The Theme Team League shall appear here. It is manually updated so won’t be updated as often as the main scoreboard – typically once a month.
2 January 2026 – A Question of Sprouts had September hits with Dickie Bird and Mika Immonen that allowed them to tie with The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn and ultimately win by the hits tiebreaker.
| Pos | Team | Theme | Points |
| =1. | A Question of Sprouts | Sport | 78 |
| =1. | The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn | The Irish | 78 |
| 3. | Elton Welsby’s Sporting Triangles | Sports types | 69 |
| 4. | Play Ball! | Sports | 64 |
| 5. | Sportspeople I Think Might Die in 2025 United | Athletes | 60 |
| 6. | CLOG POPPERS | Popsters | 58 |
| =7. | Jaydead | J names | 51 |
| =7. | Laughing in the face of Death. | Funny people | 51 |
| 9. | Windsor’s OBE | Order of the British Empire recipients | 50 |
| =10. | Complications from a fall | Dictators and other world leaders | 49 |
| =10. | Musical chairs | Musicians | 49 |
| 12. | #1 Hits | UK chart toppers | 47 |
| 13. | Ruling The Afterlife | World leaders | 46 |
| =14. | Animals to the Afterlife | Animal names | 43 |
| =14. | Foreword by The Grim Reaper | Authors | 43 |
| 16. | Unpersons | Big Brother participants | 42 |
| 17. | Great Gig in the Sky | Musicians | 41 |
| =18. | Cardavers | Car names | 40 |
| =18. | LW’s Latest Hit | Music | 40 |
| =18. | Shake, Rattle, Roll Over and Play Dead | 50s/60s rock and pop | 40 |
| =21. | Old As Dirt | Centenarians | 38 |
| =21. | There is nothing like a dame | Dames, without their boss this time | 38 |
| 23. | No More Expenses | UK MPs | 37 |
| 24. | Assorted Alliterates | Alliterative names | 36 |
| =25. | Drop Dead Diva | Extravagant women | 35 |
| =25. | Pop goes the Wurzels | Popsters | 35 |
| =25. | The Retched pong of Brit sit-com | British sitcoms | 35 |
| =25. | Traded to the Saints | NFLers | 35 |
| =29. | 20 Crooners Croakin’ | Crooners | 34 |
| =29. | Comedy Cremations | Comedy actors | 34 |
| =29. | Vive la France… et la mort | The French | 34 |
| =32. | Dieopics | Biopic subjects | 32 |
| =32. | Hell to the Chief | World leaders | 32 |
| =34. | A la vie, a la mort | French people | 31 |
| =34. | Deutschland verabschiedet sich! | Germans | 31 |
| =34. | Mmmmmmmm Drop | M names | 31 |
| =34. | Ready For My Closed Lid, Mr. DeMille | Ladies of cinema | 31 |
| =34. | Sudden Death | Football | 31 |
| =39. | Aaron Aardvark’s Alliteration Association | Alliterative names | 30 |
| =39. | Ashes to Ashes XII | Cricketers | 30 |
| =39. | Last surviving original band members III | As it says on the tin | 30 |
| =39. | Nature’s Way | Names found in nature | 30 |
| =39. | Punk is Dead | Punk musicians | 30 |
| =39. | Stars on Hice | Names with “hi” in them | 30 |
| =39. | The Talking Dead | TV hosts | 30 |
| =46. | Dead… Or are they? | Conspiracies | 29 |
| =46. | Death to all but metal and Dame Shirley Bassey | Rockers and their nan | 29 |
| =46. | Once Shaggable, Now Baggable | Old ladies eyecatching in their heyday | 29 |
| =46. | The Gallifrey Regeneration Game | Doctor Who | 29 |
| =50. | 99 Not Out! | Prospective Sulu-ings | 28 |
| =50. | Cadaverous Mofos | The Wire | 28 |
| =50. | Last Christmas | Christmas-associated celebs | 28 |
| =50. | Oscar Strikeouts | Oscar nominees | 28 |
| =50. | Six Feet Under the Dome | Congresscritters | 28 |
| 55. | Gray Panthers | Centenarians | 27 |
| 56. | Dead Leaders | World leaders | 26 |
| 57. | One Ball Bigger Than The Other Two | Sports | 25 |
| =58. | Complete Phallusies | Names with shlong slang in them | 24 |
| =58. | Francis Of Wrestle-Easy 2025 | Wrasslers | 24 |
| =58. | Here’s Who You Could Have Won | Interesting oldies | 24 |
| =58. | Kiwi fruit sundae | New Zealanders | 24 |
| =58. | St. Peter’s Warblers | Musicians | 24 |
