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This page attempts to delineate the all time records in the Academic Decathlon, as well as to delineate all time record holders by history. If a record was broken multiple times at a single competition, both record breakers are honored here. For example, Moorpark 2008 and Waukesha West 2008 both broke the all-time team score record at Nationals/2008. This page also honors any teams or individuals that tied with a record.

These scores only represent achievements in the history that is recorded on ADSIC. Keep in mind that the ADSIC historical record is incomplete. If you believe a record to be in error, please leave a message on the discussion page in order to rectify the mistake. ADSIC reserves the right to ask for validity should it be necessary.

Decimals were not included in scores until sometime between 2002-2006, depending on the competition.

National Finals Records

Most National Championship Wins:

• (2) Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California (1982, 1983)
• (3) J. J. Pearce High School, Richardson ISD, Richardson, Texas (1984, 1985, 1986)
• (4) J. J. Pearce High School, Richardson ISD, Richardson, Texas (1984, 1985, 1986, 1988)
• (5) J. J. Pearce High School, Richardson ISD, Richardson, Texas (1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991)
• (5) El Camino Real High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007)
• (6) El Camino Real High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010)
• (7) El Camino Real High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014)
• (8) El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018)
• (9) Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)
• (10) El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2023, 2024)

Most Consecutive National Championship Wins:

• (3) J. J. Pearce High School, Richardson ISD, Richardson, Texas (1984, 1985, 1986)
• (3) Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015, 2016, 2017)

Largest Team Score Margin of Victory:

• (4,585.0 points) John Marshall High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California over John Foster Dulles High School, Fort Bend ISD, Fort Bend, Texas (1987)

Smallest Team Score Margin of Victory:

• (21.0 points) El Camino Real High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California over James E. Taylor High School, Katy ISD, Katy, Texas (2001)

Most Individual Event Medals Earned at Nationals:

• (43) William Howard Taft, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California. (2006)
• (43) Granada Hills Charter, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California. (2012)

(In 2014, USAD started giving medals in each of three divisions based on school size, making it easier to win a medal because of fewer students competing for each medal.)

• (54) Granada Hills Charter, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California. (2015)
• (56) El Camino Real Charter, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2018)

Highest Team Score Achieved at Nationals:

• (49,369 points) John Marshall High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (1987)
• (49,475 points) Mountain View High School, Mesa, Arizona (1992)
• (49,710 points) J. Frank Dobie, Pasadena ISD, Houston, Texas (1992)
• (49,935 points) John Marshall High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (1995)
• (52,260 points) James E. Taylor High School, Katy ISD, Katy, Texas (1997)
• (52,470 points) James E. Taylor High School, Katy ISD, Katy, Texas (2000)
• (53,096.1 points) Waukesha West High School, Waukesha, Wisconsin (2008)
• (53,119.4 points) Moorpark High School, Ventura, California (2008)
• (54,081.8 points) Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2012)
• (54,195.1 points) Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2016)
• (54,507.7 points) Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2017)
• (54,531.2 points) El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2018)

Highest Individual Score Achieved at Nationals:

• (9,100 points) Tyson Rogers, Mountain View Mesa High School (1992)
• (9,233 points) Jedediah Brinton, Mountain View Mesa High School (1998)
• (9,321.2 points) Alli Blonski, Waukesha West High School (2008)
• (9,441.7 points) Sean Wejebe, Granada Hills Charter High School (2012)
• (9,511.3 points) Melissa Santos, Granada Hills Charter High School (2016)
• (9,551.4 points) Melissa Santos, Granada Hills Charter High School (2017)

Largest Margin of Victory by Top Individual Scorer at Nationals

• (364 points) David Ross Florey, Marshall High School (1987)

Most Top Honors at Nationals

• (9 times) Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2011-2013, 2015-2017, 2019, 2021-2022)

Most Top Scholastics at Nationals

• (7 times) Mountain View Mesa High School, Mesa, Arizona (1990, 1992-1994, 1998, 2004-2005)

Most Top Varsities at Nationals

• (8 times) Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (2011-2012, 2015-2017, 2019, 2021-2022)
• (9 times) El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California (1998, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2023-2024)

Highest Number of Overall Individual Medals

• (3) Brian Cama, Hilo High School, Hilo, Hawaii (DII Bronze Varsity in 2002, DII Gold Varsity in 2003, DII Bronze Varsity in 2004)
• (3) Matthew Faytak, Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, Erie, Pennsylvania (DIII Silver Honors in 2005, DIII Gold Honors in 2006, DIII Gold Honors in 2007)
• (3) Emmaline Bennett, Oakwood High School, Ohio (DIII Gold Honors in 2014, DIII Gold Honors in 2015, DIII Silver Honors in 2016)
• (3) Jacob Perry, Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i, Hawai'i (DIII Bronze Varsity in 2015, DIII Silver Varsity in 2017, DIII Gold Scholastic in 2018)

Largest Margin of Victory by Top Individual Scorer at Nationals

• (364 points) David Ross Florey, Marshall High School (1987)

Highest Number of U.S. States / Territories Competing at Nationals:

• (41) (1986)
• (45) (1991)
• (48) (1992)

Highest Number of non-U.S. Countries Competing at Nationals:

• (3) Mexico, New Zealand, and South Korea (1984)
• (3) United Kingdom, Canada, and China (2016)
• (3) United Kingdom, Canada, and China (2017)

Academic Decathlon State Records

Largest State Title Distribution

• (16 different schools winning over 36 years) Texas, from 1984 to 2019

Longest State Championship Dynasty:

• (20 years in a row) Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, Massachusetts, from 2001 to 2020, under coaches Andrew Crick (2000 - 2019) and Joshua Mishrikey (2020)
• (24 years in a row) Thomas Jefferson High School, Iowa, from 2001 to 2024, under coaches John Wojtowicz (1990 - 2013) and Kevin Darrow (2013 -)

Largest Team Score Margin of Victory at State (at least five teams competing):

• (9,861 points) Thomas Jefferson High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, over West Des Moines Valley High School, West Des Moines, Iowa (2005)
• (10,515.5 points) Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, Massachusetts, over Wellesley High School, Wellesley, Massachusetts (2016)
• (10,525.9 points) Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, Rhode Island, over East Greenwich High School, East Greenwich, Rhode Island (2017)
• (11,471.7 points) Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, Rhode Island, over Johnston Senior High School, Johnston, Rhode Island (2018)

Smallest Team Score Margin of Victory at State:

• (25 points) Dulles High School, Sugar Land, Texas, over William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas (1987)
• (21 points) Simi Valley High School, Simi Valley, California, over Moorpark High School, Moorpark, California (2000)
• (12 points) Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, Erie, Pennsylvania, over North Penn High School, Lansdale, Pennsylvania (2006)
• (5 points) Souderton Area High School, Souderton, Pennsylvania, over Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, Erie, Pennsylvania (2018)

Most State Titles:

• (38) Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Chicago, Illinois, from 1986 to 2024 (excluding 2003), under coaches listed on the Illinois State Page

Least Dynastic State:

• (No more than 4 consecutive state titles by any team) California and Montana

Super Quiz Records

Highest Score in Super Quiz Oral Relay:

• (30/30) William Howard Taft High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California, at 1994 Nationals
• (30/30) Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, Massachusetts, at 1994 Nationals
• (60/60) Moorpark High School, Ventura, California, at 2007 California State
• (45/45) Moorpark High School, Ventura, California, at 2008 Nationals

Highest Team Score in Super Quiz:

• (6,000) William Howard Taft High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California at 1994 Nationals (under an old scoring system which consisted of an oral relay only.)
• (6,000) Acton-Boxborough High School, Acton, Massachusetts, at 1994 Nationals (under an old scoring system that consisted of an oral rely only.)
• (5,940) Moorpark High School, Ventura, California at 2008 Nationals (under an old scoring system that consisted of both a oral relay and a written test.)

Team Score Records

Highest Team Score Overall:

• (49,369) John Marshall High School, California, at 1987 Nationals
• (49,475) Mountain View Mesa High School, Arizona at 1992 Nationals
• (49,710) J. Frank Dobie High School, Texas at 1992 Nationals
• (50,515) William Howard Taft High School, California, at 1994 Regionals
• (50,619) James E. Taylor High School, Texas at 1997 State
• (52,260) James E. Taylor High School, Texas at 1997 Nationals
• (52,470) James E. Taylor High School, Texas at 2000 Nationals
• (52,879.4) Moorpark High School, California, at 2008 State
• (53,096.1) Waukesha West High School, Wisconsin, at 2008 Nationals
• (53,119.4) Moorpark High School, California, at 2008 Nationals
• (54,081.8) Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2012 Nationals
• (55,749.6) Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2016 State
• (55,942.4) El Camino Real Charter High School, California, at 2018 State

