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Better director & Story Teller?

Bad question. They're both good story tellers and directors. This question will just inspire pride, idiocy and aggression to come out.

Actually I am pretty sure del Toro is the correct answer.

I like them both so not trying to start anything with this thread.

JJ seems to go for the superlative effects possible for a genre (such as Alias, a Bondian show with peerless action visuals), whereas Del Toro seems to go for effects that you won't find elsewhere (Biblical angel from Hellboy 2, underwater nuclear explosion from Pacific Rim, etc.) Also, based on the two films I've seen of theirs this year (Star Trek 2 and Pacific Rim), I would say Del Toro's films have more originality and substance to them, and targets more specific audiences, whereas J.J. just wants to entertain the general audience and please as much people as possible.

Just some comparisons. Both are awesome directors though, so obvious stalemate.

JJ Trollbrams can't hold a candle to Maestro del Toro.

this is a tie

Del Toro all the way.

Both great filmmakers. However, Michael Bay FTW!!!!!!!!!!

Both good, But i prefer Del Toro more.

Abrams. This isn't even close.

Visually, Del Toro is leagues ahead. He sometimes picks odd choices of films though which can let him down.

JJ is the opposite. He has a good story telling skills cos he's a writer but his directorial skills aren't all that great...yet.

JJ knows his craft yet so does Toro.

Yet Toro has the balls to enter horror/comic fiction as a director.
He wins in Horror but his attempts in comicbook/sci fi related ventures fall flat at times. Due to his non Hollywood style in directing.

Both are visionaries and personally del Toro edges out due to personal taste.
Guillermo takes heavier risks and stares fantasy in the face and pushes forward.

These two shouldn't be weighed against but Guillermo has made films that I can always go back and watch again for they are simply classics.