Mihawk > Shanks. Shanks has better portrayal and hype than Mama. Mama isn't equal to Kaido. He's stronger. Which would mean Mihawk>Shanks>Mama.
I would say that's pretty subjective. BM stalemated Kaido in a
3 day long fight. I don't think any joke or 'low-effort' fight would last that long. This translates to them being almost equal, at least imo.
Also, even as a Shanks fanboy, I really don't think he has better portrayal than BM in terms of powerlevel. He has unbelievable hype but I don't think he has been
that much exceptionaly praised as an individual fighter other than his duels with Mihawk when he was young. Whereas BM is a walking born-monster who destroyed an entire village in Elbaf when she was
fucking 5. Shanks
can potentially be stronger but definitely not rn, based of what we know. Even if you argue that BM is a swordsman and should there-by be weaker than the WSS Mihawk, the difference in power should be
very very small.
It should stand somewhere like this, at least by what we know currently in the manga-
EoS Teach > Prime WB > Old WB (Still WSM, not former WSM) > Kaido >= Mihawk >= Big Mom >= Shanks > Current BB
Yup, Mihawk is probably as strong as an average Yonko. Wonder where Akainu stands here. Also, I adding this to the list of wonky power scaling by Oda when Big Mom and Kaido are portrayed as almost equal but still Mihawk should be stronger than Kaido, by logic at least.