It would be interesting to see people's lists. Here's mine. With me
greatness is a combination of talent and success, not just one or the
other. I've excluded later players who we haven't seen in a champion
of champions tournament.

1. Harvey Freeman - He did it all. After winning his series (with the
highest ever series score in the half-hour game) and CofC unbeaten,
he put himself on the line again in the supreme championships, which
he won. He lost in the Masters series to Mark Nyman, but that doesn't
detract from his success.

2. Julian Fell - The highest averaging player in history. His series
win was staggering and if he'd won the CofC, he would probably be
number one on this list, but he was beaten by Graham Nash in the
quarter finals.

3. Graham Nash - He wasn't the highest scorer, but he had the
success. Unbeaten series champion and CofC winner, he beat Julian
Fell, Tom Hargreaves and Chris Wills in consecutive games, in
arguably the most competitive CofC.

4. Allan Saldanha - He never won a championship but in the supreme
championships, he looked the most impressive player, making it look
easy on his the way to the final before meeting Harvey Freeman.

5. Don Reid - He was an unbeaten series champion and CofC winner. His
only defeat came against John Clarke in the supreme championships,
and that was on a sudden death conundrum.

6. Nic Brown - He was unbeaten as series champion and CofC winner,
but did not come back for the supreme championships.

7. Scott Mearns - Another unbeaten series champion and CofC winner.
he would have been higher if not for losing to Natascha Kearsey in
their battle of the champions of champions.

8. Mark Nyman - One of the earliest Octochamps, he failed to win his
series final (his only defeat) before winning the first CofC and then
beating Clive Freedman in a champion of champions head to head, as
well as beating harvery freeman in the masters series.

9. John Clarke - He was an unbeaten series winner, but lost in the
CofC and supreme championships at the semi-final stages, both times
to Harvery Freeman, the only person to defeat him.

10= Tim Morrissey - He wasn't a series winner, but he was an
Octochamp, CofC winner and made it to the semi-finals of the supreme
championships, before losing to Allan Saldanha.

10= Chris Wills - One of the highest scoring unbeaten series winners,
he made it to the final of the CofC before losing to Graham Nash,
whose place he could have had if he'd won.