Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-6673698-20130324101714/@comment-5551986-20130424101029

Well, depending on the time. I dare say Kenpachi (no he has awakened) is probably the strongest shinigami in soul society. But Ulquiorra's Segunda Etapa may have made his power close to, or equal to a 1 or 0 rank Espada, Ichigo's hollow hit Yammy with his Cero, it tore Ulquiorra to pieces, but it barely hurt Yammy. Kenpachi more or less needed Byakuya's help to defeat Yammy, although in my opinion, Yammy was "weak" but just stupidly strong. What I mean by weak, is combat prowess, intellect, speed etc. Its a hard one, I doubt Kenpachi could have matched Ulquiorra's raw speed.

Its a hard argument and what I said was more or less, a power summary.

I'd say Kenpachi, he always finds a way to win.