Sure, there were people with less innate presence and less skill. Mere bad acting is one thing. But Steiger was the Norman Mailer of "Look At ME!" screen time.
He took every dram of performance experience and skill and did bad imitations of Brando, hammed-up every line to distract and steal the scene, and generally did everything he could not to seem like an actual human character.
Pound for pound, and stinkiest pork laid on the cinematic platter.