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"While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your House points, while any rule-breaking will lose House points. At the end of the year, the House with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honour."
— Minerva McGonagall to first-years on 1 September 1991[src]
House points hourglass

The hourglasses tallying the House points for Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff

At Hogwarts[1] and Ilvermorny,[2] House points were awarded to students by members of the school faculty. Points were awarded to the House that the student in question belonged to when he or she did good deeds, correctly answered a question in class, or won an inter-House Quidditch match. Points could also be taken away for rule-breaking.[1] At the end of the school year, the House with the most points would be awarded the House Cup.[1]

At Hogwarts, the points were counted with four giant hourglasses that showed the point totals at the bottom with stones the main colour of their House (rubies for Gryffindor,[3] sapphires for Ravenclaw,[3] emeralds for Slytherin,[4] and yellow diamonds for Hufflepuff).[5]

Teachers, as well as librarians, matrons, and caretakers could award or deduct points from students.[1][6] Prefects, the Head Boy, and the Head Girl could deduct points as well, but not from other Prefects. During the 1995–1996 school year however, members of the rather short-lived Inquisitorial Squad were permitted to do so.[4] The squad was disbanded after Dolores Umbridge's departure from Hogwarts.[3] Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington often awarded students House points, however it wasn't believed by students that these counted.[7]

Known point gains/losses[]

1890-1891 school year[]

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Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Amit Thakkar Ravenclaw Aesop Sharp Several points awarded 1890 For correctly answering a question about the Wiggenweld Potion
Garreth Weasley Gryffindor Aesop Sharp Several points deducted For brewing an exploding mixture in Potions class
Everett Clopton Ravenclaw Chiyo Kogawa Several points deducted For taking an unauthorised flight around Hogwarts during class
Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student Unknown Dinah Hecat Several points awarded For successfully learning the Levitation Spell and using it in a duel
Abraham Ronen Several points awarded For successfully learning and casting the Summoning Charm
Chiyo Kogawa Several points deducted For taking an unauthorised flight around Hogwarts during class
Matilda Weasley 100 points awarded 1891 For heroism during Ranrok's attack at Hogwarts

1910s[]

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Leta Lestrange Slytherin Minerva McGonagall 100 points deducted[8] 1910 Using the dark charm Oscausi on a classmate[8]
Leta Lestrange Slytherin Minerva McGonagall 100 points deducted[8] 1910 Running away from Professor McGonagall[8]

1980s[]

