Lets measure Intelligence.

Badapdos

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Ok.
I will add this is not a versus Thread.

1.) Itachi Uchiha:
We've seen how Hiruzen said, "he had a mind of an Hokage at age 7"
So, at the age of 7 he planned his whole life, at that moment.
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His Goals:
1.) He saved the leaf village against the, Uchiha clan. Keep in mind only Hiruzen & Danzo were the only strongest in the village. Also, against many Uchiha, who can copy Jutsus.
With Shisui & Itachi with the Uchiha.
2.) He saved his brother to, save the leaf village.
3.) He saved the world against Edo tensei. He was the only one that could stop Kabuto.
4.) acquiring Totsuka blade & Yata mirror.
Also Itachi has God items. Totsuka Blade & Yata Mirror. Which was once said by Zetsu (who was made out of nothing but Senju cells, & made by Madara Uchiha(so in my point of view he's seen everything Madara can do, except Full Susano'o).

He was spying on the Akatsuki.
So he knows Alot of weaknesses, to counteract Akatsuki members.

We haven't seen him defeated.(That's why some people call him the solo king).

2.) Madara Uchiha:
He was the first one to acquire EMS.
&
Rennigan.

He brought Back Juubi, the same one that was sealed by So6P.
& Kinda defeated Hashirama I guess.

Also, no one has matched his Edo'ed form.
He has made an impressive plan, that is kinda succeeding.

3.)Tobirama:
I hate to say it but he is very intelligent.

Disregarding his attitude, he is a great learner.
To mostly be the only one to learn almost everything of the Uchiha clan.
Being the only one not to trust Madara, out of Instinct he was still correct about him.

He created Edo tensei.
While being the first to create space time ninjutsu. (I think he did)
But a very skilled ninja indeed!!

3.)Hashirama:
I would put second for him but, he's kinda just a strong ninja & knows Alot of sealing techniques.
Also, he defeated Madara Uchiha.
I would kinda say he planed to marry an Uzamaki.
& acquired all of her sealing techniques.

He made a treaty with Madara to save him but ( Ohh Madara) he didn't as we all know.

4.)Orochimaru:
Very close to or might actually be in ranks with the 1st & 2nd kages.
He gained so much skill over the years & I wished he acquired sage mode to.
That would make him very strong & a challenging opponent.

He finally succeeded with, Sasuke in not making him follow by his foot steps.
He waged war on the leaf village. & I kinda guess he would've succeeded, if Gaara was still in Shikaku mode & he didn't retreat.

He has Alot of accomplishing moments that its to much to name, but defeating Itachi isn't one (Ooooo lol), I'm just kidding.

5.)Minato:
He was very skilled, but with normal skills, kinda.
You have to agree that he wasn't a Special character, well Never mind he is.
He is a mixture of Hashirama & Tobirama.
Except if he had sage mode, he would be a higher rank in my mind.

He has goals.
Really two no offense, but you have to accept the truth.
Maybe, if he was alive he would've accomplished more.

His Goals:
1.) defeated Obito a very skilled ninja at that time period.
2.) saved the leaf village from the nine tailed fox while defeating Obito.
3.) while sealing half of the nine tailed fox.

But we all know he could've saved him self & naruto & Kushina.

6.)Hiruzen:
He knew almost every Jutsu from the previous Kages.
He also took on three Kage level Shinobis & sealed two.

Also including he was very old & able to move that fast.

Well that's all I can think of.
I'm including characters that had a big roll in the story line.
Not Fodders.
 

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No Shikamaru or Shikaku and we are speaking of intelligence?
That's odd.
 

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Shikamaru should be in there. Hashirama shouldn't be that high really.
 

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Also, Kabuto's intelligence should not be underestimated.
 

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Wondering where Shikamaru is.
Also is it just me or has Naruto's combat intelligence been improving greatly?
 

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is this supposed to be in order of the smartest as if so i dont think you can really judge on who is smarter when it comes to these ninja and who can say that itachis plans out did oros or madaras as in the end each ninja did what they needed to accomplish what was needed the only way you could judge if two characters went through the same challenge
 

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So anyone who had a minor role is fodder??
 

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you have two number threes.....and you need to include shikimaru and shikaku
 

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The last statement is beyond dumb.That means Naruto and Sasuke > Shikamaru but that's certainly not the case.
 

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shikamaru= battle strategy, but he was never able to beat his father at shoji


but overall intelligence goes to orochimaru= battle strategy,ninjutsu, medical, forbidden knowledge, master of mind games.

itachi was the best spy/deception, genjutsu is like a deception, spy's have to lie to keep their cover
 

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Achievements and knowledge doesn't count in intelligence...
But the methods used for them counts...

With that given,

Itachi ~ One of the sharpest students, academy ever had... Had a mature thinking... So quick-thinker and analyst...
Madara ~ Quick learner of things, always gets to the central point of the problem... Good analyst...
Hashirama ~ Quick learner... Learns from experience...
Tobirama ~ Innovative person... Understands the situations correctly...
Orochimaru ~ Most innovative one so far... Learns through experiments... Can easily access the depth of any matter...
Minato ~ Creativity... Seeks perfection whatever he learns... Outstanding analyst and so far the fastest thinker...
Hiruzen ~ Learns from experience...

That's not for all but,
This is what I think for the characters OP listed...
 

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hmm honestly my top 5 intelligent characters would be ...
in no specifi order

Minato
Itachi
Shikaku
Tobirama
Orochimaru

Honorable mentions would be

Kakashi
Kabuto
 

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hmm Shikamaru should absolutely be up there.
 

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You haven't added half the things Orochimaru accomplished:

1) Knowing the secrets of Hashiramas cells
2) Orochimaru knew that Tobi wasn't Madara
3) Orochimaru knew a lot about Zetsu, including the Zetsu army
4) How do you think Kabuto revived so many Kage, Members of Akatsuki, People possessing Kekkie Genkai and Famous shinobi? Through Orochimaru; he was the one who managed to collect the DNA of all of them.
5) You guys call Itachi the solo king and Minato the best kage? Kabuto managed to revive Itachi while Orochimaru revived Minato. Tell me, where did they gain the DNA of both of them? Didn't Orochimaru get 'defeated' both times when he fought against Itachi and didn't Orochimaru leave the village when Minato was made the 4th Hokage, so obviously Orochimaru didn't gain Minato's DNA from the battle against Kyuubi...
6) Orochimaru was able to survive getting sealed away by the Totsuka Sword via the Cursed Seals because he shared consciousness with everyone who possessed the Cursed Seals. Now let me tell you, doesn't that mean that Orochmaru was able to spy on Konoha all those years through Anko? You guys should also keep in mind that Anko was almost always assigned S Rank Missions
 
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