DDP Stats Zone

 

Roll of Honour

Year Winner Points Hits Total Teams Total Hits Most Popular Pick Most Popular hit
2025 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 117 12 545 322 Esther Rantzen James Whale
2024 It’s a Grim World After All 122 11 536 315 Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
2023 Banana’s Peel Slippers
130 12 519 312 James Whale George Alagiah
2022 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 180 16 497 280 George Alagiah Pelé
2021 Salmon Mousse 144 15 515 275 Prince Philip Prince Philip
2020 The Love Boat 155 14 488 278 Prince Philip Kirk Douglas
2019 Thomas Jefferson Survives
165 14 517 253 Leah Bracknell Leah Bracknell
2018 Pity Da Foolz
149 12 488 247 Leah Bracknell George Bush Sr
2017 Golden Slumbers 168 16 543 254 Kirk Douglas Bruce Forsyth
2016 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 155 17 483 275 Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor
2015 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 98 10 501 239 Zsa Zsa Gabor Sam Simon
2014 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 108 11 575 247 Zsa Zsa Gabor General Wojciech Jaruzelski
2013 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 111 15 588 219 Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela
2012 The Living End 104 12 547 187 Margaret Thatcher Abdelbast al Megrahi
2011 The Living End 112 12 477 177 Margaret Thatcher Kim Jong-Il
2010 Octopus of Odstock 71 9 480 161 Margaret Thatcher Sir Norman Wisdom
2009 Tonight Matthew I’m Going To Be Badly-Torn Boy 107 12 480 146 Margaret Thatcher Patrick Swayze
2008 The Living End 108 13 461 145 Fidel Castro Charlton Heston
2007 Meet Your Maker 109 12 418 126 Fidel Castro Brooke Astor
2006 Meet Your Maker 53 10 239 96 Ronnie Biggs Gerald Ford
2005 Fallen Sparrow 60 12 124 63 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II
2004 Deathlist.net 38 9 43 37 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan
2003 Otis, You Want A Treat? 43 7 24 30 Ronald Reagan Bob Hope
2002 JoeRam 33 6 42 29 Ronald Reagan Queen Mother
2001 Whittaker’s Choice 18 4 42 25 Queen Mother Sir Harry Secombe
2000 M.T. Graves 30 6 44 23 Queen Mother/Ronald Reagan John Gielgud
1999 Drunkasaskunk 39 8 35 25 Pope John Paul II/Queen Mother Derek Nimmo/Joe DiMaggio
1998 Drunkasaskunk 23 5 31 12 Pope John Paul II/Frank Sinatra/Queen Mother Frank Sinatra
1997 Nick J 43 9 20 15 Unknown Mother Theresa
1996 Nick J 30 5 18 8 Unknown George Burns

 

Theme Team Champions

Year Team Theme Points Hits
2025 A Question of Sprouts Sport 78 8
2024 Elton Welsby’s Sporting Triangles Sport 72 9
2023 God’s Gonna Gettem Names Beginning With G 63 7
2022 Complications From a Fall World Leaders 64 9
2021 Sudden Death Football 77 8
2020 Nicked but Not Dead Nicked Picks 87 8
2019 P@F #metoo The Fairer Sex 64 6
2018 Heef’s Politics XX Politics 72 8
2017 Shameless Picks that are fortunately banned these days! 101 7
2016 Shameless Picks that are fortunately banned these days! 79 5
2015 Red-Flagged
Motor Racing 56 6
2014 Kicking Buckets Instead Of Balls International Football 54 7
2013 The British (D)i(e)sles Britons 57 8
2012 Sing Your Last Song For Me Singers 47 5
2011 Gray Panthers Centenarians 43 11

 

 

Team Statistics

Most Points (Old System 1996-2006)
Pos Team Points
1st Jesus Jones 187
2nd Mr C 182
3rd One Foot In The Grave 174
4th Drunkasaskunk 166
5th Big-Iain 151
6th JoeRam 148
7th Tim R 122
8th Whittaker’s Choice 117
9th Rude Kid 116
10th The Vyrdolak 112
11th Above Average For Norfolk 110
12th The Raven 108
13th Deathlist.net 105
14th Fallen Sparrow 95
15th The Long Awaited Return Of The Dorset Jury 94
16th Juicy Janny 92
17th Otis, You Want A Treat? 87
18th Already Dead 84
19th Meet Your Maker 82
=20th Hoppo 79

 

Top 5 Most Points In A Year (1996 – 2006)

Position Team Points Year
1st Fallen Sparrow 60 2005
2nd Meet Your Maker 53 2006
3rd I Smell Dead People 51 2005
=4th STAB_In_The_DARK 50 2006
=4th Go Fish 50 2006

 

Top 5 Most Points In A Year (2007 – 2025)

Position Team Points Year
1st David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 180 2022
2nd Golden Slumbers 168 2017
3rd Thomas Jefferson Survives 165 2019
4th Still Life 164 2017
5th Thomas Jefferson Survives 162 2017

 

15+ Hits in a Year

Hits Team Year
17 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 2016
16 Heading Nowhere 2016
16 The Living End 2016
16 Thomas Jefferson Survives 2016
16 Golden Slumbers 2017
16 Still Life 2017
16 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 2022
15 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 2013
15 Crossing The Styx 2016
15 Pan Breed 2016
15 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 2017
15 Thomas Jefferson Survives 2017
15 Salmon Mousse 2021

 

Top 10 Most Appearances

Position Team Number
1st Drunkasaskunk 28
2nd Finbarr Returns from the Dead 27
=3rd JoeRam 26
=3rd Mr & Mrs Drummerboy 26
=5th Mr C 24
=5th Naked Florida Gravediggers 24
7th Dave’s Dead, Aye Dead Drunk 23
8th The Conqueror Worm 22
=9th c.a.daver 21
=9th Dead Ends 21
=9th Eternity Tours 21
=9th Going Underground 21
=9th It’s Grim Up North 21
=9th Madonna’s Hand of Bod 21
=9th Noz4news 21
=9th Only Fools and Corpses 21
=9th Puzlman’s Passing Picks 21
=9th The Anfield Iron 21
=9th The Caulkhead Coffin Kickers 21
=9th The Living End 21
=9th This Mortal Coil 21
=9th Trojan Hearse 21
=9th Virus? What Virus? Corona’s a Beer! 21

 

 

Celebrity Statistics

Hit Milestones

Milestone Who When
1st François Mitterrand 8th January 1996
100th Viktor Hamburger 12th June 2001
500th Georgia Frontiere 18th January 2008
1000th Ted Lowe 1st May 2011
1500th Frederick Sanger 19th November 2013
2000th Holly Woodlawn 6th Dec 2015
2500th Derek Robinson 31st October 2017
3000th Elijah Cummings  17th October 2019
3500th Elizabeth Blackadder 23rd August 2021
4000th Jeremy Clarke 20 May 2023
4500th Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 1 January 2025

 

Top 50 Biggest Hits

Position Name Picks Year
1st Nelson Mandela 267 2013
2nd Margaret Thatcher 264 2013
3rd Jimmy Carter 224 2024
4th Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 230 2012
5th Patrick Swayze 203 2009
6th Sir Bobby Robson 202 2009
7th Hugo Chavez 183 2013
8th Ronnie Biggs 182 2013
9th Zsa Zsa Gabor 177 2016
10th Robin Gibb 176 2012
11th Etta James 174 2012
12th Prince Phillip 173 2021
13th Sam Simon 170 2015
=14th Leah Bracknell 168 2019
=14th Johnnie Irwin 168 2024
16th Sir Norman Wisdom 166 2010
17th George Alagiah 160 2023
18th Kirk Douglas 158 2020
19th Shannon Doherty 157 2024
20th Bruce Forsyth 149 2017
21st Rolf Harris 147 2023
22nd George H.W. Bush 145 2018
23rd Clive James 144 2019
=24th Wendy Richard 141 2009
=24th James Whale 141 2025
26th Rob Burrow 139 2024
27th Linda Nolan 133 2025
28th Gianluca Vialli 127 2023
29th Martin Crowe 125 2016
30th Rush Limbaugh 123 2021
31st Frank Field 122 2024
32nd John McCain 119 2018
33rd Rev. Billy Graham 118 2018
34th Steve McMichael 117 2025
=35th Muhammad Ali 116 2016
=35th Alex Trebek 116 2020
=37th Robert Mugabe 113 2019
=37th Fernando Ricksen 113 2019
39th Joost van der Westhuizen 109 2017
=40th Pelé 108 2022
=40th Ted Kennedy 108 2009
42nd Tom Parker 106 2022
43rd Bill Turnbull 103 2022
44th Vera Lynn 102 2020
45th Nobby Styles 100 2020
=46th Queen Elizabeth II 99 2022
=46th Michael Foot 99 2010
48th Kim Jong-il 98 2011
49th James Van Der Beek 97 2026
50th Charlton Heston 96 2008

 

Top 10 Most Popular Picks to Survive

Name Teams Year
Margaret Thatcher 251 2012
Fidel Castro 242 2007
Zsa Zsa Gabor 240 2012
Zsa Zsa Gabor 239 2013
Zsa Zsa Gabor 233 2014
Ronnie Biggs 227 2010
Zsa Zsa Gabor 205 2011
George H. W. Bush 196 2013
Michael Douglas 195 2011
Zsa Zsa Gabor 195 2015

