I'm sorry, but the 1st and 5th reasons are false and the arguments are weak
Sanji was stronger than Gin, it was obvious that Oda completely nerfed Sanji for him to lose the fight and have the dramatic moment.Sanji was so nerfed that he couldn't take the pressure of his own kicks.
Sanji faced Kuroobi who was the 2nd strongest of the Arlong pirates.
Sanji with DJ was clearly above Kaku too, not even debatable.
Sanji has always been portrayed as being Luffy's wing. Zoro and Sanji were the ones who were together with Luffy in the return of the TS against the pacifists and final message with Rayleigh. Zoro and Sanji are for Luffy what Rayleigh was for Roger.
For the 5th reason, you completely ignored the way Queen was also portrayed. King and Queen are Jack's "older brothers", who are monsters that intimidate Jack and were together with Kaido 20 years ago in the making of Wano. Even in the war, King and Queen are being exhaustively portrayed as equals. So I really don't know where you got King from one level above Queen
Sanji was stronger than Gin, it was obvious that Oda completely nerfed Sanji for him to lose the fight and have the dramatic moment.Sanji was so nerfed that he couldn't take the pressure of his own kicks.
Sanji faced Kuroobi who was the 2nd strongest of the Arlong pirates.
Sanji with DJ was clearly above Kaku too, not even debatable.
Sanji has always been portrayed as being Luffy's wing. Zoro and Sanji were the ones who were together with Luffy in the return of the TS against the pacifists and final message with Rayleigh. Zoro and Sanji are for Luffy what Rayleigh was for Roger.
For the 5th reason, you completely ignored the way Queen was also portrayed. King and Queen are Jack's "older brothers", who are monsters that intimidate Jack and were together with Kaido 20 years ago in the making of Wano. Even in the war, King and Queen are being exhaustively portrayed as equals. So I really don't know where you got King from one level above Queen
Kuroobi being 2nd strongest is subjective , You can argue Zoro would have dealt with him a lot faster than Hatchi. Hatchi got sliced up by Zoro and still had the strength to pursue Sanji underwater.
Sanji with DJ was not clearly above Kaku........ Kaku was much faster than Jabra and heavily utilized kicks in battle, plus he used swords, you dont know how a fight between Sanji and Kaku would turnout bruh. He's always been portrayed as the strongest after Zoro yes....... idk about the Rayleigh part but yes.