Most Intelligent Sports Fans

MOST INTELLIGENT
SPORTS FANS

Have you ever entered into debates with rival sports fan online or in real life and wondered how they get dressed in the morning?
Have you ever been frustrated that they can't comprehend basic facts, like a referees decision? If you've ever found yourself in
these situations and thought a team or sports fanbase was severly lacking braincells, this study should help. Working with
professional psychologists, Howtobet.com administered a remote IQ test to 1,006 US sports fans to determine the most and least intelligent
sports fans in the USA. These are the results.

SMARTEST SPORTS FANBASES

The data found that Wrestling fans were the smartest overall, with participants earning a
collective IQ score of 112.6.

Hockey fans came second, with a collective IQ score of 112.3, while NASCAR fans were found to be the least intelligent,
with an average IQ score of 95.2.

With high scores across Verbal Intelligence, Mathematical Ability, Logical Reasoning and Visual Reasoning, it would
appear that those fond of Wrestling (WWE) are an intelligent group of sports fans.

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Verbal Intelligence

Mathematical ability

Logical Reasoning

Visual Reasoning

Male vs Female Sports Fans

Our analysis found that female sports fans had a higher IQ on average than their male counterparts, but across the four
sections of the intelligence test men and women were tied. Women did, however, vastly outperform men within
mathematical ability and logical reasoning.
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Most Vs. Least

Top 20 Most Intelligent Sports Fans

Top 20 Least Intelligent Sports Fans

To dig deeper into the intelligence analysis, we looked at average IQ scores for specific teams and individuals (where
one can’t support a team).

And in line with the findings grouped by sport fanbase intelligence, fans of the wrestler Roman Reigns were found to be
the most intelligent overall, with a very impressive IQ score of 126.4. For context, IQ scores over 116 are considered
above average.

Examining the data for specific teams reveals that fans of Joe Gibbs Racing are officially the least intelligent in the country,
with an average IQ of 78.2. This score is considered below average. Looking specifically within the NFL, it would appear
that fans of the New England Patriots are the least intelligent in the US, with an average IQ score of 85.1.

The least intelligent NBA fans were those who supported Miami Heat.

Methodology

Working with a team of professional psychologists, we administered a 4-part IQ test to 1,006
US sports fans, who supported at least one sport and team across: Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball,
Motor racing and Wrestling.

The questions were designed to measure four key indicators of intelligence. these were:

Verbal Intelligence – Reading, writing and comprehension tests to measure capacity
for learning and problem solving.

Mathematical Ability – Problem solving and arithmetic tests provide a good base for
general intelligence.

Logical Reasoning – Puzzle based questions designed to measure lateral thinking and
creativity.

Visual Reasoning – Visual based questions (such as spotting the odd one out and
finding identical images in a collection) to measure capacity to process visual material.

Before taking the remote test, participants were asked a series of demographic
identifiers which enabled us to calculate the results of this study.