The 50 year old, originally from Canada, took on the role in 2012 as the first non-Briton to lead the Bank of England with an estimated salary of around $1 million.
Mr Carney, leads the way ahead of Sir Michael Wilshaw the chief inspector of schools and Robert Hannigan, director of surveillance agency GCHQ who come in at second and third respectively.
This is the third time the list has been put together. Back in 2006, the then director general of the BBC Mark Thompson came out on top while in 2010 the accolade went to Lord Gus O'Donnell, who was head of the civil service at the time.
Also making the list is TV presenters Ant an Dec, footballer Wayne Rooney and chef Delia Smith.
Speaking about the list, Catherine Pepinster, Editor of The Tablet, said: "The Tablet's Top 100 lay people of 2015 reflects the enormous contribution of Catholics to this country and beyond, in leadership positions in every sector from banking to the arts to sport and to running major charities.
"A striking feature of the list created to mark our 175th anniversary is how many of those featured have risen to prominence from modest or even underprivileged backgrounds. While recent studies reveal that social mobility in Britain is at a standstill, Catholics have gone from being a minority group, largely a community of working class immigrants, to playing a key role in British professional and public life - a story that is testament to the transformative power of education in Catholic schools.
"Many of them declare that their faith underpins their determination to work for the common good of society. This is often a tribute to the exceptional quality of Catholic education but also reflects an instinct instilled by faith for these individuals to use their unique God-given gifts."
The Tablet marks 175 years of uninterrupted coverage on Saturday with thanksgiving services taking place in Westminster and Dublin.
Christopher Lamb is the Assistant Editor of The Tablet, he told Premier's News Hour: "We sought to make sure each person self-indentifies as Catholic.
He said they used four key factors to identify whether someone would make the list or not: "one was the position in an insitution or organisation, the second was the size of the institution or organisation, the third was the impact that person would have on the public sqaure - and the fourth was a sort of sort power analysis - so if someone was a singer or an actress or the director of a gallery then the soft power, cultural impact that person would have - that also would put them high up on the list."
Listen to Premier's Hannah Tooley speak to Christopher Lamb here: