Irish quiz rankings

Since 2013, the Irish Quiz Organisation have maintained the official Irish quiz rankings, namely the league table of the best quizzers in all of Ireland (north and south). The updated rankings are published on this page monthly.

To get on the Irish quiz rankings, you just need to take part in the monthly Hot 100, Squizzed, and/or the annual Irish Open and World Quizzing Championships. See below for the current Top 20 rankings:

Top 20 Irish quiz rankings as of 30th April 2023

RankChange NameEvents playedTop 6 averageOverall average
1-Patrick Carthy25102.7893.83
2-Mark Henry8101.9499.78
3-Dave McBryan1197.792.46
4-Paul Culloty1197.3194.14
5-Tim Hall1295.9491.95
6-Brian Craythorne2092.0686.12
7-Tom Mead2485.9178.29
8-Eva Barrett2485.2375.73
9-Dan O'Malley1484.3779.63
10-John Hayes2583.171.15
11-Aaron McCann1081.3877.66
12-Gary Stephens2080.872.85
13-Joseph O'Donoghue2478.8171.2
14-Paul Hughes877.2772.62
15-Andrew Tracey1276.6870.07
16-Aidan Moss2374.5666.15
17-Peter Lowney1672.9865.05
18+4Eoin McCarthy1371.2262.18
19-Kevin McDermott1271.0862.84
20-Gerry Barrett770.7366.99


This section of the website also contains the following pages:

  • About the Irish quiz rankings – for more details on how the rankings are calculated
  • Rankings archive – monthly quiz rankings stretching back to December 2013, when the current rankings system was introduced
  • Event results – scores from each of the IQO’s ranking quiz events, back to the founding of the IQO in 2012
  • Player results – scores and stats for every Irish player who’s ever taken part in an IQO ranking quiz event

The quizzer ranked at No.1 at 31st December of each year is deemed to be the Official Irish Number 1 ranked quizzer for that year. They receive the IQO’s David Fay Memorial Trophy in recognition of their achievement. The past winners of this award have been as follows: