Looper Asks: Who's Your Favorite Better Call Saul Character?

Surveying 613 individuals in the United States of America, Looper found that Saul Goodman — aka Jimmy McGill, aka Gene Takavic — is the clear favorite among fans. With 34.58% of the vote, Bob Odenkirk's morally hampered con-man-turned-lawyer managed to talk his way into the hearts of viewers across the country. 

Coming in at distant second and third place positions are two of the series' most tragic figures. 13.54% responded that Chuck McGill (Michael McKean), Jimmy's harsh and self-righteous brother, was the second favorite. Chuck ultimately took his own life after Jimmy used Chuck's illness to publicly humiliate and discredit him. His climactic courtroom breakdown from the Season 4 episode "Winner" — colloquially known as the "Chicanery Speech" — has stood as one of the show's most memorable (and meme-able) moments since 2018, and earned McKean his first Emmy nomination.

Michael Mando's Ignacio "Nacho" Varga took third place, receiving 13.21% of the vote. Nacho was one of the series' longest-standing members, and was first mentioned in a 2009 episode of "Breaking Bad." Beloved "Breaking Bad" villain Gustavo Fring came in fourth (11.91%), followed closely by Kim Wexler (11.26%), and Mike Ehrmantraut (8.65%). Somewhat surprisingly, Tony Dalton's charismatically cruel Lalo Salamanca was the lowest-ranked choice for the respondents, only receiving 6.85% of the vote.