University Challenge — Highest winning margins
These are the matches since 1994 that have been won by the greatest points margin.
Highest winning margin, 1994-2022 | |||||
1 | Open | Charing Cross Hospital | SF | 97 | 350 |
2 | Corpus Christi, Oxford | Exeter | QF | 09 | 335 |
3 | Manchester | Birkbeck, London | 1st | 97 | 320 |
4 | Manchester | Lincoln, Oxford | SF | 09 | 315 |
5 | Open | Swansea | 1st | 97 | 310 |
6 | Durham | Strathclyde | 1st | 19 | 305 |
7 | Edinburgh | Jesus, Oxford | 1st | 11 | 300 |
8 | Nottingham | New Hall, Cambridge | 1st | 98 | 300 |
9 | Magdalen, Oxford | Cardiff | QF | 98 | 295 |
10 | Lincoln, Oxford | Queens', Cambridge | QF | 09 | 285 |
11 | Durham | Plymouth | 1st | 12 | 280 |
12 | Southampton | Bangor | 2nd | 14 | 275 |
13 | Manchester | St Andrews | 1st | 05 | 275 |
14 | University, London | St Hugh's, Oxford | HSL | 18 | 270 |
15 | Birmingham | Lancaster | HSL | 08 | 265 |
16 | Corpus Christi, Oxford | Lancaster | QF | 05 | 265 |
17 | Magdalen, Oxford | Trinity, Cambridge | QF | 15 | 260 |
18 | Clare, Cambridge | Leeds | 2nd | 12 | 260 |
19 | Wadham, Oxford | Robinson, Cambridge | 1st | 07 | 255 |
20 | Liverpool | Keele | 1st | 14 | 255 |
21 | Imperial, London | Exeter | QF | 96 | 255 |
22 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge | Magdalen, Oxford | 1st | 06 | 250 |
23 | University, Oxford | Magdalene, Cambridge | 1st | 01 | 250 |
24 | Queen's, Belfast | Bradford | 1st | 04 | 245 |
25 | Birkbeck, London | Reading | 1st | 21 | 245 |
26 | Christ's, Cambridge | Keele | 2nd | 02 | 245 |
27 | Sheffield | Newcastle | 1st | 11 | 245 |
28 | Southampton | Cardiff | 1st | 18 | 240 |
29 | Corpus Christi, Oxford | Durham | 1st | 09 | 235 |
30 | Birmingham | Sussex | 1st | 22 | 235 |