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	74	7	12	20	29	6	55%
18	3	0	0	2	1	0	58%
ALL	2295	63	309	829	788	306	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	74	19%	68%	14%	23%
18	3	17%	75%	8%	67%
ALL	2295	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	954	7198	1028	9180
Player Wins	694	4446	415	5555
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	215	61%	42%	24%	43%
£2,000	617	71%	44%	40%	51%
£3,000	1172	72%	57%	33%	57%
£4,000	1744	72%	58%	39%	57%
£5,000	1837	74%	61%	35%	59%
£6,000	1624	79%	66%	48%	65%
£7,000	1095	83%	68%	46%	67%
£8,000	542	57%	74%	49%	70%
£9,000	198	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	207	1544	236	1987
	Chaser Wins	56	575	140	771
	Chaser Win %	27%	37%	59%	39%
Shaun Wallace	No. Of Head-To-Heads	219	1462	218	1899
	Chaser Wins	67	593	123	783
	Chaser Win %	31%	41%	56%	41%
Anne Hegerty	No. Of Head-To-Heads	192	1531	233	1956
	Chaser Wins	57	598	148	803
	Chaser Win %	30%	39%	64%	41%
Paul Sinha	No. Of Head-To-Heads	185	1446	210	1841
	Chaser Wins	48	542	113	703
	Chaser Win %	26%	37%	54%	38%
Jenny Ryan	No. Of Head-To-Heads	94	890	97	1081
	Chaser Wins	22	321	65	408
	Chaser Win %	23%	36%	67%	38%
Darragh Ennis	No. Of Head-To-Heads	57	325	34	416
	Chaser Wins	10	123	24	157
	Chaser Win %	18%	38%	71%	38%
ALL	No. Of Head-To-Heads	954	7198	1028	9180
	Chaser Wins	260	2752	613	3625
	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	32%	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, 5.7% 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	2275	129	4	2275
Player Win %	61%	75%	100%	65%
Chaser Win %	34%	22%	0%	35%
Neither Wins %	6%	3%		n/a