Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-68.145.103.160-20150624065027

I think a point a lot of people are missing with this whole argument is that Kirito had to start over from level 1 after the initial Alfheim arc. The Kirito dueling Yuuki doesn't have the same stats he had when he first entered Alfheim, in fact I have severe doubts his stats are even close to where they were when Kirito was at his godmode heights.

It's actually pretty likely that Kirito would win if he had his avatar from the end of SAO, I think. But the problem is, he doesn't, and he hasn't had the equivalent grinding time of living in an mmo for two years to get back to that point. Yuuki on the other hand, has lived in Alfheim for however long. It's a completely one-sided comparison for that alone.

So, could Kirito win under the current circumstances? Probably not.

Could he win with his SAO stats? I think, almost certainly, though probably not 100% of the time.