User blog comment:Fgarchi/if silver rayleigh didn't retire../@comment-3119203-20101210191114

I agree with that, even in his old age, rayleigh is yonkou level or above, but he wouldn't have lasted long, the government would eventually have killed him, if not the other yonkou. In his prime, he was probably above yonkou level, since he was able to match and admiral even though he was out of practice. Also, keep in mind that whitebeard has a devil fruit while rayleigh doesnt