In the matter of a few chapters, Gaban was called Roger's equal, Rayleigh's equal, the third strongest and then the second strongest by himself. This shit can't be more inaccurate than this. The selective readers pretending this is some kind of grand proof that they've been right all along is peak comedy here. The writer's making clowns out of the whole lot of you guys lmfao.
As always, Roger>Rayleigh>Gaban's the only real answer here. And no, Oden ain't stronger than Gaban, you clowns. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji are similar to team Roger but they're not same. Luffy will go way beyond Roger and much of the same goes for Zori and Sanji. The SH trio power structure will not end up like Roger pirates trio. So whether you're a Sanji bro or Zori bro, there's no need to be overexcited or salty about Gaban's placement.
Roger had his 5 minutes of hype, that era is long gone. Since then many equal or stronger people appeared.
I have been saying for ages that there is no reason for Roger to be stronger than Rayleigh and now we find out that they were equals.
Rayleigh had his 5 minutes of hype and was placed on the same pedestal as Whitebeard who was Roger's equal, which supports current claims that Roger and Ray were equals.
Now, it is 5 minutes of Gaban's hype and he too is being placed on the same pedestal, as Roger's equal. New info overrides the old so sticking to old beliefs is futile.
Since the big names of Roger pirates include Oden because that's the team that reached Raftel, if Gaban claims that he is 2nd strongest among the people placed on equal pedestal, it means the strongest of Roger Pirates was Oden because during his 5 minutes of hype, he has been placed at the top, second only to Kaido who was the strongest of the old era.
This is backed up by Oden's own statement and Kaido's statement who considered Oden the same as Roger and Whitebeard.
The pecking order of Roger Pirates, according to latest information, is Oden>Gaban>Roger/Ray.
Oda is long done with keeping up Roger/WB supremacy, that ended with pre-TS era...