Thats reading too much into it. Why belittle anyone? I think he is just curious to know who is the best! I am too. (My money is on bruv)
Not belittling anyone. Having flown against all of them over the years it's a non issue. The idea that anyone is 'bestest' is just silly. Good sticks are just that. Good sticks. On any given day someone may have an edge, but it proves nothing. And if you need someone else to tell you who you think is best, you haven't figured it out yet.
Where Lev holds the edge from my perspective is that he never set out to be best, never got to the point he lost his perspective on the 'game', and never claimed to be anything but a cartoon pilot.