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Is a 146 IQ Good? What the Score Means

A 146 IQ is far above the average of 100. Only about 1 in 924 people score this high or higher. Clinical reports would call 146 Extremely High in WISC-V wording and Very Superior in the traditional WAIS-IV wording.

Percentile
99.89
How rare
1 in 924 score 146 or higher
WISC-V wording
Extremely High
Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
Very Superior
Distance from 100
3.07 SD above
On an SD 16 test
about 149
On an SD 24 test
about 174
Our test's usual range here
our test cannot show this score
Where 146 sits on the IQ curveA bell curve with a marker at 146. The shaded area to the left is the share of people who score lower; 146 is at the 99.89th percentile.70100130146

What does a 146 IQ mean?

A score of 146 is 3.07 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 146 is 46 points away.

146 is 16 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 146.

What percentile is an IQ of 146?

A score of 146 is at the 99.89th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 146, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 151 is at the 99.97th percentile. Five points lower, 141 is at the 99.69th percentile. Across those ten points around 146, the percentile moves by 0.28.

How rare is an IQ of 146?

About 1 in 924 people score 146 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 108 would score 146 or higher.

For each person who scores exactly 146, about 110 people score exactly 100. These figures for 146 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.

What would 146 be on other tests?

Not every test would print 146 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 146 is about 149. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 174. 146, 149 and 174 all mean the same percentile.

Is 146 a good IQ score?

The scale does not grade the person behind a 146; it places one result among other people’s results. As a position, 146 is far above the average of 100. What a 146 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 146 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 146 enough for Mensa?

Only if the 146 comes from a supervised test that Mensa accepts. American Mensa accepts scores at or above the 98th percentile, and 146 is at the 99.89th percentile. On the Wechsler scales the line is a full-scale IQ of 130, so 146 is 16 points above it. A 146 from an unsupervised internet test, ours included, is not accepted. Our Mensa IQ test guide explains the supervised routes to showing a 146.

Is 146 a genius IQ?

No test or psychology dictionary calls 146 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, 146 is 6 points over it. What a person with a 146 achieves depends on far more than a test number, as what IQ is considered genius explains.

Can any test measure a score of 146?

Every test has a ceiling, a highest score it can give, and few tests are built to measure as high as 146. The WISC-V full-scale score, for example, runs from 40 to 160, so 146 sits near its top. On our own test the range gets wider on the way toward 146: about 24 points wide at 100 and about 28 points wide at 140. Our page on the highest IQ score explains why scores like 146 are hard to pin down.

What does an online result of 146 mean?

Our test cannot show a 146. A perfect score currently shows about 140, and a test of 30 questions runs out of hard questions long before 146. Results above 145 show as “145 or higher”. Our methodology shows how the range is made.

An unsupervised online 146 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 146 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 146, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.

Scores near 146

  • 144 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 99.83rd percentile.
  • 145 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 99.87th percentile.
  • 147 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 99.91st percentile.
  • 148 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 99.93rd percentile.

Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 146, in the score explorer.

FAQ

What percentile is 146 IQ?

A score of 146 is at the 99.89th percentile. That means about 99.89 percent of people score lower.

Is 146 IQ genius?

No test defines genius, so no test calls 146 genius. 146 is in the top band of the scale. Only about 1 in 924 people score this high or higher.

How many people have an IQ of 146?

On a whole-number scale, about 0.024 percent of people score exactly 146. About 1 in 924 people score 146 or higher.

Can an online test show 146?

Not reliably for 146. Our test shows anything above 145 as “145 or higher”, and a perfect score currently shows about 140.