 

Died on New Year’s Day

A. I. Bezzerides 2007
Claiborne Pell 2009
Gary Ablett 2012
Christopher Martin-Jenkins 2013
Patti Page 2013
Juanita Moore 2014
Dorothy Baldwin 2014
Mario Cuomo 2015
Sarah Jones 2016
Derek Parfit 2017
Tyler Trent 2019
Don Larsen 2020
David Stern 2020
Mark Eden 2021
Floyd Little 2021
Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi 2021
Gary Burgess 2022
Frank McGarvey 2023
Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 2025
David Lodge 2025
Chad Morgan 2025
Steve DiMeglio 2025
Diane Crump 2026
Colin McDonald 2026

 

Died on New Year’s Eve

Sir John Peel 2005
Cardinal Cahal Daly 2009
The Duke of Wellington 2014
Michael Kennedy 2014
Wayne Rogers 2015
Dick Thornburgh 2020
Tommy Docherty 2020
Betty White 2021
Pope Benedict XVI 2022
Anita Pointer 2022
Shecky Greene 2023
Eddie Bernice Johnson 2023
Ana Ofelia Murguia 2023
Johnnie Walker 2024
Jocelyn Wildenstein 2024

 

Died on their Birthday

Bunny Austin (94th birthday) 26th August 2000
Larry James (61st birthday) 6th November 2008
John Reed (94th birthday) 13th February 2010
Merle Haggard (79th birthday) 6th April 2016
Kath Osmond (41st birthday) 18th April 2017
Tom “Dynamite Kid” Billington (60th birthday) 5th December 2018
James Lovelock (103rd birthday) 26th July 2022
David Brewer (83rd birthday) 28th May 2023

 

Died on Christmas Day

Derek Bailey 2005
James Brown 2006
Eartha Kitt 2008
George Robb 2011
Alberta Adams 2014
Kate Gross 2014
Salhana Shivdasani 2015
George Michael 2016
Nancy Roman 2018
K.C. Jones 2020
Ray Illingworth 2021
Wayne Thiebaud 2021
Jim Breaks 2023
Richard Franklin 2023
Henry Sandon 2023

 

Officially Verified Oldest Deaths

Jeanne Calment 122 yrs (1997)
Kane Tanaka 119 yrs (2002)
Sarah Knauss 119 yrs (1999)
Misawo Okawa 117 yrs (2015)
Emma Morano 117 yrs (2017)
Violet Brown 117 yrs (2017)
Nabi Tajima 117 yrs (2018)
Chiyo Miyako 117 yrs (2018)

As an addendum, pediatrician Leila Denmark, who died in 2012 aged 114, was the oldest DDP hit with a claim to fame independent of her extreme age.

 

Top 10 Most Hits In A Month

1 39 January 2021
2 38 January 2018
=3 37 January 2017
=3 37 February 2024
=3 37 January 2025
=6 36 January 2016
=6 36 January 2022
8 35 January 2014
9 33 January 2024
=10 32 January 2015
=10 32 February 2019
=10 32 February 2025

 

4+ Hits in a Day

6 5th February 2021 (Bayh, Plummer, Skatov, Sigurjonsson*, Sadpara*, Spinks)
5 16th January 2014 (Evans, Duccini, Johnson, Madden, Onoda)
5 7th July 2014 (Di Stefano, Jones, Smith, Scudamore, Shevardnadze)
4 30th July 2007 (Meshkini, Walsh, Bergman, Antonioni)
4 2nd January 2011 (Postlewaite, Seegar, Francis, Winters)
4 6th May 2014 (Gurlitt, Lassnig, Mowat, Dimmock)
4 14th February 2015 (Ruska, Cundell, Jourdan, Ferrero)
4 10th April 2015 (Benaud, Malina, Hill, Youzhi)
4 6th January 2016 (Asif, King, Harrington Jr, Armenteros)
4 8th July 2016 (Michelson, Dickens, Edhi, Lucas)
4 24th December 2016 (Parfitt, Reinecke, Smith, Adams)
4 8th August 2017 (Campbell, Cook, Haydock, Zorreguieta)
4 3rd March 2018 (Bannister, Campbell, Goodwin, Hannigan)
4 24th May 2018 (Bain, Himmler, Maren, Shutts)
4 11th January 2019                                     (Adam, Boone, Lewis, Atiyah)
4 21st February 2019                                    (Murphy, Zadek, Tork, Donen)
4 23rd April 2019                                   (Haigh, Witteveen, Kelsey, Grand   Duke Jean of Luxembourg)
4 24th February 2020                                (Johnson, Thunberg, Cary, Cussler)
4 18th March 2020                                (Hamlin, Tooley, Griffin, Worden)
4 12th April 2020                      (Brooke-Taylor, Bonetti, Sanders, Moss)
4 21st September 2020                           (Wilson, Lonsdale, Stallone, Devito)
4 14th October 2020                        (Reid, Fleming, Pendergast, Kretzmer)
4 2nd January 2021 (Dann, McKevitt, Urquhart, Westphal)
4 16th October 2021 (Bryer, tSaoi, Chater, Lynn)
4 26th October 2021 (Maphis, Tae-Woo, Smith, Sahl)
4 10th January 2022 (Durst, Jackson, Shelley, Waldhorn)
4 15th April 2022 (Newton, Plumb, Rupe, Sheridan)
4 27th April 2023 (Groat, Harris, Springer, Young)
4 8th August 2023 (Bahamontes, Reid, Rodriguez, Squires)
4 13th September 2023 (Gage, Mans, Whittaker, Yolande)
4 31st October 2023 (Mattingly, Protopopov, Rees, Wyllie)
4 2 February 2024 (Irwin, Murray, Lavender, Priest)
4 5 February 2024 (Jayston, Malaurie, Keith, van Agt)
4 29 February 2024 (Mwinyi, Taviani, Mulroney, Vachon)
4 2 June 2024 (Charles, Paige, Snoad, Burrow)
4 1 January 2025 (Oppenheim-Barnes, Lodge, Morgan, DiMeglio)
4 9 June 2025 (Stone, Easterby, Forsythe, Murdock)
4 13 January 2026 (Colvin, Adams, Webb, Vassiliou)

