Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-33493953-20171027102118/@comment-30323490-20171027103510

For Sasuke ranks are meaningless. Ninja ranks are mostly used for a better share of missions. Sasuke was doing the most dangerous mission out of all of them: the Kaguya investigation. That and the fact that he is one of the strongest shinobi of all time, and has the eye of a God. Anyway, Naruto also went from genin to Hokage. In his case the rank was also meaningless prior of him becoming village leader.