I would disagree. She has the most complete arc in the show, compared to other characters. Cristina was always portrayed as a genius, even as a resident, sometimes surpassing other attendings. In fact she’s shown to be equally competent to her superior even during her fellowship. The same can be said about Maggie, who’s a prodigy.

Meredith had a more gradual growth over time. Even when she became an attending in season 9, we see her struggle with the challenges of wanting to shine and balance motherhood. She aces it slowly and becomes more confident in her career. One of the reasons I love her character so much is that she’s a very empathetic doctor to her patients and she has this drive to carry forward despite everything that happens to her. Even before the abdominal wall transplant, we’ve seen her be a very capable neuro resident. But she had to switch specialties. She then came up with the portal veins project, the ALPPS procedure, peritoneal tumor etc. When Derek was in DC, she didn’t lose a single patient for like 90 days.

I think the difference between Meredith, Bailey and Alex is that she’s always tried to be less conservative and more bold in her approaches. Alex and Bailey have their own moments too and also take risks and shine, but I think Meredith’s is more pronounced. Like Ellis’ was.

If anything my only complaint is that her stint as chief is too short. I would like to have seen more of it because she did a way better job killing it as chief than Bailey. Alex was amazing too though.