A list of exemplary descendants would begin with his eldest son MINAMOTO no Yoshiie and include MINAMOTO no Tameyori, MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune, MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka, but would also include MINAMOTO no Yoshishige, founder of the Nitta clan, as well as MINAMOTO no Yoshiyasu, founder of the Ashikaga clan; in other words, his descendants include great numbers of the Minamoto clan's most famous and exemplary military commanders.
代表的な子孫としては、長男源義家からは、源為朝、源頼朝や源義経、源義仲の他、後の新田氏の祖となる源義重や足利氏の祖となる源義康といった源氏の代表的な武将が輩出される。