Who is the biggest prodigy among them?

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Minato and orochimaru are tied imo.

Both came from a fuck ass known clan without any abilities that come from it. Minato was just some next level thing, became the youngest hokage iirc, learned one of the most busted techniques in the shinobi world, singlehandedly within a minute learned the trick to obitos MS, stopped the attack and sealed a full power 9T within himself and the other half in naruto. Dude aced all chuunin exams.

Orochimaru learned so many jutsu and transcended humanity really. He quite literally studied so much about the biology and how stuff works in the world through experiments he created a semi-karma with his Curse mark. He is immortal, we saw him get killed twice and he came back to life regardless. I have no idea how he got his snake abilities, safe to say he studied/trained with the sage snakes but as far as we know he never got snake sage transformation which if he did… he would’ve been a War arc kabuto level threat or higher.

They’re all prodigies in their own rights, but idk these 2 just don’t have anything backing them genetically. Itachi and Sasuke are uchihas, Boruto is the son of pretty much Jesus, kakashi is the son of someone compared to the sannin in strength. These 2 are simply born from no special clan and were such prodigies they are up there at the top of the verse

I’d say Orochimaru . Yes he’s a villain, can’t deny his brilliance. His curse marks function similar to Otsuski Karma.  Honestly all of them are great. Minato is a genius. He created Rasengan based on witnessing a tailed beast bomb. His academy stats and war arc feats are also amazin.

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Boruto by far. Before learning from sasuke, he was completely self taught except for gentle fist. This means that he learned the shadow clone jutsu by himself even before he joined the academy, and he did that without training. In the academy he learned wind release by watching mitsuki do it, has such a strong lightning release affinity that he easily learned it by himself (learning 2 chakra natures is a jonin level feat amd he learned them by himself). It was shown multiple times that he can effortlessly find his own way of doing basically anything, be it learning new jutsu, solving complex equations, etc... He got max score on the academy written exam. He was easily chunin level in the academy, said by kakashi himself, and he was at that level with no proper training or motivation. And he did all this before he even became a GENIN. He learned the rasengan in 3 days, could throw it, and added lightning release to it instinctively (his lightning affinity is that strong), essentially creating a new rasengan. He became insanely good at shurikenjutsu after training with sasuke for just a few weeks. In the manga, in the very first chapter he already has 3 chakra natures (in the anime he only learned water by the ao arc). After finding his motivation, and developing his ninja way, he started training seriously and became qenuinly op, especially for his age. In the second manga canon arc, he beat shojoji, an elite jonin level character with minimal help from someone who's not even a ninja. In the anime, he created 2 more rasengan variants in just a few days, with kakashi only giving him vague hints, so he had 4 different types of rasengan, 3 of which he created himself. In the third manga canon arc, he outperformed 2 elite jonin and basically 1v1-d ao, a former mizukage guard, easily making him high jonin or (most likely) higher level at the age of 12. This battle is the best display of his insane battle iq. By this arc, he learned purple lightning (this was in the first databook, sasuke also mentioned that boruto knows it in a novel, and mitsuki also used it in this arc in the manga), yet another at least A rank jutsu. In the battle against boro (an otsutsuki level character) he managed to inflict several otherwise fatal wounds, if it wasn't for boro's regeneration. After this battle, we can pretty comfortably put him on kage level, still at the age of 12, and in base. His base power level didn't improve that much after this until the end of nng.

In tbv we learned that by the time he was 13, he learned everything sasuke could teach him, and sasuke called him a genius (which both sasuke and kakashi said multiple times). This might mean that he now knows all 5 chakra natures. By the time he was 15 he mastered all of the things sasuke taught him, and learned his own version of flying raijin that can teleport between dimensions. He also became the strongest shinobi who ever lived aside from baryon mode naruto, and he's only 15 and it's just the start of tbv, and we haven't even seen him use his karma yet.

Im gonna use what we know about them from kids to genin.