* Though 5 February is only 100% certain to be their date of disappearance, it is assumed that they died on the same day.

 

 

Leaderboard Statistics

Days on top of the Derby Dead Pool



Platinum Tier: 300+

1 The Living End 1205
2 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 884
3 Drunkasaskunk 844
4 Thomas Jefferson Survives 662
5 Nick J 579
6 Otis 544
7 Banana’s Peel Slippers 468
8 The Love Boat 438
9 Octopus of Odstock 357
10 Golden Slumbers 328

Gold Tier: 200+

11 Go Fish 277
12 Heading Nowhere 259
13 JoeRam 255
14 Whittaker’s Choice 237
15 Fallen Sparrow 230
16 Heaven Knows They’re Miserable Now 226
17 Meet Your Maker 207
18 MT Graves 206

Silver Tier: 100+

19 Day in the Death 183
20 Groblers Stiff Ones 152
21 Ed K 143
22 To Kill a Gabor Sister 139
23 Salmon Mousse 138
24 Tonight Matthew I’m Going to be Badly-Torn Boy 135
25 One Foot in the Grave 127
26 Tim R 120
27 I Smell Dead People 118
28 Drollercoaster 114

Bronze Tier: 50+

29 It’s A Grim World After All 93
30 Deathlist.net 92
31 Going Underground 78
32 No Noose is Good Noose 74
33 Hoppo 68
34 Godot 67
35 Pan Breed 64
36 GUN Away 59
37 Crazycarl 58
=38 Dead Men Walking 57
=38 Eejit 57
40 Finnbarr 55
41 Smart Beta 54

