Top Political Leaders & Statesmen

Ranked by political score: governance, reform, diplomacy, economic policy, and state stability.

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Никола Тесла

95.0

Ada Lovelace

95.0

Augustus

92.0

Ada Lovelace

Scientist · Modern · United Kingdom

95.0

Tier S

Никола Тесла

Scientist · Modern · Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia)

95.0

Tier S

Augustus

Emperor · Ancient · Roman Empire

92.0

Tier S

Ding Richang

Politician · Modern · China

91.8

Tier S

Golbery do Couto e Silva

General · Modern · Brazil

91.2

Tier S

Carlos Ibanez del Campo

General · Modern · Chile

91.2

Tier S

Albert of Saxony

General · Modern · Saxony

91.2

Tier S

Alexander Suvorov

General · Modern · Russia

91.2

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Douglas Haig

General · Modern · Great Britain

91.2

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Henri Guisan

General · Modern · Switzerland

91.2

Tier S

Jorge Ubico Castaneda

General · Modern · Guatemala

91.2

Tier S

Manuel Avila Camacho

General · Modern · Mexico

90.9

Tier S

Kim Dae-jung

Politician · Modern · Korea

90.9

Tier S

Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Emperor · Ancient · Macedon

90.4

Tier S

Dinh Tien Hoang

Emperor · Medieval · Vietnam

90.2

Tier S

Yelu Abaoji

Emperor · Medieval · China

90.0

Tier S

Cezayirli Gazi Hasan

General · Modern · Ottoman Empire

89.5

Tier S

Kodandera M. Cariappa

General · Modern · India

89.5

Tier S

Anawrahta

Emperor · Medieval · Myanmar

88.0

Tier S

Otto von Bismarck

Politician · Modern · Germany

88.0

Tier S

Clement Attlee

Politician · Modern · United Kingdom

88.0

Tier S

Deng Xiaoping

Politician · Modern · China

88.0

Tier S

Romulo Betancourt

Politician · Modern · Venezuela

88.0

Tier S

Li Shi

Emperor · Medieval · China

88.0

Tier S

Abraham Lincoln

Politician · Modern · United States

88.0

Tier S

Alcide De Gasperi

Politician · Modern · Italy

88.0

Tier S

Qin Shi Huang

Emperor · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Tran Hung Dao

General · Medieval · Vietnam

87.9

Tier S

Carlos Lacerda

Politician · Modern · Brazil

87.9

Tier S

Nogai Khan

General · Medieval · Golden Horde

87.9

Tier S

Maria Theresa

Emperor · Modern · Austria

87.9

Tier S

Hugh Dowding

General · Modern · United Kingdom

87.8

Tier S

Sayyid Said

Emperor · Modern · Oman

87.8

Tier S

Vasily Chuikov

General · Modern · USSR

87.8

Tier S

Louis Grand Conde

General · Modern · France

87.8

Tier S

Louis de Buade de Frontenac

General · Modern · France

87.8

Tier S

Charles William Ferdinand

General · Modern · Brunswick

87.8

Tier S

Armand de Vignerot du Plessis

General · Modern · France

87.8

Tier S

Juan Carlos I

Emperor · Modern · Spain

87.7

Tier S

Adolfo Suarez

Politician · Modern · Spain

87.7

Tier S

Afonso Pena

Politician · Modern · Brazil

87.7

Tier S

Juan Carlos I of Spain

Emperor · Modern · Spain

87.7

Tier S

Karim Khan Zand

Emperor · Modern · Persia

87.7

Tier S

Reza Shah

Emperor · Modern · Iran

87.7

Tier S

Eumenes II of Pergamon

Emperor · Ancient · Pergamon

87.5

Tier S

Subutai

General · Medieval · Mongol Empire

87.4

Tier S

William McKinley

Politician · Modern · United States

87.2

Tier S

Ito Hirobumi

Politician · Modern · Japan

87.2

Tier S

Vladimir the Great

Emperor · Medieval · Kievan Rus

87.1

Tier S

Mikhail Barclay de Tolly

General · Modern · Russia

87.1

Tier S

Rankings are determined by the HistoryVersus data-driven scoring engine. Scores combine multiple weighted sub-indicators. See individual figure pages for detailed breakdowns.