Smartest Anime Characters Ranked by IQ | Ultimate Comparison

Who is the smartest anime character of all time? This IQ-based ranking measures 25 masterminds side by side—from Light Yagami and Senku to Lelouch and Shikamaru—so you’ll finally know who tops the genius list!

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WHAT YOU’LL SEE
• Transparent criteria: how each IQ score was estimated or confirmed
• Rapid-fire countdown segments that keep the pace fast and fun
• Quick lore facts that prove every brainy feat on the list
• An Honorable Mentions lightning round for geniuses who just missed the cut

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DATA SOURCES
Official databooks (Death Note, Code Geass, Dr. Stone, Naruto), MyAnimeList forums, Reddit /r/anime IQ polls, fan-translated guidebooks (accessed Q1 2025).

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[FictionRankerOfficial]

Editor used wrong gif for Saiko Intelli and put the Saiko from Tokyo Ghoul lol (same goes for Renner)- all other videos are made by me and there won't be anymore mistakes.
Also, only 1 character per Anime Show was included- it's the only fair way to do this. If we used more, this video would never end.

[NoteSIJ]

Fun fact: The perfect anime characters iq comparison doesnt exist

[divinest]

Todo be like "what type is your woman" and that's 530, 000IQ

[darthzayexeet]

Aoi Todo: „I have an IQ of 530‘000“

Also Todo: *names his technique boogie woogie*

[mr.ortega]

Senku is my guy. He's smarter than all mentioned and proves it in every episode

[Spark-pevw]

Todo from jjk just said that his iq is like in thousands, and people believed it
Wow!

[magifrosty]

Senku counted every second for 3, 700 years and also remembered how to literally make every chemical, machine, and devices that's been discovered or invented while counting for that long

[endlexp]

This dude Todo has 530000 IQ but got rejected in his own imagination

[macca]

Dazai should be on the list, and Fyodor. The two of them made up a code based on interactions made with each other, and secretly communicated with controlling their heartbeats when they were intentionally imprisoned. And that's just the beginning haha

[nghtbot]

Toudou: *has 530, 000 IQ*
Also Toudou: MA BESTO FWRENDOE!

[zitrov]

I wonder why Light isn't here, dude is like after getting all his memories back and just said "All according to plan.".

[aninstrument]

Kars: Has 500 IQ
Also Kars: Gets himself blasted into space forever

[arbter]

Sora's sister is probably one of the top candidates for smartest anime character. Her mind is basically a 4d supercomputer that was able to calculate every possible chess move in less than a second to beat a god who is literally the god of games in a chess match with her older brother.

[World_enjoyer]

Light yagami: why are we here? Just to suffer!!?

[bayenkg]

I don’t think the person who made this understands how IQ scaling works....

[konodioda]

As far as I know, genius people sometimes are weird. Let's just put L as example, the creator really did great for making his unique. Death Note is very realistic describing how most of genius people looks.

[rivershen]

0:39 ah yes, my favourite character Saber from Overlord

[Amerodindimatunday]

Plot Twist: Aizen wasn't on the list cause, Aizem himself was the one who created this list.

[BundaLuvr]

Fun fact: these are the pfps of everyone who has nitro

[Kairos]

My man sebku got to the moon in less than 10 years bruh, other humans would've been trying to make a fire.