100 Greatest Shortstops of All-Time

ALL-TIME TOP 100 LISTS

Baseball's All-Time Greatest Shortstops Ranked From 1 to 100

RANKNAMEFROMTOCAREERLONG PEAKSHORT PEAKPRIME
1Cal Ripken1981200195.956.029.635.5
2Honus Wagner18971917130.965.230.949.1
3Robin Yount1974199377.347.224.835.7
4Ernie Banks1953197167.851.827.739.5
5Alex Rodriguez19942016117.564.329.243.5
6Ozzie Smith1978199676.942.320.332.3
7Alan Trammell1977199670.744.621.531.0
8Derek Jeter1995201471.342.322.130.3
9Arky Vaughan1932194878.053.526.835.8
10Pee Wee Reese1940195868.240.719.030.2
11Barry Larkin1986200470.543.120.328.3
12Willie Wells1924194884.048.826.933.9
13Luke Appling1930195077.143.921.327.5
14Lou Boudreau1938195263.048.926.433.9
15John Lloyd1906192986.143.022.038.7
16Joe Cronin1926194564.144.022.532.5
17Marcus Semien2013202341.838.423.029.0
18Francisco Lindor2015202342.738.218.927.4
19Jim Fregosi1961197848.740.921.128.3
20Carlos Correa2015202340.937.920.925.2
21Nomar Garciaparra1996200944.343.121.328.1
22Troy Tulowitzki2006201944.540.220.025.2
23Bert Campaneris1964198353.136.717.924.9
24Phil Rizzuto1941195642.033.817.725.5
25Bobby Wallace1894191870.341.820.228.6
26Jimmy Rollins2000201647.632.416.425.7
27Xander Bogaerts2013202339.634.316.923.7
28Andrelton Simmons2012202237.133.819.425.6
29Luis Aparicio1956197355.932.615.519.1
30Johnny Pesky1942195433.831.116.328.3
31Hanley Ramirez2005201937.935.219.526.2
32Trea Turner2015202333.230.116.122.9
33Dick Lundy1923193757.539.020.526.7
34Al Dark1946196043.933.016.925.4
35Rico Petrocelli1963197639.133.119.727.7
36Joe Sewell1920193353.937.118.826.2
37Julio Franco1982200743.430.718.324.1
38Maury Wills1959197239.829.715.520.2
39Tony Fernandez1983200145.330.414.523.2
40Mark Belanger1965198240.931.916.122.3
41Cecil Travis1933194730.028.216.224.0
42Dave Bancroft1915193049.137.220.125.2
43Trevor Story2016202330.129.417.522.6
44Corey Seager2015202332.030.217.419.4
45John Valentin1992200232.531.318.325.6
46Art Fletcher1909192247.036.818.927.9
47Vern Stephens1941195546.033.617.623.8
48Dave Concepcion1970198840.129.814.820.4
49Omar Vizquel1989201245.626.713.519.1
50Rafael Furcal2000201439.530.015.621.9
51Jay Bell1986200337.230.116.520.0
52Travis Jackson1922193643.735.216.626.6
53Joe Tinker1902191653.233.117.024.2
54Jose Reyes2003201837.229.215.819.0
55Dick Groat1952196736.929.817.720.6
56Miguel Tejada1997201347.136.618.828.2
57Dick Bartell1927194640.529.717.022.8
58Brandon Crawford2011202329.527.717.419.4
59Ray Chapman1912192029.227.215.920.6
60Elvis Andrus2009202334.026.613.617.2
61Rabbit Maranville1912193542.930.414.820.3
62Johnny Logan1951196333.129.415.622.5
63John Beckwith1920193551.530.014.520.5
64Roger Peckinpaugh1910192744.929.014.921.5
65Donie Bush1908192339.333.717.722.4
66Eddie Joost1936195531.427.216.921.6
67Javier Baez2014202326.726.417.618.1
68Edgar Renteria1996201132.425.513.917.4
69Home Run Johnson1895191838.738.423.924.8
70Freddy Parent1899191136.132.418.023.0
71Fernando Tatis Jr.2019202319.019.116.319.1
72Scott Fletcher1981199532.027.113.616.3
73Jean Segura2012202326.125.114.215.2
74Jose Valentin1992200731.625.212.816.9
75Dobie Moore1920192641.930.014.821.4
76Asdrubal Cabrera2007202129.621.512.216.6
77Garry Templeton1976199127.923.612.419.1
78Carlos Guillen1998201127.724.213.918.7
79J.J. Hardy2005201728.124.412.715.7
80Dansby Swanson2016202319.519.813.316.4
81Marty Marion1940195331.426.113.720.6
82Yunel Escobar2007201726.723.212.417.3
83Roy Smalley1975198727.923.813.618.4
84Solly Hemus1949195925.925.416.521.0
85Gene Alley1963197324.224.315.420.5
86Chris Speier1971198930.622.513.316.7
87Ron Hansen1958197224.125.916.217.9
88Terry Turner1901191937.828.617.220.1
89Denis Menke1962197428.123.313.815.1
90Erick Aybar2006201722.723.012.416.8
91Leo Cardenas1960197527.224.013.613.8
92Bill Russell1969198631.321.310.912.4
93Mike Bordick1990200326.822.412.313.8
94Greg Gagne1983199726.321.411.215.8
95Marco Scutaro2002201422.121.112.617.1
96Dickie Thon1979199323.922.015.715.6
97Kid Elberfeld1898191433.225.913.818.5
98Michael Young2000201324.721.110.116.0
99Bo Bichette2019202317.517.714.217.5
100Harvey Kuenn1952196626.022.112.115.9
EXPLANATION OF TABLE DATA
CAREER = Career Wins Above Replacement (WAR).
We use bWAR.
LONG PEAK = WAR in best seven seasons.
SHORT PEAK = WAR in best three seasons.
PRIME = WAR in best five consecutive seasons.

How Do We Rank The Players?

That's a Great Question. In short, it isn't Simple.

We have gone to great lengths to make our All-Time Baseball Player Rankings as thorough as possible. We believe our rankings are the most comprehensive, fair, and accurate.

Players are evaluated on five criteria as the foundation of our rankings: 

  • Career Value
  • Long Peak
  • Short Peak
  • Career Prime Value
  • Contribution to Championship Teams

We use Wins Above Replacement (WAR) as a basis for these calculations. However, we also adjust for era, integration and level of competition, and missed playing time due to factors beyond the control of the player.

Generally, a player’s Career Value is worth about 50-60% of the ranking score we assign him. That leaves half or just under half from his long peak (seven best seasons), short peak (three best seasons), and prime (five best consecutive seasons). The contribution to championship teams (player performance in seasons where his team wins the pennant) is a small factor in most cases.

Because we adjust for timeline and era, our rankings have fewer players from before 1941 than many other baseball player lists.

We feel it’s important to acknowledge that baseball is harder to play today than it was 25 years ago, and 50 years ago, and so on. It doesn’t make sense, in our opinion, for most of the great baseball players to have played prior to World War II, when MLB was segregated.