Records · 13 entries · Updated 2026

Highest IQ Asian Geniuses in History — Records

Tao, Kim Ung-yong, Cawley, Confucius — Asia's highest-IQ minds.

  1. 1999–present · SG
    250
  2. 1962–present · KR
    210
  3. 1894–1974 · India
    185
  4. 1887–1920 · India
    175
  5. 0551–0479 · China
    170
  6. 0006–0004 · China
    170
  7. 0259–0210 · China
    170
  8. 1910–1995 · India
    170
  9. 0544–0496 · China
    165
  10. 2003–present · India
    162
  11. 1869–1948 · India
    160
  12. None–present · India
    156
  13. 1993–present · India
    146

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