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 10 points gained 1984–1985 school year For casting the best Wand-Lighting Charm out of all the first-years[9]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 10 points deducted 1984–1985 school year For their attempt at a Cure for Boils potion exploding[9]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Rolanda Hooch 10 points added 1984–1985 school year For encouraging Ben Copper to fly on a broomstick[10][11]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 10 points gained/deducted 1984–1985 school year For correctly answering Snape/For mocking Merula Snyde[12]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 20 points deducted/40 points deducted 1984–1985 school year As punishment for duelling Merula/and speaking back to Snape[13]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 1 point added/10 points added 1984–1985 school year For brewing a good Herbicide Potion/and helping Merula[14]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Unknown 5 points added 1984–1985 school year For inviting Madam Hooch to Rubeus Hagrid's birthday party[15]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Rolanda Hooch 5 points added 1984–1985 school year For giving Madam Hooch good advice on how to behave at Hagrid's birthday party[15]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Minerva McGonagall 5 points added/deducted 1984–1985 school year For defending a first-year/punishing a sixth-year[15]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Rolanda Hooch 5 points added 1984–1985 school year For promising Madam Hooch that they wouldn't investigate Werewolf rumours[16]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 5 points added 1984–1985 school year For promising Flitwick that they wouldn't investigate Werewolf rumours[16]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 3 points added 1984–1985 school year For promising Snape they wouldn't investigate Werewolf rumours[16]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 60 points deducted 1984–1985 school year For leading the party that broke into the Locked Room[17][18]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Albus Dumbledore 100 points added 1984–1985 school year For their bravery and compassion[17]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Minerva McGonagall 10 points added 1985–1986 school year Learning Reparifarge from her/admitting that they're not ready yet[19]
Jacob's sibling Slytherin or Ravenclaw/Gryffindor or Hufflepuff Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape 40 points deducted 1985–1986 school year Lying to Angelica Cole/Felix Rosier about sneaking into the Gryffindor/Slytherin common rooms[20][21]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 50 points deducted 1985–1986 school year Lying about why there were potion ingredients next to Rowan Khanna's hospital bed[22][23]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Unknown 3 points added 1985–1986 school year Visiting Rowan Khanna in the Hospital Wing[22]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Minerva McGonagall/Albus Dumbledore 50 points deducted 1985–1986 school year Taking Rowan Khanna or Penny Haywood with them into the Vault of Ice[24][25]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Poppy Pomfrey 20 points added 1985–1986 school year For saying they would like to work in the Hospital Wing as an adult after helping out there[26][11]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 10 points added 1985–1986 school year For learning how to brew a Fire-Breathing Potion[27][28][11]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Poppy Pomfrey 20 points added 1985–1986 school year For learning the Episkey spell[29][11]
Jacob's sibling/Merula Snyde Unknown/Slytherin Pomona Sprout 15 points deducted 1985–1986 school year For freezing the food intended for Erling the Great's deathday party[30]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Albus Dumbledore 15 points added 1985–1986 school year For getting Nearly-Headless Nick and Erling the Great to share deathday parties[30]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 10 points deducted 1985–1986 school year For lying about causing the Blizzard at Hogwarts[31]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Pomona Sprout 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For finding information about valerian root and dragon dung fascinating[32]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Their Head of House 10 points deducted 1986–1987 school year For getting angry after losing Hogsmeade privileges[33]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For successfully casting the Full Body-Bind Curse[34]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For successfully casting the Banishing Charm[35]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For successfully casting the Hardening Charm[36]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Irma Pince 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For respecting the library rules and humbly admitting why Voldemort was their Boggart[37]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 10 points added/deducted 1986–1987 school year For sorting the potions ingredients/looking for ingredients without permission[38]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 10 points deducted 1986–1987 school year For destroying the Artefact Room[39]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Minerva McGonagall 10/20 points added 1986–1987 school year For successfully casting the Felifors Spell/and being humble about it[40]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Rolanda Hooch 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For not boasting about being the best flyer in the class[40]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For susseccfully casting the General Counter-Spell on an enchanted Rita Skeeter[40]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Their Head of House 50 points added 1986–1987 school year Given under Rita Skeeter's influence[40]
Jacob's sibling Slytherin/Gryffindor/Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff Felix Rosier/Angelica Cole/Chester Davies/Jane Court 25 points added 1986–1987 school year For hard work[41]
Jacob's sibling[42] Unknown Albus Dumbledore 25 points added 1986–1987 school year For responsibly using their DADA skills to protect Hogsmeade from a Boggart and for being honest about it when confronted
Jacob's sibling (possibly)[7] Unknown Severus Snape 5 points added 1986–1987 school year For brewing a perfect Swelling Solution
Andre Egwu[7] Ravenclaw Filius Flitwick 50 points added 1986–1987 school year For impressing Flitwick with their wandwork
Jacob's sibling[7] Unknown Filius Flitwick 50 points added 1986–1987 school year For impressing Flitwick with their wandwork
Jacob's sibling (possibly)[7] Unknown Filius Flitwick 15 points added 1986–1987 school year For correctly answering Filius Flitwick's question about Lumos Solem
Unidentified student[7] Slytherin Cuthbert Binns 80 points added 1986–1987 school year Unknown
Unidentified student[7] Slytherin Cuthbert Binns 80 points added 1986–1987 school year Unknown
Merula Snyde[7] Slytherin Unknown 50 points added 1986–1987 school year Unknown
Jacob's sibling[7] Unknown Rolanda Hooch 70 points added 1986–1987 school year For catching two Snitches at the same time
Unidentified student[7] Gryffindor Pomona Sprout Unknown 1986–1987 school year Unknown
Unidentified student[7] Gryffindor Sybill Trelawney 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For predicting that Trelawney would give them points
