Is a 133 IQ Good? What the Score Means
A 133 IQ is far above the average of 100. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 133. Clinical reports would call 133 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.
- Percentile
- 98.61
- How rare
- 1 in 72 score 133 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Extremely High
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Very Superior
- Distance from 100
- 2.20 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 135
- On an SD 24 test
- about 153
- Our test's usual range here
- 120 or higher (90%)
What does a 133 IQ mean?
A score of 133 is 2.20 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 133 is 33 points away.
133 is 3 points above the start of the top band, which begins at 130 and has no upper end. About 2.5 in 100 people score anywhere in the top band that holds 133.
What percentile is an IQ of 133?
A score of 133 is at the 98.61st percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 133, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 138 is at the 99.44th percentile. Five points lower, 128 is at the 96.9th percentile. Across those ten points around 133, the percentile moves by 2.53.
How rare is an IQ of 133?
About 1 in 72 people score 133 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 1,400 would score 133 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 9 score exactly 133. These figures for 133 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 133 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 133 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 133 is about 135. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 153. 133, 135 and 153 all mean the same percentile.
Is 133 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 133; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 133 is far above the average of 100. What a 133 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 133 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 133 enough for Mensa?
Only if the 133 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 133 is at the 98.61st percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 133 is 3 points above it. A 133 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 133.
Is 133 a genius IQ?
No test or psychology dictionary calls 133 a genius score, or defines one at all. The often quoted 140 goes back to a long-term study that selected children scoring above 140; by that line, 133 is 7 points short of it. What a person with a 133 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.
What does an online result of 133 mean?
An online result of 133 is an estimate. When our test shows 133, the estimated range next to it usually reaches 145, the top of the scale our test reports, so it is shown as “120 or higher” or close to that. That range for 133 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 133 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 133 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 133, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 133
- 131 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 98.06th percentile.
- 132 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 98.36th percentile.
- 134 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 98.83rd percentile.
- 135 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.02nd percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 133, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 133 IQ?
A score of 133 is at the 98.61st percentile. That means about 98.61 percent of people score lower.
Is 133 IQ genius?
No test defines genius, so no test calls 133 genius. 133 is in the top band of the scale. About 99 in 100 people score lower than 133.
How many people have an IQ of 133?
On a whole-number scale, about 0.2 percent of people score exactly 133. About 1 in 72 people score 133 or higher.
Can an online test show 133?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 133 usually comes with an estimated range shown as “120 or higher” or close to that.