1. Kakashi Hatake: Genin at 5 and Jonin at 12, Joined the ANBU, 2-3 Tomoe Sharingan, Mangekyou Sharingan, Created Chidori after trying to master Rasengan.
2. Itachi: Genin at 8 and Chunin at 10 and Jonin/ANBU around 13, Master of Fire Release, Master of Genjutsu, MS at 13-14, Master Shurikenjutsu User
3. Boruto Uzumaki: 3 Chakra Natures, Chunin level prowess, 100% the Chunin Written exam, created Multiple Jutsu(Boruto Stream, Vanishing Rasengan)
4. Shisui: Jonin at 11, Master of the Body Flicker Technique, MS before age 10
5. Minato: Chakra Mastery, Created Rasengan, First to ever 100% the Chunin written exam
6. Sasuke: Mastery over Fire Release, 2-3 Tomoe Sharingan, Advanced Shurikenjutsu User
7. Orochimaru: Natural Genius, Chakra Mastery, Created many jutsu

My first place is Kakashi for obvious reasons. My last place is Orochimaru because we really don't know a lot about his life as a kid. We know Orochimaru was considered a young genius like most of the others on this list but I feel like he's done and experienced the least at this age.

Always going with Itachi

It's Boruto and it's not close. He's by far the most genetically gifted and was stated by Kakashi to have inherited Minato's ingenuity.

Yellow Flash!

Boruto was making his own moves without even knowing he was making his own moves then he made uzhiko too.

Minato is a good 2nd

Kakashi, Minato and Orochimaru are above the rest for coming from a non-prestigious clan with no Kekkei Genkai, no OP bloodline and so on.

True. But going by the same logic, what about Orochimaru ? We can't discount him. He's not from a reputed clan, h€¢k, we don't even know what clan he belongs to & all the things he accomplished, he's basically unkillable. He's the most OP character in the series.

Potential? Probably Itachi. ANBU at 13, intelligent enough to discover Obito, and is dangerous enough that even Kakashi didn’t feel confident in taking him on. Probably could’ve done much more if the Uchiha didn’t try to start a civil war and had a mentor to actually cultivate him.

Actually reaching that potential? Boruto, Orchimaru, Sasuke in no particular order.

1. Boruto
2. Itachi and Minato
3. Shisui
4. Kakashi
5. Sasuke
6. Orochimaru

This is considering their child/pre teen selves. Sasuke was a relatively late bloomer despite still being considered a genius prodigy. We don't really know much about Orochimaru's childhood strength but I just put him below Sasuke considering how much he was glazing Sasuke in the early parts of the show.

Minato and Itachi have the most impressive feats as a child. Minato solo'd an entire squad of probably at least chuunin and jonins to rescue Kushina as a genin. Itachi has all sorts of feats as a child (Anbu captain, etc.) and was hailed as like the ultimate super prodigy so I put him on par with Minato. Shisui is probably near Itachi too but we just have more concrete stuff about Itachi.

Kakasi is also clearly below the top people and clearly above Sasuke at the same age as children.

Boruto era just powercreeped everything. Even before Karma hax Boruto's child feats were ridiculous. Having multiple elemental releases, learning the Rasengan in one day AND subconsciously putting an elemental release on it. Something Minato or Kakashi were never able to accomplish their entire life (tho tbf Minato probably would have done it eventually if he didn't die so young.) Kakashi even said Boruto was already at or above Chuunin level during the GENIN exam in the anime.

Boruto learned sasukes entire arsenal in a few years and even before karma according to sasuke he already had the potential to surpass naruto

Tbh I’d say Shisui or Boruto. Shisui was 15 and had grown men pissing themselves. Boruto’s one of those characters that’s too smart probably for his own good.

Boruto. 100%

Boruto is the biggest prodigy, by feats and facts

If Sasuke is there then Naruto belongs there. Was one of the fastest to learn the rasengan, the first to add chakra nature to a rasengan, summoning jutsu and mastered multi-shadow clone jutsu which was a forbidden jutsu. Thats all with Kurama messing with his chakra. Minato is the most impressive of all them imo

Yall putting orochimaru at the bottom are crazy. He’s easily the most intelligent of them all

The strongest among them is Boruto, but if we’re going on how strong they are as kids, it’s either Shisui or Minato

I mean in pure intellect and ability to gain knowledge probably orochimaru. In pure battle power prodigy I’m prolly gonna go itachi.

boruto.mastered rasengan in like 3 days nd created his own on accident

because of that one comment, i say boruto

Oro is the original rags to riches story of the verse. He clears.

