Top Performing Mutual Funds by Category

The leaders in each category by past 3-year return (CAGR), from real NAV data and refreshed daily. A factual performance league table, not a recommendation.

Dividend Yield

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund Growth Option+19.2%19.1%1.3%
2Aditya Birla Sun Life Dividend Yield Fund - Growth - Regular Plan+16.8%15.6%2.9%

Dynamic Asset Allocation

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1HDFC Balanced Advantage Fund - Growth Plan+14.1%14.7%-1.9%
2Axis Balanced Advantage Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+11.6%9.8%0.0%
3ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Growth+11.4%10.5%3.5%

ELSS (Tax Savings)

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Growth Option - Regular Plan+17.8%16.0%11.0%
2DSP ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+15.6%13.2%-3.4%
3Mirae Asset ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+14.1%12.0%1.3%
4CANARA ROBECO ELSS TAX SAVER - REGULAR PLAN - GROWTH OPTION+12.1%11.1%-1.7%
5Parag Parikh ELSS Tax Saver Fund- Regular Growth+11.3%13.0%-7.5%

Equity - Consumption

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1ICICI Prudential Bharat Consumption Fund - Growth Option+12.3%13.5%-4.2%
2Mirae Asset Great Consumer Fund - Regular Plan - Growth option+10.6%12.8%-4.0%
3SBI CONSUMPTION OPPORTUNITIES FUND - REGULAR - GROWTH+7.6%12.6%-9.6%

Equity - Infrastructure

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1LIC MF Infrastructure Fund-Regular Plan-Growth+27.3%23.3%7.5%
2Aditya Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund-Growth+20.4%19.4%8.8%

Flexi Cap

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1BANK OF INDIA Flexi Cap Fund Regular Plan -Growth+20.5%16.5%5.7%
2quant Flexi Cap Fund - Growth Option - Regular Plan+18.7%16.9%10.4%
3HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - Growth Plan+17.2%17.1%-1.1%
4Kotak Flexicap Fund - Growth+16.0%12.8%13.5%
5Aditya Birla Sun Life Flexi Cap Fund - Growth - Regular Plan+16.0%12.6%3.9%
6Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+14.8%14.5%-0.8%
7Franklin India Flexi Cap Fund - Growth+14.6%13.6%-4.7%
8PGIM India Flexi Cap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option+12.0%10.4%8.6%

Focused Fund

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1HDFC Focused Fund - GROWTH PLAN+16.7%18.3%-2.5%
2Nippon India Focused Fund -Growth Plan -Growth Option+14.3%12.7%9.7%
3Mirae Asset Focused Fund Regular Plan Growth+6.5%6.9%-8.3%

Global - Other

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 Fund of Fund- Regular Plan Growth+42.2%26.9%86.5%
2ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund - Growth+14.9%11.9%24.6%

Index Funds

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1UTI Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option+11.8%11.1%8.3%
2ICICI Prudential Nifty 50 Index Fund - Cumulative Option+9.0%9.6%-4.5%
3Motilal Oswal Nifty 50 Index Fund - Regular plan - Growth+8.7%9.1%-5.0%

Large & Mid-Cap

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1Motilal Oswal Large and Midcap Fund - Regular Plan Growth+23.4%19.6%3.0%
2ICICI Prudential Large & Mid Cap Fund - Growth+17.9%17.9%0.3%
3Mirae Asset Large & Midcap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+14.6%12.0%2.7%

Large-Cap

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1Nippon India Large Cap Fund- Growth Plan -Growth Option+17.2%16.7%10.6%
2ICICI Prudential Large Cap Fund (erstwhile Bluechip Fund) - Growth+13.8%13.3%-3.1%
3Aditya Birla Sun Life Large Cap Fund-Growth+11.1%10.7%-4.4%
4SBI Large Cap FUND-REGULAR PLAN GROWTH+10.5%10.8%-0.9%
5Edelweiss Large Cap Fund -Plan B - Growth option+10.4%10.5%-3.6%
6Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund - Growth Plan+9.4%9.1%-3.3%

