What is the IQ of the top 10 percent?

Below are some common IQ test score cut-offs and the corresponding percentiles and rarities. Say your IQ score is 120. You can check the corresponding table row and see that this is in the 90th percentile and is correspondingly in the top 10% of the reference population.
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What is the top 10% for IQ?

These are the 10 highest IQs ever recorded.
  • 10 #10 Stephen Hawking – IQ 160.
  • 9 #9 Albert Einstein – IQ 160-190.
  • 8 #8 Judit Polgar – IQ 170.
  • 7 #7 Leonardo da Vinci – IQ 180-190.
  • 6 #6 Marilyn Vos Savant – IQ 190.
  • 5 #5 Garry Kasparov – IQ 194.
  • 4 #4 Kim Ung-Yong – IQ 210.
  • 3 #3 Christopher Hirata – IQ 225.
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What IQ do the top 1% have?

Meaning of IQ

85 to 115 - Two thirds of us have an IQ in this range: the 'average' IQ is 100. Over 135 - You are in the top 1%.
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What percentile is an IQ of 125?

By the current "deviation IQ" definition of IQ test standard scores, about two-thirds of all test-takers obtain scores from 85 to 115, and about 5 percent of the population scores above 125.
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Is IQ 145 rare?

Or to put another way, 1 in 2 people have an IQ greater than 100, and roughly 1 in 750 people have an IQ of greater than 145.
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IQ score distribution - Intro to Psychology



What is Stephen Hawking IQ level?

Professor Stephen Hawking never revealed his IQ, however it's widely believed to have been 160. This high score falls in the genius category, with 0.003% of people scoring that high.
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Is 124 IQ gifted?

The number actually represents how your results compare to those of other people your age. A score of 116 or more is considered above average. A score of 130 or higher signals a high IQ. Membership in Mensa, the High IQ society, includes people who score in the top 2 percent, which is usually 132 or higher.
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How rare is an IQ of 140?

Anything above 140 is considered a high or genius-level IQ. It is estimated that between 0.25% and 1.0% of the population fall into this elite category.
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How rare is an IQ of 180?

But one leading researcher in the 1940s suggested that a genius should have an IQ over 180. That's about one in every 2 million people. There is no one definition of genius. But many doctors study highly intelligent, or gifted, children to understand genius better.
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What is the average IQ of a 14 year old?

Price, a professor at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London, and colleagues, tested 33 "healthy and neurologically normal" adolescents aged 12 to 16. Their IQ scores ranged from 77 to 135, with an average score of 112.
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What is the top 5 percent of IQ?

For example, with an IQ of 125 you will be in the top 5% and hence in the 95th percentile of the population.
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Classification of intelligence scores
  • (110-119) - high average.
  • (120-129) - superior.
  • (130-144) - gifted or very advanced.
  • (145-160) - very gifted or highly advanced.
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How do I raise my IQ to 300?

Here are some activities you can do to improve various areas of your intelligence, from reasoning and planning to problem-solving and more.
  1. Memory activities. ...
  2. Executive control activities. ...
  3. Visuospatial reasoning activities. ...
  4. Relational skills. ...
  5. Musical instruments. ...
  6. New languages. ...
  7. Frequent reading. ...
  8. Continued education.
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What are the 7 signs of intelligence?

Here are seven science-backed signs you're genuinely intelligent.
  • You're lazy. ...
  • You learn from your mistakes. ...
  • You swear a lot. ...
  • You stay up late. ...
  • You read a lot. ...
  • You enjoy black humour. ...
  • You drink and take drugs.
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Is 160 IQ smart?

130 to 144: Moderately gifted. 145 to 159: Highly gifted. 160 to 179: Exceptionally gifted. 180 and up: Profoundly gifted.
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What is 99th percentile IQ?

IQ scores of 141+ represent the 99th percentile.
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What is superior IQ?

an arbitrary category of general intelligence attained by only 15% of the population. It includes individuals with an IQ of 120 or more on both the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale.
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What is the IQ of Tesla?

Born during a lightning storm in 1856, Tesla had an IQ range from 160 to 310. He's known to invent the Tesla coil and alternating current machinery. Francois Marie Arouet aka Voltaire had an estimated IQ range from 190 to 200.
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Why was Einstein so smart?

There were, in fact, unique features to Einstein's brain that may be the answer to how he was so smart. Some parts of the brain were thicker than average, which could mean he had a stronger connection between the two hemispheres. In 1947, he co-authored a top-secret paper on what to do if humans contact aliens with J.
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Who is smarter than Albert Einstein?

Lydia Sebastian achieved the top score of 162 on Mensa's Cattell III B paper, suggesting she has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
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