What is a good IQ score?
Updated 31 October 2026
An IQ of 90 to 109 is average. 110–119 is high average, 120–129 is above average, and 130 or more is roughly the top 2%.
How IQ scores work
An IQ score compares you with people your age. The average is set at 100, and about 2 in 3 people score between 85 and 115. So the same score means the same thing at any age.
IQ ranges
These are the ranges used in the UNIQUE report. Other tests use similar ones.
| IQ score | Range | Share of people |
|---|---|---|
| 130 and above | Gifted | about 2.3% |
| 120–129 | Above average | about 7% |
| 110–119 | High average | about 16% |
| 90–109 | Average | about 50% |
| 80–89 | Low average | about 16% |
| 70–79 | Below average | about 7% |
| Below 70 | Well below average | about 2.3% |
IQ score chart: how rare is your score?
| IQ score | Higher than | This score or more |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 50% of people | 1 in 2 |
| 110 | 75% of people | 1 in 4 |
| 115 | 84% of people | 1 in 6 |
| 120 | 91% of people | 1 in 11 |
| 130 | 98% of people | 1 in 44 |
| 140 | 99.6% of people | 1 in 260 |
| 145 | 99.9% of people | 1 in 740 |
Want a different number? Try the IQ percentile calculator.
Quick answers
- Is 100 a good IQ? It’s exactly average: a completely normal result.
- Is 120 a good IQ? Yes: it’s higher than about 9 in 10 people.
- Is 130 a good IQ? It’s where the gifted range starts, the top 2%. That’s roughly what Mensa asks for, on a supervised test. Online tests don’t count.
- Is 140 a genius IQ? “Genius” isn’t a scientific term. 140 is about 1 in 260 people.
Keep in mind
- Every score has a margin of error of a few points. That’s why UNIQUE shows a range, not just one number.
- IQ tests measure reasoning, not knowledge, creativity or motivation.
- Online results, including UNIQUE’s, are estimates, not clinical scores.
Find out your score
UNIQUE is a non-verbal IQ test: 64 matrices that adapt to your level. Taking it is free; you pay only to see your result.