I was joking with the picture- merely a symbol for the outcome of the battle

.The official fanbooks are also written by Kishi (look it up).
Hashirama and Tobirama successfully fought uchihas for decades and they were both regarded ( at that time) as the best shinibo the leaf had ever produced. How can you say so what? They obviously created counters for the mangekyou sharingan which they then passed down to Hiruzen, along with the rest of their abilities; so naturally, they created a beast in Hiruzen. Itachi didn’t show us anything Madara couldn’t do, which means Hiruzen has the clear advantage in the battle.
Hiruzen was the longest reigning Hokage in history while maintaining Konoha’s position as the number village in the world. Do you the significance of this? Three wars (two as a leader) and he still kept Konoha from being invaded. When Minato died he was reinstated as hokage because he was
still the best in the village.
He defeated three Kage level fighters in his old age- even though they labeled him pathetic and a far cry from his prime. Oh, not to forget that guys like third raikaga and onoki were inferior to him.
No higher praise than to be called God of Shinobi.
Edit: I'm obviously basing this on hype/stats since his feats are limited.