if pain was never crippled and didnt need to use the 6 paths he would OWN the kages and plus hashirama died from later injuries from madara but did madara die no so s/e kid he wasnt trying to kill naruto so ur wrong AGAIN and hiruzen was the strongest hokage so ur wrong againHashirama ALONE can beat pain. One reason is-
Pain listened to madara as a boss. means that madara is more powerful than pain. also, hashirama beated madara badly.
Even naruto, not being hokage, can beat pain. whereas hashirama was a top powerful hokage. jiraya's sage mode is not a big matter. he didn't know the secret of pain's body, if he knew, he could have beaten him.