Top 10 Most Powerful Ninjas In Naruto

No.7 Pain
The Paths of Pain are revealed to all be corpses controlled by Nagato who, like Konan, was an Amegakure orphan trained by Jiraiya alongside Yahiko efore Yahiko became Deva Pain. Nagato desired peace for the world and created the Akatsuki to fight hidden rain village's oppresive leader, Hanzo.After Yahiko's death years later as a result of a trap by Hanzo, Nagato came to the realization that peace could only be attained by teaching the world the pain caused by war. To that end he adopted the name "Pain" to conquer Amegakure before killing Hanzo, becoming a "god" in the eyes of hidden rain village citizens.

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No.1 Madara Uchiha

Madara Uchiha is one of the founders of Konohagakure and the leader of the Uchiha clan. After losing his eyesight as a result of overusing his Mangekyo Sharingan, Madara had the eyes from his younger brother transplanted to him in order to regain his vision, obtain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and continue fighting opposing clans.Madara is claimed to have died shortly after his defeat, but it is later revealed he survived it, having took a blood sample of Hashirama and used it on himself to increase his power set up the stage for his Eye of the Moon Plan.

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No.3 Itachi Uchiha

Itachi Uchiha is a former ninja of Konohagakure and the partner of Kisame Hoshigaki. Though having spent his early youth as the child prodigy of the Uchiha clan, Itachi is treated as a villain for much of the series. He is initially portrayed as being solely responsible for the killing of his entire clan and family, sparing only his brother, Sasuke Uchiha, with the explanation that he was testing his abilities.

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No.4 Orochimaru

Orochimaru is a criminal who was previously affiliated with Konohagakure. To emphasize his role as a villain, Kishimoto worked towards making him appear "pasty and sickly" as part of his theme of distinguishing villains from the protagonists. In the series, Orochimaru is a former ninja of Konohagakure and a student of the Third Hokage. During his time in the village, he distinguished himself as one of the village's most powerful ninja along with his teammates, Jiraiya and Tsunade.

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No.6 Kakuzu

He is composed of large amounts of black threads, allowing him to reattach any bodypart, his or another, back onto its owner. The threads are also capable of piercing flesh, which Kakuzu uses to remove the still-beating hearts of his opponents for his personal use while executing a jutsu called Jiongu to integrate their hearts into his body to cheat death and extend his life indefinitely.

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No.7 Zetus

Zetsu is not only member of the Akatsuki to regularly act without a partner, he is also the only nonhuman member and Obito's right hand. One half of Zetsu, White Zetsu, was created by Madara among his clone brothers from the DNA of Hashirama blended with plants through the power of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Near death, Madara infused part of his mind into Zetsu, causing his right side turn black with a second personality named Black Zetsu. The two personalities differ with Zetsu tending to talk and argue with himself. Through Hashirama's blood, Zetsu can merge into the ground or vegetation to quickly travel to a new location. This make him not only of use to the Akatsuki as a spy, but also to devour bodies of deceased Akatsuki members or those the organization does not want found.

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No.8 Kisame Hoshigaki

Kisame Hoshigaki is a former ninja of Kirigakure and partnered to Itachi Uchiha, having a unique appearance with pale blue skin, a gill-like facial structure, and sharp triangular teeth. While he was still loyal to Kirigakure, Kisame was one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, a group of violent ninja that use particularly large swords in battle. His sword, Samehada , is a living weapon covered in scales that can absorb untold amounts of an opponent's chakra. Only allowing those it sees as worthy to wield it, Samehada can provide the user with the chakra it holds, ensuring him an infinite amount of stamina. Kisame himself has massive amounts of chakra, comparable to a tailed beast, enough so that a clone created by the Akatsuki that held only 30% of his power contained an amount of chakra comparable to Naruto when using the Nine-Tails' chakra.

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No.9 Deidara

Deidara is a former ninja of Iwagakure. He was also a terrorist bomber-for-hire before Itachi Uchiha forced him to join Akatsuki. Though he came to embrace the organization, Deidara holds a grudge against Itachi and all Uchiha throughout the series, as he feels their Sharingan eyes look down on his abilities.Upon joining the Akatsuki, he is partnered with Sasori, and Sasori is replaced by Tobi after his death. Though he abuses Tobi when he annoys him, Deidara becomes more like a teacher to Tobi, and adopts a genuine care for his well-being.

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No.10 Hidan

His religion's experimentations have led to the creation of his unique abilities; by consuming an opponent's blood and then drawing Jashin's triangular-design on the ground, Hidan can create a voodoo doll-like link with his opponent. Once this link is created, any damage done to Hidan's body is reflected on his opponent, allowing him to kill them by giving himself fatal injuries.