Challengers: 1+

=42 Rude Kid 48
=42 I’m Sorry For Your Trouble 48
44 They’re Dead, Y’Know 47
45 Stab in the Dark 45
46 Pity Da Foolz 40
47 Steve L 39
48 Ghoulish Guesses 36
=49 Prophet’s Prophecy 34
=49 Rot in Hell John 34
=51 Caulkhead 28
=51 Mortal Wombat 28
=51 Only Fools and Corpses 28
=54 Death From Above 27
=54 Ethnic Cleansing 27
=54 Taking the Michael 27
=57 Dave J 26
=57 Big Iain 26
=59 ‘arry-kiri 23
=59 Gawn 23
=59 Haben die Spaten 23
62 Shameless 21
63 Faster Pussycat Kill Kill 20
64 The Final Showdown 19
65 GUN Fishing 18
66 Dead Ends 16
67 This Mortal Coil 15
=68 Better You Than Me 14
=68 Fade to Black 14
=68 George Lass 14
=68 Girlfriend In A Coma 14
=68 Plan B From Outer Space 14
=68 Romancing the Headstone 14
=68 The Don 14
=68 Umish 14
=68 Unspiritualist 14
=68 You Could Be a Little Street Sweeper 14
78 Doffin Codgers 12
79 I Will Not Die, it’s the World that Will End! 11
=80 Faster Than A Dead Horse 10
=80 Perhaps Pointless Punts 10
=82 Shaun of the Dead 69 9
=82 The Sound of the Underground 9
=84 Already Dead 8
=84 DDP Tofoa 8
=84 Noz4news 8
=84 Puzlmans Picks 8
=84 Shake Rattle Roll Over 8
=89 Canadian Paul 7
=89 Carkers Convention 7
=89 Destination Eschaton 7
=89 Jackie Treehorn 7
=89 Pretty Noose 7
=94 Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food 6
=94 Misers 6
=94 Poochie 6
=97 Chemo Sabee 5
=97 Inigo I Hope We Win 5
=97 Juicy Janny 5
=97 Miss Chief 5
=97 Stardust 5
=97 They’re Loving Angels Instead 5
=103 Captain Hemlock 4
=103 Dead Last 4
=103 Eternity Tours 4
=103 Francis of Arse-Easy 4
=103 Grim McGraw 4
=103 Last of the Summer Winos 4
=109 Couldn’t Think of a Team Name 2
=109 Dead Loss 2
=109 Dead Wait 2
=109 Funerals Start With Fun 2
=109 House of Soon To Be With The Lord 2
=109 Jesus Jones 2
=109 Kicking Buckets Instead of Balls 2
=109 Nature’s Way 2
=109 Phantom’s Pick n’ Mix 2
=109 Roasting Bodies in Redcar 2
=109 Robbinsdale High School Memorial 2
=109 Sumo 2
=109 Two Coins & a Punt 2
=109 YOU’RE OUT 2
=123 Good bad and Cliff Richard 1
=123 Headstone Hunters 1
=123 I’m a Celeb 1
=123 Morrigan 1
=123 Paint the Town Dead 1
=123 Researched to Death 1
=123 Shovelful of Dirt 1
=123 Tentoesoup 1
=123 The Cobbles To a Coffin 1
=123 They Died… 1
=123 Toast of the Turf 1

 

Every DDP Lead

1996

1 Nick J Records Lost

1997

2 Nick J 12th January Jill Summers
3 Steve L 10th February Brian Connolly
4 Nick J 21st March Rev Awdrey – WINNER!

1998

5 Drunkasaskunk 21st January Jack Lord
6 2 Teams 6th February Carl Wilson
7 Drunkasaskunk 15th April Pol Pot – WINNER!

1999

8 3 Teams 7th February King Hussein of Jordan
9 2 Teams 9th February Bryan Mosley/Anne West
10 Dave J 24th February Derek Nimmo
11 2 Teams 2nd March Dusty Springfield
12 Drunkasaskunk 5th March Lord Denning – WINNER!

2000

13 MT Graves 19th January Bettino Craxi
14 Finnbarr 21st May John Gielgud
15 MT Graves 1st July Walter Matthau – WINNER!

2001

16 2 Teams 11th January Michael Williams
17 Ed K 16th January Auberon Waugh
18 Whittakers Choice 23rd April Charles Madden
19 Joe Ram 21st June Carrol O’Connor
20 Whittakers Choice 3rd August Lord Longford – WINNER!

2002

21 One Foot in the Grave 3rd January Anotonio Todde
22 Drunkasaskunk 31st January Jonathon Wilson
23 Tim R 9th February Princess Margaret
24 2 Teams 5th May Hugo Banzer
25 Joe Ram 10th June John Gotti – WINNER!

2003

26 Ed K 3rd January Nap Botterell
27 Otis You Want a Treat? 18th February Lee Kriendler – WINNER

2004

28 Otis You Want a Treat? 14th January Tom Hurndall
29 One Foot in the Grave 5th March Joan Moll
30 2 Teams 28th March Peter Ustinov
31 4 Teams 30th March Alistair Cooke
32 Deathlist.net 25th April Estee Lauder
33 Otis You Want a Treat? 6th May Barney Kessel
34 One Foot in the Grave 14th May Charlotte Benkner
35 Otis You Want a Treat? 29th May Jack Rosenthal
36 Deathlist.net 9th August Fay Wray
37 Otis You Want a Treat? 24th September Francoise Sagan
38 Deathlist.net 30th December Artie Shaw – WINNER!

2005

39 Rude Kid 2nd January Cyril Fletcher
40 Fallen Sparrow 17th January Charlie Bell
41 I Smell Dead People 20th July James Doohan
42 Fallen Sparrow 15th November Robert Tisch – WINNER!

2006

43 Go Fish 3rd January William Skate
44 20 Teams 6th January Lou Rawls
45 Faster Pussycat 14th January Shelley Winters
46 Doffin Codgers 17th January Clarence Ray Allen
47 Faster Pussycat 21st January Ibrahim Rugova
48 Go Fish 30th January Wendy Wasserstein
49 Meet Your Maker 17th October Ross Davidson – WINNER!