Andre Egwu[7] Ravenclaw Cuthbert Binns 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For writing a report on the history of House points
Jacob's sibling (possibly)[7] Unknown Minerva McGonagall 10 points added 1986–1987 school year For correctly guessing the point of why Hogwarts uses House points
Andre Egwu[7] Ravenclaw Rolanda Hooch 30 points added 1986–1987 school year Unknown
Either Jacob's sibling or Merula Snyde, Penny Haywood, Andre Egwu and Ben Copper[7] Unknown or Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin Albus Dumbledore 100 points added or 25 points added to each House 1986–1987 school year For recovering the House point hourglasses, Dumbledore gave Jacob's sibling a choice - either take all the points for themselves, or give them to their friends
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 10 points deducted 1986–1987 school year For asking Snape why he was in Honeydukes[43]
Ben Copper Gryffindor Severus Snape 50 points deducted 1986–1987 school year For trying to collect Acromantula venom and nearly getting themselves killed.[43]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Patricia Rakepick 10 points added 1987–1988 school year For being confident about their use of the Shield Charm[44]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Silvanus Kettleburn 10 points added 1987–1988 school year For being enthusiastic about Chimaeras[44]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Argus Filch 10 points added/deducted 1987–1988 school year As an apology at the request of Nearly-Headless Nick/For insulting Filch[45]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 10 points added 1987–1988 school year For brewing a good potion[46]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 10 points added 1987–1988 school year For great wandwork[46]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Rolanda Hooch 10 points added 1987–1988 school year For great flying[46]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 10 points deducted 1987–1988 school year For not agreeing with Snape regarding Penny Haywood's potions skills[47]
Jacob's sibling (disguised a Severus Snape/Felix Rosier) Unknown Albus Dumbledore 10/20 points added 1987–1988 school year For exposing Merula Snyde's lie whilst disguised as Severus Snape/Felix Rosier[47]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Rolanda Hooch 10 points added 1987–1988 school year For being a great flyer[48]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Albus Dumbledore 5 points added 1987–1988 school year For convincing the decorating committee that they don't need to use magic to put up the decorations[49]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Silvanus Kettleburn 10 points added 1987–1988 school year For pointing out Rita could overhear Kettleburn talking about his Chimaera[50]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Albus Dumbledore 30 points added 1987–1988 school year For choosing to keep Rita Skeeter's Animagus form a secret[50]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Unknown 10 points added/deducted 1987–1988 school year For making an excuse to a teacher/choosing to run away[51]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 20 points added 1987–1988 school year For agreeing to investigate Rakepick on Snape's behalf[52]
Unidentified third year student (possibly)[53] Unknown Jacob's sibling's Head of House 10 points deducted 1987–1988 school year Using magic outside of class (reported by Jacob's sibling)
Jacob's sibling [53] Unknown Jacob's sibling's Head of House 10 points deducted/gained 1987–1988 school year Not helping a first-year student/Helping a first-year student
Jacob's sibling [53] Unknown Albus Dumbledore 20 points deducted/gained 1987–1988 school year Not reporting a third-year student's use of magic outside the classroom/Reporting a third-year student's use of magic outside the classroom
Jacob's sibling Unknown Filius Flitwick 5 points added 1987–1988 school year Correctly indentifying the flying creatures as Fairies[54]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 5 points deducted/gained 1987–1988 school year For claiming that the Potions Classroom being infested with Puffskeins is funny/for gatherin up all the loose puffskeins without comment[54]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Albus Dumbledore 5 points gained 1987–1988 school year For telling Dumbledore that Hagrid and Kettleburn released the creatures[54]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Silvanus Kettleburn 5 points gained 1987–1988 school year For telling Kettleburn he should rest instead of go after the remaining creatures[54]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Albus Dumbledore (Under advice from Amos Diggory) 5 points gained 1987–1988 school year For successfully remembering why Murtlaps are dangerous[54]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Rolanda Hooch 5 points gained 1987–1988 school year For successfully remembering what Bowtruckles eat[54]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Silvanus Kettleburn 10 points gained 1987–1988 school year For saying Acromantulas are either terrifying or fascinating[55]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 25 points added 1988–1989 school year For lying to Minerva McGonagall about why they were in Dumbledore's office[56]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Irma Pince 10 points gained/deducted 1988–1989 school year For asking Madam Pince for help locating Sir Cadogan's scroll/looking for it in the Restricted Section[57]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Rolanda Hooch 10 points gained 1988–1989 school year For their honesty about flying a broomstick into the Forbidden Forest during the previous year[58]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Patricia Rakepick 10 points lost/20 points gained 1988–1989 school year For tricking Argus Filch/avoiding them using their Animagus ability[59]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Pomona Sprout 10 points gained 1988–1989 school year By following Jae Kim's advice and diverting from the recipe, subsequently making incredible treacle fudge[60]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Minerva McGonagall 10 points gained/lost 1988–1989 school year For telling the truth/for lying about why they were in the Prefects' Bathroom[61]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Severus Snape 10 points gained 1988–1989 school year For telling Snape that he would be a better Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher than Rakepick[62]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Albus Dumbledore 5 points gained 1988–1989 school year For asking Dumbledore to give them 100 house points[63]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Patricia Rakepick 10 points gained/deducted 1988–1989 school year For remaining aware of their surroundings/not staying aware of their surroundings[63]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Silvanus Kettleburn 10 points gained 1988–1989 school year For getting three answers about dragons right[64]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Silvanus Kettleburn 5 points gained 1990–1991 school year For remembering the name of Doxycide[65]
Jacob's sibling Unknown Cuthbert Binns 10 points gained 1990–1991 school year For correctly guessing the location of Azkaban as being in the North Sea[66]
Jacob's sibling (possibly) Unknown Severus Snape 10 points lost 1990–1991 school year For incorrectly remembering the classification of vampires[67]

