List of Countdown champions

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Since Series 54 (2006), series champions receive the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy. The Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy.jpg
Since Series 54 (2006), series champions receive the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy.

This is a list of champions on the game show Countdown . These are players who have won up to eight games and scored enough points to qualify for their series' finals. Here, they were one of eight contestants invited back to compete in a knockout tournament to decide who will become the series champion. This list also includes winners of Champion of Champions tournaments and the winner of Series 33, which was designated a "Supreme Championship".

There was only one full series in 2005 because of Richard Whiteley's death — his final series, Series 53, was recorded before he was hospitalised with pneumonia. Series 54 began four months later on 31 October 2005 and, having started very late in the year, was extended to last until 26 May 2006. Series champions from this series onwards are awarded the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy along with the usual prize of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Champions

YearSeriesWinner
19821 Joyce Cansfield
19832Ash Haji
3Andrew Guy
19844Brian Hudson
Champion of Champions I: Mark Nyman
5Peter Evans
19856 Darryl Francis
7Ian Bebbington
19868Clive Spate
Champion of Champions II: Clive Freedman
9David Trace
10Harvey Freeman
198711John Clarke
12Stephen Balment
Champion of Champions III: Harvey Freeman
13Hilary Hopper
14Nic Brown
198815Dick Green
16Tony Vick
1989Champion of Champions IV: Nic Brown
17Lawrence Pearse
18Rajaretnam 'Yoga' Yogasagarar
199019Michael Wareham
20Liz Barber
1991Champion of Champions V: Tim Morrissey
21Barry Grossman
22Chris Waddington
199223Gareth Williams
24Wayne Summers
1993Champion of Champions VI: Wayne Summers
25Don Reid
26Andy Bodle
199427David Elias
28Damian Eadie
1995Champion of Champions VII: Don Reid
29Darren Shacklady
30Verity Joubert
199631David Acton
32Alan Sinclair
Champion of Champions VIII: Chris Rogers
33 (Supreme Championship)Harvey Freeman
199734Huw Morgan
35Peter Cashmore
36Tony Baylis
37Ray McPhie
1998Champion of Champions IX: Natascha Kearsey
38John Ashmore
39Kate Ogilvie
199940Terence English
41Scott Mearns
Champion of Champions X: Scott Mearns
200042Michael Calder
43 Graham Nash
200144Stuart Wood
45John Rawnsley
46Ben Wilson
200247 Chris Wills
48 Julian Fell
2003Champion of Champions XI: Graham Nash
49John Davies
50Chris Cummins
200451 Stewart Holden
52Mark Tournoff
200553John Mayhew
200654 Conor Travers
Champion of Champions XII: Paul Gallen
55Richard Brittain
200756Nick Wainwright
57 Craig Beevers
200858David O'Donnell
59Junaid Mubeen
2009Champion of Champions XIII: Steven Briers
60Kirk Bevins
61Chris Davies
201062Oliver Garner
63Jack Hurst
201164Edward McCullagh
65Graeme Cole
201266Jack Worsley
67Paul James
201330th Birthday Champion: Conor Travers
68Giles Hutchings
69Callum Todd
201470Mark Murray
71Dan McColm
201572Tom Cappleman
73Jonathan Wynn
2016Champion of Champions XIV: Dylan Taylor
74Paul Erdunast
75Martin Hurst
201776Stephen Read
77Tom Chafer-Cook
201878Zarte Siempre
79Mike Daysley
2019Champion of Champions XV: Zarte Siempre
80Dinos Sfyris
81James Haughton
202082Luke Johnson-Davies
2021
83Adam Latchford
84Ahmed Mohamed
202285Dan Byrom
86Tom Stevenson
2023Champion of Champions XVI: Ahmed Mohamed
87Ronan Higginson
88Harry Savage

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