 TITLE: What Is a Perfect Credit Score? CONTENT: The Perfect Credit Score May Vary\n---------------------------------\nAsk most people what constitutes a perfect credit score, and you'll likely hear 850. That's correct with respect to the generic FICO® Score☉ used in most lending decisions, but it's not always the right answer to the question.\nThe generic FICO® Score has a score range of 300 to 850, so a perfect score on that scale is, of course, 850. The same is true of the most recent scoring models from FICO competitor VantageScore®: Its VantageScore 3.0 and 4.0 models also use a 300 to 850 scale. So while FICO and VantageScore use different mathematical formulas to measure your creditworthiness (and their scores are not generally interchangeable), 850 is a perfect score on both companies' generic scores.\nBut many, many scoring models exist, with different score ranges and measures of perfection that differ with their numerical scales. For instance, the first two versions of the VantageScore model, VantageScore 1.0 and 2.0, use a scale of 501 to 990, so 990 is their perfect ideal.\nFICO also offers specialized industry scores, the FICO Auto Score (fine-tuned to predict failure or success at repaying a car loan) and the FICO Bankcard Score (tailored to predict chances of failing to pay credit card bills). Each score is calculated differently, but both share a score range of 250 to 900, so perfection for each is a score of 900. END