Individual Score Records

See also: Top Individuals and Perfect Scores

Highest Individual Score Overall:

• (9,100 points) Tyson Rogers, Mountain View Mesa High School, Arizona, at 1992 Nationals
• (9,297 points) Daniel Berdichevsky, Taft High School, California, at 1994 Regionals
• (9,300 points) Isabel Salovaara, Whitney Young Magnet High School, Illinois at 2008 Regionals
• (9,452.8 points) Kris Sankaran, Moorpark High School, California, at 2009 Regionals
• (9,461.4 points) Kris Sankaran, Moorpark High School, California, at 2009 State
• (9,461.4 points) Irene Lee, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2015 Regionals
• (9,641.4 points) Joshua Lin, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2016 Regionals
• (9,650.0 points) Maya Teitz, El Camino Real Charter High School, California, at 2018 Regionals
• (9,652.0 points) Maya Teitz, El Camino Real Charter High School, California, at 2018 State
• (9,707.9 points) Hannah Lee, Wakeland High School, Texas, at 2019 State

Highest Score on the Seven Written Tests:

• (6,617 / 7,000) Nick Schumacher, Catholic Memorial High School, Wisconsin, at 2000 Nationals
• (6,691.4 / 7,000.0) Kris Sankaran, Moorpark High School, California, at 2009 State
• (6,700.0 / 7,000.0) Fernando Sanchez, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2015 Regionals
• (6,731.4 / 7,000.0) Melissa Santos, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2016 Regionals
• (6,811.4 / 7,000.0) Joshua Lin, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2016 Regionals
• (6,840.0 / 7,000.0) Fayyaz Ahamed, University High School, California, at 2016 State
• (6,840.0 / 7,000.0) Anrui Gu, Marshall High School, California, at 2017 Regionals
• (6,840.0 / 7,000.0) Anrui Gu, Marshall High School, California, at 2017 State
• (6,840.0 / 7,000.0) Maya Teitz, El Camino Real Charter High School, California, at 2018 State

Highest Study Factor (Score for Six Written Tests, Excluding Math)

• (5,700 / 6,000) Nick Schumacher, Catholic Memorial High School, Wisconsin, at 2000 Nationals
• (5,700 / 6,000) Frank Soberanis, El Camino Real High School, California, at 2007 Nationals
• (5,720 / 6,000) Kris Sankaran, Moorpark High School, California, at 2009 State
• (5,745 / 6,000) Lev Tauz, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2012 Nationals
• (5,765 / 6,000) Sean Wejebe, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2012 Nationals
• (5,780 / 6,000) Martin Gonzalez, Marshall High School, California, at 2016 Regionals
• (5,840 / 6,000) Joshua Lin, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2016 Regionals
• (5,840 / 6,000) Fayyaz Ahamed, University High School, California, at 2016 State
• (5,840 / 6,000) Anrui Gu, Marshall High School, California, at 2017 Regionals
• (5,840 / 6,000) Anrui Gu, Marshall High School, California, at 2017 State
• (5,860 / 6,000) Mark Saving, J. J. Pearce High School, Texas at 2017 Nationals
• (5,860 / 6,000) Hannah Lee, Wakeland High School, Texas at 2018 State

Highest Number of Scores Above 9,000

• (3) Amit Gupta, James E. Taylor High School, Katy, Texas, at State/Texas/1999, State/Texas/2000, and Nationals/2000
• (3) Isabel Salovaara, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Chicago, Illinois, at all 2008 competitions
• (3) Sophy Lee, Pearland High School, Pearland, Texas, at all 2008 competitions
• (6) Kris Sankaran, Moorpark High School, California, at all 2008 competitions and all 2009 competitions
• (6) Melissa Santos, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at all 2016 competitions and all 2017 competitions
• (7) Michael Xie, Highland Park High School, Texas, at all 2017 competitions as well as Regionals and State in both 2016 and 2018
• (8) Richard Roediger, Oakwood High School, Ohio, at all 2018 and 2019 competitions as well as Regionals and State in 2020

