Jiraiya sensei is one of the strongest characters in the Naruto anime and one of the key characters behind many ninjas becoming legendary. According to the prophecy of the Toad Sage, Jiraiya was meant to become the teacher of a legendary student who would either bring the world to peace or complete destruction.
After being trained by the toads, Jiraiya had become one of the most talented ninja who had acted as a spy for Konohagakure in his young days, had participated in the 3rd great ninja war and became one of the legendary sannin and after unlocking sage mode, started to be known as the toad sage.
Jiraiya in his life had trained some very trained ninja, which included Naruto, Minato, Konan, Yahiko and Nagato, and we are going to rank his students on the basis of who is the strongest of them.
Konan
People asssume Konan as weak since she always stood in the shadows and never came forward to fight but its not true as during his final fight against Obito she was nearly able to defeat Obito at the ti,e when we did not knew how his powers worked even in that ti,e Konan nealy destroyed half of Obito’s body.
Konan did not become an offensive ninja as Jiraiya did not want her to hurt anyone, but be able to protect herself on her own while being someone who can heal her friends in times of need.
Yahiko
The founder and the first leader of the Akatsuki, who is an exceptional shinobi, a great leader, and a friend who was willing to sacrifice his life for his friends.
Yahiko was the student of Jiraiya, who was very similar in personality to Jiraiya and Naruto who had the kindness like both of them, along with the courage to fight against the war.
Yahiko if he had survived, then surely the Akatsuki had not turned into an evil organisation and this student of Jiraiya could have brought peace to the Hidden Mist Village.
Nagato Uzumaki
Nagato was truly a god level shinobi who wielded the rinnegan and had immense chakra reserves, being from the Uzumaki bloodline.
Nagato was the reason Jiraiya had taken an interest in this group of shinobi, as he knew the powers of the rinnegan and did not want it to be used for destruction, so he guided all of them into becoming good ninjas and protect themselves but time had decided something else.
Minato Namikaze
Minato was the prodigy of Jiraiya, who had become a Hokage of the Konohagakure and had instilled fear in the ninja who were against the Hidden Leaf Village.
Minato had learned the flying raijin and had made a name for himself as the yellow flash, but he was also trained by Jiraiya and had even called Jiraiya the godfather of his soon-to-be-born child, Naruto.
In his lifetime time Minato had surpassed the skills and knowledge of Jiraiya, but he could never surpass the amount of love and care he got from him.
Naruto Uzumaki
Now, there is no need to talk about the strongest student and grandchild of Jiraiya, Naruto Uzumaki, for whom Jiraiya was more than a teacher; he was like his fatherly figure who had taken him in at the time when he was on the brink of breaking down.
Naruto had become the strongest student of his and had even surpassed the god of Narutoverse, and became a being whose name has also made the memory of Jiraiya immortal in the minds of everyone in Naruto.
