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Top-rated funds in each category. Shortlisted funds go to New picks.

Rated categories

Top 5 by overall rating; ties broken by 3-year risk-adjusted rank. Open-ended Direct-Growth funds only.

Contra Fund 5 funds, as of 2026-10

Not rated: requires at least 5 funds with 3 years of history. View all โ†’

Dividend Yield Fund 12 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
LIC MF Dividend Yield Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…17.62%0.661st
ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…13.54%0.5413th
Tata Dividend Yield Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†โ˜†12.98%0.4638th
Franklin India Dividend Yield Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†โ˜†10.70%0.3750th
SBI Dividend Yield Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†โ˜†10.76%0.3863rd

All 12 โ†’

ELSS 37 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
Motilal Oswal ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…19.60%0.651st
WhiteOak Capital ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…15.48%0.633rd
HSBC ELSS Tax saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…15.18%0.589th
Quant ELSS Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…14.46%0.5115th
JM ELSS - Tax Saver Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†15.63%0.596th

All 37 โ†’

Flexi Cap Fund 46 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
ITI Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…18.29%0.721st
BANK OF INDIA FLEXI CAP FUND - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…18.11%0.673rd
360 ONE Flexicap Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…16.83%0.696th
HDFC Flexi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…15.79%0.739th
ICICI Prudential Flexi Cap fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…15.39%0.6123rd

All 46 โ†’

Focused Fund 28 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
Invesco India Focused Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…21.31%0.841st
ICICI Prudential Focused Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…16.60%0.704th
HDFC Focused Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…15.41%0.718th
SBI FOCUSED FUND - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†14.90%0.6412th
ITI Focused Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†15.80%0.6116th

All 28 โ†’

Large Cap Fund 35 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
Invesco India Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…14.15%0.544th
WhiteOak Capital Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…13.22%0.547th
ICICI Prudential Large Cap Fund (erstwhile Bluechip Fund) - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…10.40%0.3635th
BANDHAN LARGE CAP FUND - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†13.19%0.5111th
quant Large Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†13.54%0.4714th

All 35 โ†’

Large & Mid Cap Fund 37 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
Invesco India Large & Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…21.34%0.811st
Motilal Oswal Large and Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…20.66%0.704th
Bandhan Large & Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…16.71%0.688th
Quant Large & Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…14.98%0.5124th
HSBC Large & Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†17.21%0.6312th

All 37 โ†’

Mid Cap Fund 34 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
Invesco India Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…21.88%0.801st
WhiteOak Capital Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…20.27%0.814th
HSBC Midcap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…21.56%0.768th
Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†18.90%0.7215th Held
BANDHAN MID CAP FUND - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†17.28%0.6322nd

All 34 โ†’

Multi Cap Fund 33 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
Axis Multicap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…18.83%0.791st
WhiteOak Capital Multi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…17.44%0.735th
BANK OF INDIA MULTI CAP FUND - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…16.67%0.6610th
Kotak Multi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…15.64%0.5832nd
LIC MF Multi Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†17.06%0.6414th

All 33 โ†’

Small Cap Fund 37 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
BANDHAN Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…21.56%0.765th
Invesco India Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…20.26%0.739th
BANK OF INDIA SMALL CAP FUND - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…18.62%0.6118th
Quant Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…16.09%0.5422nd
ITI Small Cap Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†21.97%0.791st

All 37 โ†’

Value Fund 24 funds, as of 2026-10

fundrating3y return3y Sharpe3y rank
Axis Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…17.83%0.771st
Quant Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…18.94%0.6310th
ICICI Prudential Value Fund (erstwhile Value Discovery Fund) - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…11.62%0.4630th
DSP Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†16.21%0.875th
HDFC Value Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜†15.20%0.6115th

All 24 โ†’

Sector and theme funds, by benchmark

Not rated. Grouped by declared benchmark; top 5 by 3-year return. 8 funds without a single-index benchmark not shown.

