Breaking Bad Universe Ranked By IQ

Who is the smartest character in the Breaking Bad universe? In this video we ranked the characters by their iq levels. From Walter White to Jesse Pinkman to Gus Fring.
The results were obtained by taking the average of 100 people who expressed their opinions.
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Characters: Walter White, Gustavo Fring, Chuck McGill, Mike Ehrmantraut, Lalo Salamanca, Gale Boetticher, Werner Ziegler, Jimmy McGill, Eliot Schwartz, Gretchen Schwartz, Barry Goodman, Donald Margolis, Old Joe, Howard Hamlin, Jesse Pinkman, Kim Wexler, Hank Schrader, Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, Juan Bolsa, Don Eladio, Ed Galbraith, Tyrus Kitt, Jack Welker, Nacho Varga, Skinny Pete, Todd Alquist, Skyler White, Victor, Betsy Kettleman, Hector Salamanca, Leonel Salamanca, Marco Salamanca, Francesca Liddy, Steven Gomez, Patrick Kuby, Marie Schrader, Walter White Jr., Jane Margolis, Andrea Cantillo, Badger, Huell Babineaux, Declan, Brock Cantillo, Ted Beneke, Tuco Salamanca, Daniel Wormald, Krazy-8, Combo, Wendy
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[@rankertv11]

The results were obtained by taking the average of 100 people who expressed their opinions.

[@user-nq6wn4hm7s]

I would like to take a part in that poll too

[@rankertv11]

You should subscribe. I will share a links for that.

[@user-nq6wn4hm7s]

I should? damn bro you leaving me no choice man ​@@rankertv11 😢 Alright, catch it!

[@mrturtle9129]

You should definitely pin that comment

[@laurenhahn101]

Any one who ranks Kim over Jimmy has not watched the show.

[@Lankyfool234]

Source: Waltuh's hair

[@nacst661]

you mean Mike hair?

[@sgtwoods2982]

Well he died with hair So it makes sense

[@BrainDamageComedy]

jesser!!

[@Slowzinn143]

Hector cold beer

[@mariasequeira5339]

​​@@nacst661nah!, he meant hanks hair or the twin salamanca's hair.

[@politicamenteincorreto5462]

Jesse’s IQ is 127 Also Jesse: aaaaah... wire

[@bit_aim]

Jesse's smart in another way

[@debojitbhattacharya4093]

no he is not bookish, he is very street smart

[@gabrielfeitosa9404]

@@debojitbhattacharya4093 so we count "street smart" in iq tests then?

[@debojitbhattacharya4093]

@@gabrielfeitosa9404 is it even possible?

[@artur6040]

Do not confuse consciousness and intelligence

[@n0thappy886]

bro ranked brock 💀

[@rileywhalen6554]

He’s 10 right! 😂

[@danielbaum4487]

Brock didn't have any kind of lines, however his facial expressions showed that he doesn't trust Walter. Well his is right

[@ipkickss]

if you are questioning the decision of raking Brock for being a kid I cannot take your comment serious, but if you do because he is lacking relevance, I do agree with you.

[@HSafe-cu2oh]

​@@rankertv11go beg elsewhere

[@szabolcsmolnar352]

Seriously? Brock above Krazy-8? He nearly outsmarted Walter in the first season when he was held prisoner in the basement.

[@user-pq1iw3rt6s]

You don't need a lot of intelligence for this. You can give him a medium one.

[@user-pq1iw3rt6s]

he literally believed his stupid brother Emilio that they were from the FBI and didn’t realize what potential Walt might have

[@user-dl9gv1mn5b]

​@@user-pq1iw3rt6she didn't believe Emilio, he was a rat, so he definitely knew, that Waltah wasn't FBI agent.

[@artur6040]

Do not confuse consciousness and intelligence

[@BallisticWistfully]

@@artur6040 How much did bro spam this

[@piloterodactyl]

Krazy 8 is canonically smart. List invalidated not even 10 seconds in.

[@1kracuauker797]

yeah, and Combo was one of Jesse's most intelligent and serious friends, he could even sense the danger before he was killed and told the kid to get away from him

[@YoutubesaysimCyberbully]

@@1kracuauker797 u prolly trollin, he just told the kid to bounce

[@shizoshiz]

And Jesse is way more dumber than Hank

[@dr.finnegan3949]

Being smart and intelligent are not the same thing. Still, one too dumb can never be smart anyway.

