fell asleep sorry ;P he was the official leader of akatsaki and was called leader by everyone and commanded respect.Tobi said he was the strongest in the akatsaki and called him invincible also he manipulated his hate for konoha doesnt mean hes stronger Tobi is a coward he hides and schemes.His space time ninjutsu can be countered by shinra tensei,asura path arms or the human path now madara has nagatos rinnegan but hes much more able with it hes had it for 35 years and was able to destroy konoha while he was miles away hes on a totally different scale then anyone we have seen ,i just see Tobi with his rinnegan just shows you how powerful nagato isI moved your character above a full powered Itachi where a lot of people would disagree, but if you think he is stronger than Hashirama and Madara at their prime, you need much more to back it up, because every analogy i think of, tells me otherwise. Starting by how he was manipulated in Akatsuki by a weak Madara, and claims to have given Nagato the rin'negan.