Let's give him 4th place... Picard failed to stop that dude in Star Trek Generations, so how did he finally win? he went and got Kirk to do the job... and out of shape, fat OLD kick kicked that dude's ass. Further, there IS evidence that kick kicks picards ass inAh I love the Picard song!
He might have been the best Captain but Janeway beat the entire Delta Quadrant and the Borg and got her crew home from the Delta Quadrant; which should have been impossible. Sisko kept DS9 together, the civilians as well as his crew, throughout all the trouble, shenanigans and war and re-captured it after forced to leave plus he killed a Par Wraith, so Picard gets third place.
Pike doesn't really count. I considered including him, but then I would have to also include other "bit player" captains as well such as Captain Sulu, Captain Worf, Captain Riker and a host of other Captains that were captains only for an episode or two.Pike
OK Captain PugwashPike doesn't really count. I considered including him, but then I would have to also include other "bit player" captains as well such as Captain Sulu, Captain Worf, Captain Riker and a host of other Captains that were captains only for an episode or two.
plus you would have to then also include all "acting captains" as well... and it just turns into a confusing shitstorm, So I limited the choices to the only long running captains in the Star Trek Universe.OK Captain Pugwash