Bearing these caveats in mind, it is generally believed that the highest IQ score ever recorded is that of William James Sidis, who is believed to have had an IQ of between 250 and 300. This would place him in the top 0.000001% of the population in terms of intelligence.
William James Sidis has the World's Highest IQ. Anywhere from 250 to 300 is his IQ score, almost twice the score of Albert Einstein. At the age of eleven, William famously entered Harvard University, becoming the youngest person to enter.
There can be no person with an IQ of 500, because IQ is calculated to a statistical curve and there aren't enough people in the world to get beyond 200 or so. But to have some fun let's use the old ratio method of determining IQ. That formula was (mental age/physical age) * 100.
Adragon De Mello (IQ Score: 400)
His record was broken in 1994 by another student, but today, De Mello is known to have one of the highest IQ scores in all of human history – an IQ score of 400!
Although several individuals have been reported to have IQs exceeding 200, 200 is theoretically the greatest IQ that can exist. Anybody who has an IQ above 110 is fortunate enough to have superior intelligence. But some people have the good fortune to have substantially higher IQ scores.
Elon's IQ is estimated to be around 155, while Albert Einstein's is 160. With such a slight margin, Musk is undoubtedly an incredibly smart person. Who is the smartest person on earth in 2022? Born in 1975 in Adelaide, Australia is a mathematician, Terence Tao with an IQ score of 230.
With an IQ of 400, you'd be the smartest person to ever exist in the history of the world. You would know literally everything and there would be know escape from that. You'd be in the 100th percentile and would exceed everybody in high IQ societies as high as the Mega Society.
Born in Moscow in 1976, Nadia Camukova was estimated to have an IQ of 200. The Brain Research Institute located in Moscow reported later on that she had the highest IQ in the world. She can speak seven languages and eight Turkish dialects. Currently, she's a professor at Bahçeşehir University in Turkey.
The Genius Threshold: 130 and Beyond
This score places an individual in the top 2% of the population, making them exceptionally intelligent. However, it's crucial to recognize that there are varying degrees of genius, with scores ranging from 130 to over 200.
A score of 145, which is exceptionally high, is a little over 1 in 1000. A score of 190 is approximately one in a billion. A score of 1000 is ridiculously, absurdly beyond what anybody could actually score that you could run the universe on repeat billions and billions of time and never once have somebody with that IQ.
Is it possible to get 10000 IQ? First an IQ of 10,000 is an impossibility, in the current system of reporting intelligence, and is therefore an intangible. Being the smartest person in the world might or might not lead to ever possessing a similarly large amount of money.
There has never been anyone with an IQ that high; it's not clear how it could be measured (these things need to be normed) but we do have some evidence from some very very smart people. What if someone was born with an IQ of 305? What would happen if someone had an IQ of 1000? What would you do if your IQ were 1000?
William James Sidis (IQ: 250-300)
Sidis had the highest IQ score in history.
Born in Boston in 1898, William James Sidis made the headlines in the early 20th century as a child prodigy with an amazing intellect. His IQ was estimated to be 50 to 100 points higher than Albert Einstein's. He could read the New York Times before he was 2.
Da Vinci, famed painter and theorist, is estimated to have had IQ scores ranging from 180 to 220, according to parade.com.
The lowest IQ ever would be 0. However, no one has ever scored that. Scores below 75 usually indicate a cognitive disability.
There are several successful entrepreneurs who are known for their high IQ scores, such as: Jeff Bezos: The founder of Amazon, Bezos has an IQ estimated to be around 145. Mark Zuckerberg: The co-founder of Facebook, Zuckerberg has an IQ estimated to be around 152.
According to some acclaimed websites, she is said to have an IQ of 160. As a matter of fact, she is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to sign at age 11.
"Steve Jobs likely had an IQ roughly 160 or above. In Walter Isaacson's biography, near the end of 4th grade, Jobs was tested. Jobs said: 'I scored at the high school sophomore level. ' This means he was a 4th grader performing at the 10th grade level.
Presuming someone actually had a 500 IQ, they would be so smart that we almost can't even imagine it. Accomplishments of such a person would most likely include: Easily completing multiple PhDs before the average person would even graduate elementary school.