Noriyori was described as an ordinary, incapable general in "Genpei Seisui ki (Rise and Fall of the Minamoto and the Taira clans)" but there is doubt on the objectivity of "Genpei Seisui ki" because it was written in the 14th century and contains a lot of fiction.
範頼が凡将、無能というように記述されているのは『源平盛衰記』だけであり、盛衰記は14世紀に作成されており創作部分が多いことから、正確性は低いと判断される。