Shredder's henchmen, who was the most successful?

[The Great Saiyaman]

Chris Bradford (AKA: Dogpound and later on Rahzar)


Xever Montes (AKA Fishface)


Baxter Stockman


Tiger claw


Ivan Sterenko (Rocksteady)


Anton Zeck (Bebop)


And Hamato Miwa (Karai)

While it's easy to dismiss them all as incompetent, (As Shredder himself has done several times) we should take in mind that each of them has a lot going for them.

Bradford
- Recruited foot soldiers through his chain of Dojos and most likely also was a big part into financing the Foot Clan and legitimizing their activities.
- But he was also involved in extortion activities.
- As a human, was perfectly capable of taking on the turtles and defeating them.

Xever
- Was pretty much Shredder's foot in the door (Pun intended) to the dark underbelly of the New York street gangs and actually remained so after his mutation.
- As with Bradford, Xever fought the Turtles before mutating and proved himself pretty much a not to be underestimated warrior.
- Xever was used by Shredder to commit arson and god knows what else to send over the message that the Foot Clan weren't to be trifled with.

Stockman
- Refined the mutagen and the mutation process.
- Invented the brainworms.
- Isn't much of a fighter but his genius in robotics coupled with the Droids supplied by the Kraang was instrumental into making the Foot Clan a bigger threat.

Tiger Claw
- Again extortion activities and Tiger Claw isn't one who takes prisoners.
- Of all the fighters Tiger Claw is by far the most skilled and dangerous.
- Tiger Claw brought back Shredder from the dead using demonic magic.

Sterenko
- Supplies the Foot with weapons and as was hinted in several episodes, continues to do so after his mutation.
- Again even before his mutation, Sterenko was a perfectly capable fighter "Serpent Hunt" shows him taking on Donnie and Raph and giving them a pretty good beat down.
- As Rocksteady, he's easily physically the strongest of all Shredder's henchmen.

Zeck
- And once again, a very capable fighter.
- Inventing tech which enables him to ride laser beams, turn himself invisible and throw lasers from his Mohawk. He certainly is NOT the Bebop of yore, who would get lost in a telephone box.

Karai
- While not the strongest of the fighters but without a doubt the most sophisticated, her moves are flawless and lavish.
- Has a sharp eye, can figure out opponents in seconds and always has an ace up her sleeve.
- Has a sense of honor.
- She was the one who brokered the deal with the Kraang over the Footbots and the Chromedomes which increased the Foot's capabilities.

Okay then feel free to discuss.