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Is a 145 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 145 IQ is far above the average of 100. Only about 1 in 741 people score this high or higher. Clinical reports would call 145 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
99.87
How rare
1 in 741 score 145 or higher
WISC-V wording
Extremely High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Very Superior
Distance from 100
3 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 148
On an SD 24 test
about 172
Our test's usual range here
our test cannot show this score
Where 145 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 145. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 145 is at the 99.87th percentile.70100130145

What does a 145 IQ mean?

A score of 145 is three standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 145 is 45 points away.

145 is 15 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 145.

What percentile is an IQ of 145?

A score of 145 is at the 99.87th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 145, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 150 is at the 99.96th percentile. Five points lower, 140 is at the 99.62nd percentile. Across those ten points around 145, the percentile moves by 0.34.

How rare is an IQ of 145?

About 1 in 741 people score 145 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 135 would score 145 or higher.

For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 1 scores exactly 145. These figures for 145 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 145 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 145 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 145 is about 148. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 172. 145, 148 and 172 all mean the same percentile.

Is 145 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 145; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 145 is far above the average of 100. What a 145 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 145 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 145 enough for Mensa?

Only if the 145 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 145 is at the 99.87th percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 145 is 15 points above it. A 145 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 145.

Is 145 a genius IQ?

No test or psychology dictionary calls 145 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, 145 is 5 points over it. What a person with a 145 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.

Can any test measure a score of 145?

Every test has a ceiling, a highest score it can give, and few tests are built to measure as high as 145. The WISC-V full-scale score, for example, runs from 40 to 160, so 145 sits near its top. On our own test the range gets wider on the way toward 145: about 24 points wide at 100 and about 28 points wide at 140. Our page on the highest IQ score explains why scores like 145 are hard to pin down.

What does an online result of 145 mean?

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

An unsupervised online 145 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 145 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 145, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 145

  • 143 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 99.79th percentile.
  • 144 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 99.83rd percentile.
  • 146 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.89th percentile.
  • 147 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.91st percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 145, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 145 IQ?

A score of 145 is at the 99.87th percentile. That means about 99.87 percent of people score lower.

Is 145 IQ genius?

No test defines genius, so no test calls 145 genius. 145 is in the top band of the scale. Only about 1 in 741 people score this high or higher.

How many people have an IQ of 145?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.030 percent of people score exactly 145. About 1 in 741 people score 145 or higher.

Can an online test show 145?

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