Jiraiya has more going for him besides just using chakra to amp strength like showing some actual skill, and knowing more than just h2h fighting that isn't even that great to begin with.
he didnt before his fight with pain. tsunade just has not had the oppurtunity.
I think Gaara would make a nice fight for Neji. Sasori is a puppet master what do we know about puppet masters? They are weak to taijutsu fighters. Though Sasori has a high chance of winning.
oh my GOD! gaara wud kill neiji currently. he is kazekage and the kind of things he did against deidara is truly colossal in scale. he is THE puppet master, he will kill neiji.
Sakura would easily loose to Neji and so would Chouji.
chouji's body rool technique is stronger than even kiba/akamaru's attack. plus his pills, he wud win against neijji and neiji can not channel chakra into the meatball without breaking his arms. sakura with her ground destruction, poisons, etc wud win against him.
Kabuto I don't really know I sort of forget about him pretty much. But I'm inclined to say he'd loose on principle of him sucking.
kabuto is EXTREMELY able. and his chakra scalple etc is more directed even than jyuuken, plus his medical jutsu. he wud win.
Hidan wasn't faster than Shikamaru so yea I think Neji could beat him.Kakuzu has long range attacks, as does most of the rest you named and aren't strictly h2h. They have also shown a whole lot more skill than Tsunade has.
he was also IMMORTAL plus his curse, which only takes an ounce of blood to work, he wud kill neiji.
they have shown more skill becuase kishi has shown most of their FIGHTS.
When have I ever said Neji was the strongest? I believe I've said Tsunade is more powerful but not skilled. And Jiraiya used a power up to fight Pein. Tsunade is also the weakest of the three Sanin, the least skilled in fighting of the three Sanin, and still wasn't even shown to look good against a armless Oro and a drugged Jiraiya.
rigggght, she became a sannin and hokage without being SKILLED 🙄 . pain said that ALL the sannin had special powers just like jiraya has his sennin mode. also, there is nuthing pointing to tsunade being the weakest other than lack of showings currently. also, she was afraid of blood at the time. and still swung gamabunta's knife. do YOU think neiji's kaiten cud block gamabunta's knife?
Kisame and Itachi was also already in Jiraiya's trap, he's also famous to be strong, and Itachi warned Kisame not to take Gai lightly, and Gai was certain he could beat Kisame. Jiraiya also hadn't ever seen Amaterasu so he'd never been able to block it. They were caught in his trap, Jiraiya had the advantage in the fight.
kisame said way BEFORE they engaged jiraya that he cudnt handle a man of that level, after which itachi commented that even he didnt want to engage jiraya as he wudnt be able to guaruntee the safety of ither of their lives if he did.
And as I keep saying..Skill comes into why I think Tsunade would loose. And her pathetic fighting ability against Hyuuga's Gentle Fist is not exactly a winning combo for Tsunade. Tsunade is more powerful but she's a skilled medical ninja not a skilled fighter.
sigh, so do u think gai wud lose to neiji too then in hand to hand???? she is a sannin, and the friggin hokage., she is SKILLED! she just hasnt shown much yet. you are also forgetting her summon which wud devestate neiji.