![](https://preview.redd.it/how-does-this-sub-feel-about-kaidos-top-5-v0-gk84i1kswodc1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=13beba9272b314b458f35b97ef65e81e12d89988)
Only one left from Kaido's top 5.
Kid and Killer declares Kaido as strongest:
![](https://preview.redd.it/kaido-shanks-because-killer-said-so-v0-oi0eco3ma2ka1.png?width=917&format=png&auto=webp&s=c3ace60fe752dae75fad8d2ff43a2d63f80a304a)
Then they face Shanks, who is declared as top 5 by Kaido.
After Kaido's death:
![](https://i.ibb.co/YjZqfkT/hgjghjg.jpg)
''Our commodore's the greatest''
BB's crew is obviously biased, but I don't remember BM or Shanks crew saying their captain is the ''greatest'' when Kaido and WB were alive.
![](https://preview.redd.it/vydt57b7htm91.jpg?auto=webp&s=37ba66cf87577692fbde8c23b0d723c23bba2da3)
Rayleigh confirms Teach is stronger than him, while Garp was putting Rayleigh in a same category as WSM Whitebeard;
![](https://preview.redd.it/rayleigh-respect-v0-gcsurprvqyg91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=6df1e7b0abc9ec966b80c1a676fe7c0679a69466)
WB - 5 billion, and Kaido - 4.6 billion, bounty difference is more than 350 million.
Kaido - 4.6 , BM - 4.3, difference is more than 200 million.
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Shanks -4, BB -3.9, difference is less than 50 million.
They follow each other movements:
![](https://preview.redd.it/shanks-blackbeard-v0-7n7gaqkc07ra1.png?width=988&format=png&auto=webp&s=8e789b82ed3230b512f69ed0bde1faa4fbcb8a9e)
So it looks like the only thing that stops Shanks being WSM, is BB.
Vice-versa, the only thing that stops BB being WSM, is Shanks.