Blackbeard: Luffy back in Jaya and Law quite recently
Marco: King and Queen in Onigashima
Whitebeard: Impel Down Pirsoners back in Marineford
Bege and Luffy: Katakuri back in WCI
The list also goes on. For characters in verse these bounties are testaments of strength. Just because we as readers know some who have high or low bounties doesn’t mean that’s the norm.
Blackbeard: wanted to beat Luffy be cause he just beat crocodile it was part of his plan to become a Shichibukai but He beat Ace instead
He ambushed Law because he knew he went to wano and had kaidos poneglyph if one of the other 3 captains went that direction he'd fight them
Marco just kicked King and Queen around for a while until Sanji and Zoro fought them he was supporting the alliance
Impel down prisoners where literally all fodder
Katakuri was known has unbeatable and hyped for his future sight