University Challenge — Miscellaneous Statistics

At the moment, I can conjecture that the highest losing score, and the highest aggregate score were both scored in the same match in 1987. In the semi-final match University College, Oxford beat the Open University by 405-335 giving a total score of 740!

The highest combined points total in a single show since 1994 is 570 for Trinity, Cambridge vs New, Oxford (390-180) in the 1995 final, and the lowest combined points total for a single show is 155 for Wolfson, Cambridge vs St John's, Oxford (40-115) in the 1st round in 2020.

The highest losing score since 1994 is Clare, Cambridge's 250 in the 2012 Quarter Final. And the lowest winning score is 85 scored by Emmanuel, Cambridge in their quarter-final victory over King's, London in 2022.

Highest-scoring games since 1994

1Trinity, CambridgeNew, OxfordFinal95570
2WarwickImperial, LondonSF96530
3ManchesterClare, CambridgeQF12520
4Trinity, CambridgeQueen's, Belfast2nd95515
5CityBalliol, OxfordHSL99510
6OpenMagdalen, Oxford2nd98500
7DurhamTrinity, CambridgeQF99500
8AberystwythDurhamQF00500
9LSEImperial, LondonFinal96495
10OpenLancaster1st99495
11GlasgowDurham2nd99495
12Oriel, OxfordLeicesterQF99495
13Trinity, CambridgeSt AndrewsQF95490
14Selwyn, CambridgeLSESF96490
15HullSheffield2nd01490
16Trinity, CambridgeManchesterQF14490
17Pembroke, OxfordSwansea2nd96485
18King's Medical School, LondonDurham2nd00485
19HullSomerville, Oxford1st02485
20NottinghamChrist Church, Oxford2nd08485

Lowest-scoring games since 1994

1Wolfson, CambridgeSt John's, Oxford1st20155
2King's, LondonEmmanuel, CambridgeQF22165
3Queen Mary, LondonOxford Brookes1st22205
4ExeterManchester1st22210
5Sheffield HallamNewcastle1st18210
6Royal Holloway, LondonGreyfriar's Hall, Oxford1st05210
7King's, LondonGlasgow1st22215
8ReadingSt John's, CambridgeQF22215
9Darwin, CambridgeBristolQF19220
10DurhamRoyal HollowayQF23225
11Emmanuel, CambridgeCorpus Christi, OxfordQF17225
12Wadham, OxfordBristol1st13225
13GlasgowManchesterQF19225
14EdinburghRoyal Holloway, London2nd05225
15GlasgowEdinburgh1st05225
16Jesus, OxfordCourtauld Institute of Art, LondonQF20225
17WarwickBristolQF17230
18St AndrewsBangor1st13230
19Clare, CambridgeQueen's, BelfastQF14230
20Corpus Christi, CambridgeRoyal Northern College of Music1st04230