Head to headJohn Wayne against John Ford Both careers by IMDb ratingJohn WayneJohn Ford
Tale of the tape as a director
John Wayne vs John Ford
John Ford averages 7.00 across 52 rated films as a director, ahead of John Wayne at 6.50.
- 5
- Films directed
- 75 (52 rated)
- 6.50
- Average
- 7.00▶
- 6.51
- Weighted
- 7.05▶
- Big Jake 7.1
- Best film
- The Grapes of Wrath 8.1▶
- 6.50, 1955 to 1971
- Peak five
- 7.60, 1939 to 1941▶
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- 7 films▶
- ◀6.50 (0.00)
- Current form
- 6.96 (−0.04)
- 66K
- IMDb votes
- 774K▶
- 1955 to 1971
- Career
- 1917 to 1965
- 1 win, 3 noms
- Oscars
- 4 wins, 6 noms▶
Rows won
1 to 7
John Ford ahead
Films together
14
averaging 7.26
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 Stagecoach | 1939 | 7.8 | Director | as Ringo Kid |
| The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | 6.9 | Director, Producer | as Olsen |
| They Were Expendable | 1945 | 7.2 | Producer, Director | as Lt. (J.G.) 'Rusty' Ryan |
 3 Godfathers | 1948 | 7.0 | Director | as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower |
 Fort Apache | 1948 | 7.4 | Director | as Capt. Kirby York |
 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 | 7.2 | Director | as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles |
 Rio Grande | 1950 | 7.0 | Director | as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke |
 The Quiet Man | 1952 | 7.7 | Writer, Director | as Sean Thornton |
 The Searchers | 1956 | 7.8 | Director | as Ethan Edwards |
| The Wings of Eagles | 1957 | 6.6 | Director | as Frank W. 'Spig' Wead |
 The Horse Soldiers | 1959 | 7.1 | Director | as Col. John Marlowe |
 How the West Was Won | 1962 | 7.1 | Director | as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman (segment: The Civil War) |
 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | 8.1 | Director | as Tom Doniphon |
 Donovan's Reef | 1963 | 6.7 | Director, Producer | as Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan |