List of Major League Baseball career Wins Above Replacement leaders
This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) players to have accumulated a value of 50 or more career Wins Above Replacement (WAR).[1] As of August 26 of the 2024 Major League Baseball season, 319 players have reached a WAR value of 50.0 or higher, as detailed on this list.
Babe Ruth is the all-time leader in WAR with a value of 182.6. Mike Trout is the active WAR leader with 86.2.
Key
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career Wins Above Replacement. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player (2024 WAR) | Name of the player. Amount of WAR accumulated during 2024 MLB season |
WAR | Total career Wins Above Replacement. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player. |
List
Stats updated as of August 26, 2024.
Rank | Player (2024 WAR) | WAR |
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1 | Babe Ruth* | 182.6 |
2 | Walter Johnson* | 166.9 |
3 | Cy Young* | 163.6 |
4 | Barry Bonds | 162.8 |
5 | Willie Mays* | 156.2 |
6 | Ty Cobb* | 151.5 |
7 | Hank Aaron* | 143.1 |
8 | Roger Clemens | 139.2 |
9 | Tris Speaker* | 134.9 |
10 | Honus Wagner* | 131.0 |
11 | Stan Musial* | 128.5 |
12 | Rogers Hornsby* | 127.0 |
13 | Eddie Collins* | 124.3 |
14 | Ted Williams* | 121.8 |
15 | Grover Cleveland Alexander* | 119.6 |
16 | Alex Rodriguez | 117.6 |
17 | Kid Nichols* | 116.3 |
18 | Lou Gehrig* | 113.7 |
19 | Rickey Henderson* | 111.1 |
20 | Mel Ott* | 110.9 |
21 | Mickey Mantle* | 110.2 |
22 | Tom Seaver* | 109.9 |
23 | Frank Robinson* | 107.2 |
24 | Nap Lajoie* | 106.9 |
Mike Schmidt* | 106.9 | |
26 | Lefty Grove* | 106.8 |
27 | Christy Mathewson* | 106.7 |
28 | Greg Maddux* | 106.6 |
29 | Albert Pujols | 101.4 |
30 | Randy Johnson* | 101.1 |
31 | Joe Morgan* | 100.6 |
32 | Warren Spahn* | 100.1 |
33 | Carl Yastrzemski* | 96.5 |
34 | Eddie Mathews* | 95.9 |
Phil Niekro* | 95.9 | |
Cal Ripken Jr.* | 95.9 | |
37 | Roberto Clemente* | 94.9 |
38 | Bert Blyleven* | 94.5 |
39 | Cap Anson* | 94.3 |
40 | Adrián Beltré* | 93.5 |
41 | Jimmie Foxx* | 93.0 |
42 | Al Kaline* | 92.8 |
43 | Wade Boggs* | 91.4 |
44 | Eddie Plank* | 90.9 |
45 | Steve Carlton* | 90.2 |
46 | Gaylord Perry* | 90.0 |
47 | Bob Gibson* | 89.2 |
48 | George Brett* | 88.6 |
49 | Tim Keefe* | 86.9 |
50 | Mike Trout (1.0) | 86.2 |
51 | Robin Roberts* | 86.1 |
52 | Chipper Jones* | 85.3 |
53 | Charlie Gehringer* | 84.7 |
54 | George Davis* | 84.5 |
55 | Roger Connor* | 84.3 |
56 | Ferguson Jenkins* | 84.2 |
57 | Pedro Martínez* | 83.9 |
58 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | 83.8 |
59 | John Clarkson* | 83.2 |
60 | Mike Mussina* | 82.8 |
61 | Justin Verlander (0.7) | 81.6 |
62 | Nolan Ryan* | 81.3 |
63 | Rod Carew* | 81.2 |
64 | Tom Glavine* | 80.7 |
65 | Jeff Bagwell* | 79.9 |
66 | Clayton Kershaw (0.0) | 79.7 |
67 | Pete Rose | 79.5 |
