Interesting question.
Had a think about my current stable of lenses and prodced the table below (well, it started as a table, but seems to have lost something on the IIS .html translation) ........... it's quite subjective, but may help.
Some non-contemporary standouts are the Takumar 50mm F 1.8...absolutely brilliant lens IMHO
Lens............................... ..............Geometric correction.....Colour correction
Canon L 8-15mm Fisheye Zoom F4.0......... Very good.......... Very Good
Canon L 14mm F2.8............................... . Excellent............ Excellent
Canon L 16-35mm F2.8............................ Very Good.......... Excellent
Canon L 85mm F1.2............................... . Very good............Average
Canon L 24-105mm F4.0.......................... Very good........... Very good
Canon L 70-200mm F2.8............................ Excellent............ Excellent
Canon L 70-300mm F4.0.......................... Very Good........... Excellent
Canon L 500mm F4.0............................... . Brilliant............... Brilliant
Canon EF 70-300mm F4.0......................... Very good............Good
Sigma EG DG 8mm F3.5............................ Brilliant................ Brilliant