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Best Congress Stock Traders Ranked
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Who are the best congress stock traders if you rank members by how their disclosed stock purchases performed? Activity alone is not skill—some of the busiest filers are not at the top of the return table.
The ranking (by disclosed purchase return)
Our best performing politicians board ranks members with at least five priced stock buys in a 10-year window. Top names today:
| Rank | Member | Chamber | Return (10y) | vs matched SPY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brenda Lawrence | House | +1,187% | 4.0× |
| 2 | Roger Marshall | House | +977% | 3.4× |
| 3 | Rubén Hinojosa | House | +946% | 2.7× |
| 4 | Barbara Comstock | House | +537% | 2.0× |
| 5 | Ron Wyden | Senate | +468% | 2.2× |
| 6 | David Trott | House | +418% | 1.5× |
| 7 | Thomas Suozzi | House | +400% | 2.0× |
| 8 | Sheldon Whitehouse | Senate | +384% | 1.5× |
Busiest ≠ best
High trade count does not guarantee top returns. For example, Josh Gottheimer leads Congress in reported trade volume in our dataset—but he is not in this return leaderboard’s top tier. “Best trader” here means best estimated purchase performance, not most transactions filed.
How to read the list
- Return = growth on disclosed buys we can price, capped at 10 years.
- vs matched SPY = same dates and weights bought into the S&P 500 instead.
- Excludes private funds, real estate buckets, and exact share counts.
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Disclaimer
Public disclosure data only. Not investment advice.