The top end of Naruto power scaling centers on god tier abilities like Six Paths chakra, Truth Seeking Orbs, and reality shaping techniques. This countdown looks at peak forms seen in the manga, anime, and canon films, weighing on-screen feats, versatility, and fight impact. Peak version means the strongest state each character has ever shown, not their average day strength.
Some placements are close, so matchups and counters matter. A user who hard counters another with hax might still rank lower if their overall kit is narrower. Where lore is thin, we stick to what is stated or shown, not headcanon, so the focus stays on confirmed abilities and results.
#11 Nagato
Nagato’s Rinnegan grants every Six Paths technique, which he spreads across the Pain bodies to fight at range and hide his real weak points. He leveled Konoha with Shinra Tensei and used Chibaku Tensei strong enough to trap a transformed Naruto until outside help destroyed the core. As a coordinator of multiple bodies, he controls a full battlefield.
His kit covers offense, defense, and utility. Deva Path brings gravity control, Preta Path absorbs ninjutsu, Human Path rips souls, Asura Path adds heavy weapons, Animal Path summons, and Naraka Path restores bodies. The Outer Path gives him chakra chains and Rinne Rebirth, which revived the Konoha casualties at enormous cost.
Nagato’s limits are physical. Long use of the Gedo Statue left him frail, so mobility and stamina were real weaknesses. Even so, Edo Tensei Nagato briefly overwhelmed Naruto and Killer Bee before Itachi broke his momentum. At peak reach, he is a complete threat with few gaps.
#10 Hashirama Senju
Called the God of Shinobi in his era, Hashirama dominates the map with Wood Release and Sage Mode. He restrained the Nine Tails while fighting Madara and carved the original Valley of the End, which shows destructive scale and control few can match. Area denial and suppression are his signature.
Wood Release counters tailed beasts through constructs like the Wood Dragon and colossal Buddha statues that pin and drain chakra. His natural energy control lets him heal without hand seals in his living body, creating rare combat regeneration. That makes chip damage a weak plan against him.
He also brings immense stamina and binding pollen techniques that subdue entire armies. Against single targets, Hashirama can outlast and outmaneuver with battlefield control, forcing opponents into unfavorable positions. Against non Six Paths foes, he is a near hard stop.
Why not higher? Six Paths level threats and Truth Seeking Orbs ignore many of his tools. Hashirama can still stall and restrain, but once reality shaping enters the fight, raw Wood Release loses some bite. That ceiling keeps him at ten.
#9 Might Guy
With the Eight Gates, Might Guy trades his life for speed and power that break normal scaling. In the Eighth Gate he blitzed Ten Tails Madara and landed Night Guy, a kick that warped the air and shattered Madara’s body. In that window, his offense is among the most lethal in the series.
Guy’s style is pure taijutsu. That removes chakra dependency issues and makes many ninjutsu counters irrelevant. His movement, angles, and pressure force even god tier foes to respect close range, which few others can claim at that level.
Outside of the Eighth Gate, he is still an elite with Seventh Gate techniques like Hirudora that compress air into explosive strikes. Those moves threaten large summons and end fights quickly without long setups. Tempo control is his weapon.
The drawback is obvious. Eighth Gate burns life away, and defenses like Truth Seeking Orbs are dangerous to touch. Once the burst ends, the fight ends. That profile is why he sits below chakra monsters who can maintain Six Paths states.
Even so, his showing against Madara is one of the clearest examples of a human pushing beyond limits. The series treats Night Guy as a top tier feat that forced immediate respect from a near final boss.
#8 Toneri Otsutsuki
Toneri wields the Tenseigan, granting Tenseigan Chakra Mode, flight, and Truth Seeking Ball like orbs that shape into weapons. He split the moon’s surface with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, a strike with massive cutting power. Environmental scale is his calling card.
He also showed advanced telekinesis and control over the moon’s movement, threatening to crash it. Toneri’s defenses include chakra cloaks and high speed mobility, which let him reset range and force opponents to chase. Against most Kage level fighters, he is simply out of reach.
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Toneri lost to Naruto in Tenseigan Chakra Mode, which anchors his rank. His ceiling is high, but against peak Six Paths users with better fundamentals and counters, Toneri’s toolkit does not close the final gap. He is still god tier by destructive capability.
#7 Obito Uchiha (Ten Tails Jinchuriki)
As the Ten Tails Jinchuriki, Obito gained Six Paths power, flight, extreme regeneration, and a set of Truth Seeking Orbs that erased most ninjutsu on contact. He pressured the entire Allied Shinobi Forces and forced Naruto, Sasuke, and the reanimated Hokage to coordinate perfectly. Few could stand alone against that package.
His offense combined world shaping with speed. He could launch massive biju bombs, form shields and blades from TSO, and crush defenses with raw chakra output. Obito also showed quick adaptation, changing shapes and tactics as counters appeared mid fight.
What held him back was inner conflict and control. His will was tested by the Ten Tails and by his own doubts, which created openings for his enemies. Once he steadied, he looked nearly unstoppable, but that inconsistency matters for rank. At peak clarity, he is a nightmare matchup.
