Vasto Lorde Discussion (Warning May Contain Spoilers)

Of all the espada, which ones do you think were Vasto Lordes?

There's been very few times where Vasto Lordes have been discussed in the manga/anime. From those few moments, people have huge expectations for them. The most notable moment where they were discussed was when Hitsugaya explained what they are. He basically said that they were the size or normal humans and have fighting skills above the level of a captain. Further more he stated that if Aizen were to get 10 of these Vasto Lordes in his army, that it would be the end of Soul Society.

In this explanation he broke down the different type of Menos:



Now, lets analyze the information I've provided here.

We have Gillian:



We then have Adjuchas:



Finally, we have Vasto Lordes:




If we go by the above explanation of the stages of a menos, then wouldn't all the espada be technically Vasto Lordes?

The answer is yes. But, where the problem occurs is Aizen's intervention.

In Bleach, separate from the menos stages, exists Arrancar.

When we look at the espada, you must decifer who was as they appear before Aizen used the Hōgyoku. Granted they all received powerups from Aizen, some were more so than others.

Some of the espada may seem rather weak but lets think about something. We have the 3 stages, but each stage lasts a certain period of time before you advance to the next stage. It's not, I'm an Adjucas, i eat a bunch of hollow and then jump up to Vasto lorde and am immediately insanely powerful. What happens first is that once you've consumed a ton of other adjuchas, you then take on the form of a vasto lorde (Power, intelligence, most notably appearance and size). You take on that size but you still have growth where you become stronger and stronger.

I think that the top 4 espada (Not including Yammy), were all Vasto Lordes.

1.) Stark: Really powerful, if you read the manga, you see that he's fighting captains and vizards simultaneously
2.) Barragan: Pretty much seemingly invincible. His power was actually some of the strongest we've seen in the entire series thus far. He only lost due to his own absolute power against him.
3.) Harribel: She was beating up on Hitsugaya without even breaking a sweat. Hitsugaya used a new power and still can't beat her on his own.
4.) Ulquiorra: He killed Ichigo twice. Not much else to say. Ichigo was only able to defeat him by turning into some insanely powerful hollow/human hybrid that would have beaten anyone


Thoughts? Theories?