Top performing · Issuer · ranked by 1-year total return

Top-performing iShares ETFs

iShares runs 405 US-listed ETFs with $4.57T in combined net assets.

Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, the best performer among funds with at least $25 million in assets was EWT (+67.5%); the median fund returned +8.8%.

Expense ratios run from 0.03% to 0.75% a year (median 0.3%).

The 10 top performers

Top-performing iShares ETFs
# Fund 30 daysNet assetsCostYield1 moYTD1 yr3 yr5 yr
1 EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF $11.76B0.59%2.63%-6.6%+68.8%+67.5%+42.5%+18.8%
2 IEO iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production E… $516.1M0.37%1.48%+10.4%+67.5%+67.3%+18.3%+21.5%
3 IDNA iShares Genomics Immunology and Healthcare ETF $190.9M0.47%0.69%+0.6%+61.1%+66.9%+35.8%-2.1%
4 EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $27.72B0.59%1.35%-21.0%+56.0%+59.9%+41.1%+15.9%
5 GSG iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust $1.10B0.75%0%+3.1%+60.4%+59.6%+18.7%+15.7%
6 IYE iShares U.S. Energy ETF $1.76B0.37%1.88%+10.0%+53.7%+56.7%+20.5%+21.6%
7 IXC iShares Global Energy ETF $2.00B0.37%2.51%+8.3%+51.0%+54.8%+20.9%+21.1%
8 COMT iShares U.S. ETF Trust iShares GSCI Commodity Dyn… $1.19B0.48%5%+4.2%+55.0%+54.4%+17.0%+13.6%
9 VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF $9.07B0.15%1.57%-2.5%+45.7%+53.1%+34.9%+17.0%
10 SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF $47.82B0.33%0.09%-23.0%+50.9%+48.5%+44.1%+23.7%

Funds with less than $25 million in net assets and leveraged or inverse funds are left out of the ranking. Returns are total returns with distributions reinvested (3 and 5 years annualized), as of Oct 27, 2026.

How the top 5 compare

    Growth of each fund’s value from the start of the range, distributions reinvested. The dashed gray line is the S&P 500 (SPY).

    All 405 iShares ETFs

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    All iShares ETFs
    Fund KindNet assetsCostYieldYTD1 yr5 yr
    IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF S&P 500$888.13B0.03%1.11%+11.2%+11.5%+11.8%
    IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Developed markets$190.11B0.07%3.4%+9.8%+13.7%+8.2%
    IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Emerging markets$160.90B0.09%2.42%+11.5%+11.7%+6.7%
    AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF Broad market$138.32B0.03%4.13%-0.8%-0.4%-0.2%
    IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF Large-cap growth$128.90B0.18%0.63%-1.3%-3.7%+9.9%
    IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF Mid-cap$124.33B0.05%1.23%+12.9%+15.3%+6.9%
    IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Small-cap$111.32B0.06%1.2%+18.7%+21.7%+5.8%
    SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF Treasury bills$105.98B0.09%3.65%+2.8%+3.4%+3.8%
    ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF Whole market$94.14B0.03%1.03%+11.2%+11.4%+10.7%
    IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF Small-cap$82.97B0.19%0.98%+14.2%+14.5%+4.8%
    IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF Large-cap value$79.74B0.18%1.36%+24.6%+28.8%+11.5%
    EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Developed markets$77.98B0.32%3.25%+9.7%+13.5%+8.4%
    IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Large-cap growth$74.97B0.18%0.37%+8.2%+7.0%+11.2%
    IAU iShares Gold Trust Gold$60.11B0.25%0%-8.6%-1.6%+16.9%
    IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Developed and emerging markets$58.39B0.07%3.03%+10.8%+13.8%+8.0%
    IWR iShares Russell Midcap ETF Mid-cap$56.98B0.18%1.15%+15.6%+16.6%+7.1%
    IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF Large-cap$48.33B0.15%0.93%+10.9%+11.2%+11.0%
    SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF Semiconductors$47.82B0.33%0.09%+50.9%+48.5%+23.7%
    IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Large-cap value$47.74B0.18%1.5%+14.4%+16.7%+11.4%
    TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Long-term Treasury and government$47.05B0.15%4.75%-3.0%-5.3%-7.9%
    QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF Factor and smart beta$46.53B0.15%0.21%+12.5%+14.1%+10.6%
    MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF Municipal$45.38B0.05%3.3%-0.6%-0.2%+0.6%
    GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Treasury and government$43.55B0.05%3.73%-0.6%-0.5%-0.7%
    IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF Bitcoin$43.40B0.25%—-12.7%-30.4%—
    IUSB iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Broad market$43.00B0.06%4.31%-0.7%-0.3%+0.1%

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