Historical rankings of Presidents of the United States Scholar survey results Scholar survey results

| President | Schl_1948 | Schl_1962 | M_B_1982 | CT_1982 | Siena_1982 | Siena_1990 | Siena_1994 | R_McI_1996 | Schl_1996 | C_SPAN_1999 | WSJ_2000 | Siena_2002 | WSJ_2005 | Times_2008_ | C_SPAN_2009 | Siena_2010 | USPC_2011 | Aggr_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon B. Johnson | – | – | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 14 (tie) |
| Richard Nixon | – | – | 34 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 32 | 36 | 25 | 33 | 26 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 32 |
| Gerald Ford | – | – | 24 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 26 |
| Jimmy Carter | – | – | 25 | 26 | 33 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 25 | 34 | 32 | 25 | 32 | 18 | 27 |
| Ronald Reagan | – | – | – | – | 16 * | 22 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 08 | 16 | 06 | 08 | 10 | 18 | 08 | 17 |