Question 1

What is the best Greatest Mathematician of All Time in 2026?

Accepted Answer

According to 31 community votes, Terence Tao is the #1 Greatest Mathematician of All Time in 2026. Rankings are updated live as new votes come in.

Question 2

Is Terence Tao better than Grigori Perelman?

Accepted Answer

Based on 31 head-to-head votes, Terence Tao is ranked #1 and Grigori Perelman is ranked #2 in the Greatest Mathematician of All Time rankings. Vote to have your say.

Question 3

What are the top 10 Greatest Mathematician of All Time?

Accepted Answer

The top 10 Greatest Mathematician of All Time ranked by 31 community votes: 1. Terence Tao, 2. Grigori Perelman, 3. Euclid, 4. Paul Erdős, 5. Pythagoras, 6. Benoit Mandelbrot, 7. David Hilbert, 8. Kurt Gödel, 9. Évariste Galois, 10. Blaise Pascal.

Question 4

How are the Greatest Mathematician of All Time rankings determined?

Accepted Answer

Rankings are determined by the Elo rating system — the same algorithm used to rank chess players. Each item starts at 1500 points and scores adjust after every head-to-head community vote. With 31 votes cast, these rankings reflect genuine community consensus rather than a simple popularity poll.

Greatest Mathematician of All Time

TOP 3

Terence Tao

Grigori Perelman

Euclid

Grigori Perelman

Terence Tao

Euclid

The Ranking

Paul Erdős

Pythagoras

Benoit Mandelbrot

David Hilbert

Kurt Gödel

Évariste Galois

Blaise Pascal

Leonhard Euler

René Descartes

Alan Turing

Archimedes

Bernhard Riemann

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

John von Neumann

Pierre de Fermat

Georg Cantor

Andrew Wiles

Ada Lovelace

Isaac Newton

Al-Khwarizmi

Leonardo Fibonacci

John Nash

Henri Poincaré

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Emmy Noether

Katherine Johnson

Carl Friedrich Gauss

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