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Obito sits under Madara’s final form because his stint as Jinchuriki was shorter and less refined, and because he never combined his older space time hax with the Ten Tails body. With Kamui plus TSO he might climb a spot.
#6 Madara Uchiha (Ten Tails Jinchuriki)
Madara’s resume is stacked even before the Ten Tails. As Jinchuriki he gained Truth Seeking Orbs, flight, and further boosts to his already busted Rinnegan kit. He could deploy Limbo clones, suppress tailed beasts, and spam meteors while carving through entire alliances. Tempo and pressure were always in his favor.
He went on to awaken the third eye Rinne Sharingan and set up the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The only people who could stop that path were Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke. His durability, mobility, and layered offense across ranges make him one of the most complete final bosses in the franchise.
Madara sits outside the top four because once Kaguya enters, the scale and nature of power change. He still stands above nearly everyone else, but characters who manipulate dimensions or embody chakra itself push past him. He is the gate to the highest tier.
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#5 Hamura Otsutsuki
Hamura fought alongside Hagoromo to defeat and seal Kaguya, which places him automatically near the very top. He is the ancestor of the Hyuga and leader of the branch that settled on the moon. His legacy sets the stage for Tenseigan users who appear later.
Canon credits Hamura with power on the same general plane as his brother, even if his exact techniques are shown less. He wielded the Byakugan and tremendous chakra control, and he contributed directly to the sealing of the Ten Tails within Hagoromo. Those feats require ridiculous baseline strength.
His descendants developed the Tenseigan, and Toneri cites Hamura’s lineage for that eye’s power. That implies Hamura’s chakra nature was compatible with the same god tier systems that later produce Truth Seeking Orbs and dimension level attacks. Implication and action both support his rank.
Because his on-screen feats are limited, some fans try to place him lower. The counter is simple. Sharing the frontline against Kaguya and shaping the world after the battle are defining feats that outweigh detailed move lists. Hamura belongs in the top five.
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He ranks below Hagoromo due to creation feats and Six Paths distribution. Hagoromo’s role as the Sage who split the Ten Tails into the nine tailed beasts is a unique milestone Hamura does not match. Both are monsters, but their lanes differ.
#4 Hagoromo Otsutsuki
Hagoromo is the Sage of Six Paths. He and Hamura sealed Kaguya, then he became the Ten Tails Jinchuriki and divided its chakra into the nine tailed beasts, an act that shows unmatched creation level control. World building in Naruto is literally tied to his hands.
He also founded Ninshu, laid the framework for shinobi arts, and later granted Six Paths power to Naruto and Sasuke across a spiritual plane. Direct empowerment from Hagoromo is what enabled the final sealing of Kaguya. That places his authority over chakra above almost everyone else.
The reason he is not top three is simple. In raw combat, his known feats trend below Kaguya’s ceiling, and Naruto plus Sasuke at their peak present modern counters built from his own gift. As a source of power he is supreme, but as a duelist, he sits at four.
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#3 Sasuke Uchiha
At peak, Sasuke combines Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and a Six Paths enhanced Rinnegan with six tomoe. He swaps places instantly with Amenotejikara, controls gravity and space, and wields a Perfect Susanoo that rivals massive tailed beast avatars. Position control is his signature edge.
His endgame attacks match Naruto’s. Indra’s Arrow, fed by all the tailed beasts’ chakra, clashed with Naruto’s Six Paths boosted Rasenshuriken at valley size. He also used Chibaku Tensei variants to pin the tailed beasts, which shows multi target control against giant chakra masses.
Post war, he remains a top operative who checks Otsutsuki level threats across dimensions. His kit mixes precision, summons, and space time options, so he can fight at any range. Even when limited, his decision making keeps him elite.
He ranks over Madara due to counters and versatility, but below Naruto because his raw stamina and support options are thinner. In a long battle of attrition, Sasuke usually needs the first clean opening to win.
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#2 Naruto Uzumaki
Naruto’s peak is Six Paths Sage Mode paired with Kurama’s full power. He gains Truth Seeking Orbs, flight, and sensory that reads negative emotions across a country. His clones carry Six Paths chakra into layered feints, so he can pressure an enemy from every angle at once. Volume and endurance are his weapons.
He matched and then surpassed Madara’s final form, helped seal Kaguya, and later unlocked Baryon Mode in Boruto, which burned Kurama’s chakra to drain an enemy’s life force with every exchange. That mode’s cost is extreme, but its tempo swing is unmatched in a short fight.
Naruto ranks under Kaguya because his power still operates within a human frame with limits. Against foes who rewrite the field with dimension shifts and erasure techniques, he needs teamwork or the right setup. Even then, he is the most complete shinobi ever produced.
#1 Kaguya Otsutsuki
Kaguya is the progenitor of chakra on Earth and the final boss of the original story. She manipulates entire dimensions with Amenominaka, shifting the fight through lava, ice, and void spaces that tax opponents simply by existing. Her scale and control sit beyond any ordinary shinobi. She is the ceiling of the series.
Her offense includes the Expansive Truth Seeking Ball, a technique described as capable of erasing a dimension if left unchecked. She also fires Ash Killing Bone projectiles that turn targets to dust on contact, which bypasses many normal defenses. Those tools force immediate respect at any distance.
