What is Naruto Uzumaki’s IQ?
Naruto’s battle IQ and his school record point in opposite directions: he failed the Academy graduation exam three times, then beat Neji with a decoy clone and trained Wind Release with an army of them.
No source we could open states Naruto’s IQ: the one IQ we found stated in Naruto is Shikamaru Nara’s, and the official databooks rate Naruto’s Intelligence only 1 out of 5 in the first two books and 2 in the third, per a fan compilation. This site’s estimated IQ level for Naruto Uzumaki as written is 100–125, well below Shikamaru’s 150–170.
Naruto Uzumaki’s estimated IQ
- Failed the Ninja Academy graduation exam three times, each time on the Clone Technique, per Japanese Wikipedia; in the first anime episode (October 3, 2002) he is held back after a botched Clone Jutsu and graduates when his teacher Iruka gives him the headband after he defeats Mizuki with Multi Shadow Clones.
- Rated Intelligence 1 out of 5 in the first two official databooks (2002, 2005) and 2 in the third (2008), in the bottom tier of a fan compilation posted June 10, 2023; Shikamaru Nara and Itachi Uchiha are 5 there, Kakashi Hatake 4.5 and then 5.
- Defeated Neji in the Chunin Exam finals with a shadow clone as a decoy (anime episode 62, “A Failure’s True Power,” aired December 10, 2003, per Wikipedia), and CBR credits him with a “gift for improvisation” against Neji and Pain.
- Learns hard techniques by dividing the work among shadow clones, whose experience returns to him (CBR; Japanese Wikipedia); GameRant says he trained Wind Release “hundreds of times simultaneously” this way, and CBR says it took “days instead of years.”
Naruto has no measured IQ, and this range rates a portrayal: the academic record points toward average and the battle record above it, and the graduation exam tested one technique, not reasoning, so the three failures prove less than they look. The databook’s 1 and 2 rank him against other ninja, not the general population, and the only transcription we could open is one fan’s compilation.
- First appearance
- Naruto chapter 1, “Uzumaki Naruto!” (Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1999); anime episode 1, October 3, 2002
- Created and voiced by
- Masashi Kishimoto; Junko Takeuchi (Japanese) and Maile Flanagan (English)
- Ninja academy
- Failed the graduation exam three times, each on the Clone Technique (Japanese Wikipedia); graduated when Iruka gave him the headband
- Registration and birthday
- Ninja registration number 012607; October 10 (Japanese Wikipedia profile box)
- Databook Intelligence
- 1 of 5 (first and second books); 2 of 5 (third book), per a fan compilation
- Rank and role
- Genin; Team 7; Seventh Hokage, appointed still a Genin (Japanese Wikipedia)
- Canonical IQ
- None found in any source we could open
What an IQ of 100–125 actually means
Set the claim aside for a moment. If someone genuinely scored in this range, here is what that would represent.
| Score range | Classification | Share of people | What it indicates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 – 114 | Average | ~68% | The range most people fall into. |
| 115 – 129 | Above average | ~13.6% | Roughly one person in seven. |
| 130 – 144 | Gifted | ~2% | The threshold most high-IQ societies use. |
| Above 144 | Highly gifted | ~0.1% | Figures above this range are extrapolated from the curve rather than measured. |
Percentages are approximate and describe a normal distribution. The same number means different things on tests with different standard deviations.
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Naruto Uzumaki is the title character of Naruto, written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto for Shueisha. Per Wikipedia, Kishimoto first made a one-shot Naruto for the summer 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump; the series ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 21, 1999 (issue 43 of 1999, per Shueisha) to November 10, 2014, 700 chapters in 72 volumes, and Naruto first appears in chapter 1, “Uzumaki Naruto!” Wikipedia quotes Kishimoto, in a Los Angeles Times interview of December 17, 2008, saying that being a knucklehead gives Naruto his appeal. Studio Pierrot’s anime ran on TV Tokyo from October 3, 2002 to February 8, 2007 (220 episodes), and Naruto: Shippuden from February 15, 2007 to March 23, 2017; Junko Takeuchi voices him in Japanese and Maile Flanagan in English.
In the story Naruto is a twelve-year-old at the ninja academy of Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf Village, ridiculed because the Nine-Tailed Fox is sealed inside him, and he wants to become Hokage, the village’s leader. Per Wikipedia, he becomes a Genin after learning the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu, joins Team 7 under Kakashi Hatake with Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, learns the Rasengan while accompanying Jiraiya to find a new village leader, and defeats Gaara during the invasion that interrupts the Chunin Exams. Part II follows two and a half years of training with Jiraiya; Wikipedia has him develop the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, master Sage Mode, defeat Pain and fight in the war before taking office as Seventh Hokage in the epilogue.
