As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,125 characters on a 100 point scale from "knowledgeable" to "ignorant". 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 "knowledgeable" is the same as 100/100 for "ignorant". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 98.8 | 25 | Lester Freamon (The Wire) |
| 2 | 97.6 | 114 | Dr. Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds) |
| 3 | 96.8 | 120 | Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender) |
| 4 | 96.2 | 56 | Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal) |
| 5 | 96.2 | 94 | Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
| 6 | 96.1 | 29 | Samantha Carter (Stargate SG-1) |
| 7 | 96.1 | 19 | Moiraine Damodred (Wheel of Time) |
| 8 | 96.1 | 73 | Michael Scofield (Prison Break) |
| 9 | 96.0 | 60 | Violet Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) |
| 10 | 96.0 | 171 | Janet (The Good Place) |
| 11 | 95.9 | 8 | Dr. Sharon Fieldstone (Ted Lasso) |
| 12 | 95.8 | 52 | Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter) |
| 13 | 95.8 | 14 | Tuvok (Star Trek: Voyager) |
| 14 | 95.8 | 5 | The Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager) |
| 15 | 95.6 | 23 | Josiah Bartlet (The West Wing) |
| 16 | 95.5 | 60 | Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) |
| 17 | 95.4 | 28 | Huyang (Ahsoka) |
| 18 | 95.4 | 30 | David Levinson (Independence Day) |
| 19 | 95.1 | 110 | Guinan (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
| 20 | 95.0 | 17 | L (Death Note) |
| 21 | 94.9 | 46 | Lucius Fox (The Dark Knight) |
| 22 | 94.9 | 15 | Joey Lucas (The West Wing) |
| 23 | 94.8 | 23 | Verna (The Fall of the House of Usher) |
| 24 | 94.8 | 28 | Optimus Prime (Transformers) |
| 25 | 94.5 | 62 | Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) |
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 96.3 | 47 | Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones) |
| 2 | 95.5 | 35 | Zapp Brannigan (Futurama) |
| 3 | 93.6 | 59 | Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) |
| 4 | 91.5 | 26 | Ziggy Sobotka (The Wire) |
| 5 | 91.3 | 36 | Jonah Ryan (Veep) |
| 6 | 91.3 | 62 | Brad Bellick (Prison Break) |
| 7 | 91.0 | 75 | Michael Kelso (That 70's Show) |
| 8 | 90.5 | 35 | George Oscar 'Gob' Bluth (Arrested Development) |
| 9 | 89.9 | 37 | Captain Hammer (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) |
| 10 | 89.7 | 35 | Arturo Roman (Money Heist) |
| 11 | 89.6 | 82 | Topper (Outer Banks) |
| 12 | 89.5 | 32 | Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood) |
| 13 | 89.3 | 54 | Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) |
| 14 | 88.4 | 265 | Joey Donner (10 Things I Hate About You) |
| 15 | 88.2 | 46 | Josh Chan (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) |
| 16 | 88.1 | 18 | Thomas 'Herc' Hauk (The Wire) |
| 17 | 88.1 | 60 | Petunia Dursley (Harry Potter) |
| 18 | 87.9 | 115 | Denny (The Room) |
| 19 | 86.6 | 46 | Mac (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) |
| 20 | 86.4 | 42 | Lindsay Bluth Funke (Arrested Development) |
| 21 | 86.3 | 33 | Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 22 | 86.3 | 40 | Pierce Hawthorne (Community) |
| 23 | 86.2 | 182 | Sid Phillips (Toy Story) |
| 24 | 86.0 | 107 | The Deep (The Boys) |
| 25 | 85.7 | 33 | Prince John (Robin Hood) |
The survey has 525 different descriptive scales that the characters can be rated on. This list is the 10 other scales that that have the highest correlation with knowledgeable<--->ignorant when aggregated at the character level.