Statistics - Head-To-Heads

Statistics on this page are for daytime episodes of The Chase only. A few statistics for Celebrity Specials and The Family Chase can be found in their respective sections of the website.

For percentages where the chaser is in direct competition with the player/team, coloured backgrounds are used. This page shows percentages from the point of view of the player/team. Any percentages of 50% and over are coloured blue - 100% is a deep blue, and the nearer it gets to 50% the lighter the colour becomes. Any percentages of less than 50% are coloured red - 0% is a deep red, and the nearer it gets to 50% the lighter the colour becomes.

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Players Winning Head-to-head By Series

Series	No. Of Episodes	No. Of Players Winning Head-to-head					% Players Winning
Series	No. Of Episodes	0	1	2	3	4	% Players Winning
1	10	1	0	4	4	1	60%
2	40	0	8	11	16	5	61%
3	40	1	6	15	14	4	59%
4	60	2	13	23	14	8	55%
5	119	4	17	39	46	13	60%
6	148	8	25	62	44	9	54%
7	150	2	26	51	47	24	61%
8	146	1	21	56	44	24	62%
9	189	5	24	66	64	30	62%
10	190	6	26	66	70	22	60%
11	170	6	21	71	49	23	59%
12	170	5	22	55	59	29	63%
13	210	6	26	91	62	25	59%
14	210	3	24	74	88	21	62%
15	209	5	21	69	82	32	64%
16	158	1	17	54	56	30	65%
17	154	11	22	49	52	20	58%
18	17	1	2	6	6	2	59%
ALL	2390	68	321	862	817	322	61%

Head-To-Head Option Chosen By Series

In series 1 and 2, the lower offers were more generous than they are now, so more players took this offer. For series 10 onwards, almost half of the teams have all gone for the middle offer. Hoping that more players in the final chase will help them to beat the chaser.

Series	No. Of Episodes	% Players Taking ...	% Teams All Taking Middle Offer
1	10	23%	68%	10%	20%
2	40	16%	74%	10%	28%
3	40	10%	75%	15%	33%
4	60	11%	77%	12%	28%
5	119	12%	72%	16%	27%
6	148	13%	72%	15%	31%
7	150	13%	75%	12%	33%
8	146	11%	78%	11%	37%
9	189	9%	78%	13%	38%
10	190	7%	83%	10%	47%
11	170	5%	82%	13%	48%
12	170	7%	83%	10%	48%
13	210	7%	82%	11%	45%
14	210	10%	81%	9%	45%
15	209	11%	83%	7%	49%
16	158	18%	74%	9%	32%
17	154	17%	71%	11%	28%
18	17	10%	79%	10%	53%
ALL	2390	11%	78%	11%	39%

% Players Winning Head-To-Head By Offer Chosen

	Offer Chosen			ALL
	Lower Offer	Middle Offer	Higher Offer	ALL
No. Of Head-To-Heads	1013	7483	1064	9560
Player Wins	738	4617	429	5784
Player Win %	73%	62%	40%	61%

% Players Winning Head-To-Head By Cash Builder

Not surprisingly, there is a good correlation between cash builder score, and the percentage of players winning their head-to-head. There are a few oddities though - none more so than the bottom 3 rows. Only 4 of the 9 players to score £12,000 or more in their cash builder went on to win their head-to-head.

Cash Builder	No. Of Players	% Players Winning Head-To-Head
Cash Builder	No. Of Players	Lower Offer	Middle Offer	Higher Offer	ALL
£0	43	50%	41%	11%	30%
£1,000	225	62%	43%	24%	44%
£2,000	661	71%	45%	40%	51%
£3,000	1226	71%	56%	33%	56%
£4,000	1824	73%	58%	39%	57%
£5,000	1906	74%	61%	35%	59%
£6,000	1687	80%	66%	47%	65%
£7,000	1134	82%	68%	46%	66%
£8,000	552	58%	74%	49%	70%
£9,000	207	100%	74%	74%	76%
£10,000	70	100%	69%	56%	69%
£11,000	16	100%	85%	50%	81%
£12,000	7		57%		57%
£13,000	1		0%		0%
£14,000	1		0%		0%

% Chasers Winning Head-To-Head By Offer Chosen

		Offer Chosen			ALL
		Lower Offer	Middle Offer	Higher Offer	ALL
Mark Labbett	No. Of Head-To-Heads	216	1596	247	2059
	Chaser Wins	57	594	145	796
	Chaser Win %	26%	37%	59%	39%
Shaun Wallace	No. Of Head-To-Heads	223	1515	225	1963
	Chaser Wins	67	619	127	813
	Chaser Win %	30%	41%	56%	41%
Anne Hegerty	No. Of Head-To-Heads	203	1580	237	2020
	Chaser Wins	60	614	151	825
	Chaser Win %	30%	39%	64%	41%
Paul Sinha	No. Of Head-To-Heads	197	1492	216	1905
	Chaser Wins	53	558	116	727
	Chaser Win %	27%	37%	54%	38%
Jenny Ryan	No. Of Head-To-Heads	106	935	100	1141
	Chaser Wins	24	339	67	430
	Chaser Win %	23%	36%	67%	38%
Darragh Ennis	No. Of Head-To-Heads	68	365	39	472
	Chaser Wins	14	142	29	185
	Chaser Win %	21%	39%	74%	39%
ALL	No. Of Head-To-Heads	1013	7483	1064	9560
	Chaser Wins	275	2866	635	3776
	Chaser Win %	27%	38%	60%	39%

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Likelihood Of Winning Head-To-Head By Position On Table

This table follows each player, question by question, on their journey at the table. It is for all players, regardless of what offer they have chosen. It shows how many steps they are from home, and how far behind the chaser is. eg. The first row shows how likely a player is to get home when they have 1 step to go for the chaser being 1 step behind, 2 steps behind, 3 steps behind and so on.

Generally, the player is the more likely to get home than not. Unless the chaser gets 1 step behind with at least 2 steps to go, or gets 2 steps behind with at least 4 steps to go.

		Gap To Chaser
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Steps From Home	1	65%	89%	96%	99%	99%	100%
	2	45%	74%	89%	95%	96%	100%
	3	31%	61%	80%	88%	89%
	4	24%	50%	70%	77%	100%
	5	18%	41%	62%	62%
	6	18%	40%	57%
	7		50%

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The One Question Shootout

Shaun's favourite part of the show - when the player is one step from home and the chaser is right behind them.

The first player to have a one question shootout was the first player on the very first episode. They lost it - to The Beast.

But when is a one question shootout not a one question shootout? When both player and chaser give the wrong answer and they have to do it again. Actually, 5.7% of one question shootouts require at least one further question to decide the outcome.

	1st One Question Shootout	2nd One Question Shootout	3rd One Question Shootout	Overall
No. Of Players	2369	134	4	2369
Player Win %	61%	73%	100%	65%
Chaser Win %	34%	24%	0%	35%
Neither Wins %	6%	3%		n/a