A Game of Thrones/Statistical Analysis

This page contains some statistical analysis of A Game of Thrones, the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire.

For a full series overview see A Song of Ice and Fire/Statistical analysis, and for other books in the series see:

Chapter by Chapter Breakdown[]

Chapter	Character	Word Count	Percentage
Prologue	Will	3,801	1.30%
Chapter 1	Bran	3,016	1.03%
Chapter 2	Catelyn	2,056	0.70%
Chapter 3	Daenerys	4,139	1.42%
Chapter 4	Eddard	3,762	1.29%
Chapter 5	Jon	3,232	1.11%
Chapter 6	Catelyn	3,471	1.19%
Chapter 7	Arya	2,699	0.92%
Chapter 8	Bran	3,772	1.29%
Chapter 9	Tyrion	2,136	0.73%
Chapter 10	Jon	2,020	0.69%
Chapter 11	Daenerys	3,851	1.32%
Chapter 12	Eddard	3,213	1.10%
Chapter 13	Tyrion	3,526	1.21%
Chapter 14	Catelyn	3,834	1.31%
Chapter 15	Sansa	5,073	1.74%
Chapter 16	Eddard	2,305	0.79%
Chapter 17	Bran	1,696	0.58%
Chapter 18	Catelyn	3,993	1.37%
Chapter 19	Jon	5,159	1.76%
Chapter 20	Eddard	4,251	1.45%
Chapter 21	Tyrion	4,367	1.49%
Chapter 22	Arya	3,885	1.33%
Chapter 23	Daenerys	4,214	1.44%
Chapter 24	Bran	4,654	1.59%
Chapter 25	Eddard	3,226	1.10%
Chapter 26	Jon	4,863	1.66%
Chapter 27	Eddard	4,094	1.40%
Chapter 28	Catelyn	3,543	1.21%
Chapter 29	Sansa	4,513	1.54%
Chapter 30	Eddard	7,214	2.47%
Chapter 31	Tyrion	5,392	1.84%
Chapter 32	Arya	4,769	1.63%
Chapter 33	Eddard	3,001	1.03%
Chapter 34	Catelyn	7,334	2.51%
Chapter 35	Eddard	2,469	0.84%
Chapter 36	Daenerys	3,784	1.29%
Chapter 37	Bran	5,035	1.72%
Chapter 38	Tyrion	5,126	1.75%
Chapter 39	Eddard	2,466	0.84%
Chapter 40	Catelyn	4,832	1.65%
Chapter 41	Jon	2,929	1.00%
Chapter 42	Tyrion	3,531	1.20%
Chapter 43	Eddard	3,519	1.20%
Chapter 44	Sansa	2,948	1.01%
Chapter 45	Eddard	3,241	1.11%
Chapter 46	Daenerys	4,428	1.51%
Chapter 47	Eddard	4,955	1.69%
Chapter 48	Jon	2,926	1.00%
Chapter 49	Eddard	2,225	0.76%
Chapter 50	Arya	4,639	1.59%
Chapter 51	Sansa	3,748	1.28%
Chapter 52	Jon	5,984	2.04%
Chapter 53	Bran	5,564	1.90%
Chapter 54	Daenerys	4,359	1.49%
Chapter 55	Catelyn	4,347	1.49%
Chapter 56	Tyrion	3,674	1.26%
Chapter 57	Sansa	3,365	1.15%
Chapter 58	Eddard	3,526	1.21%
Chapter 59	Catelyn	5,161	1.77%
Chapter 60	Jon	4,910	1.68%
Chapter 61	Daenerys	3,725	1.27%
Chapter 62	Tyrion	7,100	2.43%
Chapter 63	Catelyn	3,034	1.04%
Chapter 64	Daenerys	5,203	1.78%
Chapter 65	Arya	4,943	1.69%
Chapter 66	Bran	4,231	1.45%
Chapter 67	Sansa	3,692	1.26%
Chapter 68	Daenerys	4,159	1.42%
Chapter 69	Tyrion	3,477	1.19%
Chapter 70	Jon	4,912	1.68%
Chapter 71	Catelyn	4,531	1.55%
Chapter 72	Daenerys	3,560	1.22%

Unique POV Breakdown[]

Character (9)	# of POVs (73)	% of Total POVs	Word Count (292,332)	% of Word Count
Eddard Stark	15	20.55%	53,467	18.29%
Catelyn Stark	11	15.07%	46,136	15.78%
Daenerys Targaryen	10	13.70%	41,422	14.17%
Tyrion Lannister	9	12.33%	38,329	13.11%
Jon Snow	9	12.33%	36,935	12.63%
Bran Stark	7	9.59%	27,968	9.57%
Sansa Stark	6	8.22%	23,339	7.98%
Arya Stark	5	6.85%	20,935	7.16%
Will	1	1.37%	3,801	1.30%