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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Genghis Khan

95.0

Alexander the Great

95.0

Khalid bin Walid

94.0

Alexander the Great

General · Ancient · Macedon

95.0

Tier S

Genghis Khan

Emperor · Medieval · Mongolia

95.0

Tier S

Khalid bin Walid

General · Ancient · Rashidun Caliphate

94.0

Tier S

Napoleon Bonaparte

General · Modern · France

94.0

Tier S

Tamerlane

Emperor · Medieval · Timurid Empire

93.3

Tier S

Hannibal Barca

General · Ancient · Carthage

92.0

Tier S

Bai Qi

General · Ancient · China

92.0

Tier S

Gim Yu-sin

General · Ancient · Korea

90.0

Tier S

Hamilcar Barca

General · Ancient · Carthage

90.0

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Scipio Aemilianus

General · Ancient · Roman Republic

90.0

Tier S

Yeon Gaesomun

General · Ancient · Korea

90.0

Tier S

Baibars

General · Medieval · Mamluk Sultanate

90.0

Tier S

Drusus the Elder

General · Ancient · Roman Empire

90.0

Tier S

Almanzor

General · Medieval · Al-Andalus

90.0

Tier S

Frederick the Great

Emperor · Modern · Prussia

90.0

Tier S

Abu Muslim al-Khurasani

General · Medieval · Abbasid Caliphate

90.0

Tier S

Chang Yuchun

General · Medieval · China

90.0

Tier S

Fu Youde

General · Medieval · China

90.0

Tier S

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

General · Ancient · Roman Republic

90.0

Tier S

Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

General · Ancient · Umayyad Caliphate

90.0

Tier S

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

General · Ancient · Roman Republic

90.0

Tier S

Jebe

General · Medieval · Mongol Empire

88.5

Tier S

Han Xin

General · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Khalid ibn al-Walid

General · Medieval · Rashidun Caliphate

88.0

Tier S

Julius Caesar

General · Ancient · Roman Republic

88.0

Tier S

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

General · Ancient · Roman Empire

88.0

Tier S

Bayan of the Baarin

General · Medieval · Mongolia

88.0

Tier S

Agrippa

General · Ancient · Roman Empire

88.0

Tier S

Wu Qi

General · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Wei Qing

General · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Wang Jian

General · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Huo Qubing

General · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Belisarius

General · Ancient · Byzantine Empire

88.0

Tier S

Xu Da

General · Medieval · China

88.0

Tier S

Pompey the Great

General · Ancient · Roman Republic

88.0

Tier S

Jiang Ziya

General · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Subutai

General · Medieval · Mongol Empire

88.0

Tier S

Dou Xian

General · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Cao Cao

General · Ancient · China

88.0

Tier S

Scipio Africanus

General · Ancient · Roman Republic

88.0

Tier S

Gaiseric

General · Ancient · Vandals

88.0

Tier S

Baji Rao I

General · Modern · India

87.5

Tier S

Thutmose III

Emperor · Ancient · Egypt

86.0

Tier S

Trajan

Emperor · Ancient · Roman Empire

86.0

Tier S

Wuqimai

Emperor · Medieval · Jin dynasty

85.0

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Kangxi Emperor

Emperor · Modern · China

85.0

Tier S

King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud

Emperor · Modern · Saudi Arabia

85.0

Tier S

Aleksandr Vasilevsky

General · Modern · USSR

85.0

Tier S

Hongwu Emperor

Emperor · Medieval · China

85.0

Tier S

Baibars al-Bunduqdari

Emperor · Medieval · Mamluk Sultanate

85.0

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.