Top Military Leaders & Strategists

Ranked by military score: battles, win rate, tactics, strategy, army reform, and territorial expansion.

Military Political Influence Overall

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Alexander the Great

96.0

Genghis Khan

98.0

Subutai

95.0

Genghis Khan

Emperor · Medieval · Mongolia

98.0

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Alexander the Great

General · Ancient · Macedon

96.0

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Subutai

General · Medieval · Mongol Empire

95.0

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Xu Da

General · Medieval · China

94.1

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Napoleon Bonaparte

General · Modern · France

94.0

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Bai Qi

General · Ancient · China

92.6

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Hannibal Barca

General · Ancient · Carthage

92.0

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Bayan of the Baarin

General · Medieval · Mongolia

92.0

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Han Xin

General · Ancient · China

90.5

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Frederick the Great

Emperor · Modern · Prussia

90.0

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Timur

Emperor · Medieval · Timurid Empire

90.0

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Gang Gam-chan

General · Medieval · Korea

89.9

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Cao Bin

General · Medieval · China

89.9

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Shi Tianze

General · Medieval · Mongolia

89.9

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Cao Cao

General · Ancient · China

89.2

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John Churchill Duke of Marlborough

General · Modern · England

88.9

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Chester W. Nimitz

General · Modern · United States

88.6

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Li Mu

General · Ancient · China

88.2

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Jebe

General · Medieval · Mongol Empire

88.2

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Toussaint Breda

General · Modern · Haiti

88.2

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Zhou Yu

General · Ancient · China

88.2

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Deng Yu

General · Ancient · China

88.2

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John Churchill

General · Modern · England

88.1

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Prince Eugene of Savoy

General · Modern · Austria

88.1

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Georgy Zhukov

General · Modern · Russia

88.1

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Julius Caesar

General · Ancient · Roman Republic

88.0

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Kublai Khan

Emperor · Medieval · Mongolia

88.0

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Scipio Africanus

General · Ancient · Roman Republic

88.0

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Emperor Taizong of Tang

Emperor · Medieval · China

88.0

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Jiang Ziya

General · Ancient · China

87.8

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Huo Qubing

General · Ancient · China

87.8

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Dou Xian

General · Ancient · China

87.8

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Lt Gen Sagat Singh

General · Modern · India

87.4

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Hyder Ali

General · Modern · India

87.4

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Sam Manekshaw

General · Modern · India

87.4

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Suleiman I

Emperor · Medieval · Ottoman Empire

87.3

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Gustavus Adolphus

General · Modern · Sweden

86.7

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Herbert Kitchener

General · Modern · United Kingdom

86.6

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Rodion Malinovsky

General · Modern · USSR

86.6

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Ivan Konev

General · Modern · USSR

86.6

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Carl Spaatz

General · Modern · United States

86.6

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Belisarius

General · Ancient · Byzantine Empire

86.6

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Nikolai Vatutin

General · Modern · USSR

86.6

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William Tecumseh Sherman

General · Modern · United States

86.6

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Erich von Manstein

General · Modern · Germany

86.6

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Albrecht von Wallenstein

General · Modern · Bohemia

86.6

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Ulysses S. Grant

General · Modern · United States

86.6

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Muhan Qaghan

Emperor · Medieval · Gokturk Khaganate

86.5

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Fu Youde

General · Medieval · China

86.4

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Chang Yuchun

General · Medieval · China

86.4

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