[@mrcatthewidest]

Badger has to be lower I'd say

[@noahzacharias]

Bro This list is based more on life style or personality and looks than iq 😂

[@aram00001]

@user-pn5mn6mv3cbullshit

[@ernr7084]

​@user-pn5mn6mv3cThis is something a low IQ person would post

[@buddymckay3486]

@user-pn5mn6mv3c, Smart people can be poor because of mental illness.

[@weedor3861]

huel IQ is 79 not 109, he literally believed hanks fake brain pic with jesse and ratted walt out

[@barbi.turatd]

09.

[@Nemesis_skream]

He was scared and didn’t have enough time to view details

[@LeoGarcia2.0]

Remember when he was arrested for punching that cop and screwed Jimmy's whole operation? I cant believe he is ranked above Hector and the twins.

[@artur6040]

Do not confuse consciousness and intelligence

[@Shady88Italy]

walt couldn't recognize his barrel of money in photo

[@paulpagels7429]

Why is Badger almost 10 points smarter than Ted Beneke? 😂

[@aalapvedpathak6672]

Because he watched star wars

[@simplechannel8145]

Walt - 145 IQ Vince Gilligan - 195 IQ

[@HSafe-cu2oh]

​@@rankertv11 - 20 IQ

[@Net_translate]

Lol ​@@HSafe-cu2oh

[@FalsoCristo]

What is this list based on? Feels pretty random, doesn't make any sense!

[@matazebra]

Her ass. Probaly. ✋😯🤚

[@halisaydin36]

@@rankertv11 shut up

[@Jotadhache]

@@halisaydin36si callate !!

[@zacharywhite7802]

Sorry Jesse is not smarter than hank

[@rankertv11]

Jesse is smart enough to reach the same meth quality as Walt (which even the high educated cartel chemists can't achieve) He's definitely not stupid.

[@rankertv11]

Also remember how he could deduct Mike wasn’t going to kill the thief with just a single glance at the scene.

[@Thomas-vm1jy]

Which he learned from Walt, he didn't create the formula before he learned from walt it was 70%.@@rankertv11

[@Tranity95]

​@@rankertv11bro, he just remembered the instructions Walt did

[@rankertv11]

Todd tried to do the same, even taking notes, but failed.

[@theWn123]

Walt is probably high 150s. He was able to do complex mental math in a matter of seconds. Thats the kindve intelligence IQ tests tend to measure.

[@user-pq1iw3rt6s]

145 is quite capable of this.

[@damagehero2068]

145 iq is on the genius side. 130+ is already a really performing brain, considering most people don't even reach 105 iq irl

[@user-pq1iw3rt6s]

@@damagehero2068 iq progresses as you grow. Roughly speaking, people with an iq of 80 and 120 will have a lot more in common than people with 120 and 140

[@damagehero2068]

@@user-pq1iw3rt6s when I was 19 I took logical reasoning tests and the result was 132, but I feel like it dropped a bit now that I'm almost 30. Are you sure it works that way? I don't believe in IQ measuring to be honest, there are way too many branches of "intelligence" to define a person's IQ with a simple number.

[@l.pricetag.5207]

I saw an interesting Reddit post analysing all of Walter's demonstrations of intelligence in various fields. They concluded that Walter's iq would be in the 170s, which is super impressive.

[@NonyaBusinessXDXD]

Skyler at 111? Come on she’s one of the smartest characters in the whole franchise Edit: Jesus fucking Christ some of you are extremely dense and need to go and rewatch the show

[@politicamenteincorreto5462]

Kim >>>>> Skyler

[@COLLAPSARQ]

*dumbest

[@martinbaron843]

​@@politicamenteincorreto5462"one of"

[@shanderth_mail5400]

​@@politicamenteincorreto5462Kim is smarter than Jimmy

[@artur6040]

Do not confuse consciousness and intelligence

[@willpeony5534]

Mike was not 139. He was experienced and careful.

[@losvatoslocos252]

You mean he should have more or less points ? Mike was pretty inteligent. But 139 should be good number for him. Gustavo also should have maybe 1/2 points more than Mike. And Walter is definite winner. Btw Skyler 119 is not realistic, she was like 130 at least imo.

[@DostonbekOlimov-yh4op]

Actually mike is highest

[@losvatoslocos252]

@@DostonbekOlimov-yh4opI think Walter a little bit more. Any arguments why Mike ? Walter was a genius in terms of political games

[@ismRR]

Mike was not 139. He is a best

[@IcyMoonGaming1]

Mike is morally grey

[@nicolomantovani7101]

Worst list ever

[@gummiebeertje13]

The guy liked ur comment 💀

[@Sir.BigBoss]

😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@gummiebeertje13

[@Negan82682]

Bro loves you

[@jeremie_coh05]

@@gummiebeertje13 lol

[@shubhamkhinchi9305]

Why nacho far behind .?

