One can also play a bit with Transpose
In[1]:= Clear[maxList]
maxList = {{{1, 1}}, {{2, 6}}, {{3, 11}}, {{4, 16}}, {{5, 21}}, {{6, 26}}, {{7, 31}}, {{8, 36}}, {{9, 41}}, {{10, 46}}};
In[13]:= Transpose[maxList, {2, 1, 3}]
Out[13]= {{{1, 1}, {2, 6}, {3, 11}, {4, 16}, {5, 21}, {6, 26}, {7, 31}, {8, 36}, {9, 41}, {10, 46}}}
In[14]:= Transpose[maxList, {2, 3, 1}]
Out[14]= {{{1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, {5}, {6}, {7}, {8}, {9}, {10}}, {{1}, {6}, {11}, {16}, {21}, {26}, {31}, {36}, {41}, {46}}}
In[15]:= Transpose[maxList, {3, 2, 1}]
Out[15]= {{{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}}, {{1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, 41, 46}}}
so it is
In[16]:= Transpose[maxList, {3, 2, 1}][[-1, 1]]
Out[16]= {1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, 41, 46}