{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/income/","section":"rankings","title":"Option-income ETF rankings | ETFIQ","description":"28 ways ETFIQ ranks income etfs, each on a single stated measure, rebuilt every trading night from its own published data.","as_of":"Oct 27, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Option-income ETF rankings","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/income/"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"Option-income ETF rankings","description":"28 ways ETFIQ ranks income etfs, each on a single stated measure, rebuilt every trading night from its own published data.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/income/","dateModified":"2026-10-27","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":4446,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Option-income ETF rankings \n \n Rebuilt every trading night. Data as of Oct 27, 2026 .\n Option-income ETF rankings\n All Income Themes Leverage Crypto Alternatives Buffer See the ETFs at the top of any measure. Each list sorts funds by one number, named in its title. Every table also sorts by any column. Updated Oct 27, 2026.\n Ranked by the category score\n Distribution Coverage Score How much of what it paid out did its total return cover? 239 funds scored. A score is a percentile of one published number inside a stated set, not a rating. How each is computed \n The highest yielding income ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. The highest yielding autocallable ETFs 27 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the price three months earlier, three months. The highest yielding option income ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. The highest yielding single-stock income ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. The highest yielding broad option income ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. The income ETFs that paid most as their price fell 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash paid minus price change, one year. The income ETFs furthest ahead of their benchmark 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by total return minus the benchmark return, in points, one year. Every single-stock income ETF against its own stock 74 funds \u00b7 ranked by total return minus the stock\u2019s own total return, in points, one year. Every income ETF measured against SPY 51 funds \u00b7 ranked by total return minus what SPY returned, in points, one year. Every income ETF measured against QQQ 14 funds \u00b7 ranked by total return minus what QQQ returned, in points, one year. Every income ETF measured against VOO 13 funds \u00b7 ranked by total return minus what VOO returned, in points, one year. Every income ETF measured against IWM 9 funds \u00b7 ranked by total return minus what IWM returned, in points, one year. The income ETFs furthest behind their benchmark 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by total return minus the benchmark return, in points, one year. The income ETFs with the highest return of capital 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by the issuer's own estimate for its latest distribution, latest distribution. Income ETFs by return of capital 28 funds \u00b7 ranked by the issuer's Rule 19a-1 estimates over a year of distributions. Income ETFs by return of capital, fiscal year 272 funds \u00b7 ranked by the annual report's return of capital for the fiscal year. The cheapest option-income ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by net expense ratio, after any fee waivers. The largest income ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by net assets. The largest covered call ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by net assets. The highest yielding covered call ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. The largest synthetic covered call ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by net assets. The highest yielding synthetic covered call ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. The largest option income ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by net assets. The largest autocallable ETFs 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by net assets. The largest ETFs that pay weekly 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by net assets. The highest yielding ETFs that pay weekly 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. The largest ETFs that pay monthly 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by net assets. The highest yielding ETFs that pay monthly 15 funds \u00b7 ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year. Where to next\n Compare The income ETFs score ETFIQ Research A ranking is not a recommendation. ETFIQ publishes the same fields for every fund in a category and suggests no allocation. Standards and sources \n\n Cite this page. ETFIQ, Option-income ETF rankings, data as of Oct 27, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/income/ Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, Option-income ETF rankings, data as of Oct 27, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/income/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 27, 2026). Option-income ETF rankings. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/rankings/income/ Markdown [Option-income ETF rankings (ETFIQ, Oct 27, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/rankings/income/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, Option-income ETF rankings, data as of Oct 27, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/income/"}