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	68	0	6	22	24	16	68%
17	1	0	0	0	1	0	75%
ALL	2130	55	286	775	728	286	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	68	18%	74%	8%	34%
17	1	25%	25%	50%	0%
ALL	2130	10%	79%	11%	41%

% Players Winning Head-To-Head By Offer Chosen

	Offer Chosen			ALL
	Lower Offer	Middle Offer	Higher Offer	ALL
No. Of Head-To-Heads	837	6725	958	8520
Player Wins	608	4168	388	5164
Player Win %	73%	62%	41%	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	41	43%	44%	11%	29%
£1,000	203	61%	42%	23%	43%
£2,000	551	70%	45%	38%	50%
£3,000	1079	71%	57%	33%	56%
£4,000	1593	75%	58%	40%	58%
£5,000	1687	75%	61%	36%	59%
£6,000	1520	76%	66%	49%	65%
£7,000	1048	82%	69%	45%	67%
£8,000	512	60%	74%	48%	71%
£9,000	193	100%	75%	73%	76%
£10,000	68	100%	71%	63%	71%
£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	186	1470	225	1881
	Chaser Wins	50	540	132	722
	Chaser Win %	27%	37%	59%	38%
Shaun Wallace	No. Of Head-To-Heads	193	1381	207	1781
	Chaser Wins	57	558	115	730
	Chaser Win %	30%	40%	56%	41%
Anne Hegerty	No. Of Head-To-Heads	165	1460	223	1848
	Chaser Wins	51	568	142	761
	Chaser Win %	31%	39%	64%	41%
Paul Sinha	No. Of Head-To-Heads	172	1359	198	1729
	Chaser Wins	45	507	107	659
	Chaser Win %	26%	37%	54%	38%
Jenny Ryan	No. Of Head-To-Heads	80	809	84	973
	Chaser Wins	20	294	59	373
	Chaser Win %	25%	36%	70%	38%
Darragh Ennis	No. Of Head-To-Heads	41	246	21	308
	Chaser Wins	6	90	15	111
	Chaser Win %	15%	37%	71%	36%
ALL	No. Of Head-To-Heads	837	6725	958	8520
	Chaser Wins	229	2557	570	3356
	Chaser Win %	27%	38%	59%	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	66%	89%	96%	99%	99%	100%
	2	45%	74%	90%	95%	97%	100%
	3	32%	61%	81%	88%	91%
	4	24%	50%	70%	77%	100%
	5	18%	42%	62%	62%
	6	19%	41%	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.
There have been 12 daytime episodes where all 4 players went to a one question shootout. Jenny has had 4, Anne has had 3, Mark and Paul have had 2 each, and Shaun has had 1.

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, 5.6% 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	2093	117	4	2093
Player Win %	61%	76%	100%	66%
Chaser Win %	33%	21%	0%	34%
Neither Wins %	6%	3%		n/a