Co-stars
John Wayne averages 6.47, James Arness averages 6.59. Apart that suggests 6.53; together they average 6.33, a lift of −0.20.
Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.
1953BestDot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.
| Big Jim McLain | 1952 | 5.2 | 2,499 | as Jim McLain | as Mal Baxter |
 Hondo | 1953 | 7.0 | 14,308 | as Hondo Lane | as Lennie |
| Island in the Sky | 1953 | 6.8 | 4,200 | as Capt. Dooley, Producer | as Mac McMullen |
| The Sea Chase | 1955 | 6.4 | 3,892 | as Capt. Karl Ehrlich | as Schlieter (not counted) |
