Strongest ninja in the Leaf Village's history?
 

What ninja do you consider the strongest in the history of the Leaf Village in Naruto?

In my opinion, it's Hiruzen Sarutobi. He was the Third Hokage, and was titled "The Professor" because of his vast array of jutsu. Plus, at the old age of 75 he was able to fight and defeat two Hokages at the same time, as well as paralyze both arms of one of the legendary Sannin. And if he was that strong when he was that old, one could only imagine how powerful he was in his prime.

In all the history? Uchiha Madara.

When Uchiha Madara was at his strongest, he was beaten by the First Hokage, meaning he isn't the strongest in the village.

When fighting with the 4'th, he avoided everything, and even controlled the Kyuubi and put it to attack the village. Even when he fought the 1'st he still managed to escape.
Besides, he's the one that lives until now in the series, and the 4 Hokages are dead. Who lives is the strongest, at least in my opinion.

It is true that he has lived a long time, and undoubtedly that makes him strong. But when he fought The Fourth, we saw that The Fourth was just a split second faster then Madara was when he hit Madara with his rasengan. In this instance, I think faster means stronger, making the Fourth stronger then Madara.

i wanna sayyyy....hmm toughy uhh..the fourth hokage obviously

The Fourth? Id say he is the third strongest, Sarutobi is number one, followed by Jiraiya.

UGHHH
I wanna say Minato.. but I think Neji and Shikamaru are a bit underrated. Obviously Naruto is super strong as well, but his strength is carried by anger (like Sasuke) and not by being smart and thinking out strategies. -sigh-