Highest IQ Ever Recorded

Have you ever, at some point in your life taken up an IQ test? How did you score in it? Was the score 100 or 150 or beyond that?? If yes! Then you certainly hold the highest IQ score compared to the average human intelligence level. But how do you decide these numbers and what is the exact slot to discover your peculiarity? Too many questions right! Let's begin to answer them one at a time. The man who began the IQ testing was a French psychologist named Alfred Binet. IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient and refers to the act of measuring the intelligence of a person and learning his/her ability. The IQ level of a person with normal intelligence is defined in the range of 100 to 150, and usually a common man doesn't fall below the score of 50 or above 150. Here is the overview of IQ ranges of humans.

IQ Ratings

IQ Score	Category of Giftedness
Mildly Gifted	115 to 129
Moderately Gifted	130 to 144
Highly Gifted	145 to 159
Exceptionally Gifted	160 to 179
Profoundly Gifted	180 & Beyond

But besides the data of an average man, we all would want to know what is the highest rating of IQ ever recorded? Well, there are many people, but one of them is, William James Sidis, holding the world's highest IQ till date, with a figure of 250 above. He was the youngest person to enroll in the famous Harvard University and in his mid-forties he died of cerebral bleeding. One of the legendary figures was Albert Einstein, the philosopher, theoretical physicist and an author, with an IQ score of 135. Well, there are many legendary personalities following them, take a look at few of these names and what is their highest IQ possible.

Highest IQ Mass

• Marilyn Vos Savant - IQ of 200 or slightly above. She is presently listed under the Guinness Book of World Records.
• Kim Ung-yong - IQ of 210, a known physicist and engineer, is a child prodigy and was invited by NASA at the age of 8.
• James Wood - IQ of 180, an actor by profession.
• Philip Emeagwali - IQ of 190, is an engineer and computer scientist/geologist and one of the winners of Gordon Bell Prize.
• Christopher Michael Langan - IQ of 195, an American autodidact and a bouncer by profession, is known as the smartest man in America.
• Prime Minister of Israel-Benjamin Netanyahu - IQ of 180.
• Microsoft Founder Paul Allen - Founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen has an IQ of 160.
• World Chess Champion - Garry Kasparov - IQ of 190, also a writer, political activist and a great player of all time is known to have a high IQ.
• Stephen W. Hawking - IQ over 160 under 200, Stephen W. Hawking is a mathematician and physicist, and is known for his runaway bestseller A Brief History of Time.
• Sharon Stone - IQ of 154, Sharon Stone is an American actress by profession, former fashion model and a film producer and is listed in this chart.
• Michael Kearney - IQ of 200-325, is known to hold the highest IQ record in the present times.
• Johann Von Goethe - IQ of 210, is a German polymath.

Basically, there are no specific techniques to measure the ability and intelligence of a human being. There are various cognitive aspects taken into consideration like, problem-solving, memory, understanding, reasoning, communication, and so on. From these views we can mutually empathize with a person. Believing merely on the results of IQ tests, might sometimes put you off. Because, every individual is different from the other and there will always be someone different from you, someone better than you. All I am trying to say is, never judge a book by its cover. At times, you might seem dumber than your neighbor's dog, but you never know, at other times your intelligence might match up to that of a person with an IQ score of 150 or possibly even above that. Who knows? You could be the next one to have the highest IQ. Go find your IQ, now!