# The lithium ETFs that returned most

> The lithium ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 9, 2026. A ranking is not a recommendation.

Data as of Oct 9, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Oct 9, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.

## The lithium ETFs that returned most

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.

| # | Ticker | Fund | Total return, 1Y | vs the S&P 500 | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Fee |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | LIT | Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF | +18.8% | +1.5 pts | 8.5% | 0.75% |
| 2 | BATT | Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF | +11.8% | −5.4 pts | 16.0% | 0.59% |
| 3 | ION | ProShares S&P Global Core Battery Metals | +9.5% | −7.8 pts | 2.6% | 0.58% |
| 4 | ILIT | iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF | −6.5% | −23.8 pts | 7.8% | 0.47% |
| 5 | LITP | Sprott Lithium Miners ETF | −11.2% | −28.5 pts | 10.2% | 0.65% |

### Method

The 5 of 5 ETFs in the lithium and battery metals 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 18.8%. 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.

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