not necessarily.. but i won't deny that either..
ig the hype Yonko's receive is due to their colonization.. but strength is a pivotal factor..
Now not every Yonko is WB lmao that is certain.. but they are dignified individually enough for their strength .. and to no one's surprise all of them are Conquerors and are individually beasts and their crew are capable enough.
Just imagine how it would have ended for the Allies if kaido went hybrid and wasn't playing around.. not even a scar brought kaido down and someone like luffy who AS A MATTER OF FACT IS AN ADMIRAL ATM can't deal with Kaido alone just gets him excited and then gets knocked out.
If jozu and marco blitzed Aokiji with basic tackle and sent him flying just imagine what a thunder Bagua would do to that pretty face
What really makes a considerable contrast in strength between Yonko and an admiral.
We know for a fact that BM and Kaido are built different.. but how does Shanks fit in that category as a pretty down to earth human Yonko well one statement from the Marines makes it clear that if you make him mad you bet shit will go down hill pretty quick we dunno what he has been up to but before he met luffy he was strong enough to clash with Mihawk and as years went by he clashed with the likes of BM and Kaido one could argue in several occasions.. resulting in his exponential growth
so my man an admiral doesn't grind as much as someone as human as him (shanks) had been grinding for a years now...resulting im such a chasm in strength.
so even tho i feel ticklish while making this decision i lean towards Yonkos