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 | 99.8 | 22 | Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
| 2 | 99.5 | 23 | L (Death Note) |
| 3 | 99.1 | 10 | Tuvok (Star Trek: Voyager) |
| 4 | 98.9 | 91 | Dr. Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds) |
| 5 | 98.7 | 24 | Yoda (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith) |
| 6 | 98.0 | 74 | Dr. Gregory House (House, M.D.) |
| 7 | 97.8 | 1156 | Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock) |
| 8 | 97.6 | 342 | Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) |
| 9 | 97.6 | 520 | Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) |
| 10 | 97.5 | 368 | Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) |
| 11 | 97.4 | 55 | Temperance Brennan (Bones) |
| 12 | 97.3 | 170 | Vision (WandaVision) |
| 13 | 97.2 | 67 | Dr. Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor) |
| 14 | 97.2 | 25 | Raymond 'Red' Reddington (The Blacklist) |
| 15 | 97.2 | 65 | Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal) |
| 16 | 97.0 | 362 | Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory) |
| 17 | 97.0 | 38 | Alex Dunphy (Modern Family) |
| 18 | 96.9 | 69 | Doc Brown (Back to the Future) |
| 19 | 96.9 | 22 | Ender Wiggin (Ender's Game) |
| 20 | 96.8 | 30 | El Profesor (Money Heist) |
| 21 | 96.8 | 32 | Michael Scofield (Prison Break) |
| 22 | 96.6 | 45 | Will Hunting (Good Will Hunting) |
| 23 | 96.6 | 51 | Professor X (X-Men) |
| 24 | 96.6 | 492 | Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy) |
| 25 | 96.6 | 313 | Robert Ford (Westworld) |
| 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 | 86.1 | 554 | Kevin Malone (The Office) |
| 11 | 85.4 | 346 | Nelson Muntz (The Simpsons) |
| 12 | 84.4 | 46 | Josh Chan (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) |
| 13 | 84.2 | 50 | The Deep (The Boys) |
| 14 | 84.0 | 22 | Johnny 'Drama' Chase (Entourage) |
| 15 | 84.0 | 473 | Midge Pinciotti (That 70's Show) |
| 16 | 83.5 | 30 | Arturo Roman (Money Heist) |
| 17 | 83.3 | 26 | Finn Hudson (Glee) |
| 18 | 83.3 | 30 | Captain Hammer (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) |
| 19 | 83.0 | 345 | Barney Gumble (The Simpsons) |
| 20 | 83.0 | 12 | Jeff Portnoy (Tropic Thunder) |
| 21 | 82.6 | 1106 | Joey Tribbiani (Friends) |
| 22 | 82.5 | 72 | Tommy (Shameless) |
| 23 | 82.4 | 496 | Bob Pinciotti (That 70's Show) |
| 24 | 80.9 | 99 | Ziggy Sobotka (The Wire) |
| 25 | 80.6 | 221 | Joey Donner (10 Things I Hate About You) |
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.