Zaraki Kenpachi vs. Byakuya vs. Hitsuguya

[B Rabbit]

All three at their peak.

Who is the strongest one here. Rank them for me if you can. Been a long time since I read Bleach. The Gerard fight made it seem like they were on equal footing. However I am almost positive from my bad memory Kenpachi is leaps and bounds stronger.

 

[Xhominid The Apex]

Adult Hitsugaya, cased closed.

 

[B Rabbit]

Adult Hitsugaya, cased closed.

I'm assuming Byakuya is the weakest here.

 

[Xhominid The Apex]

I'm assuming Byakuya is the weakest here.

In a sense, he would be but it would actually be Bankai Kenpachi since he cannot handle his strength for long without it ultimately hurting him.

 

[Adamant soul]

Byakuya actually has the best feat of raw destructive power here via smashing the head of the strongest version of Gerard any of them were able to damage over the course of the fight. However he simply has no answer to Hitsugaya straight up freezing his petal blades and rendering him moot, but I would definitely put him above Kenpachi in general.

Hitsugaya of course casually cut Hoffnung (Gerard's sword) in half where Shikai Kenpachi could barely chip it and was powerful enough that a Gerard who had been cut in half (and therefore powered-up further) by Bankai Kenpachi, had to struggle to resist the ice coming from his body passively.

In short the ranking is:
1) Toshiro Hitsugaya
2) Byakuya Kuchiki
3) Kenpachi Zaraki