Gimli truly is best. His friendship with Legolas makes him extra special. And he is damn classy in the books. Galadriel stands up for him, he adorns her with beautiful words. He sees the caves at Helms deep, and after a page of perfect eloquent description, convinces Legolas to see them too. And afterwards Legolas is admittedly incapable of matching Gimli's words.
He runs 140 ish miles in four days, with only a couple of hours sleep, following Aragorn and Legolas, who are by birth fairly super-human compared to him. To even keep up is miraculous. THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE GIMLI LOVE.
Legolas is Second to Gimli, if only because Gimli tries so much harder. And still killed more orcs, fair and square. XD