User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 6/@comment-220.235.76.253-20181112104904/@comment-24545663-20181113003350

taken straight from baka-tsuki's volume 13 afterward. source: https://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=High_School_DxD:Volume_13_Afterword

"I received many support letters and questions from the readers. So I am thinking of answering several of those asked often here. The question I received a lot is this one.

“Who would be among the top 10 strongest in the world that Vali was speaking about in volume 4?”

It was even written in the message that the fans are also debating about this. …..Seems like everyone are interested in it. I do have the setting of it just in case, so I will announce it here. Of course it is a DxD original ranking.

In no particular order Ophis, Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, Śakra, Thor, Typhon (Or Fenrir), Hades, Aten, and Lugh."