I do not think stats tell the whole story.
We track coders work at my firm and I can tell you that some programmers code is perfect. Others is not. And even when the perfect coders work on it, it still has issues. Chaos vs order.
I think there are step functions or thresholds when it comes to quality of work and creativity that stats cannot measure. And the types of tests we choose to use fit in with our bias to measure things a certain way using statistics.
While other people may have the same IQ as a Feynman or a Von Neumann, they in no way have the same level of creativity or infectious effect on others.
I am not the smartest person in the room much of the time, but what I can do is start asking questions and defuse the panic or get people moving.
We do not know yet what "scientific charisma" or "creativity" is nor do we know how to measure it.
There is something deeper going on in many minds and we have to be careful not to destroy our awareness of the subtler and more important properties of intellect to focus on something easily measured.
re: Creativity
I really like this breakout of giftedness,below, some of the parts are less focused on iq, but none leave it out altogether. At first I thought it was just a rewrite of the multiple intelligences idea, but it is fairly different.
The creativity list is the one which I have not seen before and it really reminds me of ds, he's smart, but there is this passion and 'irregularity' which is just fascinating to watch develop. (although of course there are drawbacks to being different)
NSW Characteristics of Gifted Students 
