The top 8 The Mentalist Character Quiz results of 1699 participants. Percentages indicate the frequency of the self-selected participants' top results for The Mentalist Character Quiz.

#1	30.8%	Patrick Jane, the Mentalist, earned a living as a psychic, but after Red John murders his wife and daughter in retaliation for Jane's mocking, Jane admits he was a fraud and now works as a police consultant. A bit eccentric, perceptive, cocky, playful, and annoyingly right. Filled with revenge and hate for Red John who brings out his intense, focused, and willing-to-sacrifice-anything side,
#2	16.8%	Kimball Cho, an investigator for the CBI. Very rational and by-the-book. Dry witted.
#3	16.4%	Grace Van Pelt, another CBI investigator. Intelligent, dedicated, hard-working, good on computers, sometimes too serious; easily embarrassed; repressed, kind and warmhearted.
#4	10.3%	Sam Bosco, the late team leader of investigation team.
#5	8.2%	Teresa Lisbon is a Senior Agent at the California Bureau of Investigation. Smart, witty, sarcastic, no-nonsense, sceptical, sometimes impatient, courageous, sometimes abrasive.
#6	7.0%	Wayne Rigsby, a CBI arson specialist. Loyal, brave, kind, goofy, upbeat, funny, laid-back.
#7	6.1%	Virgil Minelli is a retired Special Agent in charge of the CBI.
#8	4.3%	Red John, a narcissistic serial killer.