The list includes Pakistani politicians, religious personalities and social activists.
TOP 50
- HM King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
- HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- HH Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar
- HE President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkiye
- HM King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Custodian of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem
- HE Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Scholar and Deobandi Leader
- HM King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
- HH President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Al-Nahyan United Arab Emirates
- HE Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein, Al-Sistani Marja of the Hawza, Najaf, Iraq
- HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
As the list goes down, the 32nd spot is reserved for scholar and preacher Maulana Tariq Jameel while Maulana Nazur ur-Rehman, Amir of Tablighi Jamaat, retained the 42nd spot.
Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri, Founder of Dawat-e-Islami Movement, is last in this list of top 50.
RISSC also ranked influential figures under separate domains.
RULERS & POLITICIANS
- HM King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud
- HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei
- HH Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani
- HE President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- HM King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein
- HM King Mohammed VI
- HH President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
- HRH Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud
- HE President Joko Widodo
- HE President Muhammadu Buhari
- Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah
- HH Shah Karim Al-Hussayni
- Sheikh Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi
- HE President Halimah Yacob
- HE Rached Ghannouchi
- HE President Samia Suluhu Hassan
- HE President Abdel Fattah Saeed Al-Sisi
- HE Sheikh Muqtada Sadr
- HE Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada
- HE President Mahmoud Abbas
- HE Ismail Haniyah
- HE Anwar Ibrahim
- HE Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
- Imran Khan
- Sadiq Khan
SCHOLARS AND PREACHERS
- HE Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- HE Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Al-Sistani
- Sheikh Al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz
- Sheikh Salman Al-Ouda
- HE Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb
- Maulana Mahmood Madani
- HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah
- HRE Amirul Mu’minin Sheikh As-Sultan Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III
- Sheikh Yahya Cholil Staquf
- HE Sheikh Dr Ali Gomaa
- Sheikh Habib ’Ali Zain Al Abideen Al-Jifri
- Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson
- Sheikh Ahmad Tijani bin Ali Cisse
- HE Sheikha Munira Qubeysi
- Sheikh Mustafa Hosny
- HE Sheikh Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Aal Al-Sheikh
- Sheikh Usama Al-Sayyid Al-Azhari
- Habib Luthfi bin Yahya
- Maulana Tariq Jameel
- Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
- Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Maulana Nazur ur-Rehman
- Sheikh Moez Masoud
- Professor Timothy Winter (Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad)
- HE Sheikh Ibrahim Salih Al-Hussaini
- Dr Amr Khalid
- Dr Aref Ali Nayed
- Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri
- HE Grand Ayatollah Abdullah Jawadi Amoli
- HE Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayadh
- Professor M Din Syamsuddin
- Dr Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
- Professor Akbar Ahmed
- Dr Ingrid Mattson
- Aminu Ado Bayero
- Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani
- Sheikh Nuh Keller
- Dr Muhammad Al-Arifi
- Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik
- Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
SOCIAL ISSUES, SCIENCE, ARTS & CULTURE, AND SPORTS
- HE Sheikh Uthman Taha
- Mohammed Salah
- Mohamed Bechari
- Ahed Tamimi
- Loujain al-Hathloul
- Malala Yousufzai
- Dr. Ugur Sahin
- Sami Yusuf
- Saadio Mane
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
These Pakistanis also made it to the 450 List
SCHOLARLY
Dr Farhat Hashmi
Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi
Sheikh Dr Tahir Al-Qadri
POLITICAL
General Qamar Javed Bajwa
Imran Khan
Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif
ADMINISTRATION OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
Sayed Sajid Ali Naqvi
Siraj ul Haq
PREACHERS & SPIRITUAL GUIDES
Khanum Tayyaba Bukhari
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
PHILANTHROPY, CHARITY & DEVELOPMENT
Professor Dr Adib Rizvi
Bilquis Edhi
SOCIAL ISSUES
Muniba Mazari
Malala Yousafzai
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Professor Atta-Ur Rahman
Umar Saif
Irfan Siddiqi
ARTS & CULTURE
Al-Hajj Siddiq Ismail
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Abida Parveen
Muhammad Owais Raza Qadri
MEDIA
Zaid Hamid
Salman Iqbal
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman