World Championship: Watch all 10 147 maximum breaks at the Crucible

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There have been 10 maximum 147 breaks at the Crucible Theatre during a World Championship.

Canada's Cliff Thorburn made the first in 1983 while Stephen Hendry was the most recent player to achieve it in 2012.

You can watch all of them below.

  • 1) Cliff Thorburn 1983 World Championship - fourth frame of second-round match v Terry Griffiths

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Archive: Cliff Thorburn makes first Crucible 147 maximum break

  • 2) Jimmy White 1992 World Championship - 13th frame of first-round match against Tony Drago

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Archive: Jimmy White's wonderful 147 against Tony Drago

  • 3) Stephen Hendry 1995 World Championship - 12th frame of semi-final against Jimmy White

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Archive: Hendry hits first Crucible 147

  • 4) Ronnie O'Sullivan 1997 World Championship - 14th frame of first-round match v Mick Price

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Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest 147 in history

  • 5) Ronnie O'Sullivan 2003 World Championship - seventh frame of first-round match v Marco Fu

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Archive: Rocket's second Crucible 147

  • 6) Mark Williams 2005 World Championship - 11th and final frame of first-round match v Robert Milkins

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Archive: Williams makes Crucible 147

  • 7) Ronnie O'Sullivan 2008 World Championship - 20th and final frame of second-round match v Mark Williams

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Archive: Ronnie O'Sullivan's 'best' Crucible 147 maximum break

  • 8) Ali Carter 2008 World Championship - 15th frame of quarter-final v Peter Ebdon

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Archive - Carter's Crucible 147

  • 9) Stephen Hendry 2009 World Championship - seventh frame of quarter-final v Shaun Murphy

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Archive: Hendry hits second Crucible 147

  • 10) Stephen Hendry 2012 World Championship - seventh frame of first-round match v Stuart Bingham

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Archive: Hendry stuns Bingham with 147

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