Is a 143 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 143 IQ is far above the average of 100. Only about 1 in 482 people score this high or higher. Clinical reports would call 143 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile: 99.79
How rare: 1 in 482 score 143 or higher
WISC-V wording: Extremely High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV): Very Superior
Distance from 100: 2.87 SD above
On an SD 16 test: about 146
On an SD 24 test: about 169
Our test's usual range here: our test cannot show this score

What does a 143 IQ mean?

A score of 143 is 2.87 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 143 is 43 points away.

143 is 13 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 143.

What percentile is an IQ of 143?

A score of 143 is at the 99.79th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 143, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 148 is at the 99.93rd percentile. Five points lower, 138 is at the 99.44th percentile. Across those ten points around 143, the percentile moves by 0.50.

How rare is an IQ of 143?

About 1 in 482 people score 143 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 207 would score 143 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 2 score exactly 143. These figures for 143 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 143 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 143 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 143 is about 146. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 169. 143, 146 and 169 all mean the same percentile.

Is 143 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 143; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 143 is far above the average of 100. What a 143 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 143 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 143 enough for Mensa?

Only if the 143 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 143 is at the 99.79th percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 143 is 13 points above it. A 143 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 143.

Is 143 a genius IQ?

No test or psychology dictionary calls 143 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, 143 is 3 points over it. What a person with a 143 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.

What does an online result of 143 mean?

Our test cannot show a 143. A perfect score currently shows about 140, and a test of 30 questions runs out of hard questions long before 143. Results above 145 show as “145 or higher”. Our methodology shows how the range is made.

An unsupervised online 143 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 143 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 143, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 143

141 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 99.69th percentile.
142 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 99.74th percentile.
144 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.83rd percentile.
145 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.87th percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 143, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 143 IQ?

A score of 143 is at the 99.79th percentile. That means about 99.79 percent of people score lower.

Is 143 IQ genius?

No test defines genius, so no test calls 143 genius. 143 is in the top band of the scale. Only about 1 in 482 people score this high or higher.

How many people have an IQ of 143?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.044 percent of people score exactly 143. About 1 in 482 people score 143 or higher.

Can an online test show 143?

Not reliably for 143. Our test shows anything above 145 as “145 or higher”, and a perfect score currently shows about 140.