Is Gary Johnson the best Libertarian candidate in the party's history?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

While the OP said to ignore electability, Johnson managed the second best performance ever for a Libertarian, second best to only 1980 with a shade under 1% of the popular vote, and he likely would have had a shade over 1% if he'd been on the ballot in all 50 states + DC instead 48 states + DC.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Stein was the principal beneficiary of Nader's decision to not run.  She got approximately 2.5x the vote McKinney got in 2008.  The Paulistas were more significant for Johnson than the Naderites, but Johnson probably benefited most from Romney being a lousy candidate.  That's certainly the reason I ended up voting for Johnson instead of the Republican nominee as had been my original intention.  (We need a period of non-gridlock in DC.)