Mid-Cap

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1Nippon India Growth Mid Cap Fund-Growth Plan-Growth Option+25.6%21.2%17.9%
2WhiteOak Capital Mid Cap Fund Regular Plan Growth+24.7%—12.3%
3Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth Option+22.9%19.5%6.3%
4Mahindra Manulife Mid Cap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+22.6%18.9%8.1%
5HDFC Mid Cap Fund - Growth Plan+22.4%20.4%6.0%
6Motilal Oswal Midcap Fund-Regular Plan-Growth Option+17.6%21.6%-8.8%
7quant Mid Cap Fund - Growth Option - Regular Plan+16.9%16.7%0.5%

Multi-Cap

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1Kotak Multicap Fund-Regular Plan-Growth+22.8%—14.6%
2Nippon India Multi Cap Fund-Growth Plan-Growth Option+20.3%20.4%12.4%
3Axis Multicap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+19.3%—2.5%
4HDFC Multi Cap Fund - Growth Option+15.2%—-2.7%

Sector - Energy

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1Nippon India Power & Infra Fund-Growth Plan -Growth Option+25.5%23.2%16.6%
2DSP Natural Resources And New Energy Fund - Regular - Growth+24.6%17.2%26.2%
3Tata Resources & Energy Fund-Regular Plan-Growth+18.3%14.5%16.0%

Sector - Financial Services

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund-Growth Plan-Growth Option+17.3%16.9%11.8%
2SBI BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND - REGULAR PLAN - GROWTH+15.5%11.9%1.0%
3ICICI Prudential Banking and Financial Services Fund - Growth+10.0%9.7%-5.0%

Sector - Healthcare

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1SBI HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES FUND - REGULAR PLAN -GROWTH+24.7%15.5%9.9%
2Nippon India Pharma Fund-Growth Plan-Growth Option+21.7%13.3%7.7%

Sector - PSU

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1SBI PSU Fund - REGULAR PLAN -Growth+29.5%23.6%8.3%
2Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund-Regular Plan-Growth+26.4%23.2%8.5%
3Invesco India PSU Equity Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+25.7%21.9%0.5%
4ICICI Prudential PSU Equity Fund - Growth+25.1%—5.9%

Sector - Technology

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1ICICI Prudential Technology Fund - Growth+8.1%7.7%-13.6%
2Tata Digital India Fund-Regular Plan-Growth+7.9%7.6%-2.0%

Small-Cap

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1BANDHAN SMALL CAP FUND - REGULAR PLAN GROWTH+28.0%20.9%4.4%
2BANK OF INDIA Small Cap Fund Regular Plan Growth+21.4%19.3%12.0%
3Nippon India Small Cap Fund - Growth Plan - Growth Option+20.2%21.2%11.2%
4quant Small Cap Fund - Growth - Regular Plan+20.1%20.3%6.4%
5DSP Small Cap Fund - Regular - Growth+18.9%18.1%6.6%
6Axis Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+15.5%16.5%1.9%
7HDFC Small Cap Fund - Growth Option+13.8%16.9%-2.3%
8CANARA ROBECO SMALL CAP FUND - REGULAR PLAN - GROWTH OPTION+13.8%16.1%-0.1%
9Tata Small Cap Fund-Regular Plan-Growth+12.5%16.6%-2.5%
10SBI Small Cap Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+12.3%13.5%-1.0%

Thematic - MNC

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1ICICI Prudential MNC Fund - Growth Option+14.4%12.7%7.5%
2Aditya Birla Sun Life MNC Fund - Growth - Regular Plan+11.0%6.6%-4.1%

Value

ranked by 3Y return
#Fund3Y5Y1Y
1Axis Value Fund - Regular Plan - Growth+18.6%—3.5%
2ICICI Prudential Value Fund (erstwhile Value Discovery Fund) - Growth+16.3%16.7%-2.0%

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Rankings are by past 3-year return and are factual information only, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any scheme. Past performance is not indicative of future results, and the highest-returning fund is usually not the lowest-risk one. This covers a curated set of funds, not the whole market. Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks; consult your mutual fund distributor before investing.

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