Clearly, the F-22 is head and shoulders above the rest but it can only carry so many weapons.
In the future, I see a network of very small jet powered drones, each armed with 1 or 2 internal weapons, each with IR sensors and an AESA radar, each stealthy and able to loiter on station for many hours. They don't need to dogfight and they don't need mach 3 speed. They need to be properly positioned against the threat. They would essentially be weapons/sensor platforms, hard to detect, hard to fully eliminate and hard to avoid. And cheap.
Maybe the new Avenger but smaller?