[@clownsouls5416]

No way chuck is smarter than mike, mike is 150+ IQ

[@a-turkey-in-abush7787]

IQ doesn’t mean smart. Mike’s intelligence comes from experience foremost.

[@fyxzi]

@@a-turkey-in-abush7787 IQ is something you're born with, just because mike knows a lot doesn't mean he's a genius

[@a-turkey-in-abush7787]

@@fyxzi that’s what I was saying lol

[@redsilva125]

@@fyxzi It's not really something you are born with, it increases as your brain is developing, and depending on your life at that time, it can get higher or lower.

[@big6045]

@@redsilva125iq means how fast you can process things and how fast you can think ofc being smart has something to do with it but it’s how fast you can process an equation for example

[@avoidshawty]

1 Walt 2 lalo 3Gus 4 Mike 5-6 chuck ~ kim 7 saul 8 nacho 9 Hank Others are pretty hard to scale

[@saileshnaidu8102]

saul is above mike or at least tied. saul doing saul things would always beat chuck

[@mrturtle9129]

Kim smarter Saul is questionable, but she's definitely not as smart as Chuck

[@alexcross7583]

This is actually a lot more accurate.

[@justrelax4084]

lalo destroy all just invert lallo and walt and the list is perfect

[@solomonrobertis7433]

2 lalo? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pissedoffdude1]

I'd honestly say Saul is the smartest. Walter couldn't have done it without him. Plus he's got book smarts by being a lawyer but he's also got street smarts by being slipping Jimmy

[@Big-guy1981]

The purest meth made in real life was "only" at 99%. Walt topping that on his first try in some RV in the desert with an amateur lab assistant puts him among the greatest scientists ever. In others words, BB writers made him way too smart.

[@buraktepe6683]

Chuck is more smarter than Saul.

[@pissedoffdude1]

@@buraktepe6683 Chuck is smarter in a certain way, like pure legal booksmarks and being able to see through Jimmy and figure out his means, but that's cuz he knew Jimmy well and had a hatred of him to be able to use his mind to figure him out, though as a pure lawyer Chuck was better. Jimmy side stepped in it and used streetsmarts to deal with cartel figures and people like Walt

[@GAURAV_INFINITE]

Bro those who didn't watched better call Saul will never gonna get you if you watch breaking bad universe in a real sequence of episodes than you will its all started with Saul and ended up with Saul.​@@pissedoffdude1

[@BRNardy]

How could you not include Saul Goodman on the list??? He is one of the most iconic characters of the franchise and even has an entire spin off dedicated to him!! Instead you go and decide to include this "Jimmy McGill" guy, what the hell, man

[@HEATplayswtm]

😂

[@LiamFernandez-uc4b]

Ikr 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@konakoala]

they had us in the first half not gonna lie

[@Bronkeys]

@@konakoala*he

[@ethanyin5835]

How the fuck is badger 104

[@arditamvan1662]

Atleast he's 50🤣

[@Tortilla627]

The actor (Robert Forster) who portrayed Ed Galbraith, the vacuum salesman and disappearance artist was a member of the Triple Nine High IQ Society, and had an IQ above 145 before he passed away.

[@CurbShady]

Jesses IQ is 127? That’s crazy

[@cantaloupe6715]

frr my iq is higher than that and jesse is def smarter than me

[@artur6040]

Do not confuse consciousness and intelligence

[@guteksan]

@@artur6040damn, you are repeating the same comment under every other comment questioning the ranking. Are you sure you understand what consciousness and intelligence means?

[@BrainDamageComedy]

jesser's iq is below 100.

[@artur6040]

@@guteksan where a u from?

[@playonesong5430]

I don't think Walter used his brains to the maximum in criminal business . He was always balancing between Heisenberg and Walt, he was always distracted by something, he always had to explain something to someone. Fring or Mike are just doing their thing. They have chosen their path. Walter's path is very chaotic. One minute he needs an empire, the next he's done.

[@conorwellman8592]

No way Jesse has a 127 IQ

[@georgyzhukov6409]

dam 2 more points than me, thats rough, in all seriousness though, this list is bs lol

[@thefabledfish]

Putting THAT many people above Kim is crazy 😭

[@gentleboi5019]

ain't no way tuco, badger, skinny Pete, Brock are above krazy 8

[@ShuyGuy397]

Skinny Pete Maybe but Badger? BADGER?

