Erwin Rudolph, straight pool, 277 balls in 1935. (Chicago Tribune, March 12, 1935. p. 25) Ralph Greenleaf, continuous pool, 263 balls in an exhibition at Sacramento, CA, in 1923 Ralf Souquet, 8-ball, 27 racks while preparing for the IPT, confirmed on his website, approximately 216 consecutive balls with a very high degree of difficulty Darren Appleton, straight pool, 200 balls in a single inning (unfinished) on his first shot, in a match against Francisco Bustamante at New York in 2013 (the straight pool equivalent of a “perfect game”) Keith McCready, 9-ball, 21 racks on a bar table at Hard Times, Costa Mesa, CA, allegedly confirmed by KM during a podcast, approximately 189 balls with a super-high degree of difficulty “Iron” Joe Procita, straight pool, 182 balls, the stillstanding tournament record for a 5x10 table (he set the tournament record against the official world record holder, Willie Mosconi, in 1954) Jennifer Chen, straight pool, 158 balls, the women’s record Jeanette Lee, straight pool, 152 balls Irving Crane, straight pool, ran 150 balls and out against Joe Balsis in the finals of the 1966 US Open championship Jean Balukas, straight pool, 134 balls Ruth McGinnis, straight pool, 128 balls (she also had runs of 125 and 85) Jasmin Ouschan, straight pool, 120 balls (her brother Albin is also a world champion pool player; in 2008 Jasmin finished third in a major men’s tournament, defeating Mikka Immonen and Oliver Ortmann)
William Clearwater, continuous pool, 97 balls on a 10-foot table Alfredo de Oro, continuous pool, 91 balls against Joseph Keough, in 1910 Mike Massey, 9-ball, 13 racks when McDermott cues was sponsoring him in the 80’s Johnny Archer, 9-ball, 13 racks against Francisco Bustamante, gambling for $5,000 Mika Immonen, 9-ball, 12 racks against Ray Doherty at Classic Billiards in Phoenixville, PA Earl Strickland, 9-ball, 11 racks against Nick Mannino at a C. J. Wiley event, witnessed by Jay Helfert, who racked the last five games Ronnie Allen, 1-pocket, 6 racks on a Brunswick Gold Crown table, spotting 10-8 (witnessed by Freddy “The Beard” Bentivegna) David Matlock, 9 ball on Barbox, 28 racks, approximately 252 balls Randy “Fat Randy” Wallace, 9 ball 28 racks 2x in a row with one miss in between each set. Approximately 504 balls with one miss. Niels Feijen, 9-ball, 15 racks or approximately 135 balls, with a super-high degree of difficulty, while preparing for the 4th Open Weert 9-Ball Championship Gabe “the babe” Owens, one pocket ghost 4 racks perfect 60. Eddie “the Knoxville Bear”, Bank pool, 37 balls without a miss in competition David “Blackjack” Sapolis, 14.1, 212 ball run Larry Lisciotti , 14.1, 356 balls
William Clearwater, straight pool, 118 balls in an early straight pool exhibition
Andrew Cleary, 3 ball, 5 racks plus 2 before catching a skid....approximately 17 balls
Line “Eye Chart” Kvoersvik, straight pool, 116 balls
Joe “the meatman” Balsis , 14.1, 250+ balls 27
