In the 5th edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, an average IQ score of 100 is obtained on IQ tests. Superior IQ scores range from 120 to 129, while gifted scores range from 130 to 145. A genius level of 140 is considered the highest level of intelligence, and about 25% of the world's population reaches that level.
The following are levels of genius IQ scores:
- 115-124: Above-average Intelligence
- 125-134: Superior Intelligence
- 135-144: Highly Gifted
- 145-164: Genius
- 165-179: High Genius
- 180-200: Exceptional Genius
- >200: Exceptional Talent
The 13 most intelligent people in the world:
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - IQ Level: 220
- Leonardo Da Vinci - IQ Level: 200
- Isaac Newton - IQ Level: 192
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz - IQ Level: 191
- John Stuart Mill - IQ Level: 182.5
- Galileo Galilei - IQ Level: 182
- Rene Descartes - IQ Level: 177
- Desiderius Erasmus - IQ Level: 177
- Michelangelo - IQ Level: 177
- Baruch Spinoza - IQ Level: 175
- Michael Faraday - IQ Level:175
- Raphael - IQ Level: 170
- Charles Dickens - IQ Level: 165