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Rebel attributions are less valued than allegiant ones when it comes to explain one’s failure. Nevertheless, rebels can be sometimes positively viewed and even celebrated. We examined the role of inter-group dynamics at stake in the social judgment of such attribution types. 75 males and 75 females judged a male or a female target using allegiant vs. rebel attributions for a negative professional event. We hypothesized and found that high-status members judged the rebel targets less efficacious and less likable than the allegiant target, but only when the target was from the in-group. Low-status members judged the in-group target as more efficacious than the out-group target, but judged the rebel target as less likable than the allegiant target. These findings contribute to better understand the intergroup processes underlying the social judgment of rebel attributions, and more broadly the differences in social judgment between attribution types.