Every SEBI category
Best Mutual Funds in India 2026
Pick a category to see its funds ranked by 3-year returns — with ratings, expense ratios and AUM, all computed from AMFI NAV history and re-ranked every trading day. No pay-to-list, no fund-house feeds.
Equity
Best Large Cap Mutual Funds
37 funds
+8.8%
avg 3Y
Best Large & Mid Cap Mutual Funds
36 funds
+12.6%
avg 3Y
Best Mid Cap Mutual Funds
34 funds
+15.2%
avg 3Y
Best Small Cap Mutual Funds
36 funds
+15.0%
avg 3Y
Best Flexi Cap Mutual Funds
46 funds
+11.7%
avg 3Y
Best Multi Cap Mutual Funds
33 funds
+13.5%
avg 3Y
Best ELSS (Tax Saving) Mutual Funds
50 funds
+10.6%
avg 3Y
Best Value Mutual Funds
24 funds
+11.7%
avg 3Y
Best Contra Mutual Funds
4 funds
Best Focused Mutual Funds
28 funds
+11.4%
avg 3Y
Best Dividend Yield Mutual Funds
12 funds
+11.4%
avg 3Y
Best Sectoral & Thematic Mutual Funds
255 funds
+13.4%
avg 3Y
Hybrid
Best Aggressive Hybrid Mutual Funds
31 funds
+10.2%
avg 3Y
Best Conservative Hybrid Mutual Funds
17 funds
+7.5%
avg 3Y
Best Balanced Advantage Mutual Funds
37 funds
+8.7%
avg 3Y
Best Multi Asset Allocation Mutual Funds
37 funds
+14.3%
avg 3Y
Best Arbitrage Mutual Funds
41 funds
+7.2%
avg 3Y
Best Equity Savings Mutual Funds
23 funds
+8.3%
avg 3Y
Debt
Best Overnight Mutual Funds
55 funds
+5.4%
avg 3Y
Best Liquid Mutual Funds
48 funds
+6.4%
avg 3Y
Best Ultra Short Duration Mutual Funds
27 funds
+7.2%
avg 3Y
Best Low Duration Mutual Funds
26 funds
+7.3%
avg 3Y
Best Money Market Mutual Funds
28 funds
+7.0%
avg 3Y
Best Short Duration Mutual Funds
25 funds
+7.3%
avg 3Y
Best Medium Duration Mutual Funds
12 funds
+7.8%
avg 3Y
Best Medium to Long Duration Mutual Funds
Best Long Duration Mutual Funds
Best Dynamic Bond Mutual Funds
22 funds
+6.8%
avg 3Y
Best Corporate Bond Mutual Funds
21 funds
+7.2%
avg 3Y
Best Credit Risk Mutual Funds
12 funds
+9.9%
avg 3Y
Best Banking & PSU Mutual Funds
20 funds
+7.0%
avg 3Y
Best Gilt Mutual Funds
25 funds
+6.2%
avg 3Y
Best 10-Year Constant Duration Gilt Mutual Funds
Best Floater Mutual Funds
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Ranked by metric
The same universe cut by a rule instead of a category — cost, consistency, drawdown, risk-adjusted return. Every screen states the rule it applies and re-runs it against the latest NAVs.
Consistent compoundersBeat 15% CAGR over both 3 and 5 years, with a meaningful corpus.Large & inflation-beating₹10,000 Cr+ funds compounding above 10% over five years.Top 5-year equityEquity funds that returned over 20% annualised across five years.Five-star & cheapTop-rated (5★ against their own sub-category peers) and under 1% TER.Low-cost & largeCheap (< 0.5% TER) funds with more than ₹5,000 Cr under management.Ultra-cheap index fundsIndex funds charging under 0.2% a year.Direct, cheap & strongDirect plans under 0.8% TER that still cleared 15% over three years.Index funds that actually trackTracking error under 0.5% — the gap between an index fund and its index.High-Sharpe small capsSmall-cap funds with a trailing Sharpe ratio above 0.8.Sortino starsStrong downside-adjusted returns (Sortino > 2) at scale.Low-drawdown equityEquity funds that never fell more than 20%, yet beat 12% over 3Y.High alpha over benchmarkAdded more than 3% of alpha and compounded above 12% over 3Y.Falls less than it risesCaptures over 95% of the market's gains but under 85% of its falls.Steady large-capsLarge-cap funds that still compounded above 12% a year over five years.Mid-cap moversMid-cap funds that returned over 18% annualised across five years.Multi-cap all-roundersMulti-cap funds spanning the market that beat 18% over three years.Value with an edgeValue-style funds compounding above 15% over three years.Flexi-cap outperformersFlexi-cap funds compounding above 18% over three years.Steady debt (low volatility)Debt funds with under 3% volatility still yielding above 6% over 1Y.Balanced hybridHybrid funds with contained volatility and 10%+ three-year CAGR.ELSS tax-saversSection 80C tax-savers (ELSS) that beat 15% over three years.One-fund aggressive hybridEquity-tilted hybrids above 12% over 3Y — a single-fund core holding.All-weather balanced advantageDynamic-allocation funds (₹1,000 Cr+) that still beat 11% over three years.Cash-parking arbitrageLow-risk arbitrage funds that yielded above 6% over the past year.Momentum leadersUp more than 15% in six months and 25% across the year.Sector on fireSectoral & thematic funds that gained more than 25% in a year.Fast startersUp more than 15% over the last three months, with real scale behind them.Decade compounders₹1,000 Cr+ funds that beat 15% a year over a full decade.Since-inception legends₹5,000 Cr+ funds compounding above 15% a year since launch.Low-beta defensiveEquity funds that move less than the market (β < 0.85) yet beat 12% over 3Y.Buy-and-hold indexLarge (₹5,000 Cr+) index funds charging under 0.3% — set and forget.Best SIP mutual fundsEquity funds past 12% a year over ten, with a ₹1,000 Cr+ corpus — a SIP's horizon.Best mutual funds for beginnersCheap, large index funds that fell less than the market — a first-fund shortlist.Hidden gemsSmall (< ₹500 Cr) funds quietly compounding above 20% over 3Y.Value, by what it holdsEquity funds whose own portfolio trades under 22× earnings — cheap by holdings, not by NAV.Aggressive growthFunds that returned over 25% a year across three years.
Category averages are peer averages over live funds (Direct/Growth preferred, one variant per scheme), computed from AMFI NAV history and refreshed through the day. Rankings are data, not investment advice.