1991–1992 school year[]

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 1 point deducted 6 September, 1991 Cheekiness[68]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 1 point deducted[68] 6 September, 1991 Not correcting a mistake of Neville Longbottom's in Potions[68]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall Several points awarded[68] Knowing about Switching Spells in Transfiguration[68]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 5 points deducted[69] 31 October, 1991 Hermione claimed to have gone looking for the troll[69]
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 5 points awarded each[69] 31 October, 1991 For saving Hermione from the troll[69]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[70] Taking the library's copy of Quidditch Through the Ages outside of the castle[70]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[71] Attacking Draco Malfoy[71]
Draco Malfoy Slytherin Minerva McGonagall 20 points deducted[72] Wandering the corridors at night[72]
Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 50 points deducted each[73] Wandering the corridors at night[73]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 50 points awarded[74] For winning McGonagall's chess game in the Underground Chambers[74]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 50 points awarded[74] For correctly solving Snape's potion riddle[74]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 60 points awarded[74] For defeating Quirrell[74]
Neville Longbottom Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 10 points awarded[74] For standing up to Harry, Ron and Hermione[74]

1992–1993 school year[]

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Pomona Sprout 10 points awarded[75] 2 September, 1992 Correctly listing the properties of Mandrakes[75]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Pomona Sprout 10 points awarded[75] 2 September, 1992 Correctly identifying the danger of handling Mandrakes[75]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Gilderoy Lockhart 10 points awarded[75] 2 September, 1992 Getting full marks on Lockhart's quiz[75]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Percy Weasley 5 points deducted[76] Using a girls' bathroom[76]
Harry Potter Gryffindor 50 points awarded[77] Performance in the Gryffindor vs Slytherin Quidditch match
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley Gryffindor Albus Dumbledore 200 points awarded each[78] For saving Ginny Weasley, slaying the Serpent of Slytherin and defeating Tom Riddle's soul in the Chamber of Secrets[78]

1993–1994 school year[]

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[79] For helping Neville Longbottom with his Shrinking Solution[79]
Gryffindor Remus Lupin 5 points awarded to each (10 for Neville)[79] For combating a Boggart[79]
Hermione Granger and Harry Potter Gryffindor Remus Lupin 5 points awarded to each[79] For answering Lupin's questions in class[79]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[80] Arriving late to Defence Against the Dark Arts[80]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[80] Not sitting down when asked[80]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Severus Snape 5 points deducted[80] "Being an insufferable know-it-all"[80]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Severus Snape 50 points deducted[81] For throwing a crocodile heart at Draco Malfoy[81]
Slytherin Minerva McGonagall 50 points deducted[82] For dressing up as Dementors to sabotage Harry Potter during a Quidditch match[82]

