Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31338621-20190501030435/@comment-39172349-20190503010512

@AsianReaper Are we talking sick Itachi? Because if you think that sage Jiraiya could match up with a healthy Itachi, then your smoking.

Also, yes it is true that Minato had the highest academy scores, but 3 years later Itachi joined the Anbu (Which is said to be a higher rank than HOKAGE). So at age 13, Itachi had the mentality of a Hokage.

Itachi has more jutsu than Minato, and he is the 2nd best genjutsu user behind Shisui.