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	157	1	17	54	55	30	65%
17	104	9	16	30	36	13	57%
18	3	0	0	2	1	0	58%
ALL	2325	65	313	839	795	313	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	157	18%	74%	9%	32%
17	104	16%	71%	12%	27%
18	3	17%	75%	8%	67%
ALL	2325	10%	78%	11%	40%

% Players Winning Head-To-Head By Offer Chosen

	Offer Chosen			ALL
	Lower Offer	Middle Offer	Higher Offer	ALL
No. Of Head-To-Heads	967	7294	1039	9300
Player Wins	704	4504	420	5628
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	41	43%	44%	11%	29%
£1,000	218	61%	42%	24%	44%
£2,000	631	71%	43%	39%	51%
£3,000	1183	71%	57%	33%	57%
£4,000	1766	72%	58%	39%	57%
£5,000	1859	74%	61%	35%	59%
£6,000	1646	80%	66%	48%	65%
£7,000	1112	83%	68%	46%	66%
£8,000	546	58%	74%	49%	70%
£9,000	203	100%	74%	74%	75%
£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	210	1560	241	2011
	Chaser Wins	56	579	142	777
	Chaser Win %	27%	37%	59%	39%
Shaun Wallace	No. Of Head-To-Heads	220	1482	221	1923
	Chaser Wins	67	605	125	797
	Chaser Win %	30%	41%	57%	41%
Anne Hegerty	No. Of Head-To-Heads	194	1548	234	1976
	Chaser Wins	57	603	149	809
	Chaser Win %	29%	39%	64%	41%
Paul Sinha	No. Of Head-To-Heads	187	1467	211	1865
	Chaser Wins	49	548	113	710
	Chaser Win %	26%	37%	54%	38%
Jenny Ryan	No. Of Head-To-Heads	96	899	98	1093
	Chaser Wins	22	324	66	412
	Chaser Win %	23%	36%	67%	38%
Darragh Ennis	No. Of Head-To-Heads	60	338	34	432
	Chaser Wins	12	131	24	167
	Chaser Win %	20%	39%	71%	39%
ALL	No. Of Head-To-Heads	967	7294	1039	9300
	Chaser Wins	263	2790	619	3672
	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%	91%
	4	24%	49%	70%	77%	100%
	5	18%	42%	62%	62%
	6	18%	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	2303	130	4	2303
Player Win %	61%	75%	100%	65%
Chaser Win %	34%	22%	0%	35%
Neither Wins %	6%	3%		n/a