Nobel laureates affiliated with Yale University
9 individual laureates in the pinned Nobel Prize API snapshot with this prize-time affiliation. IQ numbers are informal estimates, not tests.
Affiliation is the institution listed at prize time. It is not a ranking of universities by IQ.
| # | Name | Prize | Year | IQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lars Onsager | Chemistry | 1968 | 152Informal estimate |
| 2 | Tjalling C. Koopmans | Economic Sciences | 1975 | 141Informal estimate |
| 3 | James Tobin | Economic Sciences | 1981 | 145Informal estimate |
| 4 | Sidney Altman | Chemistry | 1989 | 152Informal estimate |
| 5 | Thomas A. Steitz | Chemistry | 2009 | 145Informal estimate |
| 6 | James E. Rothman | Physiology or Medicine | 2013 | 149Informal estimate |
| 7 | Robert J. Shiller | Economic Sciences | 2013 | 147Informal estimate |
| 8 | William D. Nordhaus | Economic Sciences | 2018 | 146Informal estimate |
| 9 | Michel H. Devoret | Physics | 2025 | 148Informal estimate |