Who is smarter Kakashi, Shikamaru, or Sasuke?

I totally agree with Black Winged Assassin. Kakashi is 30 years old while Shikamaru is still 16, he has hell of a lot more time to improve, and if I'm not mistaking, Kakashi stated that Shikamaru is smarter than him at some point.
 
I would say Shikamaru because he is a child genius. Being at his age, he is able to read people and study them for a short amount of time. When he is able to study a person during a battle while holding them down with his shadow technique, I would call it amazing when he is able to figure out someone's technique and how they create it. In a short amount of time, he is able to figure out the attacks of his opponents.

In the Chunin exam, he fought against Temari and he figured out her weakness in minutes.

While he fought against Hidan (Akatsuki), he figured out how Hidan is able to use rituals and have Hidan's enemies under his own will by using their blood. Against an Akatsuki member alone, it shows how much potential Shikamaru has against his enemies.

But due to the lack of screen time, Shikamaru has yet to show his true capabilities as a Chunin ninja.
 
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