I think there must be very few examples of groups of things for which 'best' is a useful word. What's the best car? What's the best country? Who's the best sin

I think there must be very few examples of groups of things for which 'best' is a useful word. What's the best car? What's the best country? Who's the best singer? What's the best beer? Which is the best musical instrument? Who's the best ever artist? Who's the best ever scientist? As a step towards a more answerable version of your question, how about this: What are some orderings by which we can evaluate programmers? Who comes at the top of those? Who comes at or near the top of several?