1994–1995 school year[]

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley Gryffindor Severus Snape 50 points deducted[83] Shouting at Snape after he remarked that he saw no difference to Hermione after Densaugeo was used on her[83]
S. Fawcett Ravenclaw Severus Snape 10 points deducted[84] Being caught in the rose bushes with Stebbins[84]
Stebbins Hufflepuff Severus Snape 10 points deducted[84] Being caught in the rose bushes with S. Fawcett[84]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[85] Discussing topics unrelated to Potions in class[85]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[85] Reading Witch Weekly in class[85]

1995–1996 school year[]

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Harry Potter Gryffindor Dolores Umbridge 10 points deducted[86] Declaring that Voldemort had returned[86]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank 5 points awarded[87] Identifying Bowtruckles[87]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank 5 points awarded[87] Having knowledge of a Bowtruckle's diet[87]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Dolores Umbridge 5 points deducted[88] Expressing views contrary to those of Wilbert Slinkhard[88]
Angelina Johnson Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 5 points deducted[88] Shouting at Harry in the Great Hall for getting himself detention[88]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 5 points deducted[88] For losing his temper with Umbridge despite McGonagall's warning[88]
Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[89] Fighting (although, in reality, Harry and Ron were holding Neville back)[89]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Rubeus Hagrid 10 points awarded[90] Explaining why Thestrals are invisible to some[90]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Dolores Umbridge 50 points deducted[91] Having an interview with Rita Skeeter published in The Quibbler[91]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Pomona Sprout 20 points awarded[91] Handing her a watering can; a way for her to express her feelings towards his interview[91]
Draco Malfoy Slytherin Dolores Umbridge 50 points awarded[92] Using a Trip Jinx to apprehend Harry after exposing Dumbledore's Army[92]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Draco Malfoy 5 points deducted[4] Insulting Umbridge[4]
Ernie Macmillan Hufflepuff Draco Malfoy 5 points deducted[4] For contradicting Malfoy[4]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Draco Malfoy 5 points deducted[4] Because Malfoy disliked him[4]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Draco Malfoy 5 points deducted[4] Having his shirt untucked[4]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Draco Malfoy 10 points deducted[4] Being Muggle-born[4]
Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall 50 points awarded to each (a total of 250)[3] For their actions in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries[3]
Luna Lovegood Ravenclaw Minerva McGonagall 50 points awarded[3] For her actions during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries[3]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Minerva McGonagall (on Severus Snape's behalf) 10 points deducted[3] For threatening to curse Draco Malfoy (Snape attempted to remove the points before realising that Gryffindor had no points left)[3]

1996–1997 school year[]

Student House Authority Points gained/lost Date Reason
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 50 points deducted[93] 1 September, 1996 Arriving late to the Start-of-Term Feast[93]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 20 points deducted[93] 1 September, 1996 Wearing Muggle attire to the Start-of-Term Feast[93]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Horace Slughorn 20 points awarded[94] For her knowledge of Amortentia[94]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Horace Slughorn 10 points awarded[94] For her knowledge of Felix Felicis[94]
Hermione Granger Gryffindor Horace Slughorn 10 points awarded[95] Explaining Golpalott's Third Law[95]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Horace Slughorn 10 points awarded[95] For presenting a bezoar as an answer to an activity involving antidotes[95]
Harry Potter Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[96] Arriving late to Defence Against the Dark Arts[96]
Ron Weasley Gryffindor Severus Snape 10 points deducted[96] Being sarcastic and disrespectful towards Snape[96]

Behind the scenes[]

  • It is stated that prefects are allowed to dock points from students in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. However, this idea is diminished in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when it is stated that prefects are in fact not allowed to do so. In later editions, however, it seems that, with the exception of the Inquisitorial Squad, prefects can dock points, but not from fellow prefects. It is unclear whether or not prefects can award points for good behaviour, however.
  • Exactly how points are tabulated and recorded is not explained in detail. It is implied in several books that simply stating the addition or subtraction of points magically adjusts the score accordingly. It is not certain if this occurs in all cases, such as when Dumbledore adjusts the scores at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The four giant hourglasses, however, seemingly adjusts their contents accordingly to the House points granted or retracted by the teachers' wordings.
  • In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Minerva McGonagall was about to determine punishment for Harry Potter and Ron Weasley for crashing the Flying Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow, Harry advised her that Gryffindor should not lose any House points as this misdemeanour occurred before term started, which she accepted (though she gave them detention).
  • In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Severus Snape takes seventy (70) points from Gryffindor before term starts, saying that Gryffindor would have -70 points, but in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Snape was unable to take points from Gryffindor when they had no points left. It is possible, however, that Snape's next words after "In that case, Potter, we will simply have to…" would have been to send to Gryffindor into negative points, but he was unable to get them out before being interrupted by Professor McGonagall. It can also be assumed he was being sarcastic or joking cruelly about the situation. Also, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Minerva did not take any points from Gryffindor when Harry and Ron took the Flying Ford Anglia, since it was before term started, which shows Snape's deduction of 70 points four years later as unorthodox.
  • In the films and video games from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the House points are earned and counted in the Great Hall to the right of the staff table. However in the first video games, they are also counted in the Great Hall, despite the hourglasses being located in the Entrance Hall.
  • In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Severus Snape deducts 1 point from Gryffindor for Harry's statement that Hermione could answer his questions and suggestion that he ask her. This, and the point that he takes for Harry's supposedly setting Neville Longbottom up for failure, are the only instances shown in the books of a single point being deducted for a transgression. In the extended cut of the Film, this is a straight 5 points. In the original version of the Film, it's omitted entirely. They are normally deducted at either five or ten points for small infractions, and multiples of these numbers for greater ones, though in the earliest Harry Potter video game, certain individuals, such as a particular Hufflepuff prefect, deducted them in unusual amounts, such as 6.
  • In PC version of the Philosopher's Stone video game, Hermione non-canonically awards Harry between 5 and 50 House points for learning the Unlocking Charm, although she was only a first year at this point. Her reasoning being that is what Professor Flitwick would have done had he seen Harry learn the spell.
  • In the films, the role of House points is almost exclusively limited to the first film. The other seven films make almost no mention of them outside of Pomona Sprout awarding Hermione 10 points for identifying both the properties and dangers of the Mandrake Root (as opposed to 20 for both in the books) in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Professor Snape deducting 5 points from Hermione being an "insufferable know-it-all" during Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and a deleted scene of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire during the Yule Ball when Snape deducts ten points each from Fawcett and Stebbins when they were caught in a Hogwarts carriage. The films make no mention of the House Cup or point totals is mentioned in any film outside of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
  • In the GBA version, Professor McGonagall, instead of awarding 10 points to Harry and Ron and deducing 5 from Hermione, awards 50 points to Gryffindor for saving Hermione.
  • In a trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Professor Dumbledore gave Newton Scamander three points to Hufflepuff. It was likely he did it to be funny because Newt was an adult and had been expelled over ten years earlier.

