Civilization 6 Tier List: Best Civ 6 Leaders (March 2024)

Looking to level up your Civ 6 game play strategy?

Use our Civilization 6 tier list to form your playstyle with the best civilizations.

Remember, picking the right civilization plays a mega part in winning the game.

So, check out our lists of the best Civ 6 leaders with our ranked tier lists below.

Civ 6 S-Tier

This tier is the best of the best right here. I’m talking about the games best civilizations.

Civilization	Leader	Bonus (Leader)	Kickass Ability	The Unit	The Structure
Japan	Hojo Tokimune	Divine Wind	Meiji Restoration	Samurai	Electronics Factory
Macedonia	Alexander the Great	To the World’s End	Hellenistic Fusion	Hypaspist	Basilikoi Paides
Russia	Peter I	The Grand Embassy	Mother Russia	Cossack	Lavra
Germany	Frederick Barbarossa	Holy Roman Emperor	Free Imperial Cities	U-Boat	Hansa
Gran Colombia	Simon Bolivar	Campaña Admirable	Ejercito Patriota	Llanero	Hacienda

With these, it doesn’t matter what difficulty setting you use cause you’re gonna dominate the hell out of it on your way to victory.

Civ 6 A-Tier

These civilizations are really good, but not quite S-tier material. So, the path to victory won’t be quite as easy.

Civilization	The Leader	Bonus (leader)	Kickass Ability	The Unit	The Structure
Rome	Trajan	Trajan’s Column	All Roads Lead to Rome	Legion	Bath
Greece	Pericles	Surrounded by Glory	Plato’s Republic	Hoplite	Acropolis
Greece	Gorgo	Thermopylae	Plato’s Republic	Hoplite	Acropolis
Maya	Lady Six Sky	Ix Mutal Ajaw	Mayab	Hul’che	Observatory
Dutch/Netherlands	Wilhelmina	Radio Oranje	Grote Rivieren	De Zeven Provincien	Polder
Korea	Seondeok	Hwarang	Three Kingdoms	Hwacha	Seowon
Brazil	Pedro II	Magnanimous	Amazon	Minas Geraes	Street Carnival, Copacabana
Sumeria	Gilgamesh	Adventures of Enkidu	Epic Quest	War-Cart	Ziggurat
Canada	Wilfrid Laurier	The Last Best West	Four Faces of Peace	Mountie	Ice Hockey Rink
Maori	Kupe	Kupe’s Voyage	Mana	Toa	Marae
Aztec	Montezuma	Gifts for the Tlatoani	Legend of the Five Suns	Eagle Warrior	Tlachtli
Ottoman	Suleiman	Grand Vizier	Great Turkish Bombard	Barbary Corsair	Grand Bazaar
Nubia	Amanitore	Kandake of Meroe	Ta-Seti	Pitati Archer	Nubian Pyramid
Arabia	Saladin	Righteousness of the Faith	The Last Prophet	Mamluk	Madrasa
Mongolia	Genghis Khan	Mongol Horde	Ortoo	Keshig	Ordu
Hungary	Matthias Corvinus	Raven King	Pearl of the Danube	Huszar	Thermal Bath

With these, you can forge your way to victory on most any setting, but it will require a bit more work and skill from you.

Civ 6 B-Tier

As you already know, the B-tier is not quite as awesome as the tiers listed above, but overall they are good civilizations.

Civilization	Leader	Bonus (Leader)	Kickass Ability	The Unit	The Structure
Egypt	Cleopatra	Mediterranean’s Bride	Iteru	Maryannu Chariot Archer	Sphinx
Phoenicia	Dido	Founder of Carthage	Mediterranean Colonies	Bireme	Cothon
Zulu	Shaka	Amabutho	Isibongo	Impi	Ikanda
America	Teddy Roosevelt	Roosevelt Corollary	Founding Fathers	P-51 Mustang	Film Studio
Australia	John Curtin	Citadel of Civilization	Land Down Under	Digger	Outback Station
Persia	Cyrus	Fall of Babylon	Satrapies	Immortal	Pairidaeza
France	Catherine de Midici	Catherine’s Flying Squadron	Grand Tour	Garde Imperiale	Chateau
France	Eleanor of Aquitane	Court of Love	Grand Tour	Garde Imperiale	Chateau

With these, keep in mind that they are really focused on a single victory path, which is nice, but at the same time you’ll notice they’re not as versatile as what you get with the tiers above.

Civ 6 C-Tier

As you already know, the C-tier is not quite as awesome as the tiers listed above, but overall they are decent enough civilizations.

Civilization	Leader	Bonus (Leader)	Kickass Ability	The Unit	The Structure
Mali	Mansa Munsa	Sahel Merchants	Songs of the Jeli	Mandekalu Cavalry	Suguba
Sweden	Kristina	Minerva of the North	Nobel Prize	Carolean	Open-Air Museum
England	Victoria	Pax Britannica	British Museum / Workshop of the World	Sea Dog	Royal Navy Dockyard
Indonesia	Gitarja	Exalted Goddess of the Three Worlds	Great Nusantara	Jong	Kampung
Poland	Jadwiga	Lithuanian Union	Golden Liberty	Winged Hussar	Sukiennice
Inca	Pachacuti	Qhapaq Nan	Mit’a	Warak’aq	Terrace Farm
China	Qin Shi Huang	The First Emperor	Dynastic Cycle	Crouching Tiger	Great Wall
India	Chandragupta	Arthashastra	Dharma	Varu	Stepwell
India	Gandhi	Satyagraha	Dharma	Varu	Stepwell
Khmer	Jayavarman VII	Monasteries of the King	Grand Barays	Domrey	Prasat

With these, keep in mind that the victory path isn’t the easiest.

Civ 6 D-Tier

As you already know, the D-tier is not quite as awesome as the tiers listed above. And some many even classify them as poor.

Civilization	Leader	Bonus (Leader)	Kickass Ability	The Unit	The Structure
Scotland	Robert the Bruce	Bannockburn	Scottish Enlightenment	Highlander	Golf Course
Kongo	Mvemba a Nzinga	Religious Convert	Nkisi	Ngao Mbeba	Mbanza
Scythia	Tomyris	Killer of Cyrus	People of the Steppe	Saka Horse Archer	Kurgan
Spain	Philip II	El Escorial	Treasure Fleet	Conquistador	Mission
Mapuche	Lautaro	Swift Hawk	Toqui	Malon Raider	Chemamull

With these, keep in mind that the victory path is really going to be a challenge because they don’t perform well thanks to the lack of skills with the leaders.

Civ 6 F-Tier

Do you really want to be here? I don’t think so.

These are hands down the absolute worst civilizations.

Civilization	Leader	Bonus (Leader)	Kickass Ability	The Unit	The Structure
Georgia	Tamar	Glory of the World, Kingdom of Faith	Strength in Unity	Khevsur	Tsikhe
Norway	Harald Hardrada	Thunderbolt of the North	Knarr	Berserker	Stave Church
Cree	Poundmaker	Favorable Terms	Nihithaw	Okihtcitaw	Mekewap

With these, keep in mind that the victory path is, well, you’ll see how bad it is. Only choose off this list if you hate yourself.