Curt Schilling | 79.5 | |
69 | Joe DiMaggio* | 79.1 |
70 | Dan Brouthers* | 78.7 |
71 | Brooks Robinson* | 78.5 |
72 | Arky Vaughan* | 77.9 |
73 | Zack Greinke (0.0) | 77.5 |
74 | Luke Appling* | 77.4 |
Robin Yount* | 77.4 | |
76 | Ozzie Smith* | 76.9 |
77 | Bobby Wallace* | 76.4 |
78 | Jim McCormick | 76.2 |
79 | Paul Molitor* | 75.6 |
80 | Sam Crawford* | 75.4 |
Rank | Player (2024 WAR) | WAR |
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241 | Chet Lemon | 55.7 |
Max Carey* | 55.6 | |
Joe Gordon* | 55.6 | |
Bob Johnson | 55.6 | |
245 | Hank Greenberg* | 55.5 |
Stan Hack | 55.5 | |
Gabby Hartnett * | 55.5 | |
George Uhle | 55.5 | |
249 | Jeff Kent | 55.4 |
Bobby Mathews | 55.4 | |
251 | David Ortiz* | 55.3 |
Jack Powell | 55.3 | |
Joe Mauer* | 55.2 | |
254 | Joe Sewell* | 54.7 |
255 | Kevin Appier | 54.5 |
Joe Medwick* | 54.5 | |
257 | José Cruz | 54.4 |
258 | Willie Keeler* | 54.3 |
Sam Rice * | 54.3 | |
260 | Vada Pinson | 54.2 |
261 | Ian Kinsler | 54.0 |
262 | Tony Pérez* | 53.9 |
263 | Ron Cey | 53.7 |
264 | Harry Hooper* | 53.6 |
Jerry Koosman | 53.6 | |
266 | Bucky Walters | 53.5 |
David Wells | 53.5 | |
268 | Wilbur Cooper | 53.4 |
269 | Jimmy Collins* | 53.3 |
Minnie Miñoso* | 53.3 | |
271 | Billy Pierce | 53.2 |
Joe Tinker* | 53.2 | |
273 | César Cedeño | 53.1 |
Jack Clark | 53.1 | |
275 | Bert Campaneris | 53.0 |
Dwight Gooden | 53.0 | |
277 | Burleigh Grimes* | 52.9 |
278 | Elmer Flick* | 52.7 |
279 | Babe Adams | 52.6 |
Fred McGriff* | 52.6 | |
281 | Bid McPhee* | 52.5 |
282 | Waite Hoyt* | 52.4 |
283 | Jose Altuve (2.9) | 52.3 |
Jim O'Rourke* | 52.3 | |
285 | Norm Cash | 52.0 |
Larry Jackson | 52.0 | |
287 | Lance Berkman | 51.9 |
Dustin Pedroia | 51.9 | |
289 | Chris Sale (4.7) | 51.8 |
290 | Johan Santana | 51.7 |
291 | Earl Averill* | 51.6 |
Luis Gonzalez | 51.6 | |
293 | Brian Downing | 51.5 |
Toby Harrah | 51.5 | |
295 | Bobby Doerr* | 51.4 |
296 | Carl Mays | 51.3 |
Al Orth | 51.3 | |
298 | Brian Giles | 51.1 |
Kirby Puckett* | 51.1 | |
300 | Bob Elliott | 50.9 |
Tony Phillips | 50.9 | |
302 | Aaron Judge (9.4) | 50.8 |
303 | Torii Hunter | 50.7 |
José Ramírez (5.1) | 50.7 | |
304 | Ted Breitenstein | 50.6 |
Mark Teixeira | 50.6 | |
306 | Jason Giambi | 50.5 |
Jim Kaat* | 50.5 | |
Kenny Rogers | 50.5 | |
309 | Tommy Bridges | 50.4 |
Joe Kelley* | 50.4 | |
Silver King | 50.4 | |
Ted Simmons* | 50.4 | |
314 | Fred Lynn | 50.2 |
315 | Orlando Cepeda* | 50.1 |
Mark Langston | 50.1 | |
317 | Dave Bancroft* | 50.0 |
Roy Oswalt | 50.0 | |
Wilbur Wood | 50.0 |
See also
Sources
- "Career Leaders & Records for Wins Above Replacement". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ There are three ways to calculate WAR. WARP is calculated by Baseball Prospectus, fWAR is calculated by FanGraphs, and bWAR is calculated by Baseball-Reference.
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