The databooks are Shueisha’s official character guides: Rin no Sho (July 4, 2002), Tō no Sho (April 4, 2005), Sha no Sho (September 4, 2008) and Jin no Sho (November 4, 2014), per Wikipedia’s list of Naruto media. GameRant says they were supervised by Kishimoto himself but contain inaccuracies that leave their canon status contestable (Ahmed Rehan Nasir, May 29, 2024). The Intelligence line for Naruto comes from the fan compilation by Jas (Tumblr, June 10, 2023), which sorts characters into letter tiers over a 0.5-to-5 scale and lists Naruto at 1 in the first two books and 2 in the third; its author says the fourth book has different stats and few late-arc characters, and Naruto has no line there. Its top tier, at 5, holds Shikamaru, Itachi, Orochimaru, Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Placed against this site’s other fictional profiles, 100–125 puts Naruto well below them: Itachi Uchiha is estimated at 175–195, Kakashi Hatake at 160–180, Edward Elric at 155–175 and Shikamaru Nara at 150–170. In the databook compilation Itachi, Kakashi and Shikamaru hold Intelligence ratings of 4.5 or 5 where Naruto has 1 or 2. What Naruto has in the record that the databook stat does not capture is improvisation, speed of learning and, in the end, the village’s highest office: Wikipedia has him become the Seventh Hokage in the epilogue, and Japanese Wikipedia adds that he took the office still a Genin. That profile fits creative problem-solving better than the genius IQ level fans usually mean, and this page rates the fictional character’s written intellect only.
By Elora Mercer, Celebrity Research WriterFigures checked by Leon Falkner, Data & Research AnalystReviewed by Aarav Vardhan, Editor-in-Chief · Last reviewed August 2026
Naruto Uzumaki: the documented record
The estimate above rests on this record. Every entry here is a matter of public fact, which is more than can be said for the number itself.
- 1997Kishimoto’s one-shot Naruto appears in the summer issue of Akamaru Jump, per Wikipedia.
- 1999Naruto begins in Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 21 (issue 43, per Shueisha); Naruto Uzumaki first appears in chapter 1.
- July 4, 2002The first databook, Rin no Sho, is published; a fan compilation gives Naruto’s Intelligence as 1 out of 5, and the same for the second, Tō no Sho (April 4, 2005).
- October 3, 2002The anime begins on TV Tokyo; episode 1 has Naruto held back after a botched Clone Jutsu, then graduating when Iruka gives him the headband.
- December 10, 2003Episode 62, “A Failure’s True Power,” airs: Naruto defeats Neji using a shadow clone as a decoy.
- February 15, 2007Naruto: Shippuden begins on TV Tokyo; it ends on March 23, 2017.
- September 4, 2008Sha no Sho, the third databook, is published; Naruto’s Intelligence is 2 in the fan compilation.
- November 10, 2014The manga ends after 700 chapters in 72 volumes, with Naruto as Seventh Hokage in the epilogue; the fourth databook, Jin no Sho, came out on November 4.
- 2016–2017The sequel Boruto: Naruto Next Generations begins in Weekly Shōnen Jump in May 2016; its anime runs from April 5, 2017 to March 26, 2023.
Why no figure circulates
Following a claim back to its first appearance is the part almost nobody does — and it is what most people are actually asking.
Naruto’s IQ is not a number that Naruto or its publisher gives, and the pages that rank him do not give one either. The only IQ line we found in the franchise belongs to Shikamaru Nara: Wikipedia’s article on him says his teacher Asuma Sarutobi “determined that Shikamaru’s IQ was over 200,” citing Kishimoto’s Naruto, volume 12, chapter 107. For Naruto the pages we could open supply labels and positions instead. Sportskeeda files him under “Average Intelligence” (Subhayan Basu, October 16, 2022); ScreenRant says that despite “not being the brightest” at academics he is “quick on his feet” (Arnab Rakshit, April 15, 2021); CBR’s Konoha 11 countdown calls him “the least intelligent member of the team” whose intelligence “is underestimated quite often” (Rei Penber, March 19, 2021). Those are writers’ opinions. For how such impressions harden into numbers elsewhere, see where celebrity IQ numbers come from.
The Naruto IQ level fans call low rests on the Academy and on a stat. Wikipedia’s episode list says the first episode (October 3, 2002) has him “held back from graduating” after “a botched Clone Jutsu,” and Japanese Wikipedia says he failed the graduation exam three times, each time on the Clone Technique, his weak point. He graduates when his teacher Iruka gives him the headband, after Naruto uses Multi Shadow Clones against Mizuki, who had tricked him into stealing a secret ninjutsu. The databooks add a rating, not an IQ: a fan compilation of them (Jas, Tumblr, June 10, 2023) lists Naruto’s Intelligence as 1 out of 5 in the first two books and 2 in the third, in its bottom tier, against 5 for Shikamaru and Itachi and 4.5 then 5 for Kakashi Hatake. Wikipedia, citing Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto (2007), says Kishimoto kept the early Naruto “simple and stupid,” and Shueisha’s series page calls him the ninja school’s problem child (問題児). The exam tested one technique, not reasoning, so it says little about IQ and school success.
