User blog comment:Staw-Hat Luffy/Too Many Participants/@comment-94.68.165.51-20130404141549/@comment-25353449-20130404152438

"It has been stated by Oda that all the Whitebeard commanders, no matter which division they are leading, are all equal in strength."

They're all equal in strength, it's written here:Whitebeard_Pirates