Who are the five greatest detectives in fiction of all times?

I cannot put them in order, however, my TOP PICK is Nancy Drew! ;-)

Sherlock and Batman... definitely :)

When I was a teenager, I loved Sherlock Holmes in the books as a most famous bachelor. At present, I appreciate Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. Both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are brilliant. But my favorite detective is Dio Risorius from the story A Piece of Information written by my main character in my novel Forever Jocelyn (ISBN 9781445204062). Set in Rome during AD 136, Eight Hundred Eighty Nine years after the Foundation of Rome and two years before the death of the Emperor Hadrian, the

Jacques Clouseau
Sherlock Holmes
Shinichi Kudo
Hercule Poirot

Horatio Cain
Jethro Gibbs
Gil Grissom
Robert Goren
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson

Here's the list [so far] in alphabetical order by surname. The numbers in brackets represent the total number of times the name is mentioned. Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple lead.
Dan August
Batman
Frank Cannon
Charlie Chan
Jacques Clouseau
Henri Derringer
Sherlock Holmes [3]
Barnaby Jones
Shinichi Kudo
Miss Marple [3]
Perry Mason [2]
Inspector Endeavour Morse. [2]
Hercule Poirot
Nero Wolfe

As a small girl I used to watch and enjoy- Cannon and Dan August..
I kept wondering how Cannon with his fat stomach manage to do so well..

I will agree with Morse, just did not know how well known he was outside of UK.

Hi,

A. Christie's Mrs Marple and Hercule Poirot have become legends. All others that have been mentioned are exceptional and interesting, but the most charming for me are Barnaby and Morse.

Did Perry Mason ever lose a case? Sherlock for me.

Batman is the world's greatest detective, there's Miss Marples too

i Was always a big fan of Charlie Chan, he was clever witty and most of it it was in black and white, just loved it.

Jacques Clouseau
Sherlock Holmes
Shinichi Kudo
Hercule Poirot