2007

50 2 Teams 2nd January Charles Betty
51 5 Teams 16th January Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti/ Awad Hamed al-Bandar
52 Death From Above 13th February Ada Mason
53 2 Teams 26th February Josie Grove
54 No Noose is Good Noose 24th April James Flliaggi
55 Meet Your Maker 7th July George Melly
56 Stab in the Dark 10th September Jane Wyman
57 Meet Your Maker 30th December Mehmed Uzun – WINNER!

2008

58 One Foot in the Grave 2nd January Yo-Sam Choi
59 They Died and Left Me in Charge 27th January Suharto
60 They’re Dead, Y’Know 28th January Archbishop Christodoulos
61 3 Teams 2nd March Jeff Healey/Norm O’Neill
62 2 Teams 7th March Francis Pym
63 The Living End 15th March Mikey Dread
64 Godot’s Waiting List 24th March Richard Widmark
65 The Living End 17th April Danny Federici – WINNER!

2009

66 Going Underground 1st January Claiborne Pell
67 Octopus of Odstock 3rd January Pat Hingle
68 Heaven Knows They’re Miserable Now 4th January Lei Clijsters
69 Tonight Matthew I’m Going To Be Badly-Torn Boy 18th January Robert Novak – WINNER!

2010

70 Rude Kid 4th January Tsutomu Yamaguchi
71 The Living End 18th January Kate McGarrigle
72 Misers 21st January Paul Quarrington
73 Rude Kid 27th January Zelda Rubinstein
74 Canadian Paul 7th February Willam Tenn
75 Groblers Stiff Ones 14th February Dick Francis
76 If I’m Spared… 2nd March Winston Churchill
77 Groblers Stiff Ones 6th April Corin Redgrave
78 Octopus of Odstock 19th August Edwin Morgan
79 2 Teams 31st August Laurent Fignon
80 Octopus of Odstock 4th October Norman Wisdom – WINNER!

2011

81 Old Ma G’s Gravy Mix 2nd January Pete Postlethwaite
82 Inigo I hope we win 4th January Gerry Rafferty
83 Daniel Faradays Notebook 9th January Tom Lubbock
84 The Final Showdown 15th January Nat Lofthouse
85 The Living End 3rd February John Higgins Sr – WINNER

2012

86 10 Teams 1st January Gary Ablett
87 2 Teams 14th January Lesley Strathie
88 3 Teams 22nd January Etta James
89 ‘arry kiri 7th February Joe Paterno
90 2 Teams 14th February Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua
91 Gawn dead Planted 2nd March Josh Gifford
92 Stardust 16th February Gary Carter
93 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 21st February Leonard Rosoman
94 2 Teams 20th March Jim Stynes
95 The Living End 25th March Bert Sugar – WINNER!

2013

96 Octopus of Odstock 1st January Christopher Martin-Jenkins
97 Romancing the Headstone 9th January Owen Brennan
98 Octopus of Odstock 21st January Michael Winner
99 The Living End 11th March Lisa Lynch
100 Octopus of Odstock 8th April Annette Funicello
101 Thomas Jefferson Survives 4th July Bernie Nolan
102 Octopus of Odstock 21st September Jack Pardee
103 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 16th December Ray Price – WINNER!

2014

(Some swaps in October have been lost)

104 The Good, the Bad and Cliff Richard 1st January Dorothy Baldwin
105 4 Teams 2nd January Terry Biddlecombe
106 Shake, Rattle, Roll over 3rd January Phil Evrely
107 3 Teams 11th January Felix Glenny
108 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 16th January Steve Evans
109 Drunkasaskunk 7th May Katherine Crowe
110 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 21st October Chen Ziming – WINNER!

2015

111 2 Teams 1st January Mario Cuomo
112 The Living End 2nd January Anas al-Liby
113 3 Teams 4th January Stuart Scott
114 Taking the Michael 13th January Mike Marqusee
115 Crazycarl 9th February Ed Sabol
116 2 Teams 27th February Bob Benmosche
117 Thomas Jefferson Survives 8th April Ion Trewin
118 The Living End 2nd September Denise Marshall
119 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 25th December Sadhana Shivdasani – WINNER!

2016

120 Shameless 1st January Pick Famous For Being Ill
121 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 15th January Dan Haggry
122 Shameless 25th February Pick Famous For Being Ill
123 Heading Nowhere 3rd March Martin Crowe
124 The Living End 14th March Peter Maxwell Davies
125 Thomas Jefferson Survives 24th March Johan Cruyff
126 The Living End 4th April Ronald Mulkearns
127 2 Teams 8th July Abdul Sattar Edhi
128 The Living End 16th July Bonnie Brown
129 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 23rd July Kate Granger
130 Heading Nowhere 30th August Vera Caslavska
131 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 2nd September Rowena Kincaid – WINNER!

