Ton up! A century of century breaks completed at this year's Crucible campaign

The three-figure milestone was reached during the third session of the semi-final match between Zhao Xintong and Ronnie O’Sullivan on Friday evening.

With the concluding frames of both last four matches and the best-of-35 frames final still to come, there is a possibility that the overall record of 109 century breaks set in 2022 could be under threat.

The first year a ton of tons was achieved at the Crucible came in 2019 when exactly 100 were totted up.

That record was smashed in 2021 when there was a haul of 108; 12 months later, that tally was bettered by one.

This year's break-fest on snooker's grandest stage has been in big comparison to last year where 'only' 63 centuries were registered. That was the lowest total since 2014.

The latest edition of the World Snooker Championship has been a remarkable one, starting in the qualifiers at the English Institute of Sport where Marco Fu crafted an ultra-rare '16-red' total clearance, and Jackson Page became the first player in snooker history to hit two maximum 147 breaks within the same professional match.

At the Crucible, Judd Trump compiled five centuries during his opening round win - equalling the most tons made by one player in a round one match at the famous venue.

Qualifier Zak Surety constructed four centuries during his first round defeat to Ding Junhui - no player had previously made more than three tons in their debut match at the Crucible Theatre.

In the last 16, Mark Allen joined a very exclusive club as he struck a maximum 147 break - the 15th time that perfection had been achieved on the Crucible stage. A lucky member of the live audience in attendance also benefitted by taking home a £25,000 prize.

Trump produced more headlines for his break-building later in the competition. In his second round tie with Shaun Murphy, he racked up his 100th century of the season, winning a £100,000 bonus prize in the process.

During his quarter-final clash with Luca Brecel, world number one Trump scored his 104th century of the season - eclipsing Neil Robertson's benchmark of 103 from the 2013/14 term and setting a new record for the most number of century breaks made by one player in a professional snooker season.

Across both the qualifying rounds at the EIOS and the final rounds at the Crucible, a combined total of over 240 century breaks have been made which is record-high for any professional snooker tournament, ever.

A total of 143 tons were fashioned at this year's qualifiers - which was also a record.

Elsewhere on the World Snooker Tour this season, 15 maximum 147 breaks have been made which is the most for a single top flight campaign.

For a full list of the century breaks made at the Crucible this year during the 2025 World Snooker Championship, please visit our dedicated page here.