Rank these pacers in terms of their performance across all formats?

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Jason Gillespie
Brett Lee
Mitchell Johnson
Makhaya Ntini
Morne Morkel
Trent Boult
Darren Gough
Chaminda Vaas

Considering their overall impact, consistency, and achievements in Test matches, One-Day Internationals (ODIs), and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), how would you rank them in terms of their performance across all formats, taking into account their skill, pace, accuracy, and ability to adapt to different conditions and opponents?
 
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Mitchell Johnson was a beast when on song
Trent Bout was deadly in helpful conditions

Chaminda Vaas - decent but a Sri Lanka great. Doe not belong to the big
Makhaya Mtini - lets be honest. Only reason he played 100 tests was his skin color
Jason Gillespie - decent but fed of McGrath for most of his career
Brett Lee - fast & furious but lacked craftmanship to be ATG
Darren Gough - very good , fast & fiesty but did not have the stats to be ATG. Inconsistent & deid not deliver to his full potential
Mounre Morkel - fed of Dale Steyn like Gillespie did with McGrath
 
Personal opinion on who I enjoyed watching the most from that list:

1. Gough
2. Bret Lee
3. Nitini
4. Johnson v2.0
5. Morkel
6. Gillespie
7. Vaas
8. Boult

You can do a PHD on their careers to see who was superior but for the most part you remember who you enjoyed watching the most and how they made you feel (for me anyway), Gough represents my infant love for cricket and being thrilled by his action/intent/aggression.
 
Jason Gillespie
Brett Lee
Mitchell Johnson
Makhaya Ntini
Morne Morkel
Trent Boult
Darren Gough
Chaminda Vaas

Considering their overall impact, consistency, and achievements in Test matches, One-Day Internationals (ODIs), and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), how would you rank them in terms of their performance across all formats, taking into account their skill, pace, accuracy, and ability to adapt to different conditions and opponents?
For me based on rankings ;

I give test performances more value.

Johnson
Gillespie
Morkel
Boult
Nitini
Gough vaas
 
Mitchell Johnson was a beast when on song
Trent Bout was deadly in helpful conditions

Chaminda Vaas - decent but a Sri Lanka great. Doe not belong to the big
Makhaya Mtini - lets be honest. Only reason he played 100 tests was his skin color
Jason Gillespie - decent but fed of McGrath for most of his career
Brett Lee - fast & furious but lacked craftmanship to be ATG
Darren Gough - very good , fast & fiesty but did not have the stats to be ATG. Inconsistent & deid not deliver to his full potential
Mounre Morkel - fed of Dale Steyn like Gillespie did with McGrath
So who was the best among all of these?
 
Good list. Mitchell Johnson should be at the top of that list.
Players like Boult, who prefer leagues over national duties and skip the Test format, do not deserve to be on that list.
 
rank these bowlers -_-

I will split it by formats because combining formats becomes very complicated and cumbersome.

Tests :-

Johnson ( because his peak was better than rest by a margin)
Gillespie
Rest

ODIs :-

Lee( best comfortably)
Rest
 
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