Star Trek: Every Ensign Ranked From Worst To Best

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It's time to give Starfleet's lower deckers the attention that they deserve.

BY MARCUS FRY
SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022

Typically, when someone graduates from Starfleet Academy in Star Trek, the first rank they are given is ensign. The title originates from traditional naval ranks, and is one rank below lieutenant or lieutenant junior grade.

In Starfleet, the role of an ensign is usually to assist senior officers with assignments in a department they specialized in while at the Academy, and to learn and grow their skills. This isn't always the case though. Some ensigns, like Pavel Chekov and Harry Kim were even given permanent postings on the bridge once they proved themselves capable.

In this list, we're going to rank every ensign from the main casts of all of the Star Trek series in order of how well they performed and how much they accomplished while they were ensigns. As Lower Decks has shown us, captains and commanders love to take all the credit, but they'd be hopeless without talented junior officers.