Definitely a terrible one.

I Pretty much put Gaara at #1 most sad backstory because of him.

All of fiction is crazy.

Yeah all of fiction is crazy. 😂 in the Naruto/Boruto verse kawaki’s father is arguably worse and jigen his adoptive father is pretty bad too. Haku’s dad literally sent a mob on his family

I'd say he's probably Top 10 worst anime fathers.

One sentence. "You have FRIENDS?!" Also, while I'm sure there's some fathers that are worse because Gaara's dad never outright abused him, I'd definitely say he's still one of the worst.

He is bad. But nowhere near top 3. In naruto alone he only makes number 4

I'd say he's between Top 5 & Top 10 but not 4th.