fund3y return1y return
NIFTY 500 ยท 47 funds, top 5
Union Innovation & Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 19.79%13.40%
Franklin India Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 19.22%-0.21%
Axis Innovation Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 18.91%16.72%
ICICI Prudential Innovation Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 18.58%2.97%
Kotak Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 17.86%9.00%
NIFTY FINANCIAL SERVICES ยท 26 funds, top 5
quant BFSI Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 21.19%8.52%
SBI BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 17.67%2.26%
Invesco India Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 17.17%6.44%
BANDHAN FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 15.46%2.15%
Baroda BNP Paribas Banking and Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 15.37%2.72%
NIFTY INDIA CONSUMPTION ยท 24 funds, top 5
HSBC Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 15.50%4.38%
Tata India Consumer Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 14.50%6.73%
Canara Robeco Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH OPTION 11.83%-0.18%
Mirae Asset Great Consumer Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 11.36%0.09%
Baroda BNP Paribas India Consumption Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 10.95%-0.80%
BSE HEALTHCARE ยท 15 funds, top 5
HDFC Pharma and Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 31.39%31.91%
SBI HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 25.46%25.87%
Mirae Asset Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 24.62%28.48%
UTI - Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 24.09%22.34%
ICICI Prudential Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative 22.47%12.08%
NIFTY INDIA MANUFACTURING ยท 12 funds, top 5
Kotak Manufacture in India Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 20.94%15.97%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Manufacturing Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 20.47%17.46%
ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund - Direct Plan - Cumulative 18.67%7.12%
quant Manufacturing Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 15.83%12.84%
Axis India Manufacturing Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option -15.75%
NIFTY INFRASTRUCTURE ยท 11 funds, top 5
LIC MF Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 22.34%9.19%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 17.78%14.22%
Nippon India Power & Infra Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 17.09%5.89%
Kotak Infrastructure and Economic Reform Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 16.66%7.62%
Quant Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 16.27%7.46%
BSE 200 ยท 10 funds, top 5
Nippon India Quant Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 14.60%2.59%
360 ONE QUANT FUND - Direct Plan - GROWTH Option 14.30%-2.26%
ICICI Prudential QUANT FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 13.04%2.64%
Axis Quant Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 9.11%1.47%
DSP Quant Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 8.05%-1.48%
BSE TECK ยท 10 funds, top 5
SBI TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 11.39%-3.86%
Franklin India Technology Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 10.38%-4.76%
HDFC Technology Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 9.36%-5.58%
ICICI Prudential Technology Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 8.38%-4.54%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 5.86%-3.72%
NIFTY 100 ESG ยท 10 funds, top 5
quant ESG Integration Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 17.53%19.38%
Aditya Birla Sun Life ESG Integration Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 12.85%2.67%
ICICI Prudential ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 12.54%-3.72%
Invesco India ESG Integration Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 11.05%2.97%
SBI ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 10.98%2.37%
BSE INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE ยท 9 funds, top 5
DSP India T.I.G.E.R. Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 20.08%11.84%
Canara Robeco Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH OPTION 18.12%0.25%
Invesco India Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 16.88%4.75%
ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 16.05%-1.91%
Franklin Build India Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 15.47%-0.87%
NIFTY MNC ยท 7 funds, top 5
ICICI Prudential MNC Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 11.22%4.78%
UTI - MNC Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 9.07%-0.87%
HDFC MNC Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 7.95%4.21%
SBI MNC FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 7.95%14.43%
Aditya Birla Sun Life MNC Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 6.05%-7.84%
NIFTY TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS ยท 6 funds, top 5
HDFC Transportation and Logistics Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 24.75%10.11%
ICICI PRUDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 22.68%12.02%
BANDHAN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 19.16%6.97%
UTI - Transportation and Logistics Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 18.84%4.39%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Transportation and Logistics Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH -18.55%
BSE 500 ยท 5 funds
Aditya Birla Sun Life Special Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 19.68%12.29%
