	302	203	59.8
Lawler, R.	575	301	274	52.35
Mans, Perrie	665	300	365	45.11
Werbeniuk, B.	606	299	307	49.34
Wych, J.	552	294	258	53.26
Drago, T.	612	292	320	47.71
Jones, W.	573	289	284	50.44
Gilbert, N.	560	286	274	51.07
Fu, M.	488	285	203	58.4
Owen, G.	571	284	287	49.74
Virgo, J.	561	284	277	50.62
O’Brien, F.	537	283	254	52.7
Delaney, J.	520	281	239	54.04
O’Kane, D.	559	275	284	49.19
Storey, S.	536	274	262	51.12
Edmonds, R.	501	274	227	54.69
Harold, D.	528	268	260	50.76
Hull, R.	471	268	203	56.9
Davies, P.	516	267	249	51.74
Morgan, B.	518	264	254	50.97
Haneveer, B.	483	264	219	54.66
Chappel, T.	542	263	279	48.52
Jones, B.	494	263	231	53.24
Robidoux, A.	525	261	264	49.71
Milkins, R.	480	261	219	54.38
Smith, W.	548	258	290	47.08
Ferguson, J.	489	258	231	52.76
Walker, Lee	487	255	232	52.36
Spick, L.	433	255	178	58.89
Perry, J.	497	254	243	51.11
Davies, Anthony	488	254	234	52.05
Greene, G.	477	253	224	53.04
Maguire, S.	429	253	176	58.97
Stanbury, C.	558	248	310	44.44
Couch, M.	476	248	228	52.1
Walker, N.	484	247	237	51.03
Gill, S.	450	244	206	54.22
Henderson, E.	451	243	208	53.88
Burden, A.	438	241	197	55.02
Terry, N.	457	240	217	52.52
Bedford, S.	424	240	184	56.6
King, W.	459	239	220	52.07
Weston, J.	431	239	192	55.45
Cundy, J.	452	238	214	52.65
Pettman, S.	474	237	237	50
Jogia, S.	437	237	200	54.23
Bennett, M.	443	236	207	53.27
Meadowcroft, J.	500	235	265	47
Higginson, A.	420	234	186	55.71
Dunning, J.	542	231	311	42.62
Price, M.	465	231	234	49.68
Fernandez, L.	439	231	208	52.62
Barrie, J.	510	230	280	45.1
Dunn, M.	454	230	224	50.66
Michie, J.	468	229	239	48.93
McLellan, D.	438	228	210	52.05
Fowler, D.	438	225	213	51.37
Newbury, S.	451	224	227	49.67
Gray, D.	437	224	213	51.26
Hunter, P.	422	224	198	53.08
Lines, P.	428	222	206	51.87
Campbell, M.	458	221	237	48.25
Francisco, S.	444	220	224	49.55
Chaperon, B.	414	220	194	53.14
Holt, M.	413	220	193	53.27
Snaddon, B.	412	218	194	52.91
Burnett, J.	426	216	210	50.7
Wykes, P.	437	215	222	49.2
Brumby, I.	421	213	208	50.59
Walker, D.	403	213	190	52.85
McDonnell, D.	407	212	195	52.09
Rowswell, B.	427	211	216	49.41
Wallace, P.	393	209	184	53.18
Prince, J.	424	208	216	49.06
Johnston-Allen, M.	384	206	178	53.65
Morra, M.	397	204	193	51.39
Broughton, K.	382	203	179	53.14
Birch, J.	413	202	211	48.91
Pal, M.	359	201	158	55.99
Medati, P.	407	197	210	48.4
Duggan, S.	386	197	189	51.04
Sweeny, P.	345	197	148	57.1
Ali, S.	403	196	207	48.64
Murphy, Terry	392	196	196	50
Gunnell, A.	371	196	175	52.83
Carter, A.	350	196	154	56
Read, J.	372	195	177	52.42
Finbow, D.	396	194	202	48.99
O’Connor, S.	356	193	163	54.21
Ponting, G.	375	192	183	51.2
Mann, S.	369	192	177	52.03
Cairns, A.	350	192	158	54.86
Noppachorn, N.	335	191	144	57.01
Simpson, W.	372	190	182	51.08
Robertson, N.	347	190	157	54.76
Bolsover, A.	367	189	178	51.5
Pearce, N.	344	187	157	54.36
Hughes, E.	402	185	217	46.02
Ford, T.	321	185	136	57.63
Wallace, J.	352	181	171	51.42
Lanigan, S.	365	180	185	49.32
Francisco, P.	344	179	165	52.03
Hawkins, B.	330	178	152	53.94
Rosa, A.	349	177	172	50.72
Macleod, M.	389	175	214	44.99
Fagan, P.	388	175	213	45.1
Griffin, L.	323	174	149	53.87
Gilcreest, C.	322	174	148	54.04
