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Most goal-oriented or experience-oriented characters

As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,000 characters on a 100 point scale from "goal-oriented" to "experience-oriented". 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 "goal-oriented" is the same as 100/100 for "experience-oriented". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.

Most goal-oriented characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
198.511Javert (Les Misérables)
297.19Major Arnold Toht (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
396.77Malory Archer (Archer)
496.28Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
595.78Sue Sylvester (Glee)
695.511Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
795.56Carol 'Mom' Miller (Futurama)
894.615Palpatine (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
994.411Paris Geller (Gilmore Girls)
1094.211Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)
1194.225Liberty Van Zandt (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
1293.719Agent Smith (The Matrix)
1393.716Light Yagami (Death Note)
1493.54Ser Otto Hightower (House of the Dragon)
1593.328Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones)
1692.56O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
1792.413Amy Brookheimer (Veep)
1892.124Margaery Tyrell (Game of Thrones)
1992.06Prudence Night (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
2091.712Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot)
2191.736The Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
2291.712Father Faustus Blackwood (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
2391.411Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter)
2491.411Taissa (Yellowjackets)
2591.25Theresa Cullen (Westworld)

Most experience-oriented characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
196.06Sterling Archer (Archer)
292.67Donald Mallard (NCIS)
392.17Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)
491.58Richard Castle (Castle)
591.56Cheryl Tunt (Archer)
690.523Jessa Johansson (Girls)
790.310Phoebe Buffay (Friends)
890.34Lisa Johnson (After Life)
990.211Ilana Wexler (Broad City)
1090.09Ava Coleman (Abbott Elementary)
1189.25Neelix (Star Trek: Voyager)
1288.911Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
1388.612Steve Harrington (Stranger Things)
1487.67Steven Hyde (That 70's Show)
1587.58Xander Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
1687.54Cameron Tucker (Modern Family)
1787.412Quint (Jaws)
1887.49Guinan (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1987.26Princess Ann (Roman Holiday)
2087.117Karen Smith (Mean Girls)
2187.18Charlie Pace (LOST)
2287.114Dr. Sean Maguire (Good Will Hunting)
2386.110April Ludgate (Parks and Recreation)
2486.07Turtle (Entourage)
2586.06Fern (Nomadland)

Similar traits

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 goal-oriented<--->experience-oriented when aggregated at the character level.

  1. uptight (not easy) (r=0.59)
  2. strict (not lenient) (r=0.59)
  3. tight (not loose) (r=0.59)
  4. presidential (not folksy) (r=0.58)
  5. overachiever (not underachiever) (r=0.54)
  6. focused on the future (not focused on the present) (r=0.54)
  7. driven (not unambitious) (r=0.53)
  8. picky (not always down) (r=0.53)
  9. OCD (not ADHD) (r=0.52)
  10. formal (not intimate) (r=0.52)

Notes

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