Finalists for the ranking had to be no older than 39 as of Dec. 31, 2017 and be employed at the regional broker-dealers. Production totals were used to determine the rankings.
Scroll through to see which advisors topped this year's list.
To see last year's top 25 regional advisors,
No. 25
Firm: Raymond James
Age: 35
AUM: $285,697,343
Production: $1,361,100
No. 24
Firm: Ameriprise
Age: 39
AUM: $156,649,300
Production: $1,380,737
No. 23
Firm: Raymond James
Age: 36
AUM: $1,150,000,000
Production: $1,442,691
No. 22
Firm: Baird
Age: 39
AUM: $230,133,499
Production: $1,458,076
No. 21
Firm: RBC
Age: 37
AUM: $208,000,000
Production: $1,459,787
No. 20
Firm: Raymond James
Age: 39
AUM: $133,918,800
Production: $1,471,148
No. 19
Firm: Baird
Age: 37
AUM: $133,918,800
Production: $1,498,300
No. 18
Firm: RBC
Age: 39
AUM: $400,000,000
Production: $1,499,461
No. 17
Firm: RBC
Age: 37
AUM: $213,000,000
Production: $1,588,402
No. 16
Firm: Ameriprise
Age: 39
AUM: $178,575,400
Production: $1,598,002
No. 15
Firm: Baird
Age: 36
AUM: $625,696,777
Production: $1,627,817
No. 14
Firm: Edward Jones
Age: 38
AUM: $289,261,101
Production: $1,677,428
No. 13
Firm: RBC
Age: 33
AUM: $271,494,388
Production: $1,742,397
No. 12
Firm: Oppenehimer & Co.
Age: 35
AUM: $205,000,000
Production: $1,762,239
No. 11
Firm: Ameriprise
Age: 34
AUM: $200,656,000
Production: $1,764,866
No. 10
Firm: RBC
Age: 38
AUM: $425,000,000
Production: $1,900,000
No. 9
Firm: Oppenheimer & Co.
Age: 33
AUM: $170,862,474
Production: $1,963,549
No. 8
Firm: Raymond James
Age: 38
AUM: $283,132,206
Production: $1,971,704
No. 7
Firm: Raymond James
Age: 39
AUM: $344,178,054
Production: $2,115,073
No. 6
Firm: Raymond James
Age: 38
AUM: $452,346,126
Production: $2,219,532
No. 5
Firm: Baird
Age: 37
AUM: $358,590,302
Production: $2,444,890
No. 4
Firm: RBC
Age: 34
AUM: $140,000,000
Production: $2,500,000
No. 3
Firm: RBC
Age: 38
AUM: $1,300,000,000
Production: $2,750,000
No. 2
Firm: Hilliard Lyons
Age: 32
AUM: $367,259,000
Production: $3,019,818
No. 1
Firm: Ameriprise
Age: 36
AUM: $324,283,900
Production: $3,632,110