Catcher WAR Rankings
Our Player Rankings are based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and a combination of career, short and long peak performance, prime performance, and performance during championship seasons.
SCORE
Our formula that combines career, peak, prime, and championship WAR.
WAR
Career Wins Above Replacement.
WAR7
Top 7 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.
WAR5C
Best 5 consecutive seasons by Wins Above Replacement.
WAR3
Top 3 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.
CHWAR
Wins Above Replacement in pennant-winning seasons.
RANK | PLAYER | HOF | FROM | TO | SCORE | WAR | WAR7 | WAR5C | WAR3 | CHWAR |
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1 | Johnny Bench | Y | 1967 | 1983 | 321.3 | 75.2 | 47.2 | 32.7 | 23.9 | 27.2 |
2 | Gary Carter | Y | 1974 | 1992 | 318.0 | 70.1 | 48.2 | 35.8 | 23.1 | 3.6 |
3 | Ivan Rodriguez | Y | 1991 | 2011 | 284.2 | 68.7 | 39.6 | 30.3 | 19.3 | 7.6 |
4 | Mike Piazza | Y | 1992 | 2007 | 280.9 | 59.6 | 42.2 | 30.9 | 21.9 | 5.1 |
5 | Carlton Fisk | Y | 1969 | 1993 | 267.8 | 68.4 | 37.7 | 23.2 | 20.3 | 3.2 |
6 | Yogi Berra | Y | 1946 | 1965 | 260.6 | 59.5 | 36.8 | 27.5 | 17.4 | 43.4 |
7 | Thurman Munson | N | 1969 | 1979 | 254.5 | 46.0 | 37.0 | 27.0 | 19.3 | 13.4 |
8 | Roy Campanella | Y | 1948 | 1957 | 250.1 | 35.6 | 34.3 | 26.9 | 18.9 | 21.1 |
9 | Mickey Cochrane | Y | 1925 | 1937 | 248.2 | 49.1 | 36.2 | 27.0 | 17.6 | 24.0 |
10 | Joe Mauer | N | 2004 | 2018 | 246.4 | 55.3 | 39.0 | 28.9 | 19.5 | 0.0 |
11 | Bill Dickey | Y | 1928 | 1946 | 235.3 | 57.3 | 35.9 | 26.3 | 18.1 | 33.7 |
... | HOF Catcher | Y | ... | ... | 232.7 | 53.0 | 35.2 | 25.3 | 17.3 | 13.2 |
12 | Buster Posey | N | 2009 | 2019 | 227.1 | 41.8 | 37.2 | 29.2 | 19.0 | 16.9 |
13 | Joe Torre | N | 1960 | 1977 | 225.2 | 57.6 | 37.2 | 25.7 | 17.8 | 0.0 |
14 | Ted Simmons | Y | 1968 | 1988 | 220.0 | 50.3 | 34.8 | 22.9 | 16.2 | 3.3 |
15 | Bill Freehan | N | 1961 | 1976 | 210.8 | 44.7 | 33.7 | 22.5 | 18.3 | 7.0 |
16 | Gene Tenace | N | 1969 | 1983 | 209.7 | 46.8 | 34.9 | 25.4 | 16.3 | 12.5 |
17 | Gabby Hartnett | Y | 1922 | 1941 | 207.5 | 56.9 | 31.0 | 20.6 | 15.1 | 10.3 |
18 | Jorge Posada | N | 1995 | 2011 | 205.5 | 42.7 | 32.9 | 23.2 | 16.8 | 20.0 |
19 | Jim Sundberg | N | 1974 | 1989 | 193.7 | 40.5 | 28.6 | 21.3 | 14.3 | 1.0 |
20 | Yadier Molina | N | 2004 | 2020 | 191.3 | 40.1 | 28.7 | 22.4 | 16.5 | 8.2 |
21 | Jason Kendall | N | 1996 | 2010 | 188.5 | 41.7 | 30.4 | 20.0 | 14.6 | 0.0 |
22 | Darrell Porter | N | 1971 | 1987 | 182.9 | 40.9 | 29.0 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 7.1 |
23 | Roger Bresnahan | Y | 1897 | 1915 | 182.2 | 42.1 | 30.5 | 22.9 | 16.0 | 3.7 |
24 | Lance Parrish | N | 1977 | 1995 | 181.5 | 39.5 | 28.4 | 19.5 | 14.3 | 2.8 |
25 | Wally Schang | N | 1913 | 1931 | 173.2 | 47.9 | 25.2 | 17.5 | 12.3 | 16.2 |
26 | Russell Martin | N | 2006 | 2019 | 171.6 | 38.7 | 26.7 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
27 | Elston Howard | N | 1955 | 1968 | 164.0 | 27.1 | 26.6 | 20.7 | 16.0 | 20.2 |
28 | Ernie Lombardi | Y | 1931 | 1947 | 163.7 | 39.5 | 25.0 | 17.7 | 12.3 | 6.0 |
