I'd say Shikamaru is he's a genius at strategies but he finds regular school work incredibly boring and a waste of time (as most smart kids do) Sakura is great at remembering things and applying them her problem is she is not all that good at thinking as far ahead of Shikamaru she would have easily lost to Temari (that and what would she do she has no unique jutsu at all)

about practically using things the basic jutsu she does know are perfect no waste of chakra at all like Shikamaru her problem is stamina but she also has a lack of jutsu if they both had more stamina they would own lots of other people.

She was able to trick at least two of the sound nin in that one on one fight but she had no jutsu to fight with that was an impossible fight.