Are statements better than feats?

I forgot what the topic was about but someone said “that’s because everyone cares about feats more than statements which is dumb” and I was shocked because I thought feats were better. Like with a feat we visually see how strong or not a person is. With statements it’s a he say she say until it’s proven or by multiple sources. NO, I’m not saying statements are not important or wayy better than feats. But we cannot deny that feats give a definite answer. Pure example would be Mihawk as the wss. This is a statement but does that mean he’s really the strongest the moment anybody picks up a sword? Some ppl would say no, some ppl would say yes. But if he were to face the top 3 strongest sword users or not and win, there wouldn’t be no need for proof because we already seen the feat. This is me saying I think feats are better but would love to hear why u think statements give the edge