Hiruzens rank dropped drastically.

[Nikes]

Off of his abilities shown he has dropped severely low for his hype and position.

In no order these are the characters that are above Hiruzen.

Obito
Gaara
Hashirama
Minato
Nagato
Kisame
Kakuzu
Oonoki
A
Muu
Sasuke
Itachi
Bee
Naruto
Jiraiya
Sasori(maybe)
Madara
Kabuto
3rd raikage

I believe all of these people are ranked above him in terms of winning a vs match.

 

[NovaSasuke]

Double Post.

 

[Nikes]

Yeah my bad.

 

[Rayder]

I agree. But there is a few people missing from that list. U_U

 

[Prime Rib]

Lmfao no, hiruzen is one of the strongest ninjas in history/exsistence just like minato

 

[Kristjan]

stongest kage of his time so that takes out 3rd raikage and A

 

[startup97]

Sorry but it's been stated that he is the strongest Hokage of all time. Even being called God of Shinobi.