User blog comment:Sanjifan/Strongest Admiral/@comment-1168530-20110624200008

i think part of it, is their mental status. Going back to Crocodile Vs Luffy, Crocodile took time to master his sand powers and develop multiple abilities, not just destruction, but also dehydration and wind manipulation with sand storms. Luffy who at the time acted on impulse and instinct, would later develop gears 2 and 3 Aoujiki is a very lazy soul which prevents him from fighting sometimes. such as when he originally let the straw hats escape. He is also honor bound such as saving Luffy and Robin out of debt to Garp and Saul. This is a good quality don't get me wrong, but in retrospect can have negative consequences. Kizaru is just dumb. Well...perhaps not dumb, but just FAR to light headed. He tore down a mangrove tree and laughed at his own mistake. He let the super novas all get away and doesn't even know how to work a transponder snail. Then there is Akainu, he is far to hot headed (sorry for the bad puns). He not only shows no mercy to his opponents, chasing down lower subordinates when he had already won, but also killing and attempted killing, of his own teammates because they showed weakness. He clearly cannot think clearly when he is in battle and possible not at all It comes down to situation, personality, habits, there are just too many factors to determine who is strongest.