Lewy and Suarez are a level above. Easily.
Benzema can never erase his meme years. He can give all excuses under the Sun about Cr7 or whatever but his finishing for a long time wasn't consistent enough for an elite striker. In all of Real's CL wins CR7, Modric, Kroos, Ramos, Marcelo were more vital than Benzema without any arguments. Benzema, Bale, Casemiro, Navas are probably up for debate.
Let's not forget that until 2 years back everybody considered Aguero and Zlatan above Benzema from this generation. But now, Benzema has ARGUABLY surpassed these 2 fair enough.
Another thing would be the massive mistake Benzema committed to stupidly ruin his own National Team career.
Recency bias might cloud judgements but the overall career numbers and individual achievements are right there for all to see. In the beestestest season of his life Benzema has 25 La Liga goals, Suarez had 40.
An excellent post. Thanks.