Naruto battle IQ is the other question. Wikipedia’s episode list says he beat Neji in the Chunin Exam finals by using a shadow clone as a decoy (episode 62, “A Failure’s True Power,” December 10, 2003). GameRant’s list of his cleverest strategies (Ritwik Mitra, December 5, 2025) adds that he dug through the ground to land an uppercut on Neji and that, against Pain, he realized the Almighty Push worked on a timer and goaded Pain into using it. CBR credits him with a “gift for improvisation during battles with Neji and Pain” (Zachary Francis, April 5, 2021). The clones double as a study method: CBR says any new knowledge a clone acquires is “added to the user’s mind” when the technique is released (Jaclyn Appelgate, March 30, 2024), and Japanese Wikipedia says he solved the techniques he found hardest by splitting the roles among clones. GameRant says he trained Wind Release “hundreds of times simultaneously” (Artur Novichenko, March 29, 2025); CBR, which counts one thousand clones, says the training fell to “days instead of years,” and that Naruto and Tsunade bet he could learn the Rasengan “within a week’s time” (Dylan Stevens-Foster, November 7, 2024). That is method and practice beating talent more than a test score.
On a Naruto IQ tier list the pages we could open put him mid-table or lower, and none uses IQ numbers. CBR ranks him fifth of seven Hokage and fifth in its Konoha 11 countdown; Sportskeeda’s battle-IQ list puts him tenth of ten, with Shikamaru first (Rohan Jagannath, April 6, 2022); and GameRant’s list of shonen anime characters with the highest battle IQ puts him seventh of ten, above Edward Elric at ninth (Cathlyn Melo, June 6, 2026), whom this site rates far higher on overall written intellect, since battle IQ is a different question. Naruto’s IQ in Shippuden and in Boruto has no number either: the third databook (September 4, 2008) lifts his Intelligence rating from 1 to 2 in the fan compilation, which has no fourth-book line for him, and adult Naruto, Seventh Hokage in the sequel Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, is rated only in CBR’s Hokage list. The one IQ we found stated, Shikamaru’s “over 200,” would sit about 6.7 standard deviations above the mean, past the point where a test can still separate people.
How we read a number →Label “Naruto Uzumaki,” description “fictional character from Naruto”; creator Masashi Kishimoto (Q1993); English Wikipedia article “Naruto Uzumaki.” Confirms the entity is the character, not the book edition (Q121949452) or video game (Q1131694) with similar names.
Shueisha: serialization start “1999年43号” (issue 43 of 1999); Naruto is the ninja school’s problem child (問題児), busy with pranks. Viz: “a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief.” Neither page gives an intelligence rating or an IQ.
Character: first appearance chapter 1 (1999); the 1997 one-shot; “simple and stupid” (Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto, 2007); the Los Angeles Times knucklehead quote (December 17, 2008); voice actors. Naruto: dates, 700 chapters, 72 volumes. Season 1: held back after a botched Clone Jutsu; Iruka gives the headband. Season 2: episode 62, decoy clone against Neji. Shikamaru: “over 200,” volume 12, chapter 107 (Viz, 2006, pages 159–160). Boruto: dates. Media list: databook dates. IQ: mean 100, standard deviation 15. No IQ for Naruto.
Profile box: registration number 012607, birthday October 10, blood type B, height 145 cm at twelve. Failed the graduation exam three times, always on the Clone Technique (分身の術); graduated when Iruka gave him the forehead protector; clone experience returns to the user; hard techniques solved by dividing roles among clones; became Hokage still a Genin. No IQ, no databook numbers.
A fan compilation of the databooks’ Intelligence stat, letter tiers over a 0.5-to-5 scale. Naruto 1 in databooks 1 and 2, 2 in databook 3 (bottom tier); Shikamaru and Itachi 5; Kakashi 4.5 then 5. Notes debate over whether scores are relative or general, and that databook 4 differs; no fourth-book line for Naruto. The only databook transcription we could open.
Basu: bands with no numbers; Naruto under “Average Intelligence.” Jagannath: Naruto 10th, Shikamaru 1st of ten on battle IQ. Both carry an opinion disclaimer.
Penber: fifth in the countdown; “the least intelligent member of the team.” Francis: fifth of seven Hokage; “gift for improvisation during battles with Neji and Pain.” Appelgate: clone knowledge is added to the user’s mind on release. Stevens-Foster: the Rasengan bet, one thousand clones, “days instead of years.” Rakshit: “not being the brightest” at academics. No IQ for Naruto in any.
