Main characters by rank

This page is a list of main characters from all six series.

By first appearance
Characters listed by rank or title, at first appearance (or earliest known appearance holding a rank or title)


 * Civilians
 * Wesley Crusher
 * Quark
 * Jake Sisko
 * Neelix
 * Kes
 * Seven of Nine
 * Phlox

Starfleet

 * Captain
 * James T. Kirk
 * Jean-Luc Picard
 * Kathryn Janeway
 * Jonathan Archer
 * Commander
 * William T. Riker
 * ''Picard would later remember in that Riker was a lieutenant commander during this episode, despite wearing commander insgnia.
 * Chakotay (provisional)
 * Beverly Crusher
 * Katherine Pulaski
 * Benjamin Sisko
 * Charles Tucker III
 * Lieutenant commander
 * Leonard McCoy
 * Montgomery Scott
 * Data
 * Deanna Troi
 * Lieutenant
 * Spock
 * Uhura
 * Hikaru Sulu
 * Christine Chapel
 * Natasha Yar
 * Jadzia Dax
 * Tuvok
 * Tuvok was mistakenly assigned lieutenant commander insignia, but the mistake was corrected during VOY Season 1.
 * Malcolm Reed
 * Lieutenant junior grade
 * Geordi La Forge
 * Worf
 * Julian Bashir
 * Tom Paris
 * Paris was mistakenly assigned lieutenant insignia, but the mistake was corrected during VOY Season 1.
 * B'Elanna Torres (provisional)
 * Ensign
 * Pavel Chekov
 * Ezri Dax
 * Harry Kim
 * Travis Mayweather
 * Hoshi Sato
 * Chief petty officer
 * Miles O'Brien
 * Non-commissioned officer
 * The Doctor

Bajoran Militia

 * Major
 * Kira Nerys
 * Non-commissioned officer
 * Odo

Vulcan High Command

 * Subcommander
 * T'Pol

Starfleet

 * Admiral
 * Jonathan Archer*
 * Leonard McCoy*
 * Vice admiral
 * Kathryn Janeway
 * Rear admiral
 * James T. Kirk (later demoted to captain)
 * Captain
 * Spock
 * Montgomery Scott
 * Hikaru Sulu
 * Jean-Luc Picard
 * Data (acting Captain during Gambit)
 * William T. Riker (during Best of Both Worlds, and at the end of Nemesis)
 * Benjamin Sisko
 * Jadzia Dax (acting Captain of the Defiant when Sisko was at Starbase)
 * Commander
 * Charles Tucker III
 * T'Pol
 * Uhura
 * Pavel Chekov
 * Beverly Crusher
 * Deanna Troi
 * Kira Nerys
 * Chakotay (provisional)
 * Lieutenant commander
 * Hoshi Sato
 * Janice Rand
 * Data
 * Geordi La Forge
 * Tuvok
 * Worf
 * Jadzia Dax
 * Lieutenant
 * Malcolm Reed
 * Natasha Yar
 * Julian Bashir
 * Lieutenant Junior Grade
 * B'Elanna Torres (provisional)
 * Tom Paris (demoted to Ensign, later promoted back to Lieutenant Junior Grade)
 * Ezri Dax
 * Wesley Crusher
 * Ensign
 * Wesley Crusher
 * ''Granted acting officer commission by Picard.
 * Travis Mayweather
 * Harry Kim
 * SCPO
 * Miles O'Brien
 * * = grade unknown

Bajoran

 * Colonel
 * Kira Nerys
 * Non-commissioned officer
 * Odo

Klingon

 * Chancellor
 * Worf

In alternate realities

 * Civilians
 * Quark/$𝜇$
 * Jake Sisko
 * Kes
 * Seven of Nine
 * Seven was disguised as a Starfleet officer in 
 * Phlox/Phlox (mirror)

Starfleet

 * Admiral
 * Jonathan Archer*
 * Leonard McCoy*
 * William T. Riker
 * Vice Admiral
 * Kathryn Janeway
 * Rear Admiral
 * James T. Kirk
 * Captain
 * ''The mirror Archer achieved the rank of captain twice, both times he gave himself a field promotion during acts of mutiny.
 * T'Pol
 * Charles Tucker III ("Twilight")
 * Malcolm Reed ("Twilight")
 * Spock
 * Montgomery Scott
 * Hikaru Sulu
 * Jean-Luc Picard
 * ''Picard never reached higher rank in alternate realities, but he was portrayed as an admiral in Barash's holograms.
 * Benjamin Sisko
 * Chakotay
 * Geordi La Forge
 * Beverly Crusher ("All Good Things...")
 * Harry Kim
 * Commander
 * $𝜇$ ("Mirror, Mirror")
 * Uhura
 * Pavel Chekov
 * Deanna Troi
 * Kira Nerys
 * Tuvok ("Before and After")
 * Worf
 * Jadzia Dax
 * Julian Bashir ("The Visitor")
 * Lieutenant Commander
 * $𝜇$ ("In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II)
 * Hoshi Sato
 * $𝜇$ ("Mirror, Mirror")
 * $𝜇$ ("Mirror, Mirror")
 * Janice Rand
 * Data
 * Tom Paris ("Before and After")
 * Lieutenant
 * Wesley Crusher ("Parallels")
 * $𝜇$ ("In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II"; possibly made empress)
 * $𝜇$ ("Mirror, Mirror)
 * Natasha Yar
 * B'Elanna Torres*
 * Ezri Dax*
 * Ensign
 * Travis Mayweather
 * $𝜇$ ("Mirror, Mirror")
 * Neelix
 * SCPO
 * Miles O'Brien
 * * = grade unknown
 * Miles O'Brien
 * * = grade unknown

Klingon/Cardassian Alliance

 * Regent
 * Intendant
 * Non-commissioned officer
 * Odo
 * Non-commissioned officer
 * Odo

MACO

 * Major
 * Sergeant
 * $𝜇$ ("In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
 * $𝜇$ ("In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

Terran Rebellion

 * Captain
 * Member
 * Member
 * Member
 * Member