Type Correlations
Special Note: Please remember that any Myers-Brigg type can correspond with any Enneagram type. What these charts tell us is which types are more likely to correspond with another. Most 4s are either INFPs and INFJs, but they can still be ENFJs and ISFJs, etc. Also remember that these charts are not 100% accurate, and matching MB with Enneagram is difficult. Many people, however, assert that their is a fixed correlation, that a certain Myers-Briggs type must match up with a certain Enneagram type.
A problem is that the two systems do not match up evenly. The Enneagram is about motivation, and the MB is about how we function in the world. They concern to different areas of human psychology, however many people have overlooked this when creating their lists. A certain MB type may appear in multiple Enneagram types, and another MB type may only appear in one.
Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson - Enneagram Institute
| Enneagram Type | Primary Jungian Function | Myers-Briggs Types |
| One | Extraverted Thinking | ESTJ, ENTJ |
| Two | Extraverted Feeling | ESFJ, ENFJ |
| Three | Any Function | Any Type |
| Four | Introverted iNtuition | INFJ, INTJ |
| Five | Introverted Thinking | INTP, ISTP |
| Six | Introverted Feeling | INFP, ISFP |
| Seven | Extraverted Sensation | ESTP, ESFP |
| Eight | Extraverted iNtuition | ENTP, ENFP |
| Nine | Introverted Sensing | ISFJ, ISTJ |
Richards, Flautt, and Baron - Source
| Enneagram Type | Myers-Briggs Types |
| One | ISTJ, ISFJ, ESTJ, ENTJ, INFJ |
| Two | ESFJ, ENFJ, ESFP, ENFP, ISFP |
| Three | ESTP, ENTP, ENTJ, ESTJ |
| Four | INFP, INFJ |
| Five | INTP, ISTP, INTJ, ISTJ |
| Six | ISFJ, ESFJ |
| Seven | ESTP, ESFP, ENTP, ENFP |
| Eight | ENTJ, ESTJ, ENTP |
| Nine | ISFP, INFP |
John Fudjack and Patricia Dinkelaker - Source
| Enneagram Type | Myers-Briggs Types |
| One | All J's |
| Two | ESFJ, ENFJ |
| Three | ESTP, ESFP |
| Four | INFJ, INTJ |
| Five | INTP, ISTP |
| Six | ISFJ, ISTJ |
| Seven | ENTP, ENFP |
| Eight | ENTJ, ESTJ |
| Nine | ISFP, INFP |
John Fudjack and Patricia Dinkelaker - Source (These are the results of empirical research that measures what the most common Enneagram types correspond with the MB types, in order of highest concentration to lower. This could possibly be the most reliable, accurate information for correlation.)
| MB Type | Enneagram Types |
| INFJ | Four, One, Five |
| INTJ | Five, One |
| ENFP | Seven, Two, Three, Eight |
| ENTP | Three, Eight, One |
| INFP | Nine, Four, Six |
| ISFP | Two, Nine, Four |
| ENFJ | Two, One, Three/Four, Seven |
| ESFJ | Two, Three, Six |
| INTP | Five, Six/Seven |
| ISTP | Five, Nine, Seven, Two |
| ENTJ | Eight, One, Three |
| ESTJ | Eight, Three, One, Six |
| ISTJ | One, Five, Six, Eight |
| ISFJ | Three/Nine/One, Two, Six |
| ESTP | Three, Seven, Eight, Nine |
| ESFP | Seven, Eight, Two |
Walter Geldart - Source
| Enneagram Type | Dominant Jungian Function | Myers-Briggs Types |
| One | Extraverted Thinking | ESTJ, ENTJ |
| Two | Extraverted Feeling | ESFJ, ENFJ |
| Three | Extraverted Persona | None |
| Four | Extraverted iNtuition | ENFP, ENTP |
| Five | Introverted Thinking | INTP, ISTP |
| Six | Introverted Feeling | INFP, ISFP |
| Seven | Extraverted Sensation | ESTP, ESFP |
| Eight | Introverted Sensation | ISTJ, ISFJ |
| Nine | Introverted Intuition | INFJ, INTJ |
L. J. Gabbard - Source
| Enneagram Type | Myers-Briggs Types |
| One | ESTJ, ENTJ |
| Two | ENTJ, ENFJ |
| Three | ESFJ, ISFJ |
| Four | INTJ, INFJ |
| Five | INTP, INFP |
| Six | ESFP, ISFP |
| Seven | ESTP, ENTP |
| Eight | ENTP, ENFP |
| Nine | ESFJ, ESFP |
Dave Kelly - PTypes (The Inventive and Artistic styles were created by Kelly, not Oldham.)
