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Rebuilt every trading night.\n The highest yielding ETFs that pay monthly\n See 15 funds ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. Updated Oct 20, 2026. The highest payer is rarely the fund that left a holder with the most. Both columns are here.\n The highest yielding ETFs that pay monthly, ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Cash paid Price change Total return vs benchmark Pays \n 1 ETCO Grayscale Ethereum High Income ETF 36.7% \u221269.4% \u221238.7% +0.2 pts monthly \n 2 BTCC Grayscale Bitcoin High Income ETF 30.2% \u221253.5% \u221224.2% +1.4 pts monthly \n 3 EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF 29.2% \u221228.6% \u22120.9% \u221216.7 pts monthly \n 4 KSLV Kurv Silver Enhanced Income ETF 27.6% \u221219.1% +3.5% not measured monthly \n 5 EHY Amplify Ethereum Max Income Covered Call 24.1% \u221266.7% \u221246.7% \u22127.8 pts monthly \n 6 SLJY Amplify SILJ Junior Silver Miners Covere 23.1% \u221215.3% +6.0% +5.0 pts monthly \n 7 BAGY Amplify Bitcoin Max Income Covered Call 22.2% \u221252.9% \u221233.2% \u22127.6 pts monthly \n 8 XLEI State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR P 21.7% +20.4% +47.2% \u221213.7 pts monthly \n 9 XPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Dist 19.9% \u22126.4% +15.0% \u22120.9 pts monthly \n 10 TSLP Kurv Yield Premium Strategy Tesla (TSLA) 19.3% \u221239.5% \u221222.2% \u22125.7 pts monthly \n 11 KLIP KraneShares KWEB Covered Call Strategy E 19.2% \u221232.8% \u221215.1% +20.9 pts monthly \n 12 IGLD FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF 19.1% \u221223.3% \u22125.7% +0.6 pts monthly \n 13 XLKI State Street Technology Select Sector SP 18.4% \u22121.9% +18.0% \u221211.3 pts monthly \n 14 TDAQ TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily 18.3% \u22122.4% +17.6% \u22120.3 pts monthly \n 15 IWMW iShares IWM Premium Income+ ETF 18.3% \u221210.3% +8.8% \u22123.5 pts monthly \n \n Method\n Yield here is cash paid: every distribution over the year, as a percent of the price at the start of it. It is not a return, and the price change sits beside it. Every fund here distributes monthly. 137 of the 185 have a full year behind them. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n The highest yielding income ETFs Every income ETF Does a higher yield mean more money? Where these figures came from\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 ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement.\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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