1. Kabuto (obvious I think)
2.Itachi (another obvious one)
3.Orochimaru (seems obvious)
4.Minato (adept with s/t, fuinjutsu,and created the rasengan, the reason konoha won the 3rd shinobi world war)
5.Gaara (was one of the most powerful shinobis as a pre-teen. He was the main tool to use against Konoha during Oro's invasion. He was powerful enough to become a kage by 16)
6.Tsunade (It's been stated that she's the reason Konoha won the second ninja world war, she also managed to get a bell from Hiruzen, and as a teenager she was known as the greatest medical ninja in the world she graduated the academy at 6, created the techniques for other medical ninja to use and found a way to regenerate entire organs, and an expert in concocting and treating poisons.)
7.Jiraiya (another obvious one, as a kid it seems Tsunade out-powered him)
8.Kakashi (graduated the academy at 5, moved to chunin at 6 and a jonin at 12ish, created the chidori right after becoming a jonnin, learned the rasengan before becoming a jonin, and awakened the MS)
9.Hiruzen (hype based)
10.Naruto (he was a bit of a late bloomer, but within 4 years his power level went from academy student to past kage level. However I will not count Kurama in his strength because it's not really his. Kurama can be taken away. But he still has sage mode and thats a feat. And he has managed to use KM without Kurama agreeing. so that's another feat
11.Rock Lee (He has absolutely no skill in Ninjutsu but is still a formidable shinobi through sheer hard work)
12. Neji He managed to teach himself advanced forms of gentle fist while being in the branch family. He's made it to jonnin by 16
*Note I didn't include Nagato because it was his doujutsu doing the majority of the work. We don't know his power without the doujutsu but gathering from the fact that Jiraiya his teacher thought he died in some unnamed incident it probably wasn't too great.
Madara's past is too full on mystery to comment on
and Hashirama with a very useful mutation. we can't really say too much about him though.
2.Itachi (another obvious one)
3.Orochimaru (seems obvious)
4.Minato (adept with s/t, fuinjutsu,and created the rasengan, the reason konoha won the 3rd shinobi world war)
5.Gaara (was one of the most powerful shinobis as a pre-teen. He was the main tool to use against Konoha during Oro's invasion. He was powerful enough to become a kage by 16)
6.Tsunade (It's been stated that she's the reason Konoha won the second ninja world war, she also managed to get a bell from Hiruzen, and as a teenager she was known as the greatest medical ninja in the world she graduated the academy at 6, created the techniques for other medical ninja to use and found a way to regenerate entire organs, and an expert in concocting and treating poisons.)
7.Jiraiya (another obvious one, as a kid it seems Tsunade out-powered him)
8.Kakashi (graduated the academy at 5, moved to chunin at 6 and a jonin at 12ish, created the chidori right after becoming a jonnin, learned the rasengan before becoming a jonin, and awakened the MS)
9.Hiruzen (hype based)
10.Naruto (he was a bit of a late bloomer, but within 4 years his power level went from academy student to past kage level. However I will not count Kurama in his strength because it's not really his. Kurama can be taken away. But he still has sage mode and thats a feat. And he has managed to use KM without Kurama agreeing. so that's another feat
11.Rock Lee (He has absolutely no skill in Ninjutsu but is still a formidable shinobi through sheer hard work)
12. Neji He managed to teach himself advanced forms of gentle fist while being in the branch family. He's made it to jonnin by 16
*Note I didn't include Nagato because it was his doujutsu doing the majority of the work. We don't know his power without the doujutsu but gathering from the fact that Jiraiya his teacher thought he died in some unnamed incident it probably wasn't too great.
Madara's past is too full on mystery to comment on
and Hashirama with a very useful mutation. we can't really say too much about him though.
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