Ranking The Modern Popes

S Tier

• Pope Saint John Paul II
• Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903)
• Pope St. Pius X (1903–1914)

A Tier

• Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013)
• Pope Pius XI (1922–1939)
• Pope Pius IX (1846–1878)
• Pope Pius XII (1939–1958)
• Pope St. John XXIII (1958–1963)

B Tier

• Pope Benedict XV (1914–1922)
• Pope St. Paul VI (1963–1978)

C Tier

• Pope Francis (2013–2025)

Incomplete Tier

• Pope Leo XIV (2025–present)
• Pope John Paul I (1978)

Too Early Tier