University Challenge — Highest winning margins

These are the matches since 1994 that have been won by the greatest points margin.

Highest winning margin, 1994-2025
1	Open	Charing Cross Hospital	SF	97	350
2	Corpus Christi, Oxford	Exeter	QF	09	335
3	Manchester	Birkbeck, London	1st	97	320
4	Imperial, London	Wadham, Oxford	2nd	25	320
5	Manchester	Lincoln, Oxford	SF	09	315
6	Open	Swansea	1st	97	310
7	Durham	Strathclyde	1st	19	305
8	Edinburgh	Jesus, Oxford	1st	11	300
9	Nottingham	New Hall, Cambridge	1st	98	300
10	Magdalen, Oxford	Cardiff	QF	98	295
11	Lincoln, Oxford	Queens', Cambridge	QF	09	285
12	Durham	Plymouth	1st	12	280
13	Manchester	St Andrews	1st	05	275
14	Southampton	Bangor	2nd	14	275
15	University, London	St Hugh's, Oxford	HSL	18	270
16	Birmingham	Lancaster	HSL	08	265
17	Corpus Christi, Oxford	Lancaster	QF	05	265
18	Clare, Cambridge	Leeds	2nd	12	260
19	Magdalen, Oxford	Trinity, Cambridge	QF	15	260
20	Liverpool	Keele	1st	14	255
21	Wadham, Oxford	Robinson, Cambridge	1st	07	255
22	Imperial, London	Exeter	QF	96	255
23	Bristol	Exeter	2nd	25	255
24	University, Oxford	Magdalene, Cambridge	1st	01	250
25	Trinity Hall, Cambridge	Magdalen, Oxford	1st	06	250
26	Sheffield	Newcastle	1st	11	245
27	Queen's, Belfast	Bradford	1st	04	245
28	Birkbeck, London	Reading	1st	21	245
29	Bristol	Gonville and Caius, Cambridge	1st	25	245
30	Christ's, Cambridge	Keele	2nd	02	245