The pencil is awarded for being the first person to offer a particular word as a maximum. Total in circulation: 269,671.
This table shows the players who have collected the most pencils.
| # | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| 26th | Dinos Sfyris | 2,203 |
| 26th | Chris Davies | 2,203 |
| 28th | Jen Steadman | 2,110 |
| 29th | Tom Cappleman | 2,082 |
| 30th | Martin Thomas | 2,080 |
| 31st | Ben Wilson | 1,993 |
| 32nd | Nick Deller | 1,893 |
| 33rd | Mark D | 1,803 |
| 34th | Phil Hannan | 1,765 |
| 35th | Phyl Styles | 1,747 |
| 36th | Charlie Reams | 1,724 |
| 37th | Jon Corby | 1,652 |
| 38th | Jack Worsley | 1,520 |
| 39th | Conor Travers | 1,456 |
| 40th | Zohaib Rehan | 1,454 |
| 41st | John Beresford | 1,312 |
| 42nd | Ian Volante | 1,287 |
| 43rd | Junaid Mubeen | 1,282 |
| 44th | Andy SC | 1,263 |
| 45th | Damian Eadie | 1,260 |
| 46th | Jimmy Gough | 1,208 |
| 47th | Adam Finlay | 1,196 |
| 48th | Oliver Garner | 1,185 |
| 49th | Nick W | 1,181 |
| 50th | James Hurrell | 1,162 |
| « Top 25 | 26–50 of 668 | Next 25 › | ||
Statistics last updated about 2 hours ago at 2026-09-02 10:53:47.
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