ICICI Prudential Exports & Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 15.50%3.79%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 13.93%7.06%
Baroda BNP Paribas Business Cycle Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 13.92%6.50%
WhiteOak Capital Special Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option -13.44%
BSE PSU ยท 4 funds
SBI PSU FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 20.86%2.12%
ICICI PRUDENTIAL PSU EQUITY FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 19.67%3.16%
Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 19.61%5.91%
Invesco India PSU Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 18.41%-3.34%
NIFTY 200 ยท 4 funds
quant Quantamental Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 15.44%9.29%
Kotak Quant Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 11.33%-3.94%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Quant Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH -5.36%
Motilal Oswal Quant Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH -1.90%
NIFTY COMMODITIES ยท 4 funds
Tata Resources & Energy Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 15.85%4.30%
ICICI Prudential Commodities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 15.64%4.04%
SBI COMMA FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 15.52%7.00%
quant Commodities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option -7.06%
NIFTY ENERGY ยท 4 funds
SBI Energy Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth -0.40%
Baroda BNP Paribas Energy Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option --1.11%
ICICI PRUDENTIAL ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct Plan - Growth -5.48%
Kotak Energy Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth -2.70%
NIFTY SERVICES SECTOR ยท 4 funds
Sundaram Services Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 14.43%3.56%
Axis Services Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option --1.37%
Baroda BNP Paribas Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option --
Motilal Oswal Services Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH -11.33%
NIFTY 200 QUALITY 30 ยท 3 funds
ICICI Prudential Quality Fund - Direct Plan - Growth -6.59%
SBI Quality Fund - Direct Plan - Growth --
Motilal Oswal Quality Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH --
NIFTY 500 SHARIAH ยท 3 funds
Tata Ethical Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 6.21%-3.61%
Quantum Ethical Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option -2.92%
THE WEALTH COMPANY ETHICAL FUND - Direct Plan - Growth --4.22%
NIFTY HEALTHCARE ยท 3 funds
quant Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 21.92%24.28%
ITI Pharma and Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 20.85%17.03%
Kotak Healthcare Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option -32.86%
NIFTY HOUSING ยท 3 funds
ICICI PRUDENTIAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct Plan - Growth 12.32%-0.81%
HDFC Housing Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 9.12%-4.22%
TATA HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FUND - Direct Plan - Growth Option 8.50%1.27%
NIFTY IT ยท 3 funds
Tata Digital India Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 6.70%-7.08%
quant Teck Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 5.38%-4.53%
Invesco India Technology Fund - Direct Plan - Growth -5.96%
BSE SELECT BUSINESS GROUPS ยท 2 funds
Aditya Birla Sun Life Conglomerate Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH -0.36%
ICICI Prudential Conglomerate Fund - Direct Plan - Growth -3.91%
NIFTY 50 ยท 2 funds
SBI Equity Minimum Variance Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 8.04%-1.11%
ICICI Prudential Equity Minimum Variance Fund - Direct Plan - Growth -1.93%
BSE 500 SHARIAH ยท 1 fund
Taurus Ethical Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 10.57%0.03%
BSE BANKEX ยท 1 fund
Taurus Banking & Financial Services Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 10.29%-0.59%
BSE FINANCIAL SERVICES ยท 1 fund
HSBC Financial Services fund - Direct Plan - Growth -7.95%
BSE QUALITY ยท 1 fund
WhiteOak Capital Quality Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option -0.11%
NIFTY AUTO ยท 1 fund
SBI Automotive Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth -25.71%
NIFTY CONGLOMERATE 50 ยท 1 fund
Baroda BNP Paribas Business Conglomerates Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option -1.52%
NIFTY FMCG ยท 1 fund
ICICI Prudential FMCG Fund - Direct Plan - Growth -2.74%-15.94%
NIFTY INDIA DEFENCE ยท 1 fund
HDFC Defence Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 34.08%21.04%
NIFTY IPO ยท 1 fund
Edelweiss Recently Listed IPO Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 17.37%22.74%
NIFTY PSE ยท 1 fund
quant PSU Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option --1.14%
NIFTY RURAL ยท 1 fund
ICICI Prudential Rural Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth --3.92%
S&P 500 ยท 1 fund
Nippon India US Equity Opportunities Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 19.20%15.25%
S&P 500 INTERNATIONAL ยท 1 fund
ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth 20.73%24.39%
S&P GLOBAL 1200 ยท 1 fund
Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH 20.99%12.80%
S&P JAPAN 500 ยท 1 fund
Nippon India Japan Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 19.64%17.16%
TAIWAN CAPITALIZATION WEIGHTED STOCK ยท 1 fund
Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option 43.09%50.12%
Index funds not listed (mfresearch benchmarks tracking). Past performance only.