Doesn't this mean that Garou himself considers Flash to be above Bang?

yes and no, I believe it's not exactly in the order of the weakest to the strongest, but in the order of the most dangerous, I believe it was the bomb himself who said that bang could defeat garou using a technique (I don't remember the Name)

bomb could be more dangerous simply because he doesn't have any sort of relationship with garou and wouldn't hesitate to defeat or kill him if necessary, the flash sword is his attack power, he fought relatively well against garou and platinum without possessing his main weapon, if he had his sword, i'm sure he would be able to hurt both garou and platinum, flash is practically an assassin, his trump card was definitely in his sword, now blast and saitama i don't even need to explain

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