UAAP overall championships

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Overall Championship is awarded to the school with the highest point total in the different UAAP events. It was first awarded in UAAP Season 10. Member universities currently compete in fifteen sports to vie for the overall championship, namely, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, chess, fencing, football, judo, softball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

UAAP overall championship

Most titles	Seniors' division:  UST Growling Tigers (47 titles) Juniors' division:  UST Tiger Cubs (23 titles)

The University of Santo Tomas holds the distinction of having the most overall championships with 70 titles wherein it won 47 collegiate division overall championships in the 76 seasons that the title was awarded and 23 high school division overall championships out of 28 seasons.

Point system

The current point system gives 15 points to the champion team in a certain UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points are given in consequent order of finish: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1.

List of overall champions

Key

Indicator	Meaning
	School won both juniors' and seniors' championship in the same year
(#)	Number of titles won at the time

Early years

The UAAP was founded in 1938 by Far Eastern University (FEU), National University (NU), the University of the Philippines (UP) and the University of Santo Tomas (UST).

Season	Year	Juniors' division	Seniors' division	Host school	Ref.
10	1947–48	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (1)	Far Eastern University	[1]
11	1948–49	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (2)	National University	[1]
12	1949–50	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (3)	University of the Philippines	[1]
13	1950–51	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (4)	University of Santo Tomas	[1]
14	1951–52	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (5)	Far Eastern University	[1]

First expansion

In 1952, Adamson University, Manila Central University (MCU), the University of Manila (UM) and the University of the East (UE) were added as probationary members; after two years, only MCU and UE were retained. MCU then pulled out of the league in 1962. In 1970, Adamson was readmitted to the league.

Season	Year	Juniors' division	Seniors' division	Host school	Ref.
15	1952–53	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (6)	National University	[1]
16	1953–54	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (7)	University of the Philippines	[1]
17	1954–55	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (8)	University of Santo Tomas	[1]
18	1955–56	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (9)	Far Eastern University	[1]
19	1956–57	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (10)	National University	[1]
20	1957–58	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (11)	University of the Philippines	[1]
21	1958–59	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (1)	University of the East	[1]
22	1959–60	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (12)	University of Santo Tomas	[1]
23	1960–61	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (2)	Manila Central University	[1]
24	1961–62	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (3)	Far Eastern University	[1]
25	1962–63	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (4)	National University	[1]
26	1963–64	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (5)	University of the Philippines	[1]
27	1964–65	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (6)	University of the East	[1]
28	1965–66	Not awarded	University of the East (1)	University of Santo Tomas	[1]
29	1966–67	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (13)	Far Eastern University	[1]
30	1967–68	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (7)	National University	[1]
31	1968–69	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (14)	University of the Philippines	[1]
32	1969–70	Not awarded	University of the East (2)	University of the East	[1]
33	1970–71	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (8)	University of Santo Tomas	[1]
34	1971–72	Not awarded	University of the East (3)	Far Eastern University	[1]
35	1972–73	Not awarded	University of the East (4)	National University	[1]
36	1973–74	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (15)	University of the Philippines	[1]
37	1974–75	Not awarded	University of the East (5)	Adamson University	[1]
38	1975–76	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (9)	University of the East	[1]
39	1976–77	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (10)	University of Santo Tomas	[1]
40	1977–78	Not awarded	University of the Philippines Diliman (1)	Far Eastern University	[1]

Second expansion

Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) was added in 1978.

Season	Year	Juniors' division	Seniors' division	Host school	Ref.
41	1978–79	Not awarded	University of the Philippines Diliman (2)	National University	[1]
42	1979–80	Ateneo de Manila University (1)	University of Santo Tomas (11)	University of the Philippines	[1][2]
43	1980–81	Not awarded	University of the Philippines Diliman (3)	Ateneo de Manila University	[1]
44	1981–82	Not awarded	Far Eastern University (16)	Adamson University	[1]
45	1982–83	Not awarded	University of the Philippines Diliman (4)  University of Santo Tomas (12)	University of the East	[1][3]
46	1983–84	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (13)	University of the Philippines	[1]
47	1984–85	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (14)	University of Santo Tomas	[1]
48	1985–86	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (15)	Far Eastern University	[1]

Third expansion

In 1986, De La Salle University (DLSU) was added.

Season	Year	Juniors' division	Seniors' division	Host school	Ref.
49	1986–87	Not awarded	National University (1)	National University	[1][4]
50	1987–88	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (16)	Ateneo de Manila University	[1]
51	1988–89	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (17)	De La Salle University	[1]
52	1989–90	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (18)	Adamson University	[1]
53	1990–91	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (19)	University of the East	[1]
54	1991–92	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (20)	University of the Philippines	[1]
55	1992–93	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (21)	University of Santo Tomas	[1]

Final Four era

The current tournament format was introduced to the league.

Season	Year	High School division (Juniors' division prior to UAAP Season 82)	Collegiate division (Seniors' division prior to UAAP Season 82)	Host school	Ref.
56	1993–94	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (22)	Far Eastern University	[1]
57	1994–95	Not awarded	University of Santo Tomas (23)	National University	[1]
58	1995–96	University of Santo Tomas (1)	University of Santo Tomas (24)	Ateneo de Manila University	[1]
59	1996–97	University of Santo Tomas (2)	University of Santo Tomas (25)	De La Salle University	[1]
60	1997–98	University of Santo Tomas (3)	University of the Philippines Diliman (5)	Adamson University	[1][3]
61	1998–99	University of Santo Tomas (4)	University of Santo Tomas (26)	University of the East	[1]
62	1999–00	University of Santo Tomas (5)	University of Santo Tomas (27)	University of the Philippines	[1]
63	2000–01	Ateneo de Manila University (2)	University of Santo Tomas (28)	University of Santo Tomas	[5]
64	2001–02	Ateneo de Manila University (3)	University of Santo Tomas (29)	Far Eastern University	[6]
65	2002–03	University of Santo Tomas (6)	University of Santo Tomas (30)	National University	[7][8]
66	2003–04	University of Santo Tomas (7)	University of Santo Tomas (31)	Ateneo de Manila University	[9]
67	2004–05	University of Santo Tomas (8)	University of Santo Tomas (32)	De La Salle University	[10]
68	2005–06	University of the East (1)	University of Santo Tomas (33)	Adamson University	[11][12]
69	2006–07	University of Santo Tomas (9)	University of Santo Tomas (34)	University of the East	[13][14]
70	2007–08	University of Santo Tomas (10)	University of Santo Tomas (35)	University of Santo Tomas	[15][16]
71	2008–09	University of Santo Tomas (11)	University of Santo Tomas (36)	University of the Philippines	[17][18]
72	2009–10	University of Santo Tomas (12)	University of Santo Tomas (37)	Far Eastern University	[19]
73	2010–11	University of Santo Tomas (13)	University of Santo Tomas (38)	De La Salle University	[20]
74	2011–12	University of Santo Tomas (14)	University of Santo Tomas (39)	Ateneo de Manila University	[21]
75	2012–13	University of Santo Tomas (15)	De La Salle University (1)	National University	[22][23]
76	2013–14	University of the East (2)	De La Salle University (2)	Adamson University	[24][25]
77	2014–15	University of Santo Tomas (16)	University of Santo Tomas (40)	University of the East	[26][27]
78	2015–16	University of Santo Tomas (17)	De La Salle University (3)	University of the Philippines	[28][29]
79	2016–17	University of Santo Tomas (18)	University of Santo Tomas (41)	University of Santo Tomas	[30][31]
80	2017–18	University of Santo Tomas (19)	University of Santo Tomas (42)	Far Eastern University	[32][33]
81	2018–19	University of Santo Tomas (20)	University of Santo Tomas (43)	National University	[34][35]
82	2019–20	University of Santo Tomas (21)	University of Santo Tomas (44)	Ateneo de Manila University	[36]
83	2020–21	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic		De La Salle University	[37]
84	2021–22	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	University of Santo Tomas (45)	De La Salle University	[38]
85	2022–23	University of Santo Tomas (22)	University of Santo Tomas (46)	Adamson University	[39]
86	2023–24	University of Santo Tomas (23)	University of Santo Tomas (47)	University of the East

Number of championships per university

School	Collegiate	High School	Total	Last Championship
University of Santo Tomas	47	23	70	2023–2024 (Both)
Far Eastern University	16	0	16	1981–82 (Collegiate)
University of the East	5	2	7	2013–14 (High School)
University of the Philippines Diliman	5	0	5	1997–98 (Collegiate)
De La Salle University	3	0	3	2015–16 (Collegiate)
Ateneo de Manila University	0	3	3	2001–02 (High School)
National University	1	0	1	1986–87 (Collegiate)
Adamson University	0	0	0	None

Statistics

Last overall championship

Seniors' division: Adamson Soaring Falcons: none Ateneo Blue Eagles: none De La Salle Green Archers: Season 78 (2015–2016) FEU Tamaraws: Season 44 (1981–1982) NU Bulldogs: Season 49 (1986–1987)[4] UE Red Warriors: Season 37 (1974–1975) UP Fighting Maroons: Season 60 (1997–1998)[3] UST Growling Tigers: Season 86 (2023–2024)

Juniors' division: Adamson Baby Falcons: none Ateneo Blue Eaglets: Season 64 (2001–2002) De La Salle Junior Archers: none FEU Baby Tamaraws: none NU Bullpups: none UE Junior Warriors: Season 76 (2013–2014) UPIS Junior Maroons: none UST Tiger Cubs: Season 86 (2023–2024)

Overall championship streaks

0^0	Denotes active streak

Streak	Division	School	Seasons
14 seasons	Seniors	University of Santo Tomas	61 (1998–99) to 74 (2011–12)
11 seasons	Seniors	Far Eastern University	10 (1947–48) to 20 (1957–58)
10 seasons	Seniors	University of Santo Tomas	50 (1987–88) to 59 (1996–97)
7 seasons	Seniors	University of Santo Tomas	79 (2016–17) to 86 (2022–2023)
5 seasons	Seniors	University of Santo Tomas	23 (1960–61) to 27 (1964–65)
4 seasons	Seniors	University of Santo Tomas	45 (1982–83) to 48 (1982–83)
2 seasons	Seniors	De La Salle University	75 (2012–13) to 76 (2013–14)
2 seasons	Seniors	University of the Philippines Diliman	40 (1977–78) to 41 (1978–79)
2 seasons	Seniors	University of the East	34 (1971–72) to 35 (1972–73)
8 seasons	Juniors	University of Santo Tomas	77 (2014–15) to 85 (2023–2024)
7 seasons	Juniors	University of Santo Tomas	69 (2006–07) to 75 (2012–13)
5 seasons	Juniors	University of Santo Tomas	58 (1995–96) to 62 (1999–00)
3 seasons	Juniors	University of Santo Tomas	65 (2002–03) to 67 (2003–04)
2 seasons	Juniors	Ateneo de Manila University	63 (2000–01) to 64 (2001–02)

See also

• NCAA General Championship