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I think the A-10 Warthog should really be on the list.
The F-22 generally uses a 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A2 Vulcan gatling gun. The Warthog can pretty much ignore armor-piercing and high-explosive projectiles up to 23 mm.
So in a fight between the two, the Hog could just wait patiently for its shot while the Raptor ineffectually emptied its arsenal into the Hog's titanium armor. One hit with a round from its 30 mm (1.18 in) GAU-8/A Avenger gatling cannon and the Hog could watch the Raptor shatter like glass.
Add to that the fact that for the cost of an F-22 you could get 50 Warthogs, and there is just no contest.
But in any other fight except a gun-range dogfight, the A-10 would lose to a missile. And an F-22 could outrun an A-10.