John Wayne averages 6.47 across 98 rated films as an actor, ahead of Paul Fix at 6.35.
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
| Somewhere in Sonora | 1933 | · | as John Bishop | as Bart Leadly |
| The Desert Trail | 1935 | 5.2 | as John Scott posing as John Jones | as Jim |
| Pittsburgh | 1942 | 6.4 | as Pittsburgh Markham | as Mine Operator |
| In Old Oklahoma | 1943 | 6.4 | as Daniel F. Somers | as Cherokee Kid |
| The Fighting Seabees | 1944 | 6.4 | as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan | as Ding Jacobs |
| Tall in the Saddle | 1944 | 6.9 | as Rocklin | Writer, as Bob Clews |
| Dakota | 1945 | 5.9 | as John Devlin | as Carp |
| Flame of Barbary Coast | 1945 | 6.2 | as Duke Fergus | as Calico Jim |
| Tycoon | 1947 | 6.1 | as Johnny | as Joe |
| Wake of the Red Witch | 1948 | 6.5 | as Capt. Ralls | as Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo |
| The Fighting Kentuckian | 1949 | 6.4 | as John Breen, Producer | as Beau Merritt |
 Hondo | 1953 | 7.0 | as Hondo Lane | as Maj. Sherry |
| Blood Alley | 1955 | 6.2 | Director, as Capt. Tom Wilder | as Mr. Tso |
| The Sea Chase | 1955 | 6.4 | as Capt. Karl Ehrlich | as Max Heinz |
| Jet Pilot | 1957 | 5.6 | as Col. Jim Shannon | as Maj. Rexford |
 The Sons of Katie Elder | 1965 | 7.1 | as John Elder | as Sheriff Billy Wilson |
 El Dorado | 1966 | 7.5 | as Cole Thornton | as Dr. Miller |