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
  2. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" at Harry Potter (website)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 38 (The Second War Begins)
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28 (Snape's Worst Memory)
  5. ↑ Twitter conversation with J.K. Rowling (Official) where she confirms what gem is in the Hufflepuff Hourglass.
  6. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Side Quest "FAILING HOUSE POINTS"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Chapter 2 (Welcome to Hogwarts)
  10. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Chapter 3 (Dealing With Trouble)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 The dialogue that awards these house points has been removed from the game
  12. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Chapter 4 (Revenge is Best Served Magical)
  13. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Chapter 6 (A Curious Corridor)
  14. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Chapter 7 (Class Matters)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Side Quest "Happy Birthday Hagrid"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, "Howling Hallowe'en" Achievement
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Chapter 9 (Inside the Room)
  18. ↑ Only if the player chose not to lie to Filch
  19. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 1 (Year Two Begins)
  20. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 3 (The Black Quill)
  21. ↑ Only if the player tries to get out of responsibility
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 5 (Rowan's Recovery)
  23. ↑ Only if the player chooses not to blame Merula
  24. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 10 (The Vault of Ice)
  25. ↑ Ben defends the player, saying he forced them to bring him along
  26. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Side Quest "Growing Pains"
  27. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Side Quest "Helping Hagrid!"
  28. ↑ Snape doesn't award the points if the player chooses the dialogue option 'I like fire' in response to why they want to learn the fire-breathing potion
  29. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Side Quest "Sleep Walker"
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Side Quest "Dueling Deathday Parties"
  31. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Side Quest "Christmas at the Weasley's"
  32. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Chapter 1 (Year Three Begins)
  33. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Chapter 2 (Boggarts and Butterbeer)
  34. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Chapter 3 (Three Broomsticks)
  35. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Chapter 4 (Filching from Filch)
  36. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Chapter 5 (Tulip Karasu)
  37. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Chapter 7 (Jacob's Room)
  38. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, "Become an Animagus" Achievement
  39. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Side Quest "Become an Honourary Rocker"
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Side Quest "Wizarding World Famous"
  41. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Side Quest "Farewell My Prefect"
  42. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, "SHADOWS OF THE DARK LORD" Achievement
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, "A SNAPE SCORNED" Achievement
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 1 (Year Four Begins)
  45. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Side Quest "Nearly Headless Nick"
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 2 (The Mysterious Madam Rakepick)
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Side Quest "Polyjuice Potion"
  48. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 4 (Curse-Breakers)
  49. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Side Quest "Let the Festivites Begin"
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Side Quest "Rita Returns"
  51. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Side Quest "The Trouble with Tonks"
  52. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 12 (Working with Snape)
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Side Quest "Become a Prefect"
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 54.3 54.4 54.5 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Side Quest "MAGICAL CREATURES EVERYWHERE"
  55. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 13 (The Centaur's Arrow)
  56. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Side Quest "Animagus Adventures"
  57. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, "CALL TO KNIGHTHOOD" Achievement
  58. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 7 (The Life and Death of Duncan Ashe)
  59. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 8 (Trial by Fire)
  60. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Side Quest "Cooking Up Trouble"
  61. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 13 (Rats and Dogs)
  62. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 18 (Legilimency and Occlumency)
  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 19 (The Unforgivable Curses)
  64. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Chapter 27 (A New Danger)
  65. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 17 (An Infestation of Doxies)
  66. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 35 (The Auror Programme)
  67. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Side Quest "A VAMPIRE IN HOGSMEADE"
  68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 68.3 68.4 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 69.3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 11 (Quidditch)
  71. ↑ 71.0 71.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 12 (The Mirror of Erised)
  72. ↑ 72.0 72.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 14 (Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback)
  73. ↑ 73.0 73.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 15 (The Forbidden Forest)
  74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 74.2 74.3 74.4 74.5 74.6 74.7 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 17 (The Man with Two Faces)
  75. ↑ 75.0 75.1 75.2 75.3 75.4 75.5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)
  76. ↑ 76.0 76.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 9 (The Writing on the Wall)
  77. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
  78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 18 (Dobby's Reward)
  79. ↑ 79.0 79.1 79.2 79.3 79.4 79.5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 7 (The Boggart in the Wardrobe)
  80. ↑ 80.0 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.4 80.5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9 (Grim Defeat)
  81. ↑ 81.0 81.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10 (The Marauder's Map)
  82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 15 (The Quidditch Final)
  83. ↑ 83.0 83.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 18 (The Weighing of the Wands)
  84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 84.2 84.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)
  85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 85.2 85.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27 (Padfoot Returns)
  86. ↑ 86.0 86.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 12 (Professor Umbridge)
  87. ↑ 87.0 87.1 87.2 87.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13 (Detention with Dolores)
  88. ↑ 88.0 88.1 88.2 88.3 88.4 88.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
  89. ↑ 89.0 89.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 17 (Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
  90. ↑ 90.0 90.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 21 (The Eye of the Snake)
  91. ↑ 91.0 91.1 91.2 91.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
  92. ↑ 92.0 92.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
  93. ↑ 93.0 93.1 93.2 93.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 8 (Snape Victorious)
  94. ↑ 94.0 94.1 94.2 94.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
  95. ↑ 95.0 95.1 95.2 95.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 18 (Birthday Surprises)
  96. ↑ 96.0 96.1 96.2 96.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 21 (The Unknowable Room)
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