Top Political Leaders & Statesmen

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

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Deng Xiaoping

90.0

Catherine the Great

90.0

Abbas I

90.0

Catherine the Great

Emperor · Modern · Russia

90.0

Tier S

Deng Xiaoping

Politician · Modern · China

90.0

Tier S

Abbas I

Emperor · Modern · Persia

90.0

Tier S

Zhou Enlai

Politician · Modern · China

90.0

Tier S

Qin Shi Huang

Emperor · Ancient · China

90.0

Tier S

Peter the Great

Emperor · Modern · Russia

90.0

Tier S

Augustus

Emperor · Ancient · Roman Empire

90.0

Tier S

Johan de Witt

Politician · Modern · Netherlands

90.0

Tier S

Margaret Thatcher

Politician · Modern · United Kingdom

88.0

Tier S

Mao Zedong

Politician · Modern · China

88.0

Tier S

Jose Batlle y Ordonez

Politician · Modern · Uruguay

88.0

Tier S

Sayajirao Gaekwad III

Emperor · Modern · India

88.0

Tier S

William Gladstone

Politician · Modern · United Kingdom

88.0

Tier S

Abraham Lincoln

Politician · Modern · United States

88.0

Tier S

Afonso de Albuquerque

General · Medieval · Portugal

88.0

Tier S

Qaboos bin Said

Emperor · Modern · Oman

88.0

Tier S

Konstantinos Karamanlis

Politician · Modern · Greece

88.0

Tier S

Ito Hirobumi

Politician · Modern · Japan

86.0

Tier S

George Marshall

General · Modern · United States

86.0

Tier S

George C. Marshall

General · Modern · United States

86.0

Tier S

Romulo Betancourt

Politician · Modern · Venezuela

85.0

Tier S

Quett Masire

Politician · Modern · Botswana

85.0

Tier S

Robert Peel

Politician · Modern · United Kingdom

85.0

Tier S

Alcide De Gasperi

Politician · Modern · Italy

85.0

Tier S

Guan Zhong

Politician · Ancient · Qi

85.0

Tier S

Ibn Saud

Emperor · Modern · Saudi Arabia

85.0

Tier S

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Politician · Modern · Turkey

85.0

Tier S

Solon

Politician · Ancient · Greece

85.0

Tier S

Cyrus the Great

Emperor · Ancient · Persia

85.0

Tier S

Vallabhbhai Patel

Politician · Modern · India

85.0

Tier S

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Politician · Modern · United States

85.0

Tier S

Otto von Bismarck

Politician · Modern · Germany

85.0

Tier S

Lee Kuan Yew

Politician · Modern · Singapore

85.0

Tier S

Nurhaci

Emperor · Modern · China

85.0

Tier S

Yao Chong

Politician · Medieval · China

85.0

Tier S

Clement Attlee

Politician · Modern · United Kingdom

85.0

Tier S

Zhu Rongji

Politician · Modern · China

84.4

Tier A

Nizam al-Mulk

Politician · Medieval · Seljuk Empire

84.0

Tier A

Zhao Kuangyin

Emperor · Medieval · China

84.0

Tier A

Abbas the Great

Emperor · Modern · Persia

84.0

Tier A

Sorghaghtani Beki

Politician · Medieval · Mongol Empire

84.0

Tier A

Mario Soares

Politician · Modern · Portugal

84.0

Tier A

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Emperor · Modern · Qatar

84.0

Tier A

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Emperor · Modern · UAE

82.0

Tier A

Toussaint Breda

General · Modern · Haiti

82.0

Tier A

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Politician · Modern · Norway

82.0

Tier A

Bayinnaung

Emperor · Modern · Myanmar

82.0

Tier A

Yamagata Aritomo

General · Modern · Japan

82.0

Tier A

Karl August von Hardenberg

Politician · Modern · Prussia

82.0

Tier A

Tage Erlander

Politician · Modern · Sweden

82.0

Tier A

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