1. The website tomsguide.com on August 19, 2018 has an article by Marshall Honorof titled The 13 Best and Worst Captains in Sci-Fi TV and Movies   needless to say Kirk is voted among the best Captains along with Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager & Han Solo from Star Wars, it says about Kirk in this Article that "   

• BEST: James T. Kirk (Star Trek)

  Here's an easy one to start. Captain James Tiberius Kirk explored strange, new worlds; sought out new life and new civilizations; and boldly went where no man had gone before. As captain of the USS Enterprise, Kirk got into his fair share of scrapes — shooting at giant lizard men, wooing women who fell out of sync with the timestream, losing his shirt in any number of brawls — but always maintained the highest ideals of the United Federation of Planets. Along with his trusted officers and best friends — Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy — Kirk championed peace, tolerance and understanding among a variety of disparate cultures, all while maintaining an adventurous spirit.