Best Sponsors group on street?

Those 3 are all top groups relative to their bank. It's hard to rank sponsor groups across the street b/c A) they tend to be very small at junior levels so exit data isn't very vast, B) sponsors seniors tend to move a shit-ton, and C) banks regularly shift their view on how much they want to focus on sponsor-led deals. Thus, it's much easier to comment based on the groups ranking within the firm as even if data isn't as vast you can compare exits between sponsors and other groups and you can see the deal flow of sponsors/importance of sponsor-led activity to a certain firm.

Imo and from what I have heard/seen in the sponsors space, Barclays sponsors is point blank the best single generalist group for PE exits followed very closely by HC(I was at the firm and understand sponsors has more A2A's but it's very important to note that the reason for that is that people enjoy sponsors WLB/culture more and so are more likely to stay. When you look at pure exits and what interviews analysts get from headhunters, sponsors beat HC by frankly a lot more looks). At Citi, they are also a top-tier generalist PE exit group though it seems that M&A is number 1 there and is a huge group there due to how M&A seemingly handles most of the modelling there. Again, sponsors is a top group there still, don't know the exact ranking but should be top 3 or at worst top 5. Honestly JPM is just one of the firms I don't have as much direct color on, but given how literally every other BB works where sponsors is at worst a top-tier group, I would assume JPM sponsors is also a top 3-ish group at the firm.