Holy Kobayashi Maru, Batman! The "fake news" Washington Post has already printed the definitive article on this subject. Drum roll for the winner...James T. Kirk in TOS!!!
Picard, you ask? He's in FOURTH place, behind Sisko *and* Janeway!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...trek-captains/
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1. James T. Kirk, “Star Trek”: The predictable but correct choice. Kirk commanded with brains, heart and brio. He is the Federation’s greatest one-on-one tactical commander in battle and could even destroy malevolent talking computers by arguing them into logical suicide-spirals. He began his career battling Klingons and lost his son to Klingons, yet ended up sealing the Federation peace with the Klingons. He had two substantial flaws: He treated the Prime Directive like dental floss and looked at many alien species as child-races in need of education, enlightenment or a good spanking. But his sometimes-cavalier attitude never imperiled the entire Federation like some captains (cough cough — Picard — cough cough). Also, Kirk was smart enough to lean on the Federation’s finest first officer. With Spock, the superego to Kirk’s id, they were a nearly flawless pair.
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