As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,000 characters on a 100 point scale from "high IQ" to "low IQ". This page lists the 25 characters whose average ratings were the farthest to either side. Because the scale is bipolar, it is reversable. For example, a rating of 1/100 for "high IQ" is the same as 100/100 for "low IQ". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99.6 | 28 | L (Death Note) |
| 2 | 99.2 | 23 | Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
| 3 | 98.9 | 92 | Dr. Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds) |
| 4 | 98.0 | 74 | Dr. Gregory House (House, M.D.) |
| 5 | 97.8 | 1158 | Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock) |
| 6 | 97.7 | 33 | Tuvok (Star Trek: Voyager) |
| 7 | 97.6 | 342 | Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) |
| 8 | 97.6 | 520 | Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) |
| 9 | 97.5 | 369 | Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) |
| 10 | 97.4 | 55 | Temperance Brennan (Bones) |
| 11 | 97.4 | 171 | Vision (WandaVision) |
| 12 | 97.3 | 72 | Dr. Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor) |
| 13 | 97.2 | 25 | Raymond 'Red' Reddington (The Blacklist) |
| 14 | 97.2 | 65 | Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal) |
| 15 | 97.1 | 374 | Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory) |
| 16 | 97.0 | 38 | Alex Dunphy (Modern Family) |
| 17 | 97.0 | 23 | Ender Wiggin (Ender's Game) |
| 18 | 96.8 | 76 | Doc Brown (Back to the Future) |
| 19 | 96.8 | 32 | Michael Scofield (Prison Break) |
| 20 | 96.7 | 48 | J. Robert Oppenheimer (Oppenheimer) |
| 21 | 96.6 | 313 | Robert Ford (Westworld) |
| 22 | 96.6 | 51 | Professor X (X-Men) |
| 23 | 96.6 | 492 | Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy) |
| 24 | 96.5 | 134 | Donald Mallard (NCIS) |
| 25 | 96.5 | 35 | El Profesor (Money Heist) |
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94.6 | 30 | Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 2 | 90.4 | 526 | Michael Kelso (That 70's Show) |
| 3 | 90.1 | 686 | Karen Smith (Mean Girls) |
| 4 | 89.3 | 367 | Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) |
| 5 | 89.2 | 40 | Zapp Brannigan (Futurama) |
| 6 | 88.8 | 80 | Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) |
| 7 | 88.5 | 146 | Jason Mendoza (The Good Place) |
| 8 | 87.4 | 37 | Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) |
| 9 | 87.0 | 23 | Philip J. Fry (Futurama) |
| 10 | 86.9 | 10 | Matt Press (Ginny & Georgia) |
| 11 | 86.1 | 554 | Kevin Malone (The Office) |
| 12 | 85.4 | 346 | Nelson Muntz (The Simpsons) |
| 13 | 84.4 | 46 | Josh Chan (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) |
| 14 | 84.2 | 50 | The Deep (The Boys) |
| 15 | 84.0 | 22 | Johnny 'Drama' Chase (Entourage) |
| 16 | 84.0 | 473 | Midge Pinciotti (That 70's Show) |
| 17 | 83.5 | 30 | Arturo Roman (Money Heist) |
| 18 | 83.5 | 35 | Reese Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle) |
| 19 | 83.3 | 26 | Finn Hudson (Glee) |
| 20 | 83.3 | 30 | Captain Hammer (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) |
| 21 | 83.0 | 12 | Jeff Portnoy (Tropic Thunder) |
| 22 | 83.0 | 345 | Barney Gumble (The Simpsons) |
| 23 | 82.6 | 1106 | Joey Tribbiani (Friends) |
| 24 | 82.5 | 72 | Tommy (Shameless) |
| 25 | 82.4 | 496 | Bob Pinciotti (That 70's Show) |
The survey has 400 different descriptive scales that the characters can be rated on. This list is the 10 other scales that that have the highest correlation with high IQ<--->low IQ when aggregated at the character level.