2017

132 Destination Eschaton 1st January Derek Parfitt
133 Carkers Convention 8th January Peter Sarstedt
134 5 Teams 15th January Jimmy Snuka
135 To Kill a Gabor Sister 19th January Mark Sims
136 Golden Slumbers 6th February Joost van der Westhuizen
137 2 Teams 17th October Gord Downie
138 Golden Slumbers 5th December King Michael of Romania WINNER!

2018

139 Robbinsdale High School Memorial Deathsquad 2nd January Emily Dole
140 2 Teams 4th January Rayya Elias
141 Drollercoaster 17th January Jessica Falkholt
142 Day in the Death 22nd April Jacqui Forster
143 Thomas Jefferson Survives 5th August Charlotte Rae
144 Pity da Foolz 21st November Devin Lima – WINNER!

2019

145 GUN Away 1st January Tyler Trent
146 2 Teams 25th January Fatima Ali
147 Ethnic Cleansing 1st February Andrew McGahan
148 The Living End 21st February Peter Tork
149 Going Underground 3rd April Bill Heine
150 GUN Away 11th June Gabriele Grunewald
151 2 Teams 16th July Johnny Clegg
152 3 Teams 20th August Fred Rister
153 Thomas Jefferson Survives 18th September Fernando Ricksen – WINNER!

2020

154 YOUREOUT 1st January Don Larsen
155 Last of the Summer Winos 3rd January Christopher Beeny
156 You Could Be A King or a Little Street Sweeper 7th January Elizabeth Wurtzel
157 House of Soon to be with the Lord 10th January Qaboos al Said
158 You Could be A King or a Little Street Sweeper 12th January Roger Scruton
159 Roasting Bodies in Redcar 19th January Shin Kyuk-ho
160 You Could Be a King or a Little Street Sweeper 21st January Terry Jones
161 The Love Boat 25th January Sonia Kinsella
162 2 Teams 30th January John Andretti
163 The Love Boat 14th March Genesis Porridge
164 To Kill a Gabor Sister 18th March Maggie Griffin
165 Day in the Death 17th July John Lewis
166 The Love Boat 24th  July David Hagen – WINNER

2021

167 3 Teams 1st January Floyd Little
168 Prophet’s Prophecy 2nd January Paul Westphal
169 2 Teams 22nd January Luton Shelton
170 Jackie Treehorn 5th February Leon Spinks
171 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 12th February  Milford Graves
172 Heading Nowhere 17th February Rush Limbaugh
173 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 21st March Lee Noble
174 Haben die Spaten 9th April Prince Philip
175 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 2nd May Litsa Menounous
176 Heading Nowhere 7th June Yoo Sang-chul
177 Salmon Mousse 15th August Gerd Muller – WINNER

2022

178 29 teams 1st January Gary Burgess
179 4 Teams 3rd January Igor Bogdanoff
180 DDP Tofoa 10th January Robert Durst
181 3 Teams 11th January Jana Bennett
182 2 Teams 20th January Russell Bishop
183 Smart Beta 25th January Mustafa Kayirici
184 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 27th February Sister Catherine Wybourne – WINNER

2023

185 They think it’s all over 1st January Frank McGarvey
186 Day in the Death 6th January  Bill Campbell/Gianluca Vialli
187 2 Teams 8th January Roberto Dinamite
188 To Kill A Gabor Sister 25th January Randy Gonzalez
189 Banana’s Peel Slippers 16th February Tim Lobinger
190 To Kill A Gabor Sister 2nd April Ryuichi Sakamoto
191 Day in the Death 27th April Carolyn Bryant Donham
192 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 9th May Denny Crum
193 Banana’s Peel Slippers 23rd May Robert Zimmer – WINNER

2024

194 Morrigan  2nd January Saleh al-Arouri
195 11 teams 3rd January Derek Draper
196 12 teams 4th January David Soul
197 Plan B From Outer Space 5th January  Mario Zagallo
198 Day in the Death 15th January Brian Barczyk
199 The Sound of the Underground 27th January Stuart Gray
200 2 Teams 2nd February Jonnie Irwin
201 Day in the Death 5th February Toby Keith
202 Banana’s Peel Slippers 15th February Alexis Buchman
203 It’s A Grim World After All 30th September Dikembe Mutombo – WINNER

2025

204 Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food 1st January David Lodge
205 Day in the Death 7th January Peter Yarrow/Jean-Marie Le Pen
206 Two Teams 9th January Black Bart
207 You Could be A King or a Little Street Sweeper 12th January Oliverio Toscani
208 Faster Than A Dead Horse 15th January Linda Nolan/David Lynch
209 Heading Nowhere 17th January Denis Law
210 Sorry For Your Trouble 22nd January  Charlotte Raven
211 Heading Nowhere 4th February Nigel McCrery
212 2 Teams 16th March Emilie Dequenne
213 The Love Boat 28th March Mary Schmucker
214 Faster Than A Dead Horse 10th December Sophie Kinsella
215 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 18th December Greg Haugen – WINNER