Perfect Scores in Both Interview and Speech at the Same Competition

• Marjorie Chen, Lake Highlands High School, Texas, at 1990 Nationals
• Issac Paris, Lathrop High School, Alaska, at 2000 State
• Sarah Bourassa, Arlington Martin High School, Texas, at 2001 State
• Kathryn Long, Waukesha West High School, Wisconsin, at 2002 Nationals
• Emily Korinek, Lubbock High School, Texas, at 2005 State
• Jazzlyn De Joya, Granada Hills Charter High School, California, at 2007 State
• Carolina Gamero, West Torrance High School, California, at 2007 State
• Serena Lopez, Earl Warren High School, Texas, at 2012 State
• Angelica Guerra, Sinton High School, Texas, at 2012 State
• Aaron Griffin, Elkins High School, Texas, at 2012 State
• Jesse Jacobs, San Pedro High School, California, at 2013 Regionals
• Cade Janke, Rockwall High School, Texas, at 2013 State
• Lyric Behn, Westchester High School, California, at 2014 Regionals
• Julian Reynaga, Van Nuys High School, California, at 2017 Regionals
• Nura Esmailizadeh, Calabasas High School, California, at 2019 Regionals
• Davis Varghese, Dulles High School, Texas, at 2019 State
• Snigdha Saha, Woodbridge High School, California, at 2020 Regionals
• Matthew Martinez, Servite High School, California, at 2020 Regionals

Other Records, Accomplishments, and Quirks

Most Balanced Team as measured by "Carrier Proportion" (top individual scorer divided by team score). A perfectly balanced team has a Carrier Proportion of 16.667%.

• (16.837%) El Camino Real Charter High School at State/California/2021

"Swept the Table" (Recorded as Highest Team Score in the Nation on All of Rounds 1, 2, 3, and 4)

• William Howard Taft High School, California, in 2006
• Moorpark High School, California, in 2008
• Moorpark High School, California, in 2009
• Granada Hills Charter High School, California, in 2012
• El Camino Real Charter High School, California, in 2018

"Swept the Table" (Recorded as Highest Individual Score in the Nation on All of Rounds 1, 2, 3, and 4)

• Kris Sankaran, Moorpark High School, California, in 2009

Perfect Scores in the Same Event by Multiple Members of the Same Team

• (4) Anaamika Campeau, Chrissa Rutkai, Jonah Buck, Paul Watanabe; Moorpark High School, California, in Super Quiz at 2008 Nationals
• (4) Melissa Santos, Joshua Lin, Mark Aguila, Chris Lo; Granada Hills Charter High School, California, in Math at 2016 State
• (5) Rachel Markenson, Maya Teitz, Matthew Fitzmorris, Avery Tamura, Trevor Winnard; El Camino Real High School, California, in Science at 2018 State
• (5) Dwaipayan Chanda, Chloe Hyun, Jasdeep Sidhu, Hirusha Liyanage, Joshua Choi; Granada Hills Charter High School, California, in Music at 2021 Nationals

Perfect Scores in the Same Event by Multiple Members of the Same Team in the Same Category

• (3) Honors Lam Nhu Nguyen, Stephanie Trantham, Adam Witas; J. Frank Dobie High School, Texas, in Math at 2000 State
• (3) Honors Lev Tauz, Sean Wejebe, Hamidah Mahmud; Granada Hills Charter High School, California, in Economics at 2012 Regionals
• (3) Honors Sophie Cope, Mark Saving, Kyle Manning; J.J. Pearce High School, Texas, in Literature at 2017 State
• (3) Honors Dwaipayan Chanda, Chloe Hyun, Jasdeep Sidhu; Granada Hills Charter High School, California, in Music at 2021 Nationals
• (3) Honors Daniel Carrillo, Ryan Carmack, Kai Tsuei; Highland Park High School, Texas, in Music at 2021 Nationals

Number of Siblings on National Champion Teams

• (2) Brian Tagtmeier (1985) and Steven Tagtmeier (1986), J.J. Pearce High School, Texas
• (2) Alan Wittenberg (2001) and Adrian Wittenberg (2004), El Camino Real High School, California
• (2) Benjamin Farahmand (2005) and Sam Farahmand (2007), El Camino Real High School, California
• (2) Jihwan Kim (2005) and Jiyoung Kim (2007), El Camino Real High School, California
• (2) Rachel Markenson (2018-2019) and Adam Markenson (2023), El Camino Real High School, California
• (2) Christie Calle (2008) and Colin Calle (2008), Moorpark High School, California
• (2) Hamidah Mahmud (2012-2013) and Aishah Mahmud (2016-2017), Granada Hills Charter High School, California
• (3) Kimberly Ly (2012-2013), Kevin Ly (2017), and Kenny Ly (2019), Granada Hills Charter High School, California