Boruto and its free. I'm a kind of a boruto hater, but his talent is undeniable. Lets start with before all the karma nonsense. He doesn't have any of the amps inherent to being part uzumaki or hyuuga. No byakugan, no massive chakra pool, no adamantite chains etc. He did not train, or even care much about any of this ninja stuff until like midway through the exams. And all of this is happening DURING PEACE TIME where there is really no expectation to improve and people are constantly saying ninjas are losing their purpose in the world.

Despite all of that he is probably at about max proficiency in gentle fist that you can be without a byakugan. This is the only thing that he was trained on at this point. He mastered shadow clones just by watching naruto do it. He learned 2-3 nature releases on his own. Combined these into his own signature jutsu (boruto stream). And all of this was before leaving the academy, and again without really practicing at all. Kakashi was saying hes probably already at a chuunin level skillwise. After this, he got a perfect score on the written exams, learned uchiha shurikenjutsu and mastered the rasengan in 3 days which implies perfected chakra control. Not only that but he FINISHED The rasengan as well by infusing it with lightning release. The thing kakashi never figured out how to do and minato never had the time to do. just casually by accident because he was such a generational lightning release user. (Headcanon but i bet the reason it took him 3 days was probably because he was instinctively trying to infuse it the whole time without realizing it, so he skipped straight to the final step in one go.)

And then they gave him alien god powers, so now hes finally experiencing any amount of hardship and actually training seriously. From there, he invents a form of rasengan that can kill otsutsuki, masters everything sasuke had to teach him, and becomes the third flying raijin user. And he still isnt actually using the Karma, and is instead focusing entirely on things he just learned how to do over time.

Dude is a freak of nature even before accounting for the karma. Give it 2 chapters, hes gonna have all 5 natures with yin yang and yinyang release, be a perfect sage, have summoning contracts with snakes and toads for some reason and mastery over the jougan.

He's truly way better at this than he has any right to be, and if u just compare how fast he progressed before and after locking in i dont see anyone on this list out prodigying him except MAYBE orochimaru if we ever find out what he was up to in childhood

Id rank them Boruto, Minato, Itachi, Orochimaru, Kakashi, Shisui, Sasuke. This is ranking them based off of how talented they were as children including intelligence and capabilities/feats. Honestly it's weird d for me to put Orochimaru there without knowing more about his childhood but he was so smart as an adult I would assume he was just as prodigious as Minato and Itachi but without as much info that makes me put him third in that trifecta. Kakashi was a beast but not as capable as Itachi and Minato as a kid, just slightly worse IMO, still a major force to be reckoned with. Boruto is just crazy talented naturally especially when he puts the work in and even when he doesn't he shows it. Sasuke was amazing but I just don't think as kid he was on the levels some of the others are. Shisui was good but we didn't see enough about him, yet seeing as Itachi praised him and he was well known I would put him a bit above Sasuke and possibly even Kakashi but I don't have enough info to put him above Kakashi.

Minato easily

For me - Minato - Orochimaru - Kakashi

All of then are Kage level or superior and none of them had any bullshit asspull genetic power (at least not initially for Kakashi lol)

Probably between Boruto, Minato, and Itachi then

Shisui

Sasuke

Kakashi

Orochimaru

Itachi and Minato. Boruto too probably

Minato Shisui Itachi Orochimaru Kakashi Boruto Sasuke

It’s boruto 

Shisui

if we get same logic you did, we may goes to orochi, wich stay alive after many big stuffs btw

Boruto man. The manga is seriously getting so great! The fact that he learned Flying Raijin and made the Rasengan Uzuhiko are proof.