| Oldham's Style | Myers-Briggs Type | Enneagram Type |
| Conscientious | ENFJ | 1 |
| Sensitive | INFJ | 4w5 |
| Vigilant | ENFP | 6w5 |
| Dramatic | INFP | 4w3 |
| Aggressive | ENTJ | 8 |
| Idiosyncratic | INTJ | 5w4 |
| Inventive | ENTP | 3w4 |
| Solitary | INTP | 5w6 |
| Leisurely | ESTJ | 9w8 |
| Serious | ISTJ | 9w1 |
| Self-Sacrificing | ESFJ | 2 |
| Devoted | ISFJ | 6w7 |
| Self-Confident | ESTP | 3w2 |
| Adventurous | ISTP | 7w8 |
| Mercurial | ESFP | 7w6 |
| Artistic | ISFP | 7w6 |
Cory Caplinger - This list matches common MB Types and Primary Functions with a person's dominant Oldham style. The MB/Function types were based on the underlying themes and descriptions of the Oldham styles. Even though the MB type might not match the Primary Function, nor does the function have to be primary for the Oldham style, it still represents the basic "flavor" of the personality style.
| Oldham's Style | Myers-Briggs Types | Primary Function |
| Adventurous | xSTP (ESTP, ISTP) | Extraverted Sensing |
| Aggressive | ExTJ (ESTJ, ENTJ) | Extraverted Thinking |
| Artistic | xSFP (ESFP, ISFP) | Extraverted Sensing |
| Conscientious | xSTJ (ESTJ, ISTJ) | Introverted Sensing |
| Devoted | xSFJ (ESFJ, ISFJ) | Extraverted Feeling |
| Dramatic | ESFx (ESFJ, ESFP) | Extraverted Feeling |
| Idiosyncratic | INTx (INTJ, INTP) | Introverted Intuition |
| Inventive | ENxP (ENTP, ENFP) | Extraverted Intuition |
| Leisurely | IxFP (ISFP, INFP) | Introverted Feeling |
| Mercurial | ExFP (ESFP, ENFP) | Extraverted Feeling |
| Self-Confident | ExTP (ESTP, ENTP) | Extraverted Thinking |
| Self-Sacrificing | ExFJ (ESFJ, ENFJ) | Extraverted Feeling |
| Sensitive | INFx (INFJ, INFP) | Introverted Feeling |
| Serious | ISxJ (ISTJ, ISFJ) | Introverted Sensing |
| Solitary | IxTJ (ISTJ, INTJ) | Introverted Thinking |
| Vigilant | xNTJ (ENTJ, INTJ) | Extraverted Intuition |
This list matches Oldham's styles with their Enneagram types, and the Enneagramic variant. The reason this is in a seperate list is that the Myers-Briggs and Enneagram types that correlate to the Oldham type, may not correspond well with each other.
| Oldham's Style | Enneagram Types | Enneagram Variant |
| Adventurous | 7w8, 8w7 | Sexual |
| Aggressive | 8w7, 6 (counterphobic) | Social |
| Artistic | 7w6 | Sexual |
| Conscientious | 1, 6 (prussian)*, 3 | Self-Preservational |
| Devoted | 9, 2w1, 6 (phobic) | Sexual |
| Dramatic | 2w3, 7w6 | Social |
| Idiosyncratic | 5w4, 4w5 | Sexual |
| Inventive | 3w4, 4w3 | Social |
| Leisurely | 6 (non-prussian), 9w8 | Self-Preservational |
| Mercurial | 4w3, 7w6 | Sexual |
| Self-Confident | 3w2 | Self-Preservational |
| Self-Sacrificing | 2w1, 9w1 | Social |
| Sensitive | 6 (phobic), 4w5, 9w1 | Self-Preservational |
| Serious | 1w9, 6 (prussian) | Self-Preservational |
| Solitary | 5 | Self-Preservational |
| Vigilant | 8, 6 (counterphobic) | Social |
*For a description of the "Prussian" variety of the Six, please see Character and Neurosis by Claudio Naranjo, M.D.
Renee Baron and Elizabeth Wagele - The Enneagram Made Easy
| Enneagram Type | Myers-Briggs Function | Myers-Briggs Types |
| One | Judging | All J's |
| Two | Extraversion, Feeling | ESFJ, ESFP, ENFJ, ENFP |
| Three | Extraversion, Judging | ESTJ, ESFJ, ENTJ, ENFJ |
| Four | Introversion, Feeling | INFJ, INFP, ISFP, ISFJ |
| Five | Introversion, Thinking | INTJ, INTP, ISTP, ISTJ |
| Six | Any Function | All Types |
| Seven | Extraversion, Perceiving | ENTP, ENFP, ESTP, ESFP |
| Eight | Extraversion, Thinking | ESTJ, ESTP, ENTJ, ENTP |
| Nine | Introversion, Perceiving | INFP, ISFP, ISTP, INTP |
| More Common | Quite Common |
| Less Common | Least Common |
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