Thursday, February 19, 2009

Wonderlic Me


Over at Niners Nation, Fooch has done a post about the Wonderlic test, which has been famously used by NFL teams to gauge the mental capacity of college players at the combine. He links to a sample of the test, where you can test yourself. Like Fooch, I got 9 out of 10 questions right in the time alloted (I ran out of time before I could answer the last one), which gave me an estimated score of 45. As Fooch points out, that's pretty good:

A generic breakdown of the scoring looks like this:

50 = highest possible score, superior intelligence
30 = Very bright, you're shouldn't be living at home
20 = average intelligence (similar to IQ of 100)
15 = Equivalent to unskilled worker
10 and Below = Moron, barring unique circumstances

He also lists some scores of interest among QB's:

Drew Henson 42
Alex Smith 40
Eli Manning 39
Brian Griese 39
Tony Romo 37
Drew Bledsoe 36
Matt Leinart 35
Kellen Clemens 35
Tom Brady 33
Steve Young 33
John Beck 30
Philip Rivers 30
Troy Aikman 29
Brady Quinn 29
Drew Brees 28
Peyton Manning 28
Ryan Leaf 27
Ben Roethlisberger 25
Brett Favre 22

Notable Low Scores:
Tarvaris Jackson 19
Derek Anderson 19
Vince Young 16*
Dan Marino 15
Terry Bradshaw 15
Donovan McNabb 14
David Garrard 14
Kordell Stewart 13
Marcus Vick 11
Jeff George 10
Chris Leak 8

Want to test yourself? Go here.

1 comment:

The Gentleman of Leisure said...

9 out of 10 with time to spare... (45)
Too bad I doesn't be knowing how to rithmatic or I would have aced it.

The Gentleman of Leisure