Why are they staring at me 🫣

Boruto :(

Probably Orochimaru. If not him, Minato. We don't even know those guys' clans gimmick. They're the only ones in this list that didn't come from an already gifted family, and they ended up being fucking monsters.

So you need either a good clan or a good teacher

minato may not have any real op clan ties from birth but he does have the “golden child” prophecy thing going already.basically soon as he saved kushina he started learning uzumaki seal since at least 11 and got trained from jiraiya by 13+.

Orochimaru Minato Kakashi

Prodigies without any kekai genkais or hax powers. They may have got some later, but they were prodigies without them.

All of them

I think Boruto

I would say Kakashi given how many techniques he has managed to duplicate. Think about how much time went into developing and learning techniques that he is able to master or improve at a glance. It's too bad his body gives out after a couple of battles otherwise he'd be insanely powerful.

Boruto look what this kid accomplished in 3 years compared to everyone

Truthfully boruto. Minato, shisui and itachi. But I guess shisui takes the edge over itachi slightly

With genetics Boruto, without genetics Minato.

1.Itachi/Minato 2. shisui/Orochimaru (we don't know enough) 3. kakashi 4.botuto(talented, but jut insanely gifted)

current manga, not even a debate its boruto

Boruto

None then like my boy Naruto. Got it out the mud

I'd vote Minato in terms of the raw potential he displayed and the intellect he had, also considering he alone, among all of these shinobi, lacked kekkei genkai at any point in his life (Orochimaru is also up there, but his real advancements came from utilizing others powers to advance himself, still very respectable).

Boruto, technically, is probably a mile above these guys, but it's always bugged me that it was more plot convenient abilities given to him than showing him as an analytical thinker.

I think the authors forcefully trying to balance Boruto out as a genius, but with Naruto's brashness and demeanor, kind of hurt the integrity of his intelligence, with his abilities seeming more plot contrived, although he is seen as an insanely gifted shinobi in-world.

Personally, my vote's on Minato in terms of showing that genius with what he lacked in kekkei genkai. Essentially he was an extremely efficient shinobi that mastered all common skills he was given and hyper optimized his skillset to minimize preparation time.

I think it also speaks volumes to Minato's intelligence when we see an older Boruto adopt Minato's fighting style of Rasengan and Flying Raijin to achieve the same lightweight and efficient but powerful fighting style that Minato cultivated.

Oro not even close

He created a jutsu that gives you immortality and you can take over others peoples bodies and gain there shit too

Kakashi. Orochimaru and Minato are close 2nd and 3rd (in whatever order).

Himawari

Boruto

has to be boruto now, all those feats are not from his karma

minato or orochimaru

Boruto for me😁

Minato followed by orochi>>>>>>>>>>>>>the rest

Boruto

Why is Boruto included in this lists he's kindergarten level compared to them

Definitely Boruto, but just because he NEEDS to be op - I mean, he's fighting alien gods.

1. Boruto

2. Minato

3. Orochimaru

4. Itachi

5. Kakashi

6. Sasuke

7. Shisui (could definitely be up to Itachi's level or slightly higher, but I feel like we didn't get to see enough in the story for me to be 100% sure. regardless each of these dudes are tanks)

Hard to compare Boruto or Shisui to characters like Minato and Orochimaru. Boruto and Shisui have no adult feats, we don't know how strong they'd be by the time they're Minato's age during the third war. Likewise, we have very few feats from Minato and Orochimaru before adulthood. Just that Minato had good exam stats and created rasengan. Characters who have mostly been seen as adults are hard to scale against kids when referring to how much of a prodigy they are, adult feats have had more time to be honed and perfected. I think Boruto is 100000% surpassing Minato in every regard, but we have never seen Boruto at Minato's third war age, nor have we seen TBV Boruto at his genuine limit.

It’s just boruto plain and simple, the stuff he can do without any training blows past half the list. Then look at him in TBV, his skills are clearly above all others in totality.

Before Naruto's era, it's easily Minato and Orochimaru

Afterwards it's Boruto

The one who can throw a rasengan without sage art

where is neji hyuuga?