2026

216 Kicking Buckets Instead of Balls 1st January  Colin McDonald
217 Perhaps Pointless Punts 3rd January Eva Schloss/Sidney Kibrick
218 The Love Boat 13th January Scott Adams/David Webb
219 GUN Fishing 20th January Rob Hirst
220 I Will Not Die, it’s the World that Will End! 7th February  Brad Arnold
221 Pretty Noose 18th February Jesse Jackson

 

 

 

The remaining three tables are accurate until 2022, work is ongoing to update the relevant files:

Top 40 Most Combined Points

Position Team Points
1st The Living End 1632
2nd Deceased Hose 1394
3rd Dead Ends 1258
4th Heading Nowhere 1253
5th Thomas Jefferson Survives 1235
6th Misers 1233
7th Wormer, He’s a Dead Man! Marmalard, Dead! Niedermeyer… 1218
8th David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 1201
9th Ethnic Cleansing 1189
10th Carkers’ Convention 1171
11th Going Underground 1165
12th This Mortal Coil 1139
13th Drunkasaskunk 1084
14th Pan Breed 1078
15th Daniel Faraday’s Notebook 1076
16th The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order 1053
17th Plowing the Deep 1018
18th DDP Tofoa 1007
19th The End of the World As We Know it 1002
20th I’m Sorry For Your Trouble 995
21st The Love Boat 968
22nd Eejit 922
23rd People I Think Might Die In 2009 United 913
24th Shovelful Of Dirt 906
25th Inigo, I Hope We Win 897
26th Stephen Hawking’s Football Boots 887
27th JoeRam 877
28th Windsor The Troll 864
29th Bucket of Blood 848
30th Madonna’s Hand of Bod 841
31st Guild Of Master Reapers 840
32nd Today’s The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic 829
=33rd Sweeney Todd’s Nutritional Information 802
=33rd Shaun Of The Dead 69 802
35th Stab In The Dark 795
36th Noah Reason & the Youth in Asia 790
37th Very Ill Turned Very Dead 783
38th Stone Dead Cert 778
39th Octopus of Odstock 773
40th Day In The Death 767

Top 40 Most Combined Hits

Position Team Hits
1st The Living End 177
2nd Deceased Hose 149
3rd Dead Ends 145
4th Misers 134
5th Carker’s Convention 133
6th Drunkasaskunk 131
7th Ethnic Cleansing 130
8th Fuck A 40oz, You’ll Be Dumping Out Whole Kegs Of Brew 129
9th JoeRam 129
10th Heading Nowhere 126
11th Wormer, He’s a Dead Man! Marmalard, Dead! Niedermeyer… 125
12th Going Underground 124
=13th Dethlist.net 122
=13th Gray Panthers 122
=15th Thomas Jefferson Survives 121
=15th This Mortal Coil 121
17th Madonna’s Hand of Bod 118
18th Eejit 117
19th Daniel Faraday’s Notebook 112
20th The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order 110
21st Pan Breed 109
22nd The End Of The World As We Know It 108
23rd I’m Sorry For Your Trouble 107
=24th DDP Tofoa 106
=24th Stephen Hawking’s Football Boots 106
=24th Puzlman’s Passing Picks 106
=27th Plowing The Deep 105
=27th Windsor The Troll 105
=29th Octopus of Odstock 101
=29th Eternity Tours 101
=31st Guild Of Master Reapers 99
=31st Stab In The Dark 99
33rd Mr C 98
34th Shovelful of Dirt 97
35th New Years and Drinks All Night 95
=36th People I Think Might Die United 94
=36th Inigo, I Hope We Win 94
=36th Noah Reason & the Youth in Asia 94
=39th The Love Boat 93
=39th Grobler’s Stiff Ones 93

Celebs on Most DDPs

Holly Johnson, Keith Richards 26
Hulk Hogan, Liza Minnelli 25
John Astin, Michael Barrymore, Jimmy Carter, (d. 2024) Queen Elizabeth II (d. 2022), Mikhail Gorbachev (d. 2022), Imelda Marcos, Rupert Murdoch, Mike Tyson 24
Woody Allen, Michael J. Fox, Angela Lansbury (d. 2022), Desmond Tutu (d. 2021) 23
Emperor Akihito of Japan, George W. Bush, Kirk Douglas (d. 2020), Henry Kissinger (d. 2023), Ozzy Osbourne (d. 2025), Prince Philip (d. 2021) 22

*Where records are fully known – this excludes 1996, 1997, and 1999