The greatest possible score in a game of bowling is a perfect game, which is attained by scoring a strike in each frame. The greatest possible score in ten-pin bowling, candlepin bowling, and duckpin bowling is 300, which is accomplished by bowling 12 strikes in a row in a single game: one strike in each of the first nine frames, plus three additional strikes in the tenth frame.
The maximum possible score in five-pin bowling is 450, since a strike is worth 15 pins. Bowling or seeing one is an uncommon occurrence. Each year, the Canadian Five Pin Bowlers Association recognizes between 10 and 40 perfect games.
A total of 300 games have been televised live on television. On live television, Grazio Castellano of Brooklyn, New York, was the first to roll a 300 game. This happened in Newark, New Jersey, on October 4, 1953, during an Eastern All-Star league session. (Castellano is a member of the Hall of Fame of the United States Bowling Congress.) A more contemporary example occurred in October 2006, when England's Paul Moor became the first man to score 300 in the biennial Europe vs America team challenge tournament, the Weber Cup (the first 300 on live British television). In the 2007 World Tenpin Masters, Australian Jason Belmonte became the first bowler to ever roll a 300 game in the televised finals, defeating Moor. From 2007 to 2009, Tommy Jones has shot a flawless game in each Weber Cup. On live Japanese television, Shota Kawazoe has rolled 300 games in a row.
