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Rebuilt every trading night.\n All income All option income Broad (an index, an ETF or a basket) Single-stock The highest yielding income ETFs\n MRNY leads the highest yielding income ETFs at 111.4% (cash paid, one year), as of Oct 27, 2026. 15 funds ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. Paying the most cash and making the most money are different things. The price change and the benchmark gap are on the same row.\n The highest yielding income ETFs, ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, as of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Cash paid Price change Total return vs benchmark \n 1 MRNY YieldMax MRNA Option Income Strategy ETF 111.4% +137.2% +461.6% \u2212218.5 pts \n 2 WNTR YieldMax MSTR Short Option Income Strategy ETF 81.2% \u221247.9% +18.8% +12.6 pts \n 3 FIAT YieldMax Short COIN Option Income Strategy ETF 77.0% \u221228.6% +52.6% +18.7 pts \n 4 AMDW Roundhill AMD WeeklyPay ETF 65.8% +20.4% +127.8% +12.0 pts \n 5 AMDY YieldMax AMD Option Income Strategy ETF 64.8% \u221212.2% +83.0% \u221232.8 pts \n 6 ARMW Roundhill ARM WeeklyPay ETF 60.9% \u221242.6% +17.6% \u22129.3 pts \n 7 AMYY GraniteShares YieldBOOST AMD ETF 58.5% \u221251.5% +14.1% \u2212101.7 pts \n 8 CVNY YieldMax CVNA Option Income Strategy ETF 53.7% \u221255.2% \u22127.2% +9.4 pts \n 9 USOY Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF 51.1% +5.5% +73.5% \u221250.6 pts \n 10 SMYY GraniteShares YieldBOOST SMCI ETF 50.6% \u221276.0% \u221229.8% +2.2 pts \n 11 TSYY GraniteShares YieldBOOST TSLA ETF 50.1% \u221268.1% \u221223.6% \u221213.7 pts \n 12 NVYY GraniteShares YieldBOOST NVDA ETF 48.5% \u221255.3% \u22128.7% \u221222.8 pts \n 13 CRSH YieldMax Short TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF 48.2% \u221241.1% +4.2% +13.6 pts \n 14 GDXY YieldMax Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF 48.1% \u221238.5% +5.2% \u221214.6 pts \n 15 SLTY YieldMax Ultra Short Option Income Strategy ETF 47.7% \u221248.5% \u22122.1% not available \n \n Method\n Cash paid is every distribution over the window, as a percent of the price at the start of it. It is not a return: the price change sits beside it. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n Every income ETF The income ETFs that paid most as their price fell Top Dividend ETFs Do these funds lose value? Sources\n Rule 19a-1 distribution notices and prospectus filings on SEC EDGAR SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say Links are sources, not endorsements.\n A ranking is not a recommendation or an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. 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