# Who is the greatest Apollo program astronaut of all time?

> From history's most famous first steps to the quieter heroes who kept every mission alive, this lineup spans everyone who ever left Earth orbit for the Moon. Who earns your vote as the greatest?

*By YPB Team · Published July 17, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-apollo-program-astronaut-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Neil Armstrong** — score 1000/1000
   Apollo 11 commander and the first human to walk on the Moon in 1969.
2. **Buzz Aldrin** — score 710/1000
   Apollo 11 lunar module pilot and the second person to walk on the Moon.
3. **John Young** — score 631/1000
   Apollo 16 commander who later flew the first Space Shuttle mission.
4. **Fred Haise** — score 609/1000
   Apollo 13 lunar module pilot during the mission's dramatic aborted Moon landing.
5. **Gene Cernan** — score 608/1000
   Apollo 17 commander and the last person to walk on the Moon.
6. **Charles Duke** — score 473/1000
   Apollo 16 lunar module pilot and the youngest person to ever walk on the Moon.
7. **Alan Bean** — score 387/1000
   Apollo 12 lunar module pilot who later left NASA to become a full-time painter.
8. **James Irwin** — score 387/1000
   Apollo 15 lunar module pilot and the eighth person to walk on the Moon.
9. **Edgar Mitchell** — score 387/1000
   Apollo 14 lunar module pilot and the sixth person to walk on the Moon.
10. **Stuart Roosa** — score 387/1000
   Apollo 14 command module pilot who carried hundreds of tree seeds to the Moon and back.
11. **Michael Collins** — score 387/1000
   Apollo 11 command module pilot who orbited the Moon alone while his crewmates walked on it.
12. **Alan Shepard** — score 387/1000
   First American in space and Apollo 14 commander who famously hit golf balls on the Moon.
13. **David Scott** — score 387/1000
   Apollo 15 commander who was the first astronaut to drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
14. **Ken Mattingly** — score 387/1000
   Apollo 16 command module pilot who was famously grounded from Apollo 13 over measles exposure.
15. **Jim Lovell** — score 284/1000
   Apollo 13 commander who led his crew to a safe return after an onboard explosion.
16. **Jack Swigert** — score 284/1000
   Apollo 13 command module pilot who radioed the famous line about the mission's onboard problem.
17. **Pete Conrad** — score 284/1000
   Apollo 12 commander and the third person to walk on the Moon.
18. **Harrison Schmitt** — score 158/1000
   Apollo 17 lunar module pilot and the only professional geologist to walk on the Moon.
19. **Al Worden** — score 158/1000
   Apollo 15 command module pilot who performed the first deep-space spacewalk.

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