Top 10 greatest samurai.?

Question

Who in your opinions who are the top 10 greatest kenjutsu/iaijutsu practitioners alive today. Also the top 10 greatest samurai/practitioners in history from this day-the first samurai ever. I know samurai do not exist any more, thats why for modern day i put practitioners. Please no anime characters, only real life people. Thanks for input. If you dont know 10 just put as many as you do know.

Answer 1

I think its impossible to determine a top ten being their status is roughly based on their accomplishments in different time periods. When different skills and techniques were employed.

However my favorites are Hachimantarō and Devil Hanzo.

Answer 2

There are many legendary samurai swordsmen, but if you want the 10 best, here are mine:

1) Shinmen Takezo

2) Ganryu Kojiro

3) Tsutsetomo Yamamoto

5) Oda Nobunaga

6)  Tokugawa Eieyasu

7) Hideyoshi Toyotomi

8) Hachimantaro

9) Yoshitsune Yamamoto

10) Shingen Takeda

Hope you like them.