Youngest Child Prodigies Ranked by IQ — Records

Sidis, Ainan Cawley, Marnen Laibow-Koser — the most extraordinary young minds, IQ-ranked.

1. Marnen Laibow-Koser

   1970–present · United States
   268
2. Ainan Celeste Cawley

   1999–present · SG
   250
3. William James Sidis

   1898–1944 · United States
   250
4. Chris Hirata

   1982–present · United States
   225
5. Terence Chi-Shen Tao

   1975–present · Australia
   220
6. Kim Ung-yong

   1962–present · KR
   210
7. Aristotle

   0384–present · Greece
   200
8. Edith Stern

   1952–present · United States
   200
9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   1749–1832 · Germany
   200
10. Leonardo Da Vinci

    1452–1519 · Italy
    200
11. Michael Grost

    1954–present · United States
    200
12. Michael Kearney

    1984–present · United States
    200
13. Nadia Camukova

    1976–present · Russia
    200
14. Leopold and Loeb

    1905–1971 · United States
    200
15. Sho Yano

    1990–present · United States
    200
16. Vitalik Buterin

    1994–present · Russia
    200
17. Evangelos Katsioulis

    1976–present · Greece
    198
18. Walter O'Brien (Obrien)

    1975–present · Ireland
    197
19. Empedocles

    0490–present · Greece
    195
20. Gilbert N. Lewis

    1875–1946 · United States
    195
21. Henry Adams

    1838–1918 · United States
    195
22. Hermann von Helmholtz

    1821–1894 · Germany
    195
23. Ludwig Boltzmann

    1844–1906 · Austria
    195
24. Nikola Tesla

    1856–1943 · HR
    195
25. Pierre-Simon Laplace

    1749–1827 · France
    195
26. Ramón Campayo

    1964–present · Spain
    194
27. Mislav Predavec

    1967–present · HR
    192
28. Richard G. Rosner

    1960–present · United States
    192
29. Archimedes

    0287–present · Greece
    190
30. Athanasius Kircher

    1602–1680 · Germany
    190
31. Baron d'Holbach

    1723–1789 · Germany
    190
32. Carl Friedrich Gauss

    1777–1855 · Germany
    190
33. Christiaan Huygens

    1629–1695 · Netherlands
    190
34. Enrico Fermi

    1901–1954 · Italy
    190
35. Erwin Schrödinger

    1887–1961 · Austria
    190
36. Francis Bacon

    1561–1626 · England
    190
37. Voltaire

    1694–1778 · France
    190
38. Friedrich Nietzsche

    1844–1900 · Germany
    190
39. Garry Kasparov

    1963–present · AZ
    190
40. Giordano Bruno

    1548–1600 · Italy
    190

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Filtered to individuals with cited IQ ≥ 180 (typically child-prodigy reconstructions).