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Is a 122 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 122 IQ is well above the average of 100. About 93 in 100 people score lower than 122. Clinical reports would call 122 Very High in WISC-V wording and Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
92.88
How rare
1 in 14 score 122 or higher
WISC-V wording
Very High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Superior
Distance from 100
1.47 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 123
On an SD 24 test
about 135
Our test's usual range here
110 to 134 (90%)
Where 122 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 122. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 122 is at the 92.88th percentile.70100130122

What does a 122 IQ mean?

A score of 122 is 1.47 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 122 is 22 points away.

122 sits near the bottom of the 120 to 129 band, 8 points below the next band up. About 7 in 100 people score from 120 to 129, the second highest band, which holds 122.

What percentile is an IQ of 122?

A score of 122 is at the 92.88th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 122, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 127 is at the 96.41st percentile. Five points lower, 117 is at the 87.15th percentile. Across those ten points around 122, the percentile moves by 9.26.

How rare is an IQ of 122?

About 1 in 14 people score 122 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 7,100 would score 122 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 34 score exactly 122. These figures for 122 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 122 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 122 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 122 is about 123. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 135. 122, 123 and 135 all mean the same percentile.

Is 122 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 122; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 122 is well above the average of 100. What a 122 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 122 describes some kinds of reasoning on one test, on one day, and leaves out a great deal that matters, such as effort, knowledge and character.

Is a score of 122 gifted?

There is no single gifted cutoff that a 122 either meets or misses; each school or program sets its own rule. Many programs use the top 10 percent as a guide, and a 122 is in the top 7.12 percent of people, inside that guide. A child’s 122 counts for a program only when it comes from a supervised test given by a psychologist or the school. Our guide for parents explains how that works.

What does an online result of 122 mean?

An online result of 122 is an estimate. When our test shows 122, the estimated range next to it is usually about 110 to 134. That range for 122 is provisional: it comes from our scoring model and a simulation, not yet from real test takers. Our methodology shows how the range is made.

An unsupervised online 122 may also run a little high: a large review found a gap of about 3 IQ points. Taking the same kind of test again usually raises a score like 122 a little, mostly on the first retakes. Our guide are IQ tests accurate covers this in depth.

To see where your own result falls next to 122, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 122

  • 120 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 90.88th percentile.
  • 121 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 91.92nd percentile.
  • 123 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 93.74th percentile.
  • 124 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 94.52nd percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 122, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 122 IQ?

A score of 122 is at the 92.88th percentile. That means about 92.88 percent of people score lower.

Is 122 IQ gifted?

Whether 122 counts as gifted depends on the program. Many use the top 10 percent as a guide, and 122 is in the top 7.1 percent.

How many people have an IQ of 122?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.9 percent of people score exactly 122. About 1 in 14 people score 122 or higher.

Can an online test show 122?

Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 122 usually comes with an estimated range of about 110 to 134.