Head to headJohn Wayne against James Arness Both careers by IMDb ratingJohn WayneJames Arness
Tale of the tape as an actor
John Wayne vs James Arness
James Arness averages 6.59 across 10 rated films as an actor, ahead of John Wayne at 6.47.
- 132 (98 rated)
- Films acted
- 19 (10 rated)
- 6.47
- Average
- 6.59▶
- 6.56
- Weighted
- 6.63▶
- ◀The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 8.1
- Best film
- Them! 7.2
- ◀7.36, 1961 to 1962
- Peak five
- 6.86, 1952 to 1954
- ◀4 films
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- ◀6.62 (+0.15)
- Current form
- 6.72 (+0.13)
- ◀1.21M
- IMDb votes
- 100K
- 1930 to 1976
- Career
- 1950 to 1956
- ◀1 win, 3 noms
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
6 to 2
John Wayne ahead
Films together
3
averaging 6.33
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
| Big Jim McLain | 1952 | 5.2 | as Jim McLain | as Mal Baxter |
 Hondo | 1953 | 7.0 | as Hondo Lane | as Lennie |
| Island in the Sky | 1953 | 6.8 | as Capt. Dooley, Producer | as Mac McMullen |
| The Sea Chase | 1955 | 6.4 | as Capt. Karl Ehrlich | as Schlieter |