Strongest Naruto Shippuden Characters
This ranking of the strongest Naruto Shippuden characters covers shinobi whose peak feats are shown on screen during the Shippuden era, from the Akatsuki hunt through the Fourth Shinobi World War. Entries qualify on demonstrated combat output rather than reputation, so a Kage title or Sannin status counts for less than what a character actually did against a comparable opponent. The top of the list belongs to those fighting with Six Paths chakra, a Rinnegan, or a tailed beast sealed inside them, since that tier decided the war.
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How this ranking works
Seed POV: Demonstrated Shippuden-era feats weighted over rank and reputation
A sensible order starts from what each character accomplished against a peer: who won, who needed help, and whether they were at full power when it happened. The top four stay contentious because Naruto and Sasuke only reach their ceiling with borrowed Six Paths chakra, while Madara and Obito held Ten-Tails power in their own bodies.
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Naruto Uzumaki
Jinchuriki of Kurama and son of the Fourth Hokage, he learned Sage Mode at Mount Myoboku after Jiraiya's death and then defeated the Six Paths of Pain. Hagoromo later granted him Six Paths Sage Mode, and the nine tailed beasts entrusted their chakra to him, the combination that let him and Sasuke seal Kaguya.
Sasuke Uchiha
Itachi's transplanted eyes gave him the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and Hagoromo's Six Paths power woke a Rinnegan in his left eye during the Fourth Shinobi World War. That pairing supplied Amenotejikara and a Complete Body Susanoo, and it took Naruto's full Six Paths power to fight him to a draw.
Madara Uchiha
Co-founded Konoha with Hashirama Senju before turning on him at the Valley of the End, and returned by Edo Tensei to overwhelm all five Kage at once. Fully revived, he took the Ten-Tails as his jinchuriki, awakened the Rinne Sharingan, and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi across the world.
Obito Uchiha
Left for dead at Kannabi Bridge, he gave Kakashi the Sharingan that made him the Copy Ninja, then spent years operating as Tobi while claiming Madara's name. Kamui made him effectively untouchable in a fight, and becoming the Ten-Tails jinchuriki briefly put him above every shinobi alive.
Nagato
Fought through six reanimated corpses, the Six Paths of Pain, while his Rinnegan-bearing body stayed wired to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. A single Shinra Tensei flattened the Hidden Leaf, and he killed Jiraiya before Naruto talked him into reviving the village with Rinne Tensei.
Itachi Uchiha
Made Anbu captain at 13 and wiped out the Uchiha clan on Konoha's orders, sparing only Sasuke. His Susanoo wielded the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror, treated in the series as a perfect offense and defense, and he was dying of illness throughout the duel Sasuke won.
Kakashi Hatake
The Copy Ninja earned that name by reproducing more than a thousand jutsu with Obito's transplanted Sharingan, though the Chidori is his own creation. Six Paths chakra from Obito gave him a dual Mangekyo and a Susanoo long enough to land a Kamui strike on Kaguya.
Tsunade
Granddaughter of Hashirama Senju, she established the rule placing a medical ninja in every four-man squad before taking the Hokage seat after Hiruzen's death. Her Strength of a Hundred Seal banks chakra for years to fuel Creation Rebirth, which is how she survived Madara cutting her in half.
Kisame Hoshigaki
Samehada, the sentient blade he carried as one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, shaves and devours an opponent's chakra. His own reserves were vast enough to earn the nickname tailless tailed beast, and he killed himself rather than be interrogated once Might Guy broke through.
Orochimaru
During the Konoha Crush he reanimated the First and Second Hokage with Edo Tensei, a Tobirama technique he refined, and Hiruzen died stopping him. That fight cost him the use of both arms to the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, though his real edge has always been immortality through serial body transfers.
Jiraiya
One of the three Sannin and the toad sage of Mount Myoboku, he trained both Minato and Naruto and wrote the novel Naruto was named after. He died invading Amegakure alone, fighting the Six Paths of Pain in Sage Mode and carving a coded message into Fukasaku's back.
Hiruzen Sarutobi
Called the Professor for knowing every jutsu in the village, he taught the three Sannin and served two separate terms as Hokage. Age had blunted him by the Konoha Crush, but he still sealed away both of Orochimaru's arms with the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and died doing it.
Gaara
Shukaku's jinchuriki became the Fifth Kazekage, then died when the Akatsuki extracted the One-Tail, and Chiyo traded her own life to revive him. He commanded the Fourth Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces, and his automatic Shield of Sand is among the hardest defenses here to crack.
Hashirama Senju
Madara's entry on this list already names him, and their fight at the Valley of the End went to Hashirama. Reanimated for the war, he helped wall the Ten-Tails in alongside the other Edo Hokage while treating the apocalypse like a reunion. His ceiling shows in the same arc: the fully revived Madara skipped a rematch, pinned him with chakra receivers, and drained his sage chakra where he stood.
Might Guy
Kisame's entry already records what happens when Guy stops holding back, and against a Six Paths Madara he went further still, opening the final Gate of Death and landing blows nothing else in the war could. The cost is total: the gate is built to kill its user, Naruto's intervention is the only reason it didn't, and the leg Guy shattered delivering Night Guy left him wheelchair-bound.
Frequently asked questions
What is ranked number 1 in Strongest Naruto Shippuden Characters?
Naruto Uzumaki currently holds the number 1 position in Strongest Naruto Shippuden Characters, ahead of Sasuke Uchiha and Madara Uchiha. Positions are recalculated from scratch every time somebody submits a new ranking, so the order shifts as opinions come in.
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