User blog comment:Red Eyed Raven/PreMidSe/@comment-3987368-20130920074729/@comment-7740542-20130920212708

i like your reasoning, though my rankings would be a bit different:

1. Yamamoto

2. Ichiriyuu

3. Whitebeard (assuming his heart was fine)

4. Hashirama

5. Saotome

6. Makarov