Wonderlic Exam, are you smarter than a football player?

by MaPatsFan on Feb 19, 2009 8:18 PM EST in New England Patriots News

The folks over at Hogs Haven found a sample Wonderlic exam and put together an appropriate post for it. They found notable scores and provide an opportunity for you to take a small sample of the test and compare your score. Feel free to post your score if you want.

With the Combine just around the corner, much adu will be made about the wonderlic exam and how it translates to the NFL.

The Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R) is used not just by the NFL, but lots of employers to help measure a candidate's ability to:

- Learn a specific job.
- Solve problems.
- Understand instructions.
- Apply knowledge to new situations.
- Benefit from specific job training.
- Be satisfied with a particular job.

Higher scoring applicants are supposed to learn more rapidly, master more complex material, and exercise better judgment while lower scoring applicants tend to require more time, detailed task instruction, and less challenging job routines.

25 is the average score for quarterbacks and offensive linemen. Other positions average about a 20. 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*

*Frank Gore apparently scored a 6 on the Wonderlic, but it was due to his dyslexia. He can't take timed tests like this, so a test like the Wachs Test would be utilized. The Wachs Test is a verbal test.

Hogs Haven put together an online Wonderlic exam for us to try and take. Feel free to compare yourself to the best and worst of the NFL's test takers.

To begin your test, cclick here >>>

NFL Notable High Scores:

Ryan Fitzpatrick 38-50: It's officially an NFL urban legend that Fitzpatrick scored somewhere between 38 and a perfect 50. Although he claims to have left a question blank, which means he could get no more than a 49.
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**

* VY apparently scored a 6 on his first test, and he took the test a second time scoring a 16.
** Leak apparently decided to only answer 12 of 50 questions. Got 8 out of 12 right, but alas, 8 is his score.

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interesting

finished with about 5 seconds to go. i skipped any I couldn’t get in 10 seconds and then went from easiest to hardest. I don’t feel that brilliant though…would be interesting to do the full test.

You got 10 out of 10 questions correct. Your Wonderlic Score averages to a: 50

"These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters."- Bill Belichick

by Mainiac on Feb 19, 2009 11:51 PM EST reply actions

also got a 10 out of 10

Was confused as I was doing it because the whole time I was thinking in the back of my head “There’s no way I’m going to get 50 of these done in 2 minutes! Maybe I should start giving QBs more credit :)”

Then I got to 10 and realized it was only a sampling of the kinds of questions. Doh!

by jctsai12 on Feb 20, 2009 12:19 AM EST up reply actions

a 40 score here

only got 8 out of 10 correct (the rubik’s cube looking thing i left blank). sigh. Good thing there’s no wonderlic for bloggers.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Feb 20, 2009 9:23 AM EST reply actions

Yep, didn't like the spacial logic.

Give me more math and numerical sequences… ;D

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007

by peytonsthebest on Feb 20, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions

8 out of 10 for me, too.

I didn’t like the fact that it was timed, as I always feel rushed when I know the clock is ticking down. I definitely got the rubik’s cube box thingy wrong, and I think I got the three words with similar meanings wrong (hypothetical – theoretical – and then I put observable, quickly debated between that and indefinite).

by NESilver on Feb 20, 2009 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

the right answers would be good to know

I put hypothetical, theoretical, and indefinite… probably wrong, but who knows?

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Feb 20, 2009 6:21 PM EST up reply actions

45

Ah, the Rubix one was my fastest… :) Of course, since I got nine outta ten, now I’m like, wait… which one did I get wrong… (I’m thinking the average one, math is bad…. :))

by DanieXJ on Feb 20, 2009 10:06 AM EST reply actions

that was 166 – the average one

i can’t beleive that people score lower than a 30. i’ve always been a huge proponent of not letting players say their from XX college unless they’ve graduated.

I think when they put the rookie salary cap in they should have a clause that if you actually graduate with a degree (levels based off of associate, bachelors) you can have a higher rookie salary than someone who did not graduate. this could ultimately keep players in college and let them learn.

i mean that test was so freaking easy

Oh. Uh, will you hold my wallet for me while I take the test, please? There's a thousand dollars in there... or maybe there isn't. Know what I mean?

by J2 on Feb 20, 2009 12:29 PM EST up reply actions

166 or 170?

by NESilver on Feb 20, 2009 3:30 PM EST up reply actions

166 was an error – just got back here

150 + 160 + 200 = 510/3 = 170. i meant to write all of the answers and then my boss walked in so i clicked on post…that was definately my bad. probably shoulnd’t do this stuff at work though

Oh. Uh, will you hold my wallet for me while I take the test, please? There's a thousand dollars in there... or maybe there isn't. Know what I mean?

by J2 on Feb 20, 2009 4:33 PM EST up reply actions

i was going to say – " that was the 166/170/200 – the average one?"

Oh. Uh, will you hold my wallet for me while I take the test, please? There's a thousand dollars in there... or maybe there isn't. Know what I mean?

by J2 on Feb 20, 2009 4:36 PM EST up reply actions

Gotcha.

by NESilver on Feb 20, 2009 5:01 PM EST up reply actions

Answers

1. Jan 30 1889
2. Difficult
3. Graph D
4. 89
5. Simple
6. 170
7. Yes
8. K, L and M (the key is to find the boxes in the original that only appear once in the options. The blue box in the top left is only in option L, the blue box in the bottom right is only in M and the red box in the bottom left is only in option K)
9. Hypothetical, Indefinite, theoretical
10. 2%

I didn’t thought it was self timed like the one I tried last offseason and let a minute run off before I started the first time I did it. I ran out of time and got a 25. Tried it again with the full time and got the 50.

I ain't tryin' do you, I'm just tryin' do me
Last album did two, I'm just tryin' do three.
-Young Jeezy "I Luv It

by shake n bake on Feb 20, 2009 10:48 PM EST reply actions