What is a character's Score?

Score is an automatically-calculated statistic that has been created as a way of providing a sort of "standard overall ranking" by which all characters can be ranked. The formula used to calculate the Score for each character factors in various statistics that relate to a character's success in-game, with deductions made for stats that reflect negatively on the character.

Stats Factored in for Skyrim Characters

Positive Influence

Level
Health
Magicka
Stamina
Individual skill levels

("Top Skills" count 3 times more)

Locations Discovered
Dungeons Cleared
Gold Found
Most Gold Carried
Quests Completed
People Killed
Animals Killed
Creatures Killed
Undead Killed
Daedra Killed
Automatons Killed
Times Shouted
Shouts Learned
Shouts Unlocked
Shouts Mastered
Words of Power Learned
Words of Power Unlocked

Negative Influence

Total Lifetime Bounty
Times Jailed
Days Jailed
Diseases Contracted

Stats Factored in for Oblivion Characters

Positive Influence

Level
Health
Magicka
Fatigue
Individual attribute levels
Individual skill levels
Quests Completed
Creatures Killed
People Killed
Places Found
Oblivion Gates Shut

Negative Influence

Bounty
Infamy
Days Jailed
Diseases Contracted
Lockpicks Broken