Some part of me wishes that Solo Leveling's author (Gee So-Lyung) did something like Arifureta's, The Gamer's and a lot of other artists did: build the world so that seeing the MC's stats actually mean something to the reader. We never see other people's stats, so we have nothing to compare to. It's a small detail, but every time I see someone new's stats in Ari, I always look back to the MC's stats from 100 chapters ago just to compare them even though every MC of every power fantasy just continually gets stronger.
@crochetcocoking I would put them on the same level/tier to be completely fair to both. The high ratings on this are because power fantasy, whereas LNs are frequently held to a higher standard by readers because there's so many of them. Go read the LN if you want to. I can't guarantee that you won't be disappointed, but it'll at least be an entertaining read.