| =63. | Fill the Century or die! | Not everyone that makes 99 makes it to 100 | 23 |
| =63. | militant leaders | Terrorists | 23 |
| =63. | Old as Dirt 2 | Old musicians | 23 |
| =66. | D Ceased | D Names | 22 |
| =66. | Dead Continent | Asians | 22 |
| =66. | Rolls Off The Tongue | Interesting names | 22 |
| =66. | snooker loopy c*NTS are we | Snooker | 22 |
| =66. | The Golden State Strikes Back | Californians | 22 |
| 71. | Decaying Orbit-uaries | Space types | 21 |
| =72. | DCAU Demises | DC Animated Cinematic Universe | 20 |
| =72. | Goodnight, Seattle | Frasier alums… I’m listening | 20 |
| =72. | Hispanics and Lati-no’s | Hispanics | 20 |
| =72. | Nature’s Way 2 | Names found in nature | 20 |
| =72. | Slippery Soap | Soap actors | 20 |
| =77. | Bibliogryphon’s Bookworm Food | Authors | 19 |
| =77. | Jocks Away | Scots | 19 |
| =77. | M6 Toll(ed) | Midlands | 19 |
| =77. | MAGA Hit List | Trump non-fans | 19 |
| =77. | Space Wasters | Lice | 19 |
| =82. | Formula Fatality | F1 | 18 |
| =82. | KICKING BUCKETS INSTEAD OF BALLS | Footballers | 18 |
| =82. | MST3K Massacre | MST3K subjects | 18 |
| =85. | Boom, Boom, Out go the lights | Blues and beat musicians | 17 |
| =85. | Grappling with Mortality | Wrestlers | 17 |
| =85. | It’s time to meet the music | Muppet Show guest stars | 17 |
| =85. | Lego Element 4651445 | Those with Lego depictions | 17 |
| 89. | It’s a Small World | Disney | 16 |
| =90. | Apology Accepted | Star Wars | 15 |
| =90. | Nobel Notables | Nobel laureates | 15 |
| =92. | BOBBING FOR APPLES | Bobs and Roberts | 14 |
| =92. | Fatal Exceptions | Survivors | 14 |
| =92. | Norman Lear and All His Friends | Norman Lear and actors in his many sitcoms | 14 |
| =92. | Sad Last Days | National Enquirer “near death”s | 14 |
| =96. | Clinging on for a 99 | Not everyone that makes 98… | 13 |
| =96. | Jane’s Antique Wrinklies | Old ladies | 13 |
| =96. | Kiddyfiddler Harriers | Paedos | 13 |
| =99. | Fiona’s 1922 | 1922 babies | 12 |
| =99. | Just One More Death | Columbo guest stars, with and without Alzheimer’s | 12 |
| =99. | sid and marty coffin | Sid and Marty Krofft | 12 |
| =99. | The Survivors | Last survivors | 12 |
| =103. | IT’S A COP-OUT 2025 | Coppers | 11 |
| =103. | No Mr Bond Villain, I Expect You To Die!!! | Bond villains | 11 |
| =103. | OAPs (Old American Politicians) | Most of Washington these days | 11 |
| =103. | Stay Golden | Golden Girls actors | 11 |
| =107. | All these moments will be lost | Sci-fi actors | 10 |
| =107. | And the nominees are… dead! | Oscar nominees | 10 |
| =107. | And the SPOTY Winner is… dead | SPOTY winners | 10 |
| =107. | Apollogies For Still Living | Astronauts | 10 |
| =107. | ARTHUR’S THEME | World leaders | 10 |
| =107. | Can’t Think of a Music Pun | Musicians | 10 |
| =107. | Dead And Dusted 2 | 70s musicians | 10 |
| =107. | God’s Gonna Gettem | G names | 10 |
| =107. | Miss DEAD | Miss World, Universe, etc | 10 |
| =107. | Ncuti Bang Bang | Doctor Who | 10 |
| =107. | Nice! | Jazz musicians | 10 |
| =107. | Not going in a Black Cab | EastEnders | 10 |
| =107. | Perfect 10 | Celebs with 10 letters in their names | 10 |
| =107. | Poor Little Ghoul | US charttoppers | 10 |
| =107. | She’s a Dead Skate, Charlie Brown | Ice skaters | 10 |
| =107. | Thanks for being a Sport | Sportspeople | 10 |
| =107. | Turn Off That Telly and Go to Bed! | US TV | 10 |
| =107. | Wheel meet again | Motorsport | 10 |
| =125. | Lt. Colonel Kilgore’s Ultimate Surf Party | Vietnam figures | 9 |
| =125. | Lullabye-bye of Broadway | Broadway | 9 |
| =125. | Peace, Love, and Death | 1960s counterculture figures | 9 |
| =125. | Rushing to Tim Horton’s for Maple Donuts | Canucks | 9 |
| =125. | The Fat Lady’s singing… | Opera | 9 |
| =125. | They think it’s all over | Scottish football | 9 |