Melo: Naruto 7th, Edward Elric 9th of ten. Mitra: the Neji ambush and the Pain fight. Novichenko: clones let him train Wind Release “hundreds of times simultaneously.” Nasir: databooks supervised by Kishimoto but inaccurate in places. No IQ for Naruto in any.
Checked: Wikidata; English and Japanese Wikipedia; Shueisha’s and Viz Media’s series pages; the fan databook compilation; the Sportskeeda, CBR, ScreenRant and GameRant pieces above. None states an IQ for Naruto; only Shikamaru Nara has one. We could not read the manga, anime or databooks themselves; chapter and volume references are as Wikipedia gives them. Some ranking pages and forum threads could not be opened, so this covers only what we could read.
The sources behind our estimate
The figures that circulate for Naruto Uzumaki, what we were able to confirm, and where the two diverge.
No IQ figure for Naruto Uzumaki appears on any page we could open; what circulates are labels and rankings. Sportskeeda files him under “Average Intelligence” (October 16, 2022) and tenth of ten on battle IQ (April 6, 2022); CBR puts him fifth of seven Hokage (April 5, 2021) and fifth in its Konoha 11 countdown (March 19, 2021); GameRant puts him seventh of ten on battle IQ (June 6, 2026). The only IQ we found stated in the series is Shikamaru Nara’s.
No source we could open gives Naruto Uzumaki an IQ. The pages we opened describe him without a score; the one IQ line we found in the franchise is Asuma Sarutobi’s “over 200” for Shikamaru Nara (volume 12, chapter 107, as Wikipedia cites it). What exists for Naruto is a stat: in a fan compilation of the official databooks (Jas, Tumblr, June 10, 2023) his Intelligence is 1 out of 5 in the first two books and 2 in the third, in the bottom tier, against 5 for Shikamaru and Itachi. Both Sportskeeda pieces carry a disclaimer that they are the writer’s opinion. A few pages that turned up in searches would not open, and the sources list names them, so this covers only what we could read.
The 200 is not a claim about Naruto: it is the only IQ we found stated in the series, Shikamaru’s, 75 points above the top of this range and about 6.7 standard deviations above the mean on the usual scale (mean 100, standard deviation 15), beyond where a test can rank people. Nothing comparable was printed for Naruto, so the range rests on the record, not on a circulating number.
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Naruto Uzumaki — frequently asked
What is Naruto’s IQ?
Naruto Uzumaki has no canon IQ: no source we could open states one or shows him taking an IQ test. This site’s estimated IQ level for the character as written is 100–125. The only IQ we found stated in the series is Shikamaru Nara’s “over 200,” and the databooks rate Naruto’s Intelligence just 1 to 2 out of 5.
What is Naruto’s IQ in Shippuden?
No IQ is given for Naruto in Naruto: Shippuden (2007–2017) either. The nearest figure is the third databook’s Intelligence rating, published September 4, 2008, which a fan compilation gives as 2 out of 5, up from 1 in the first two books. This site’s range for the character as written stays 100–125.
What is Naruto’s IQ in Boruto, and what is adult Naruto’s IQ?
No source we could open gives adult Naruto an IQ, in Boruto or elsewhere. He is the Seventh Hokage in the epilogue and in the sequel Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, but none of the rankings we opened rates Boruto-era Naruto separately. CBR ranks him fifth of seven Hokage on intelligence; this site’s range is 100–125.
What is Naruto’s battle IQ?
Naruto’s battle IQ is written as higher than his academic record, but no source puts a number on it. Wikipedia’s episode list has him beat Neji with a shadow clone as a decoy, and GameRant says he noticed the Almighty Push worked on a timer and goaded Pain into using it. Battle-IQ lists place him seventh and tenth of ten.
Where does Naruto rank on a Naruto IQ tier list?
Mid-table or lower on the lists we could open, none of which uses IQ numbers. CBR puts him fifth of seven Hokage and fifth in its Konoha 11 countdown; Sportskeeda files him under “Average Intelligence” and tenth of ten on battle IQ; GameRant puts him seventh of ten on battle IQ across shonen anime (June 6, 2026).
Is Naruto smart, or did failing the Ninja Academy exam show a low IQ?
He is written as bright in battle and weak in school. Japanese Wikipedia says he failed the graduation exam three times, always on the Clone Technique, which shows a weakness at one technique, not a measured IQ. The databook’s Intelligence rating of 1 to 2 out of 5 is stronger evidence, but it ranks him only against other ninja.
How does Naruto’s estimated IQ compare with Shikamaru’s?
This site estimates Naruto at 100–125 and Shikamaru Nara at 150–170. Shikamaru is the only character with a stated IQ, “over 200” (volume 12, chapter 107), and a databook Intelligence of 5 where Naruto has 1 or 2 in a fan compilation. CBR says Naruto “might lack the raw intelligence of Shikamaru.”
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