All-Time World Leader Rankings
Fifty of the most influential and significant world leaders across all of history.
History & PoliticsTop 50
🌍 World Ranking
▲ Top 5
#1
Genghis Khan (1162–1227)
+5
#2
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
+4
#3
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)
+3
#4
Alexander the Great (356–323 BC)
+2
#5
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
+1
▼ Bottom 5
#1
Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969)
-5
#2
Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
-4
#3
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022)
-3
#4
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)
-2
#5
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)
-1
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Genghis Khan (1162–1227)+5
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)+4
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)+3
Alexander the Great (356–323 BC)+2
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)+1
Julius Caesar (100–44 BC)—
Augustus Caesar (63 BC–14 AD)—
Winston Churchill (1874–1965)—
George Washington (1732–1799)—
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)—
Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603)—
Queen Victoria (1819–1901)—
Charlemagne (742–814)—
Cyrus the Great (600–530 BC)—
Ashoka the Great (304–232 BC)—
Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BC)—
Emperor Meiji (1852–1912)—
Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924)—
Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)—
Francisco Franco (1892–1975)—
Fidel Castro (1926–2016)—
Che Guevara (1928–1967)—
Simón Bolívar (1783–1830)—
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)—
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)—
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)—
Atatürk / Mustafa Kemal (1881–1938)—
Saladin (1137–1193)—
Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566)—
Peter the Great (1672–1725)—
Catherine the Great (1729–1796)—
Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898)—
Bismarck (1815–1898)—
Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970)—
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)—
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)—
Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997)—
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)—
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)—
Frederick the Great (1712–1786)—
William the Conqueror (1028–1087)—
Richard I (the Lionheart) (1157–1199)—
Tamerlane / Timur (1336–1405)—
Ramesses II (1303–1213 BC)—
Cleopatra VII (69–30 BC)—
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)-1
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)-2
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022)-3
Mao Zedong (1893–1976)-4
Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969)-5