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

1	Trinity, Cambridge	New, Oxford	Final	95	570
2	Warwick	Imperial, London	SF	96	530
3	Manchester	Clare, Cambridge	QF	12	520
4	Trinity, Cambridge	Queen's, Belfast	2nd	95	515
5	City	Balliol, Oxford	HSL	99	510
6	Open	Magdalen, Oxford	2nd	98	500
7	Durham	Trinity, Cambridge	QF	99	500
8	Aberystwyth	Durham	QF	00	500
9	LSE	Imperial, London	Final	96	495
10	Open	Lancaster	1st	99	495
11	Glasgow	Durham	2nd	99	495
12	Oriel, Oxford	Leicester	QF	99	495
13	Trinity, Cambridge	St Andrews	QF	95	490
14	Selwyn, Cambridge	LSE	SF	96	490
15	Hull	Sheffield	2nd	01	490
16	Trinity, Cambridge	Manchester	QF	14	490
17	Pembroke, Oxford	Swansea	2nd	96	485
18	King's Medical School, London	Durham	2nd	00	485
19	Hull	Somerville, Oxford	1st	02	485
20	Nottingham	Christ Church, Oxford	2nd	08	485

Lowest-scoring games since 1994

1	Wolfson, Cambridge	St John's, Oxford	1st	20	155
2	King's, London	Emmanuel, Cambridge	QF	22	165
3	Queen Mary, London	Oxford Brookes	1st	22	205
4	Exeter	Manchester	1st	22	210
5	Sheffield Hallam	Newcastle	1st	18	210
6	Royal Holloway, London	Greyfriar's Hall, Oxford	1st	05	210
7	King's, London	Glasgow	1st	22	215
8	Reading	St John's, Cambridge	QF	22	215
9	Darwin, Cambridge	Bristol	QF	19	220
10	Edinburgh	Royal Holloway, London	2nd	05	225
11	Wadham, Oxford	Bristol	1st	13	225
12	Jesus, Oxford	Courtauld Institute of Art, London	QF	20	225
13	Emmanuel, Cambridge	Corpus Christi, Oxford	QF	17	225
14	Durham	Royal Holloway, London	QF	23	225
15	Glasgow	Manchester	QF	19	225
16	Glasgow	Edinburgh	1st	05	225
17	Warwick	Bristol	QF	17	230
18	Corpus Christi, Cambridge	Royal Northern College of Music	1st	04	230
19	Clare, Cambridge	Queen's, Belfast	QF	14	230
20	St Andrews	Bangor	1st	13	230
21	St Andrews	Royal Holloway, London	2nd	23	235
22	Bangor	Edinburgh	1st	08	235
23	Oxford Brookes	Bristol	QF	15	235
24	Sheffield	Aberdeen	2nd	24	235
25	LSE	Courtauld Institute of Art, London	1st	20	235
26	Manchester	Strathclyde	2nd	21	235
27	Lancaster	Reading	2nd	05	235
28	Edinburgh	Emmanuel, Cambridge	QF	18	235
29	Imperial, London	Emmanuel, Cambridge	SF	22	235
30	London Institute in Paris	Goldsmith's, London	1st	19	235