List of largest law firms by profits per partner

This is a list of global law firms ranked by profits per equity partner (PPEP) in 2021^[update].^[1] Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association.

These are estimates and equity partners can make vastly different salaries inside the same firm.^[2]

Rank by PPEP	Firm	Equity partners	2021/22 PPEP (US$)
1	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	91	$8,400,000
2	Kirkland & Ellis	490	$7,388,000
3	Davis Polk	161	$7,010,000
4	Sullivan & Cromwell	165	$6,366,000
5	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	168	$6,162,000
6	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	203	$5,980,000
7	Cravath, Swaine & Moore	97	$5,803,000
8	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan	173	$5,746,000
9	Latham & Watkins	550	$5,705,000
10	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	182	$5,181,000
11	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	321	$5,088,000
12	Milbank	163	$5,033,000
13	Debevoise & Plimpton	143	$5,011,000
14	Paul Hastings	177	$4,703,000
15	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	165	$4,700,000
16	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	351	$4,440,000
17	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	60	$4,382,000
18	King & Spalding	205	$4,374,000
19	Ropes & Gray	268	$4,333,000
20	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson	122	$4,252,000
21	Dechert	141	$4,236,000
22	Cooley	238	$4,064,000
23	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	176	$3,903,000
24	Fenwick & West	95	$3,743,000
25	Sidley Austin	330	$3,718,000
26	Goodwin Procter	259	$3,690,000
27	Slaughter & May	100	$3,599,000
28	Proskauer Rose	163	$3,510,000
29	White & Case	363	$3,509,000
30	Vinson & Elkins	121	$3,508,000
31	Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati	165	$3,318,000
32	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	163	$3,093,000
33	Alston & Bird	155	$3,075,000
34	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	111	$3,073,000
35	McDermott, Will & Emery	216	$3,051,000
36	Winston & Strawn	129	$3,021,000
37	Shearman & Sterling	113	$3,005,000
38	Clifford Chance	369	$2,918,000
39	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr	244	$2,808,000
40	Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy	57	$2,768,000
41	O'Melveny & Myers	169	$2,706,000
42	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	392	$2,691,000
43	Allen & Overy	464	$2,684,000
44	Linklaters	457	$2,572,000
45	DLA Piper (verein)	417	$2,496,000
46	Hogan Lovells	391	$2,482,000
47	Mayer Brown	282	$2,465,000
48	Morrison & Foerster	193	$2,463,000
49	Covington & Burling	322	$2,300,000
50	Greenberg Traurig	315	$2,276,000
51	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton	160	$2,259,000
52	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman	131	$2,105,000
53	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo	96	$2,102,000
54	McGuireWoods	189	$2,053,000
55	Baker Botts	134	$2,032,000
56	Katten Muchin Rosenman	120	$2,006,000
57	Holland & Knight	233	$2,005,000
58	Baker McKenzie (verein)	676	$1,833,000
59	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	746	$1,831,000
60	Foley & Lardner	151	$1,812,000
61	Baker & Hostetler	123	$1,780,000
62	Reed Smith	274	$1,735,000
63	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough	167	$1,704,000
64	Perkins Coie	185	$1,660,000
65	Ashurst	241	$1,615,000
66	Herbert Smith Freehills	328	$1,602,000
67	Hunton Andrews Kurth	183	$1,601,000
68	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer	292	$1,531,000
69	Squire Patton Boggs (verein)	133	$1,518,000
70	Seyfarth Shaw	201	$1,489,000
71	Jones Day	846	$1,446,000
72	Polsinelli	136	$1,406,000
73	Troutman Pepper	279	$1,386,000
74	K&L Gates	186	$1,381,000
75	Simmons & Simmons	185	$1,376,000
76	Eversheds Sutherland	242	$1,338,000
77	Duane Morris	146	$1,262,000
78	Venable	183	$1,235,000
79	Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith	148	$1,226,000
80	Cozen O'Connor	196	$1,097,000
81	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	225	$1,080,000
82	CMS (EEIG)	684	$1,065,000
83	Norton Rose Fulbright (verein)	657	$1,054,000
84	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart	183	$1,051,000
85	Faegre Drinker	387	$984,000
86	Clyde & Co	225	$973,000
87	Pinsent Masons	185	$970,000
88	Fox Rothschild	239	$932,000
89	Blake, Cassels & Graydon	279	$921,000
90	Bird & Bird	153	$900,000
91	AllBright Law Offices	355	$777,000
92	Gowling WLG	386	$649,000
93	Littler Mendelson	382	$621,000
94	Zhong Lun	393	$614,000
95	Kim & Chang	210	$567,000
96	King & Wood Mallesons (verein)	689	$511,000
97	Deheng Law Offices	505	$405,000
98	Dentons (verein)	2,094	$379,000
99	Grandall Law Firm	597	$364,000
100	Yingke	773	$293,000