JAMB Result Statistics: Meet the Top Ten Highest Scorers in 2020 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the top ten highest scorers in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organized by the board.

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The list of the highest scorers was released alongside the most applied tertiary institutions, together with other statistical reports at the JAMB Policy meeting. The official cut-off mark for admissions into tertiary institutions was also equally announced.

LEFT: JAMB Registrar, RIGHT: JAMB logo

Top Ten Highest Scorers in 2020 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has published the names of candidates who emerged with the highest scores in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ( UTME).

The  best candidates scored between 352 and 365 in their UTME. Two candidates from Anambra State were overall best with 365 and 363 scores, respectively.

The third candidate is from Edo State with 359 while two candidates from Ekiti made the list on the fourth and fifth positions, scoring 358 and 356 respectively.

Another two candidates from Delta also scored 359 and 352 respectively.

Other states that appeared on the list are Ekiti, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Kwara, Oyo, and Ogun states.

Out of the 13 listed candidates, two scored 359, two, 355, while four candidates scored 352.

The names of the candidates and scores obtained are shown below;

1) Maduafokwa Egoagwuagwu Agnes -365

2) Nwobi Okwuchukwu David – 363

3) Ojuba Mezisashe Shalom – 359

3) Elikwu, Victor Chukwuemeka – 359

5) Adebola Oluwatobi Paul – 358

6) Gboyega Oluwatobiloba Enoch – 356

7) Ojo Samuel Oluwatobi – 355

7) Utulu, Jebose George – 355

9) Osom Akan Awesome – 353

10) Akakabota Fejiro Simeon – 352

10) Ogundele Favour Jesupemi – 352

10) Alatise Monsurah Bisola. – 352

10) Adelaja Oluwasemilore Daniel – 352

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The presentation at the 2020 JAMB policy meeting by the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has been made available, and it contains statistical data on the cumulative performance of candidates in the 2020 UTME. The data shows that 1,352,988 candidates scored 120 and above while 275,206 scored 200 and above. 

View the table below for more details on the cumulative performance of candidates in the 2020 UTME, as provided by the board.

N	Cum. Range	Total Number of Candidates	Total No. of Candidates with O/L Results Uploaded	(%) of C to B	Number of Awaiting Results
1	200 & above	404,542	129,336	31.97	275,206
2	190 & above	568,842	180,309	31.70	388,533
3	180 & above	781,327	244,963	31.35	536,364
4	170 & above	1,041,234	320,216	30.75	721,018
5	160 & above	1,329,289	398,984	30.01	930,305
6	130 & above	1,866,444	531,382	28.47	1,335,062
7	120 & above	1,889,801	536,813	28.41	1,352,988