UTME Top Scorers: Figures Rise from 299 to 374 Between 2013 and 2026

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Each year, a handful of candidates rise above nearly two million others in Nigeria’s most competitive examination.

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Here is the complete official record of UTME top scorers since 2013, as published by JAMB.

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2026
nOwoeye Daniella Jesudunsin 
nState: Ekiti
n372 / 400
nThe latest name to top Nigeria’s most competitive exam, Owoeye Daniella Jesudunsin scored 372 in the 2026 UTME, choosing the University of Lagos to study Medicine and Surgery. She was closely followed by Enwere Kingsley Ikenna (370) and Bamisile Ayomide Emmanuel (369), with several other candidates recording 368 and 367.n

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2025
nAll-time record 
nOkeke Chinedu Christian
nState: Anambra
n374 / 400
nJAMB’s official press conference document, delivered by Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede on May 14, 2025, listed the best score of the 2025 UTME as 374 — the highest recorded since the computer-based test began in 2013. The Registrar described it as “the best highest in the last one and half decades.”

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2024
nOlowu Joseph Oluwasijibomi (Ondo), Alayande David (Oyo) & Orukpe Joel Ehijele (Edo)
n367 / 400 each
nThree candidates shared top honours in the 2024 UTME with identical scores of 367, making it a rare triple tie. Their registration numbers — 202440343695GA, 202440097040EF, and 202440089418GA — are confirmed in JAMB’s official records. It was a year when only 0.46 per cent of the 1.8 million candidates who sat the examination scored 300 and above.n

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2023
nUmeh Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere 
nState: Anambra
n360 / 400
nA student of Deeper Life High School in Mowe, Ogun State, Umeh Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere (Reg: 202330325356GA) scored 360 to emerge the highest UTME candidate in 2023. Her achievement attracted national celebration, and Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo offered her a full scholarship.n

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2022
nAdebayo Eyimofe Oluwatofunmi
nState: Ekiti
n362 / 400
nAdebayo Eyimofe Oluwatofunmi (Reg: 202211075576JA) topped the 2022 UTME with a score of 362.

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2021
nMonwuba Chibuzo Chibuikem
nState: Not disclosed
n358 / 400
nMonwuba Chibuzo Chibuikem (Reg: 10054281ID) scored 358 to lead all candidates in the 2021 UTME. He later went on to study electrical, electronics and communications engineering at the University of South Florida in the United States.

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2020
nMaduafokwa Egoagwuagwu Agnes
nState: Anambra
n365 / 400
nAgnes (Reg: 21398306DF), a graduate of Louisville Girls High School in Ijebu-Itele, Ogun State, scored 365 — a score that stood as the highest in the CBT era until 2025. She went on to study Mechanical Engineering at Duke University in the United States under the institution’s Karsh International Scholarship.n

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2019
nEzeunala Ekene Franklin 
nState: Not disclosed
n347 / 400
nEzeunala Ekene Franklin (Reg: 96630270JC) scored 347 in the 2019 UTME at just 15 years old — making him one of the youngest top scorers in the examination’s history. He was a graduate of Meiran Community Senior High School, Lagos.n

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2018
nGaladima Israel Zakari
nState: Borno
n364 / 400
nGaladima Israel Zakari (Reg: 86034528DA) posted one of the highest scores of his era with 364 in the 2018 UTME. His result, confirmed in JAMB’s official records, ranks among the strongest performances in the examination’s CBT history.n

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2017
nAkingbulugbe Precious Ayomide
nState: Not disclosed
n353 / 400
nAkingbulugbe Precious Ayomide (Reg: 75902784CB) emerged as the highest UTME scorer in 2017 with 353. Like the 2018 result, this performance was not widely publicised at the time but is confirmed in JAMB’s official historical records presented at the May 2025 press conference.n

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2016
nAkenbor Adesuwa Osarugue (Edo) & Anonye Victory Emenike (State not disclosed)
n359 / 400 each
nTwo candidates tied for the top position in 2016 with identical scores of 359. Akenbor Adesuwa Osarugue (Reg: 65290500BI) and Anonye Victory Emenike (Reg: 65740193BF) shared the glory. Adesuwa went on to study Medicine at UNIBEN, while Anonye pursued Medicine and Surgery at the University of Jos.n

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2015
nIlukwe Lottachukwu Geraldine 
nState: Not disclosed
n332 / 400
nA student of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, Ilukwe Lottachukwu Geraldine (Reg: 55395199EB) topped the 2015 UTME with 332. She went on to study law at the London School of Economics and Political Science and is now a practising lawyer and consultant in the United Kingdom.

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2014
nOnomejoh Princewill
nState: Not disclosed
n299 / 400
nOnomejoh Princewill (Reg: 47049891HB) scored 299 to lead all candidates in the 2014 UTME. He went on to study at the University of Benin, graduating with a first-class degree and emerging as the best student in his faculty.n

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2013
nOlise Israel Chukwunalu
nState: Not disclosed
n299 / 400
nThe pioneer of the CBT era’s top scorers, Olise Israel Chukwunalu (Reg: 37207292AB) scored 299 in the inaugural computer-based UTME in 2013. He gained admission to the University of Ibadan to study Medicine and Surgery and has since qualified as a medical doctor.n

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