Mihawk can be above them, for me he's weaker than Shanks, Akainu, Kuzan.
Nusjuro I thought he could be stronger, might to not be. Never doubted mihawk being stronger than issho, mihawk is not weak the problem is pushing the top 1 agenda, above characters more important and with better portray, for example what puts Mihawk above Kuzan? Fucking nothing.
"or example what puts Mihawk above Kuzan? Fucking nothing" Black blade? a feat not achieved in 400 years since ryuuma? that we have statements alluding to it being just more than haki?
we also have statements of talking about inferior blades like murakumogiri being strong enough to withstand WB's haki and quakes? a black blade which is even more durable than that means it could contain even more powerful haki than that. And Mihawk is wielding one.
Mihawk was unscathed during MF, and Aokiji wasn't. Both clashed with WB commanders, Jozu literally snuck Aokiji, so did Marco. Crocodile TRIED to sneak Mihawk, but failed.
Aokiji who got landed on by garp, literally in-front of him, and he couldn't react on time. Mihawk's previous epithet was Clairvoyant, and is called hawkeye, he'd see that shit from a mile away.