[@HEATplayswtm]

​@😂ShuyGuy397

[@gentleboi5019]

@@ShuyGuy397 even Holly will have better iq than badger

[@ShuyGuy397]

@@gentleboi5019 Badger Basiclie Exist To Tell Jokes and be High

[@mojito7122]

Badger 104 IQ ?????? What the hell

[@Big-guy1981]

You're focused on his verbal abilities and his working memory. He actually has very good coordination and he may have decent visual skills. I can picture him as a supervisor on a construction site or an NCO in the Army.

[@LlightW]

Average

[@Err_ror]

on which side did they show their abilities to suggest their IQ? The only ones who can measure IQ are Gustavo and White

[@ImDaBiggestNerd]

To say that Jesse is smarter than Hank is crazy

[@abhiramcd]

Thanks to these people who took an IQ test in the middle of everything

[@hugh2hoob668]

Crazy 8 almost fooled Walter no way he's just 88

[@Tau-F1]

If Hank had 127 IQ he would end the series in 3 episodes

[@clarencelee4325]

Wendy was smart enough to discover herself being followed, and she never failed Saul and Jesse to trick Hamlin and DEA respectively

[@saikakasashi3689]

Based on whose concrete data ? Did you match the behavior of each against certified models ?

[@agre5or]

crazy 8 is much smarter,he realized that jessy cooked meth with wingman

[@JustinCage56]

It wouldn't take a genius to figure that out, seeing how stupid Jesse was in season 1

[@conorwellman8592]

I bet price had a higher iq than you say here he was just oblivious when it came street smarts

[@Mistamista69]

Ain’t no way badgers IQ is 104.

[@Arsen592_Old]

I can't believe that Marie is smarter than Jane or Walter Jr.

[@Fufilyar]

Дегродский контент абсолютно. Автор взял цифры с потолка, применил минимальные навыки монтажа и вуаля - 115 тыс просмотров

[@sirdungeon]

МНЕ НРАВИТСЯ ЧТО АВТОР ВСЁ РАВНО ЛАЙКНУЛ ДАЖЕ НЕ ЗНАЯ ПЕРЕВОДА ТВОЕГО КОММЕНТА (возможно)

[@sonicdit99]

Ted Beneke: 95IQ Carpet: 96IQ

[@bastardobasado]

The cropped image of jesse with only showing "7 iq" was so funny for some stupid reason

[@Longenecker1776]

Interesting that Jimmy McGill and Tony Soprano are tied up at 135. Unrelated, but Tony mentioned on The Sopranos that his IQ was 135 and it was tested.

[@THIRUMURUGANKP]

2:29 Jimmy McGill : 135 🤡 Saul Goodman : 😶 🥶

[@blark6582]

1:05 Hector just got 108? My math teather would have a problem with this

[@ronaldsander1974]

The character Ed Galbraith was played by the late Robert Forster who was a member of the Triple Nine Society, the world’s largest IQ society reserved for individuals who scored at or above the 99.9th percentile. He had an IQ well over 150.

[@seiaghen]

jesse is great, but he's nowhere near kim's iq, let's be real

[@mm31100]

Why the fuck is badger smarter than tuco

[@yoandeul9297]

So you mean if they want, most of them can be a doctor right

[@wwiidoggie]

You ara great man, keep up!

[@blueprintlanka2219]

How exactly did u measure the iq 💀

[@gdopblp]

Lalo, Walt and Saul are clearly the smartest characters which does not mean they were the most patient, disciplined, educated, respectful, hardworking or whatever positive atribute that Chuck, Gus, Gale or Mike could have

[@giggonszo5399]

How does Jesse have 127 IQ?

[@Mr_Bear_R]

Keep in mind that the average IQ in the US is around 100, so I refuse to believe that Walt Jr and so many others are above that. The people who gave these answers, probably don't exceed 100, or haven't watched BB

[@davidpiotrowski8151]

Kuby is more inteligent than Huel, in my opinion Kuby is 110 iq

[@solidsnake9898]

You ranked Brock but you didn't rank Lyle??

[@AndrwWill]

Hell smartest crazy 8? He believed in such a game when Hank told him

[@bonz8261]

Nacho was smart

[@klasn1yje495]

oh those numbers are just crazy

[@agre5or]

i dont know why,but i really like victor like charcter,he has probalby 5 secons of dialogues,but he defenetily has something

[@NickolayGretsky]

Bro put Gale Boetticher before Lalo and others? Are you joking? Gale’s one of the smartest people in this show

[@jrpdude8486]

It isn’t based off raw intelligence so this might be more correct than yall say

[@Williwillswissen3]

Wie kommst du auf die IQ Zahlen?