| =131. | 90s vs 90s | Nonagenarians and 1990s personalities | 8 |
| =131. | batstarlord of the whotreklock | Nerd shows | 8 |
| =131. | Gone Solo | Surviving halves | 8 |
| =131. | Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel | Batman | 8 |
| 135. | Hits Of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today | 1987 UK Top 30 hits | 7 |
| =136. | Buying Max Yasgur’s Farm | Folkies | 6 |
| =136. | Players in The Player | Cameos in The Player | 6 |
| =138. | Dey Do Die Don’t Dey Doh | Scousers | 5 |
| =138. | Fireball’s Play Your Cadavers Right | Gameshow hosts | 5 |
| =138. | Good Trouble | Activists | 5 |
| =138. | Last of The Summer Winos | Last of the Summer Wine | 5 |
| =138. | Pennsylvania Pushes Up the Daisies | The Keystone State | 5 |
| =138. | Saturday Night Dead | Saturday Night Live | 5 |
| =138. | Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people | The 20 best picks of 4000 randomly generated Wikipedia bios | 5 |
| =138. | Waiting for Ugo | Midlands footballers | 5 |
| =146. | …and its goodnight from him | Rons, Ronalds, Ronnies etc. | 0 |
| =146. | 2025 Exit Draft | Sport | 0 |
| =146. | All Death Is Consolation | Artists | 0 |
| =146. | Alternative in Death – The Right Deadlihood Award | Recipients of the Alternative Nobel Prize | 0 |
| =146. | American As Apple Pie | Hispanics | 0 |
| =146. | And That’s a Rap | Rappers | 0 |
| =146. | BYE-BYE BORING BROADCASTERS 2025 | Broadcasters | 0 |
| =146. | Close Up: The Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest Musical | Australians | 0 |
| =146. | Come on Karma, Where’s the F@@king Justice | Evading justice for how long? | 0 |
| =146. | CRT to DOA | TV presenters | 0 |
| =146. | Dead Beats | Musicians | 0 |
| =146. | Disney Dizzies | Disney actors | 0 |
| =146. | Dr Who’s Next | Doctor Who | 0 |
| =146. | Dying Donkeys | US Democrats who ran for President | 0 |
| =146. | Dying of Pretentiousness | Snooty types | 0 |
| =146. | Dying Probably’s Twitter Page | People who showed on this showrunner’s Twitter feed | 0 |
| =146. | Easy as ABC | Alphabetical names | 0 |
| =146. | Easy Peasy Japanesey | Japanese people | 0 |
| =146. | Empty Chairs at Empty Tables | Entertainers | 0 |
| =146. | Everybody’s Dead Daves | Daves | 0 |
| =146. | From the Middle East to the Middle of the Ground | Middle East | 0 |
| =146. | Gone and Away | Soaps | 0 |
| =146. | Hell’s Gender Neutral Toilets | T*RFs | 0 |
| =146. | He’s Not The Family Guy | Family Guy voices | 0 |
| =146. | Hole-in-one | Golfers | 0 |
| =146. | I Hear Voices | Voice actors | 0 |
| =146. | I Made the News Today, Oh Boy | Current events | 0 |
| =146. | In The Hole! | Golfers | 0 |
| =146. | Kill Bills, Vol. 3 | Bills and Williams | 0 |
| =146. | Nobel Loserettes | Ladies with Nobels | 0 |
| =146. | Passing of the Passed | Celebs the team runner passed by in the street | 0 |
| =146. | Rappers Delight | Rappers | 0 |
| =146. | Russian Box Players | Russians | 0 |
| =146. | Scrubber Out | Porn stars | 0 |
| =146. | Thank You For The Music | Musicians | 0 |
| =146. | The Big Brain Theory | Smart cookies | 0 |
| =146. | The Cabinet of the Grim Reaper | US cabinet members | 0 |
| =146. | The Dead Kennedys | Kennedy Center honorees | 0 |
| =146. | The Lord God Slayed Them All | Veterinarians | 0 |
| =146. | The Writing’s On The Wall | Singers | 0 |
| =146. | They Were the World | We Are the World alumni | 0 |
| =146. | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, DIE | Actors in TTSS adaptations | 0 |
| =146. | Trans Girls Hit squad’s hit list | T*RFs | 0 |
| =146. | Where are all the Garys and Simons? | Garys and Simons | 0 |
| =146. | Who Goes Before the 5-0 Arrives? | Under 50s | 0 |
| =146. | Wishing (I Had an Obituary of You) | 80s musicians | 0 |
| =146. | Yes, I Suppose | Hot Fuzz | 0 |