<P> Joe Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break in a 1955 exhibition match in London . In 1982 , Steve Davis achieved the first official maximum in professional competition , such having been , also , the first televised one . The following year , Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum in the World Championship . Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record of thirteen competitive maximum breaks , and he also has the record for the fastest competitive maximum break at 5 minutes 20 seconds , set at the 1997 World Championship . </P>
<P> Joe Davis compiled the first officially recognised maximum break in a 1955 exhibition match in London . In 1982 , Steve Davis achieved the first official maximum in professional competition , such having been , also , the first televised one . The following year , Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum in the World Championship . Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record of thirteen competitive maximum breaks , and he also has the record for the fastest competitive maximum break at 5 minutes 20 seconds , set at the 1997 World Championship . </P>
who holds the record for the most 147s
who holds the record for the most 147s
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan