Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26388300-20160524034125

Who, in your opinion, are the five most powerful shinobi in the series? Taking into account skill level, intelligence, and power, who comes out on top?

For obvious reasons, highest-level tier characters are excluded here, i.e Kaguya, Juubi-Jins, The Sage of Six Paths, Double Sharingan Kakashi, and prime Naruto and Sasuke. Everyone could agree that those characters are top notch; I want to hear about the characters other than these. And no ties!

My list:

1. Hashirama Senju

2. Minato (when Kyuubi-Mode and Sage Mode are considered)

3. Madara Uchiha

4. Tobirama Senju

5. Jiraiya (narrowly beating out Nagato and Itachi)

I recognize that my list is likely very different from most; that's why I wanted to share it and see how everyone else differed lol. So what do you guys think?  