The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the list of top scorers for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, with an applicant to the University of Lagos leading the chart.
At its 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Abuja on Monday, JAMB said Ekiti-born Owoeye Jesudunsin, who sat for the examination in Ogun State, scored 372 out of 400 marks to emerge as the highest-scoring candidate.
According to JAMB Registrar Ishaq Oloyede, Jesudunsin applied to study medicine and surgery as her first choice at the University of Lagos.
In second place was Ikenna Enwere with 370 marks. The Imo-born candidate picked Nile University in Abuja as his first choice and chose to study computer science. He was closely followed by Ayomide Bamisile of Ondo State, who scored 369 marks and applied to study software engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Akure.
The 2026 top score of 372 is three marks lower than the 2025 top score of 374, which was recorded by Anambra-born Chinedu Okeke. JAMB described that score as the highest recorded since the computer-based test began in 2013.
Since 2013, UTME top scores have ranged from 299 to 374. In 2013 and 2014, the top scores were 299 each. The score climbed to 332 in 2015, 359 in 2016, 353 in 2017, 364 in 2018, and 347 in 2019. In 2020, the top score was 365, followed by 358 in 2021, 362 in 2022, and 360 in 2023. In 2024, three candidates shared top honours with identical scores of 367. The highest score in the CBT era to date remains 374, recorded in 2025.
