He marched right into Tucos headquarters and blew it up with science.
The shows spinoff,Better Call Saul, introduced even more evil geniuses.
TheBreaking Baduniverse is so jam-packed with clever criminals that Walt isnt even the smartest.
Nacho played Gus and the Salamancas against each other as a double agent.
He eluded the assassin whod been watching his hideout.
He even successfully hid from the Cousins in plain sight.
Mike is sharp enough to do the work of three men on his own.
Mike isnt just one of the smartestBreaking Badcharacters; hes one of the wisest, too.
When Jimmy is suffering from unbearable PTSD, Mike offers him some wisdom that makes him feel slightly better.
In the final season ofBetter Call Saul, his rivalry with Gus intensified.
What made this rivalry so compelling was that Gus and Lalo were just as calculating as each other.
But bythe end ofBetter Call Saul, Kim had become an accomplice in Jimmys illegal activities.
Still, in spite of the devastating consequences of their actions, Kim is nothing if not smart.
If Kim didnt have a conscience, she couldve given Heisenberg a run for his money.
3Gus Fring
Gus Fring is a true criminal genius.
But Walt ultimately defeated Gus by identifying and exploiting his greatest weakness.
He exploited Gus vengeful rage against the Salamancas to get him to let his guard down.
This assassination scheme alone proves that Walt is a genius.
But hes not quite the smartest character in theBreaking Baduniverse.
Walt often acts impulsively and emotionally, which causes him to make mistakes.
He only realized he couldve gotten the list of names he wanted from Lydia afterhed fatally shot Mike.
The smartest criminal in theBreaking Bad-verse isnt Walt; its his criminal lawyer.
After Huell got caught red-handed assaulting a police officer, Jimmy saved him by staging a cross-country letter-writing campaign.
No criminal inBreaking BadorBetter Call Saulwas as smart as the lawyer.
Even the second-smartest relied on Saul to get him out of trouble.
