The finest superyachts and megayachts on the world's oceans â ranked by scale, technology, provenance, and the experience they command.
The Astra Luxury Index ranks the world's most extraordinary offerings by Astra Score â a proprietary 10-point scale assessing provenance, exclusivity, craftsmanship, experience quality, and global influence. Updated annually. Only those that reach the celestial tier earn a place on this list.
| # | Name | LOA / Flag | Description | Astra Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azzam Lürssen |
180m / UAE | The world's longest private motor yacht; top speed of 31.5 knots on an LOA that eclipses all rivals | 9.9 / 10 |
| 2 | Flying Fox Lurssen |
136m / Cayman | Largest yacht with an internal beach club; dual helidecks, submarine, and 22-metre pool | 9.7 / 10 |
| 3 | Eclipse Blohm+Voss |
163m / Cayman | Roman Abramovich's legendary twin-hull megayacht; anti-paparazzi laser system, two helipads, sub | 9.6 / 10 |
| 4 | Sailing Yacht A Nobiskrug |
142m / Cook Islands | The world's largest sailing yacht; three carbon-fibre masts exceeding 90m; Starck interior | 9.5 / 10 |
| 5 | REV Ocean Vard |
182.9m / Norway | Science-meets-luxury research vessel; deepest-diving private submarine; 60-strong crew | 9.5 / 10 |
| 6 | Amadea Lurssen |
106m / Cayman | Immaculate white hull with a full-beam master and beach club; 2017 World Superyacht Award winner | 9.4 / 10 |
| 7 | Kismet Lurssen |
95m / USA | Shahid Khan's tri-deck with helipad and beach club; regularly charters the Med and Caribbean | 9.4 / 10 |
| 8 | Ulysses Kleven |
107m / Cayman | Expedition megayacht with a hangar for a helicopter and 12 metres RIBs; true polar capability | 9.3 / 10 |
| 9 | Dilbar Lurssen |
156m / Cayman | Largest enclosed volume of any private yacht; an Olympic swimming pool built into the hull | 9.3 / 10 |
| 10 | Serenity Amels |
68m / Cayman | Oprah's 58-metre floating retreat; recently lengthened; known for understated perfection | 9.2 / 10 |
| 11 | Lady Christine Abeking & Rasmussen |
73m / Marshall Islands | Elegant classic lines; hybrid diesel-electric propulsion; one of the quietest yachts afloat | 9.2 / 10 |
| 12 | My Seanna Trinity Yachts |
73m / USA | Johnny Depp's former flagship; Jacuzzi, gym, theatre; American-built and immaculately finished | 9.1 / 10 |
| 13 | Koru Oceanco |
127m / Netherlands | Jeff Bezos's three-mast sailing ketch; largest sailing yacht ever built; custom Freivokh design | 9.1 / 10 |
| 14 | Aviva Abeking & Rasmussen |
98m / Cayman | Joe Lewis's aluminium hull with twin helipads, glass-bottom pool, and squash court | 9.0 / 10 |
| 15 | Aquijo Oceanco / Vitters |
83m / Cayman | Largest ketch-rigged sailing yacht by Oceanco; hybrid propulsion; high-latitude expedition ready | 9.0 / 10 |
| 16 | Seven Seas Oceanco |
86m / Cayman | Steven Spielberg's Pacific explorer; fully-equipped film screening room and art-gallery walls | 8.9 / 10 |
| 17 | Carinthia VII Blohm+Voss |
73m / Austria | Karl Wlaschek's minimalist steel hull; the purist's megayacht â refined without ostentation | 8.9 / 10 |
| 18 | Lady Lara Oceanco |
91m / Cayman | Deep blue hull with Turkish marble and a full-beam owner's deck; Sun deck with spa pool | 8.8 / 10 |
| 19 | Ocean Victory Fincantieri |
140m / Cayman | Victor Rashnikov's vast expedition-class with the largest helipad of any private vessel | 8.8 / 10 |
| 20 | Solandge Lurssen |
85m / Cayman | Lemon-hull Lurssen with a full piano bar, spa, and six-metre jet tender; family-scale warmth | 8.7 / 10 |