Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20170531105724/@comment-734582-20170601052456

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: (u guys know that he is supposed to be 8 right?). Haku was younger than Naruto and Sasuke yet fought a Sharingan user and a young jinchuriki at the same time and nearly came out on top. Kakashi specifically noted Haku was both stronger and younger than them.

Itachi graduated before Boruto even joined.

There are plenty of young excellent Ninja in the Narutoverse. Naruto was mostly unusually bad.