{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-infrastructure","section":"rankings","title":"The infrastructure ETFs that returned most | ETFIQ","description":"The infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 9, 2026.","as_of":"Oct 9, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"The infrastructure ETFs that returned most","numberOfItems":14,"itemListOrder":"https://schema.org/ItemListOrderDescending","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"RBLD","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/rbld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PAVE","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/pave"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"BKGI","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/bkgi"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"IFRA","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ifra"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"BILT","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/bilt"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"TOLZ","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/tolz"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"IPAV","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ipav"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"name":"GLIX","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/glix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"name":"RIFR","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/rifr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"name":"EFRA","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/efra"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":11,"name":"NFRA","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/nfra"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":12,"name":"IGF","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/igf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":13,"name":"GII","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gii"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":14,"name":"UPGR","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/upgr"}]},{"@type":"Dataset","name":"The infrastructure ETFs that returned most","description":"The infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 9, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-infrastructure","dateModified":"2026-10-09","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"creditText":"ETFIQ (etfiq.com)","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/thematic.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Weight overlap with the S&P 500","Active share","Holdings","Top ten share of the fund","Total return","Fee for the differing part","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Thematic ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rankings","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The infrastructure ETFs that returned most","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-infrastructure"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"The infrastructure ETFs that returned most","description":"The infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 9, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-infrastructure","dateModified":"2026-10-09","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":3676,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Rankings / The infrastructure ETFs that returned most \n \n As of Oct 9, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n The infrastructure ETFs that returned most\n Funds sold on one theme can hold different companies, so a year apart at the top and the bottom of this list is a difference in what they own rather than in the theme.\n The infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Total return, 1Y vs the S&P 500 Weight in S&P 500 companies Fee \n 1 RBLD First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrast +13.7% \u22123.5 pts 81.8% 0.65% \n 2 PAVE Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development +13.2% \u22124.1 pts 63.9% 0.47% \n 3 BKGI BNY Mellon Global Infrastructure Income +10.1% \u22127.2 pts 23.7% 0.55% \n 4 IFRA iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF +9.5% \u22127.8 pts 71.7% 0.30% \n 5 BILT iShares Infrastructure Active ETF +8.5% \u22128.7 pts 46.8% 0.60% \n 6 TOLZ ProShares DJ Brookfield Global Infrastru +8.1% \u22129.2 pts 33.9% 0.46% \n 7 IPAV Global X Infrastructure Development ex-U +6.7% \u221210.5 pts 0.0% 0.55% \n 8 GLIX Lazard Listed Infrastructure ETF +6.4% \u221210.8 pts 49.3% 0.96% \n 9 RIFR Russell Investments Global Infrastructur +6.1% \u221211.1 pts 57.3% 0.59% \n 10 EFRA iShares Environmental Infrastructure and +5.6% \u221211.6 pts 25.8% 0.47% \n 11 NFRA Northern Trust STOXX Global Broad Infras +5.5% \u221211.7 pts 35.8% 0.47% \n 12 IGF iShares Global Infrastructure ETF +5.3% \u221211.9 pts 31.9% 0.37% \n 13 GII State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Global In +5.1% \u221212.2 pts 35.0% 0.40% \n 14 UPGR Xtrackers US Green Infrastructure Select \u221211.2% \u221228.5 pts 22.9% 0.35% \n \n Method\n The 14 of 18 ETFs in the infrastructure theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Oct 9, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from -11.2% to 13.7%. A year is a year. It says what happened and nothing about what happens next. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.\n Where to next\n Every infrastructure ETF and what it holds The largest infrastructure ETFs Where these figures came from\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers own daily files 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 and no order on this site is an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-infrastructure Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, The infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-infrastructure APA ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). The infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-infrastructure Markdown [The infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested (ETFIQ, Oct 9, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-infrastructure)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. 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