DeFi Protocols

Top DeFi Protocols by Total Value Locked

Lido ranks first with $26.4B in TVL, followed by Aave V3 ($18.2B) and SSV Network ($14.1B), according to DefiLlama on Sep 26, 2026.

This table ranks DeFi protocols by the dollar value users have deposited in them: lending markets, DEXs, liquid staking, restaking and yield vaults. Centralized exchanges and blockchains themselves are excluded, so the list shows onchain apps only. A large TVL means deep liquidity and many users trusting the contracts; it is not an audit or a guarantee.

The top three hold 28% of the TVL across the 50 entries listed below.

DeFi Protocols ranked by TVL

#NameTVL7-day changeCategory
1Lido$26.4B+2.5%Liquid Staking · 5 chains
2Aave V3$18.2B+0.7%Lending · 21 chains
3SSV Network$14.1B+1.6%Staking Pool · 1 chain
4Morpho Blue$11B+2.5%Lending · 45 chains
5Binance staked ETH$10B+1.9%Liquid Staking · 2 chains
6WBTC$9.8B+3.2%Bridge · 1 chain
7Coinbase Bridge$8.4B+1.5%Bridge · 5 chains
8LayerZero V2$8B+6.0%Bridge · 91 chains
9Hyperliquid Bridge$7.4B+5.9%Bridge · 2 chains
10EigenCloud$7.1B+1.6%Restaking · 1 chain
11Sky Lending$5.9B+2.1%CDP · 1 chain
12Binance Bitcoin$5.7B+3.1%Bridge · 1 chain
13SparkLend$5.6B-0.0%Lending · 2 chains
14ether.fi Stake$5.2B+4.5%Liquid Staking · 5 chains
15Ethena USDe$4.9B+2.3%Basis Trading · 1 chain
16JustLend V1$3.9B+2.5%Lending · 1 chain
17USDT0$3.5B+9.0%Bridge · 1 chain
18Babylon Protocol$3.4B+1.2%Restaking · 1 chain
19JustLend sTRX$3.3B—Liquid Staking · 1 chain
20Maple$3B+6.8%Lending · 2 chains
21JustCryptos$2.8B+2.6%Bridge · 1 chain
22Sentora Curator$2.8B+3.7%Risk Curators · 4 chains
23Steakhouse Financial$2.6B-16.2%Risk Curators · 10 chains
24Spark Liquidity Layer$2.5B+0.8%Onchain Capital Allocator · 8 chains
25Sanctum Validator LSTs$2B+11.1%Liquid Staking · 1 chain
26Veda$1.9B+1.9%Onchain Capital Allocator · 13 chains
27PancakeSwap AMM$1.9B-1.3%Dexs · 11 chains
28Portal$1.9B+17.3%Bridge · 24 chains
29CCIP$1.8B+3.7%Bridge · 21 chains
30Uniswap V3$1.7B+3.2%Dexs · 44 chains
31Gauntlet$1.6B-1.5%Risk Curators · 13 chains
32Compound V3$1.5B+2.1%Lending · 10 chains
33Kamino Lend$1.5B+5.6%Lending · 1 chain
34Rocket Pool$1.4B+1.7%Liquid Staking · 1 chain
35Raydium AMM$1.4B+8.4%Dexs · 1 chain
36Venus Core Pool$1.3B+1.4%Lending · 8 chains
37Curve DEX$1.3B+0.3%Dexs · 32 chains
38USDD$1.3B+0.8%CDP · 3 chains
39Concrete$1.3B+1.6%Onchain Capital Allocator · 5 chains
40Pendle V2$1.3B-0.3%Yield · 14 chains
41Jito Liquid Staking$1.3B+9.1%Liquid Staking · 1 chain
42Spark Savings$1.3B-1.6%Yield · 8 chains
43Grove Finance$1.3B-1.3%Onchain Capital Allocator · 4 chains
44Uniswap V4$1.3B+4.6%Dexs · 19 chains
45Binance Staked SOL$1.2B+7.3%Liquid Staking · 1 chain
46Falcon Finance$1.2B+0.1%Basis Trading · 1 chain
47Jupiter Lend$1.2B+3.4%Lending · 1 chain
48Kinetiq kHYPE$1.2B-3.5%Liquid Staking · 1 chain
49Kelp$1.1B+0.1%Liquid Restaking · 1 chain
50Uniswap V2$1.1B+13.4%Dexs · 16 chains

Names link to our project card when we have one, otherwise to the DefiLlama page. Protocols with several versions (for example v2 and v3) can appear as separate rows, as DefiLlama lists them.

How it is ranked

  • Source: DefiLlama's public protocols endpoint (api.llama.fi/protocols), fetched when the page is built and refreshed once a day.
  • Order: current TVL in US dollars, highest first; the table shows the top 50.
  • Excluded DefiLlama categories: CEX, Chain and Canonical Bridge, because they are not DeFi apps.
  • 7-day change is DefiLlama's own figure for each protocol. We do not edit the order.

Educational content, not financial advice. TVL measures deposits, not safety or quality.

FAQ

What counts as a DeFi protocol here?

Any onchain app DefiLlama tracks with deposited value, such as lending markets, DEXs, liquid staking and yield vaults. Centralized exchanges and chain-level entries are removed.

Does high TVL mean a protocol is safe?

No. TVL shows how much money is deposited, not whether the code is secure. Check a protocol's audits, admin keys and incident history before depositing; our project cards list what we could verify.

Why can TVL change quickly?

TVL is priced in dollars, so it moves with the prices of the deposited tokens as well as with deposits and withdrawals. A market-wide price drop lowers every protocol's TVL at once.

How often is this ranking updated?

Once a day, from DefiLlama's public data. The date at the top of the page shows when the numbers were fetched.

How this page works

Sources: DefiLlama. Data as of Sep 26, 2026.

How we review

Not affiliated with any project listed. Educational content, not financial advice.