User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-181.115.108.207-20180827041432/@comment-31137559-20180828161508

I would just say Lucifer is the most famous of the Maou, but not the one with the most authority. More like he has more influence than the other three due to his fame.

For example, Teodoro Legrenzi, Vasco Strada, and Ewald Cristaldi are the second, third, and fourth highest-ranking officials of the Church respectively being a Cardinal Bishop, Cardinal Priest, and Cardinal Deacon. But there are many others with the same rank. But Legrenzi, Strada, and Cristaldi were just the most famous ones with those ranks and as a result of that have more influence. Basically their authority is no higher than the others with the same rank, but their influence is.

In order of fame and influence it would go like this, Lucifer>Beelzebub>Leviathan=Asmodeus. They all have the same authority as Maou but some are just more famous than others.