Sinclair, E.	362	172	190	47.51
Oliver, B.	345	172	173	49.86
Burrows, K.	335	172	163	51.34
McConachy, C.	431	171	260	39.68
Campbell, J.	349	171	178	49
Judd, S.	342	171	171	50
Manning, E.	348	170	178	48.85
Clark, M.	349	169	180	48.42
Rowing, M.	326	169	157	51.84
Walden, R.	301	169	132	56.15
Selby, M.	307	168	139	54.72
Grech, J.	328	167	161	50.91
Gilbert, David B.	305	167	138	54.75
Davison, Paul S.	335	165	170	49.25
McLeod, R.	318	165	153	51.89
Helgason, K.	293	164	129	55.97
Wilson, C.	358	163	195	45.53
Dziewialtowski, M.	336	161	175	47.92
McPhillips, P.	315	161	154	51.11
Sargeant, I.	302	161	141	53.31
Mellish, S.	280	161	119	57.5
Foldvari, R.	334	159	175	47.6
Lee, Sydney	393	157	236	39.95
Houlihan, P.	351	156	195	44.44
Cavney, P.	305	156	149	51.15
Edwards, C.	288	153	135	53.13
Horne, G.	271	153	118	56.46
Newman, T.	350	151	199	43.14
Brown, W.	313	150	163	47.92
King, O.	281	150	131	53.38
Holt, H.	315	149	166	47.3
MacGillivray, C.	306	149	157	48.69
Rea, John	306	149	157	48.69
Geudens, M.	278	149	129	53.6
O’Boye, J.	310	148	162	47.74
Gilbert, Dave	287	148	139	51.57
Norman, A.	285	148	137	51.93
Husnu, M.	298	147	151	49.33
Owers, K.	298	147	151	49.33
Longworth, S.	297	147	150	49.49
Leary, D.	294	146	148	49.66
Richardson, L.	292	146	146	50
Williams, Philip	275	146	129	53.09
Browne, P.	319	145	174	45.45
Meakin, S.	316	145	171	45.89
Murphy, Tommy	317	144	173	45.43
Martin, Dave	305	144	161	47.21
Lees, G.	286	144	142	50.35
Abernethy, H.	300	143	157	47.67
Shade, C.	265	143	122	53.96
Morgan, Paddy	347	141	206	40.63
Hann, Q.	280	141	139	50.36
Williamson, I.	305	140	165	45.9
Clarke, D.	299	140	159	46.82
Leigh, W.	265	140	125	52.83
Scanlon, C.	268	139	129	51.87
Wilson, T.	250	137	113	54.8
Gibson, M.	298	136	162	45.64
Gauvreau, M.	284	135	149	47.54
Delsemme, P.	250	135	115	54
Gould, M.	235	135	100	57.45
West, B.	300	133	167	44.33
Shaw, T.	280	132	148	47.14
Graham, I.	259	132	127	50.97
Hurdman, I.	255	131	124	51.37
Wright, J.	231	131	100	56.71
Dennis, T.	294	130	164	44.22
Chambers, J.	268	129	139	48.13
Wilson, M.	232	127	105	54.74
l’Orange, B.	220	127	93	57.73
Payne, K.	251	126	125	50.2
Rhodes, M.	218	126	92	57.8
MacKenzie, S.	240	125	115	52.08
Fitzmaurice, J.	308	123	185	39.94
Harris, B.	252	123	129	48.81
Newman, S.	288	122	166	42.36
Neck, A.	262	122	140	46.56
Giles, J.	230	121	109	52.61
Reynolds, J.	232	120	112	51.72
Thomson, Gary	223	120	103	53.81
Roscoe, C.	266	118	148	44.36
Pichit, T.	209	118	91	56.46
Marshall, R.	237	117	120	49.37
Rigitano, G.	234	117	117	50
O’Neill, M.	223	117	106	52.47
Cripsey, G.	265	116	149	43.77
Preece, I.	207	116	91	56.04
Chilcott, G.	232	115	117	49.57
Harris, A.	248	114	134	45.97
Smith, Martin	222	112	110	50.45
Whitty, J.	210	112	98	53.33
Dunn, G.	203	112	91	55.17
Borg, A.	234	109	125	46.58
Bradley, M.	233	109	124	46.78
Reardon, S.	214	109	105	50.93
Bennett, B.	378	108	270	28.57
Murphy, Stephen	257	108	149	42.02
Flowerdew, M.	187	107	80	57.22
Robinson, L.	213	106	107	49.77
Butler, C.	201	106	95	52.74
Donnelly, J.	265	104	161	39.25
Gray, M.	214	104	110	48.6
McBain, J.	202	104	98	51.49
Kenny, P.	197	102	95	51.78
Lawrence, F.	239	101	138	42.26
Astley, J.	195	100	95	51.28
O’Sullivan, Mark	176	100	76	56.82

