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Johnson was better than Sherman, Jackson was better than Fremont, Heinrici was better than Zhukov.
Alexander was better than Darius, Napoleon was better than Wellington, Jackson (Andrew) better than Packingham.
The winners were often not the better generals. Sometimes they were lucky, (Wellington) sometimes had overwhelming resources, (Grant), and sometimes they were just plain great (Alexander).
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Hannibal
Bouddica
Atilla the Hun
Ghengis Kahn
Napoleon
John Paul Jones
Horatio Nelson
Robert E. Lee
Crazy Horse
Erwin Rommel
Patton
McArthur
Moshe Dayan
Tommy Franks
Harry Truman was born on the 20th anniversary of Sedgwick's death, a factoid of no significance.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned Baghdad Bob yet?
Patton and Sherman.
Alexander, Julius Caesar, Ghengis Khan, Saladin, El Cid, Drake, Nelson, Napoleon, R.E. Lee, Spruance, Mac Arthur, Patton, Guderian, Rommel.
Don't forget "Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf" - he should've been promoted to Five Stars after the Gulf War. He had a brilliant plan.
gotta go with Capt. Kirk (you did say ALL time, so that includes fake future time)
GOD...is my first pick...most of the best looked to him before each and every battle.
Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain.
Father of "Integrated" air defense by combining ground radar and fighter intercepters.
Dowding refused Churchill's request to send more British fighters to France (especially no Spitfires) and in doing so saved precious aircraft for Britain's eminent battle with the Luftwaffe.
Dowding and the RAF defeated the Germans though outnumbered three to one in the Summer of 1940.
The commander of the "Few" that was "so much owed by so many ..."
Ceasar
Genghis Kahn
Napoleaon
Grant
In no particular order (probably just a start):
Hannibal (Cannae, anyone?)
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
Napoleon
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Gen. R.E. Lee
Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington
Genghis Khan
I'm sure there are a LOT more... good post.
Top 10 in my Opinion
Julius Caesar
Erwin Rommel
Belisarius
Robert E. Lee
Genghis Khan
Hannibal
Napolean Bonaparte
Charlemagne
Sun Tzu
Alexander
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, British General in the War of the Spanish Succession against the Sun King (Louis XIV). Never, ever, fought a battle he did not win over a 15 year long war - and he won really big every time. As Winston said about his ancestor his record was unparalleled in the annals of military history.
Joshua was the greatest commander of all time. Many of the other names mentioned copied or adapted techiniques of his in later battles, from Monty to Patton to the Wehrmacht.
Alexander, Lee and Napoleon
I have to add in here Chaka Zulu
Of them all he probably did more with less than any of the others did.
Furthermore he created an empire and a legacy for his people that endures to this day.
No other Military Leader can make that claim.
Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Frederick the Great, Chief Joseph, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Sun Tzu...hands down