Is there a better actor than Denzel Washington?

He's an extremely vulnerable character in The Manchurian Candidate, as well as an ornery drunk in Flight.
Denzel is an excellent actor with a ton of screen presence. It's true that he doesn't have that crazy range of some other actors where he can be unrecognizable or EXTREMELY different. Actors like Day-Lewis and Hardy are excellent at that. Depp had some really out there roles.

Not sure how I'd rank the best/greatest actor list, but Denzel is great and I still think Malcolm X was his greatest performance.