[RaNeN]

Very very interesting Statman! Thank you for this information!

[davis_greatest]

Thanks Statman. I always find it interesting how even the best players never seem to win that many more than 50% of their frames in the long run... from a very quick glance at that list (and I may have missed someone), I saw only Joe Davis recording success above 60%.

[missneworleans]

Thanks Statman!
That's so interesting and exiting!

[abextra]

Thank you, The Statman! It is so interesting information! You have done great work!

[rambon]

The percentages of OI'Sullivan and Hendry at 59+ are outstanding.

I have 1 question. In terms of money won, is this prize money only, or have you included highest break prizes and bonuses for 147s?

I've booked my holidays today and I think I may well be able to watch the whole tournament. It makes me wish I'd booked a season ticket as I could easily have done that, but hey, you live and learn.

[Skypigeon]

Woah! Statman IS THE MAN!! Always informative...you never seize to amaze me!

[davis_greatest]

The percentages of OI'Sullivan and Hendry at 59+ are outstanding.

Indeed - although I'd probably view Steve Davis's percentage, at just 0.5% below O'Sullivan's, to be the more impressive, as it included so many years playing beyond his peak, when his percentage surely declined. The Statman, is it easy to see from your spreadsheets what his percentage would have been if it were calculated only up to, say, 1990?

[The Statman]

... The Statman, is it easy to see from your spreadsheets what his [Davis's] percentage would have been if it were calculated only up to, say, 1990?

Not easy if qualifying rounds are included. But of course he only needed to qualify in '79 and '80.

His Crucible record from 1979 to 1990 - which is surely comparable - is played 1033, won 647, lost 386, percentage 62.63%.

Hendry's 1986-2000 is 1164, 711, 453, 61.08%.

O'Sullivan's to date is 877, 504, 373, 57.47%.

[The Statman]

... I have 1 question. In terms of money won, is this prize money only, or have you included highest break prizes and bonuses for 147s? ...

It is all money earned at the Crucible - including highest breaks and maximum bonuses.