It is the heaviest-scoring ranking event of the season so far and the most prolific Home Nations tournament since the inception of the series in 2016, eclipsing the 69 produced at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast in October.
In the all-time century list outside of the pre-tournament qualifying stage, the Scottish Open is comfortably inside the top 20 with only the longer format World Championship, UK Championship and International Championship producing more centuries overall.
The third Home Nations Series of the season begins on Monday when the Brentwood Centre in Essex hosts the English Open live on Eurosport (12-18 December).
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2022/23 Century list
- Scottish Open – 90 centuries
- Northern Ireland Open – 69 centuries
- British Open – 62 centuries
- UK Championship – 54 centuries
- European Masters – 49 centuries
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Top five century makers of all time
- 1. Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) 1182
- 2. John Higgins (Sco) 898
- 3. Judd Trump (Eng) 875
- 4. Neil Robertson (Aus) 864
- 5. Stephen Hendry (Sco) 774
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