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Is a 144 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 144 IQ is far above the average of 100. Only about 1 in 596 people score this high or higher. Clinical reports would call 144 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
99.83
How rare
1 in 596 score 144 or higher
WISC-V wording
Extremely High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Very Superior
Distance from 100
2.93 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 147
On an SD 24 test
about 170
Our test's usual range here
our test cannot show this score
Where 144 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 144. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 144 is at the 99.83rd percentile.70100130144

What does a 144 IQ mean?

A score of 144 is 2.93 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 144 is 44 points away.

144 is 14 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 144.

What percentile is an IQ of 144?

A score of 144 is at the 99.83rd percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 144, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 149 is at the 99.95th percentile. Five points lower, 139 is at the 99.53rd percentile. Across those ten points around 144, the percentile moves by 0.41.

How rare is an IQ of 144?

About 1 in 596 people score 144 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 168 would score 144 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 1 scores exactly 144. These figures for 144 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 144 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 144 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 144 is about 147. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 170. 144, 147 and 170 all mean the same percentile.

Is 144 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 144; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 144 is far above the average of 100. What a 144 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 144 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 144 enough for Mensa?

Only if the 144 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 144 is at the 99.83rd percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 144 is 14 points above it. A 144 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 144.

Is 144 a genius IQ?

No test or psychology dictionary calls 144 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, 144 is 4 points over it. What a person with a 144 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.

What does an online result of 144 mean?

Our test cannot show a 144. A perfect score currently shows about 140, and a test of 30 questions runs out of hard questions long before 144. Results above 145 show as “145 or higher”. Our methodology shows how the range is made.

An unsupervised online 144 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 144 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 144, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 144

  • 142 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 99.74th percentile.
  • 143 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 99.79th percentile.
  • 145 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.87th percentile.
  • 146 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.89th percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 144, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 144 IQ?

A score of 144 is at the 99.83rd percentile. That means about 99.83 percent of people score lower.

Is 144 IQ genius?

No test defines genius, so no test calls 144 genius. 144 is in the top band of the scale. Only about 1 in 596 people score this high or higher.

How many people have an IQ of 144?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.036 percent of people score exactly 144. About 1 in 596 people score 144 or higher.

Can an online test show 144?

Not reliably for 144. Our test shows anything above 145 as “145 or higher”, and a perfect score currently shows about 140.