Probably orochimaru. His influence over kabuto more or less started the great ninja war lol.

Boruto no diff, base tbv boruto is stronger than everyone in this list at their peaks

Prodigy can be defined many of ways. It depends what you’re looking for.

But for me and my personal opinion of “prodigy”

Sasuke > Kakashi > Boruto

Sasuke was the last of his Legendary clan, had the weight of the world on his shoulders and was a gigachad at a young age. Also the Indra/Ashura stuff he was literally a “Chosen One” in a way.

Shisui. He was already fighting in the war and had the MS at 8 years old

It has to be indra

I'd probably say Minato, especially considering he didn't come from a broken lineage, but Itachi was pretty damn gifted even without his Uchiha advantages. Kakashi was really gifted as well.

Minato/itachi out of these two

All of them

Boruto dude created one of the most complex jutsu in verse(uzuhiko) and recreated ftg

All at that age? Maybe Shisui/Itachi? I feel like those two in particular were billed as child prodigies more than the rest were. Not saying they turned out stronger than the others. But as kids these two were just different. Source: Vibes.

Boruto = Minato imo. Boruto is deadass "what if Minato was born in the new generation"

Minato

Boruto. Why is this even a question? Boruto is destroying every last other person in this list in they’re prime while he is 15-16 😂

Minato imo. Sure, Itachi was a highly skilled Ninja, but what really made him dangerous was his Mongekyō Sharingan + his IQ. From a pure talent perspective, Minato is absolutely the best here. He didn’t come from some renowned clan, nor did he have any clan techniques of his own, yet he achieved feats comparable to and even above those of Itachi.

It’s gotta Minato, I swear in his one shot manga he fought against Nine Tails (Inside the seal), deflected a tailed beast bomb and could teleport all at just 14 years old.

Let’s be honest he’d slap everyone on this list.

Oro & Minato

orochimaru and minato,the others are sons of famous warriors or from a legendary clan,these are the only who deserve to be called genius,they never had any special clan kekkei genkai,ninjutsu or taijutsu style,they made it all by themselves,Orochimaru it's by far the most powerfull ninja,scientist and probably the most intelligent person,with amado,in the entire naruto/boruto universe, as of now an immortal being,immune to otshutsuki level enemies,know infinite amount of jutsu,curse marks,create clones of people and probably it's not affected by omnipotence as well(white zetsu body from the tree).

1. boruto (uzumaki + hyuga + otsutsuki genetics, as well as minatos ingenuity. also pretty much breaches past most listed characters besides sasuke in terms of battle prowess at like age 12 lmao)

2. shisui / minato (shisui actively fought and survived a great ninja war and unlocked his MS at around 8 years old making him the youngest known MS user. shisui is also implied to be the greatest genjutsu user itachi has ever known, and possesses quite literally one of the strongest abilities in the entire series at 8 years old. minato had the highest ever academy scores and solod the forest of death at 10 years old. he also invented the rasengan and successfully completed an S rank jinchūriki retrieval mission ALONE at like 11 years old. i’d say these 2 are close to equal)

3. itachi (fought in and survived the 3rd great ninja war as a literal toddler, 2nd highest academy scores behind minato, anbu agent at 13, MS at age 13)

4. kakashi (graduated the academy at 5 years old. also became jonin at 12 and an anbu agent at 13. would place him higher but he didn’t really seem ready to be a jonin)

5. kid orochimaru (would be way higher but generally not much is known about the era he presided in. however it’s important to know hiruzen considered orochimaru to be a generational prodigy - and a genius)

6. kid sasuke (was very impressive but didn’t really break into jonin level until he got his curse mark, which really doesn’t have anything to do with individual ability)

Between Boruto, Minato, and Kakashi

Orochimaru. He’s the only one who can realistically achieve his goal.

Why is boruto there? Sarada and Mitsuki were always on the same level as him before Karma

Boruto is strongest (by a landslide), Minato most impressive

In all seriousness, it's Orichimaru

Allright so, three of these are allready dead, kakashi doesn't really seem to have achieved that much compared to the others, and sasuke and boruto have some major "fate bestowed hax upon me" powers. If we are counting the dead guys shisui had insane hacks, so that leaves itachi and minato there, between which I'd say itachi just has a way more varied moveset and seemingly crazy IQ to go with it, compared to Minato who was basically just truly, insanely fast (and we don't really know how he developed that ability afaik.

I mean I don't know how much we actually know about orochimaru's background, but he doesn't seem to have been born with a special bloodline, and despite this he has managed to trick the hidden leafs intel unit for many years, survive and even thrive in achieving his goals despite making a mortal enemy out of most of the ninja world, including at least three if not four of the people in this image. He then also somehow convinced them into having good relations with him again through the value of his sheer genius to the world, and he has a wide and varied moveset to boot. Man might not win against any of them (well, kakashi maybe, he probably has the least insane feats of anyone there) but if you win every battle you survive, mans been winning for longer than any of them. Also seems to have achieved immortality through his own research, and built up a global network of hideouts and spies with people doing research for him too, more or less single-handedly creating his own shinobi nation at one point...

I wouldn't say his combat IQ is the highest of any of them (that's probably itachi IMO) or results for efforts put in (that might be Boruto, he's kinda insane for his age to begin with, but even more so after the training with sasuke), but he's really good at achieving his goals, and his non-combat feats are the most impressive IMO. Also I just don't think anyone on this list could actually kill him permanently, he'd win by just outliving them eventually.

Boruto

It's Minato and Orochimaru, while the others are geniuses (except Boruto) they are helped by their genes/kekei genkai which imo lower a little bit their merits

I guess based off of the little we know minato. But we have only seen his achievements. I want a backstory to him… did he truly come from nothing? Same with orochimaru. I’m going with my boy kakashi. Yeah he had the genes of someone great, but he got no special abilities or anything really. His dad also passed away and he had to raise himself. He also had the best prodigy achievements . He also has the highest peak power. Also became hokage, mentored the strongest generation. Learned the most jutsu (except maybe orochimaru). Had the most clout from his village. All while battling the worst case of trauma and depression of all these people (except maybe itachi) which we know severely weakened him.

If you think Minato is the best prodigy because no genetical boost then what about Kakashi, Orochimaru and Boruto (Boruto never got Hyuga’s Byakugan, and never got Uzumaki’s extreme amount chakra)

Kakashi, and it's not even close. All the others specialised in something, only Minato and Kakashi were all-rounders, but kakashi had at least 1000 jutsus over his teacher. Even without the sharingan, he still could produce all the justsus copied and was a formidable ninja and kage.

Also, Chidori

Realistically the 2 that became Hokage

I see a lot of people saying Boruto in the comments and idk, its not really a fair comparison tbh. Yeah he has the most feats and growth or what not to back things up but at the same time he has a MASSIVE boost above literally everyone else on this list, he has Otsusuki DNA (the literal god like race of the verse) and born with 3 chakara natures (you cant train to learn a new one, you literally have to be born with it) while people like Orochimaru and Minato come from literally nothing, no special clan or powers from birth or obtained from someone else.

So ya maybe it is Boruto but I think you'd have to put an asterisk next to his name

Boruto because he's the strongest one here while still only being 15, so that by definition would make him the biggest prodigy here

Orchimaru or Baruto

Shisui is literally just a plot device, we know next to nothing about the guy, he doesn't belong on the list.

Unironically it's Kakashi. If not for what happened to Rin and Obito breaking him. His Sensei Becoming Hokage and then being killed,. Getting the Sharingan (Which while initially a buff ended out being more of a nerf.)

He'd easily have surpassed his Sensei. He still had much to learn but nobody to teach him. and then when he started copying skills, the sharingan prevented him from having the chakra to train and master/use them.

No special bloodline and an eye that while useful, has stunted your growth and made training difficult. a dead sensei and no plans, need or hopes for becoming a better shinobi until you meet Naruto and Sasuke.

And he's still one of the strongest in history.

If he never got the Sharingan. (And survived that mission.) He'd continue to train pretty regularly. Getting more naturally quick/strong without need for the sharingan. He'd have plenty of Chakra to pull off some neat things like lightning clones. Perfect Chidori into purple lightning. Lightning amp his movement and reaction. Likely save rin from the Ninja group.

And continue to grow into a fine shinobi. He'd likely follow in Minato's footsteps and learn sage mode etc. dude had the most potential out of all of them no joke. But he never achieved it.

Where’s Sakura?

Boruto in my opinion

boruto duh

Itachi

All have diverse talents, everyone is a prodigy with certain differences and certain similarities.

Itachi

Sasuke probably

Jiraiya stated that Minato was a once in a generation prodigy. Had he lived longer he would’ve been one of the strongest Shinobi in history without a doubt. Even more so than Itachi, Minato had some of the greatest potential of any character in Naruto.

Itachi Did you know that kid Itachi could kill an ANBU

It’s Minato.

Sasuke, Boruto, Oro, and Itachi all had prime tutelage (and with the exception of Oro, the best genetics in the village). By 14 Itachi spent his whole life training under Fugaku, Oro had spent most of his life under the top Kage of all time, Sasuke had spent years under Oro, Boruto trained under Naruto/Sasuke/and a Jiraiya clone. Yes they reached great heights but that much should be expected

The others reached Jonin level pretty much on their own (which is why Neji should be on this list). The White Fang died while Kakashi was still in the academy, and he cleared the Chunnin exams almost immediately after that so he did it all without Minato. Even later he reveals Chidori as a surprise, which suggest Minato didn’t actually train with him beyond the basics (like Jiraiya and Naruto during Pt.1).

Shisui doesn’t seem to have gotten along with the rest of his clan enough to have been training much with them - and his eye technique surpassed anyone who could have trained him. Theoretically Fugaku was the only other one who could read the Uchiha tablets. We don’t hear of him being under any major Jonin or anything even in supplemental materials so it looks like he just kind of learned everything and dominated until it was time to teach Itachi

But even both of those characters has some degree of genetic advantage. Minato was just a random outlier - no impressive parentage to speak of. We know he trains under Jiraiya - but mostly after Jiraiaya has already identified him as a child of prophecy. The Kushina rescue and other feats (like his academy graduation) all precede Jiraiya’s involvement (and specifically his scores scale him above Neji/Sasuke/Gaara whod all been stated Jonin level during the Chunin arc). Even with Jiraiya’s training - they mostly focused on a fighting style he doesn’t even use.

He created the rasengan - and then taught it to Jiraiya and Hiruzen

He mastered the Uzumaki sealing techniques - and then taught them to an Uzumaki, before teaching Jiraiya and Hiruzen

He mastered FTG which Jiraiya had no way of teaching and Hiruzen didn’t use

He has a wider array of mastery and skill with the least advantages. No chakra power ups, no crazy genetics/enhancements, no magical eyes - he just shows up and does what he wants

Boruto

Let's just say one of them was able to create a jutsu which can shake the entire planet

As much as I love itachi and the others, its boruto and it's not even close

As much as I love itachi and the others, its boruto and it's not even close

Orochimaru

Itachi was said to he Hokage level intellect at age 7 and became Anbu leader at 13. And no I’m not glazing, just stating the facts.

The namikaze clan are known for their intellect, so minato does have an IQ thanks to his clan

Borugoat

Naruto is not on the list when bro killed Madagara and was stronger than everyone on the list at like 16 yo. People forget that he’s the greatest prodigy too often

Minato or Itachi

If we’re going be prodigy meaning their skill relative to their age it’s Kakashi or Itachi. Probably Kakashi.

Kakashi may have the lowest potential of any of these, but he came into his strength way earlier than most of them. He was a jounin younger than any of them.

In my opinion the biggest prodigy of konoha is Tobirama and 2nd comes Minato

Kakashi or orichimaru. Only two that didn’t have magic eyes that automatically do all the heavy lifting. Maybe minato too but I don’t remember what he did as a child. I just remember his adult accomplishments.