Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25531508-20140923043228/@comment-22985334-20140925194319

Rachin123 wrote: @actionmanrandell First of all the stats shouldn't be compared to those who don't have any which brings up confusion. And the whole max is 40 issue. You do realize that Hashirama wont get all fives for everything just cuz Hiruzen has almost all fives. Like Hiruzen has a 5 in intelligence do you really think no offense Hashirama is gonna get a 5 too? Iruka maybe didn't know know of Hashirama's prowess but I'm sure he's heard of it and yet he still speculated Hiruzen to be strongest Hokage specifically going by his prime which again we have not seen. And you may think Hashirama is more powerful because again he isn't in his old age and got that poweruo of Sage Mode. It would've helped if Orochimaru brought Hiruzen back at prime. And you can say he's not when we actually don't know since we don't know how powerful Hiruzen was at prime so the best you can come up with is that Hashirama was the strongest Hokage at the point of Hokages deaths. Hashirama probably around late 30's, Tobirama around mid 30's, Hiruzen old age, and Minato before he hit prime.

We can't really say he wouldn't get a 5 or close to it, Hashirama isn't really stupid or anything like that. Also, if Iruka and most of the other leaf ninja weren't around to see the Senju brothers fight then they can't really say that Hiruzen was stronger without really seeing the two in them in action. Hashirama might not even need sage mode to beat Hiruzen if they were to fight. Also, I don't think the Senju brothers are that young considering they had grandchildren and both of them lived long enough to see them.