Quoting CekikDaud

Stop the arguing.It's only 2 greatest ninja in the Naruto story,which is Madara and Hashirama.LOL

Lol, yep the two previous destine warriors that was fear by all others.

there is more than those 2 beside the 1st got his ass kicked by the 3rd. the only time tobi didnt attack the village was when the 3rd was in charge. thats got to mean something beside there are alot of great ninja that where out there.

The third hokage is the strongest ninja from the leaf village iruka already stated it. Then its probably the 4th if u disagree with me I don't care go kill ur self hahaha

wombat, I don't include Itachi bcos he is still yet to prove himself. Itachi is all hype. We haven't seen Itachi fight a Kage level ninja. Itachi battled Kakashi(no MS), Asuma, Kurenai for a brief period and he confesses after that he needed to rest. His fight with Sasuke might seem grand but if u will consider Sasuke after defeating Itachi goes on to woefully lose to Bee who was not even taking sasuke serious.
The 3rd hokage was strong but Minnato retired him. Minnato also easily defeated Tobi, a shinobi of mysterious origins and strength with some of the strongest and forbidden uchiha jutsus so why would compare Itachi to Minnato.
I will put Nagato above any Uchiha including Madara bcos, Nagato had everything any Uchiha lacks and dreams of;
1. the most powerful dojutsu
2. a very strong uzumaki body and chakra.
Also don't even bring in Hashirama, the guy who kept tailed beast as pets.

Wombat you argue that Madaras abilities were affected by the reanimation but so where the 1st and 2nds when they fought the 3rd. Im certainly not saying the the 3rd wasnt powerful in his prime but we dont really see it in any detail. Particularly on an even playing field. Regardless this is all opinion. Itachi needed a rest after the encounter with Kakashi and the others because of his illness. Kimmimaro was strong but no where near the level of top flight ninja like the Raikage and others. Its impossible to say what tricks one ninja could use against another or what specialties would work particularly well against whom. One ninja may defeat one but lose to many and the one that lost to the other may beat everyone else. Impossible to say with certainty.

kimimaru wasnt on my list just saying when he fought garaa he didnt loose that fight. and madara has his abilities improved the 1st and the 2nd didnt have theres improved and if they did it still make sarutobi look better. either way u look at fighting 3kage level ninja past ur prime at old age and while holding back because of sentimental value still makes the 3rd bad ass. and the 4th didnt retire the 3rd. the 3rd just retired it was time. and we did see itachi fight naruto and killer bee and easly toy with them and he defeated nagato in a quick timely matter. yeah the rinngun has stuff the sharingun dosent but the sharingun has stuff the rinngun doesnt like we have already stated the rinngun can be put in a genjitsu plus other stuff depending on the user

Quoting wombat3476

there is more than those 2 beside the 1st got his ass kicked by the 3rd. the only time tobi didnt attack the village was when the 3rd was in charge. thats got to mean something beside there are alot of great ninja that where out there.

They Didn't call hiruzen sarutobi the "God of Shinobi" for nothing

1.Minato Namikaze
2.Hiruzen Sarutobi
3.Naruto Uzumaki
4.Jiraiya
5.Fourth Raikage

Really Really everybody only two choose to have or even mention the 1st Hokage Hashirama Senju in at 1st or 2nd Really in my Kevin Hart voice smh. Look the list should be not all about power but ninja's with brains and power. It should be like this with what we KNOW up till the last manga right now the reincarinated Madara is #1, Tobi with the Rinnegan and his six paths of pain #2, Hashirama Senju #3. Itachi #4, and Nagato #5. it's a toss up between The 3rd Raikage, Muu-sama, the 2nd Mzuikage and Hiruzen Sarutobi. Now if u take away madara rinnegan and his power he got from Hashirama he would be number 2 on my list and the 1st Hokage #1, tobi with no rinnegan couldn't even beat the 4th Hokage so he wouldn't be in the top 5, Itachi would be #3, Nagato #4 and like I said the rest is a toss up

Quoting wombat3476

there is more than those 2 beside the 1st got his ass kicked by the 3rd. the only time tobi didnt attack the village was when the 3rd was in charge. thats got to mean something beside there are alot of great ninja that where out there.

Tobi didn't attack the village when the 3rd in charge?Are you a blind fools?Who do you think the mask men that attack Konoha when Kushina gave a birth to Naruto?Yes,the mask men never told his name to Minato,but,you can say it's Tobi,LOL.Now,it shows us that WOMBAT is know something,yet he don't know anything.haha.