[@rankertv11]

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[@alamoconsultingservices]

If the IQs are based on the opinion of random KZbin people commenting, the results have poor credibility.

[@Big-guy1981]

You understand that they are fictional characters, right? They can't take actual tests.

[@vincentvorse]

The is no way Badger has that high of an IQ

[@am7-p]

Some really strange assessments there !

[@ban_ka]

Damn dude, I thought Walter Jr come first

[@MajidKetu]

Mike IQ more than Lalo ? no way Lalo was Sharp as F

[@MajidKetu]

its more like popularity contest than IQ !

[@Jesusproexe27]

walter 160 IQ minimum

[@user-pq1iw3rt6s]

you obviously have no idea how iq is calculated

[@denizbozdemir9683]

160 iq is enough to cause scientific revolutions in the entire human history

[@chilldude2263]

He is in 150s

[@user-hu8dq2ug4c]

Walter's IQ is 197

[@ghostfacekiller891]

kim behind howard? sure buddy, she completely annihilated him through psychological warfare

[@B-B-W-Engel]

If you guys had any idea how iq works, you knew that Walter Jr. is by far the smartest of the lot.

[@abdullahdiantriwahyuni2884]

suppose Mr. White has a mentality like Thomas Shelby, maybe this story will be a little crazy.

[@ludyna_rozymna]

Hector is just “108”

[@Her0_R3TR0_]

Jesse 127 and Skinny pete 113 then i have Albert Einstein IQ 😂

[@Donaldlove2856]

Esto era lo que estaba buscando

[@finnberserker4094]

I think, top 4 4Chuck 3Saúl 2Gustavo 1 Walt

[@axo4250]

So Mike e lalo act in TWD 💀

[@Gstar5150]

I think Kuby was alot smarter than that, he was always able to come up with the craziest schemes.

[@AlpOzdemir-db1qr]

How tf walt jr is 106iq 💀

[@itsmemario1535]

Walter White: you're goddamn right.

[@rankertv11]

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[@TacticalGuy212]

how tf my IQ higher than 90 percent of the characters?

[@rankertv11]

I guess you're a smart guy huh? Btw, I would be appreciated if you subscribe.

[@sim2115]

The guy who maid this video should be ranked as the firts one who appears

[@sebjacobo9655]

Tuco Salamanca is smarter than Domingo aka Crazy 8 who studied Business and came up with a pretty good plan to get out of the trap?

[@jacekszkutnik6294]

No way Daniel Wormald could hold his position with IQ 88.

[@elbergkan1446]

I think Tuco was good at detecting tricks but he would get a bad score on an IQ test.

[@backgroundMASCAL]

Jesse might been born smart but the drugs destroyed his brain. He doesnt act like 127IQ.

[@GAURAV_INFINITE]

Saul is the guy who started it all and ended it all.

[@delastronger]

Jesse has less than -0001 😂😂😂

[@konstantin9303]

Patrick Kuby being 2 points above Badger... BRUUUH

[@sigmapuskar]

jesse over nacho? are you serious?

[@august9265]

bro what ☠

[@buraktepe6683]

Chuck might be the top one.

[@Oblivion51]

Skinny pete does not have 113 iq 💀 and also krazy 8 has good iq

[@Big-guy1981]

Skinny Pete probably has some learning disability. He's probably quite smart.

[@Oblivion51]

@@rankertv11 npc ahh reply but fine cause i am feeling good today

[@muli_]

Betsy Kettleman is around 80 to 90. No way she is that high.

[@thomasherzog2172]

Betsy Kettlemen at 109 is a bold guess

[@mrturtle9129]

1.Walt 2-3.Gus/Lalo 4.Mike 5.Saul 6.Skye 7.Lydia 8-9.Elliot/Gretchen 10.Nacho While i was making this list i realised how smart Mike truly is. He is around 69 years old and still one of the smartest characters while Chuck almost lost his mind.

[@ghostfacekiller891]

what lmao, kim is number 4 on this list

[@rankertv11]

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[@That_ChipmunkDude]

Somehow, I just can't believe, Jesse had 127 IQ😂

[@lucacaci01]

No way Badger isn't in the last 5

[@captprice2225]

nahhhh Skyler being after Gomez is crazy