Director and actor
Ryan Coogler averages 7.30, Michael B. Jordan averages 6.61. Apart that suggests 6.96; together they average 7.48, a lift of +0.52.
Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.
2013
2015Best
2018
2023
2025Dot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.
| Fruitvale Station '13 | Creed '15 | Black Panther '18 | Black Panther: Wa… '22 | Sinners '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael B. Jordan | |||||
| Lupita Nyong'o | |||||
| Danai Gurira |
Each column is a film in release order. Filled squares mark who was in it, colored by the film's rating.
 Fruitvale Station | 2013 | 7.5 | 93,249 | Writer, Director | as Oscar Grant |
 Creed | 2015 | 7.6 | 341K | Director, Writer | as Adonis Johnson |
 Black Panther | 2018 | 7.3 | 929K | Writer, Director | as Erik Killmonger |
 Creed III | 2023 | 6.7 | 112K | Producer, Writer | as Adonis Creed, Director, Producer (not counted) |
 Sinners | 2025 | 7.5 | 530K | Writer, Director, Producer | as Smoke |
