How much would I haveif…

The leaderboard

The same $1,000, every asset on the site, one finish line. This is the honest answer to the question everyone really asks — what should I have bought? Ranked by what it'd be worth today, no cherry-picking.

$1,000, ten years ago

Invested at the end of 2016 · worth today
1Ethereum205×$205,3552Nvidia76.9×$76,8503Bitcoin66.8×$66,8424Tesla28.5×$28,5215Apple10.1×$10,0536Amazon6.36×$6,3637Microsoft6.29×$6,2888Nasdaq-1006.09×$6,0889Gold3.66×$3,66010S&P 5003.32×$3,31811Silver1.82×$1,825

Bars are log-scaled so the whole field stays readable across wildly different returns; the dollar figure and the multiple are the precise truth. Tap any row to open the full breakdown — the chart, the best and worst years, the crash and the recovery.

The records

Best single year
+9141%
Ethereum in 2017
Worst single year
-82%
Ethereum in 2018
Deepest crash
−93%
Amazon, 1999→2001 peak-to-trough
Steadiest ride
4%
S&P 500 — lowest year-to-year swing
Wildest ride
1146%
Ethereum — biggest year-to-year swing

$1,000, five years ago

Invested at the end of 2021 · worth today
1Nvidia6.98×$6,9772Gold2.31×$2,3053Nasdaq-1001.81×$1,8134Apple1.64×$1,6405S&P 5001.56×$1,5626Amazon1.43×$1,4317Bitcoin1.39×$1,3918Silver1.25×$1,2539Microsoft1.16×$1,16210Tesla1.15×$1,15411Ethereum0.46×$456

$1,000, since 2015

The full field — every asset, including the crypto era
1Ethereum1,804×$1,804,0322Nvidia250×$250,2323Bitcoin150×$149,6114Tesla25.4×$25,4025Apple11.1×$11,0616Amazon7.06×$7,0607Microsoft7.04×$7,0438Nasdaq-1006.45×$6,4499Gold3.97×$3,97210S&P 5003.64×$3,63811Silver2.12×$2,116

All-time, by annual return

Each asset since its first year · ranked by CAGR

Different assets have different amounts of history, so a raw multiple isn't a fair fight here. This ranks by compound annual growth rate — the steady yearly pace that turned the start into the finish — which is comparable no matter how long the run.

#AssetSincePer year (CAGR)
1Ethereum2015105.4%
2Bitcoin201193.6%
3Tesla201042.2%
4Nvidia199933.5%
5Amazon199727.3%
6Microsoft198621.7%
7Apple198018.1%
8S&P 50019938.9%
9Gold19718.8%
10Nasdaq-10019998.1%
11Silver20047.6%

Honest questions

What's the best-performing investment?

Over the last ten years, a $1,000 bet on Ethereum would be worth the most of any asset on the site — $205,355. The all-time ranking by annual return (CAGR) tells a slightly different story, because each asset's history is a different length.

Is this a fair comparison if the assets have different start dates?

Each fixed window (ten years, five years, since 2015) only includes assets that have data for the entire window, so nothing gets credit for a head start it didn't have. The all-time table ranks by CAGR — the annualised return — which is the only honest way to line up histories of different lengths.

Do these numbers include dividends and fees?

These are price-only returns: they track the asset's price, not reinvested dividends, and they don't subtract trading costs, spreads or taxes. That's the same basis used across the site. See the methodology for exactly what's included and left out.

How often does the leaderboard update?

It's rebuilt from the underlying price data on every deploy, so the order, the multiples and the records all refresh whenever the data does — and any newly added asset is ranked automatically.

Go deeper

A ranking is a starting line, not an answer. Pit two of these against each other, run your own amount and start year, or read how the math actually works.

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Price-only returns through 2026 · not investment advice