Ken Doherty became the first snooker player to win the World Championship at junior, amateur and professional level in 1997.
At the 2012 World Championship John Higgins made the 500th century break of his career in his match against Stephen Hendry. Two frames later Hendry made his 775th.
Mark Selby made three records in his 13-4 victory over Stephen Hendry at the 2011 World Championship. Selby became the first snooker player to compile six century breaks at a World Championship match in the Crucible. This was also a record for a best of 25 frame match and took the number of Selby's century breaks in the season to 54, a record previously held by Stephen Hendry.
In 1999 Dominic Dale scored 167 points in one frame in his match against Nigel Bond. He earned 44 penalty points and then made a century break. This is the highest number of points ever scored by a player in one frame in any ranking event.
During the 1997 World Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan made the quickest maximum break 147 in history with a time of 5 minutes and 20 seconds, and the fourth in the history of the tournament.