Chart every point ever given or taken in Harry Potter with this detailed infographic
Although the House Cup is one of the more coveted prizes in the Harry Potter series, it’s fair to say Hogwarts is pretty willy-nilly when it comes to dishing out the points that determine the cup’s winner. For the most part, it just seems like Dumbledore will come up with any excuse to make sure his beloved Gryffindor takes home the award at the end of the year. Thankfully, an impressively detailed infographic from the official Harry Potter site Pottermore allows fans the chance to do an in-depth examination of potential point fraud in the Hogwarts system. And it turns out the whole thing is kind of a mess.
The infographic breaks down the numbers by both book and character, documenting all of the points that are given or taken throughout the series. Chamber Of Secrets and Order Of The Phoenix are the only two books in which more points are awarded than taken away, though Sorcerer’s Stone just about breaks even. There are no points involved in Deathly Hallows, which makes sense since it doesn’t take place at Hogwarts. But weirdly, there are no points awarded in Goblet Of Fire either, while 90 are taken away.