29 | Brian McCann | N | 2005 | 2019 | 162.7 | 31.9 | 24.5 | 17.6 | 13.4 | 1.2 |
30 | Victor Martinez | N | 2002 | 2018 | 161.3 | 31.9 | 28.3 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
31 | Mickey Tettleton | N | 1984 | 1997 | 160.0 | 29.4 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 14.9 | 0.0 |
32 | Manny Sanguillen | N | 1967 | 1980 | 151.3 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 18.9 | 13.7 | 5.0 |
33 | Del Crandall | N | 1949 | 1966 | 149.7 | 28.2 | 24.6 | 17.3 | 13.6 | 6.3 |
34 | Tony Pena | N | 1980 | 1997 | 149.2 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 13.8 | 0.0 |
35 | Javy Lopez | N | 1992 | 2006 | 147.7 | 29.7 | 24.8 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 3.3 |
36 | Tom Haller | N | 1961 | 1972 | 147.1 | 29.3 | 24.0 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 3.5 |
37 | Smoky Burgess | N | 1949 | 1967 | 143.1 | 33.3 | 23.0 | 14.6 | 10.6 | 3.3 |
38 | Tim McCarver | N | 1959 | 1980 | 143.0 | 28.3 | 21.5 | 17.3 | 12.8 | 11.4 |
39 | Darren Daulton | N | 1983 | 1997 | 141.9 | 23.0 | 22.2 | 18.3 | 15.8 | 5.0 |
40 | Chris Hoiles | N | 1989 | 1998 | 141.7 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 18.6 | 13.3 | 0.0 |
41 | Terry Steinbach | N | 1986 | 1999 | 141.3 | 28.0 | 21.5 | 15.6 | 10.9 | 3.8 |
42 | Carlos Ruiz | N | 2006 | 2017 | 141.2 | 22.5 | 20.9 | 16.2 | 11.8 | 2.7 |
43 | Ray Schalk | Y | 1912 | 1929 | 140.9 | 33.0 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 10.5 | 5.5 |
44 | Walker Cooper | N | 1940 | 1957 | 140.2 | 27.3 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 9.1 |
45 | Ed Bailey | N | 1953 | 1966 | 139.3 | 27.2 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 12.2 | 1.9 |
46 | Sherm Lollar | N | 1946 | 1963 | 136.7 | 30.1 | 21.9 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 3.4 |
47 | Mike Scioscia | N | 1980 | 1992 | 134.2 | 26.1 | 21.7 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 3.7 |
48 | Butch Wynegar | N | 1976 | 1988 | 133.4 | 26.5 | 22.8 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 0.0 |
49 | Johnny Bassler | N | 1913 | 1927 | 131.3 | 21.3 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 10.9 | 0.0 |
50 | Chief Meyers | N | 1909 | 1917 | 129.6 | 25.2 | 21.3 | 18.1 | 11.9 | 13.7 |
51 | Bob Boone | N | 1972 | 1990 | 129.0 | 27.4 | 20.2 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 0.3 |
52 | Mike Napoli | N | 2006 | 2017 | 128.5 | 26.3 | 22.7 | 16.6 | 12.7 | 10.4 |
53 | Rick Ferrell | Y | 1929 | 1947 | 128.1 | 29.8 | 19.7 | 16.6 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
54 | Johnny Kling | N | 1900 | 1913 | 128.0 | 29.0 | 22.4 | 15.5 | 11.4 | 13.5 |
55 | Steve O\'Neill | N | 1911 | 1928 | 125.9 | 26.1 | 20.6 | 16.8 | 12.1 | 4.8 |
56 | Charles Johnson | N | 1994 | 2005 | 125.8 | 22.6 | 20.4 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 4.4 |
57 | Mike Stanley | N | 1986 | 2000 | 125.7 | 20.9 | 19.4 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
58 | Spud Davis | N | 1928 | 1945 | 123.5 | 23.0 | 21.2 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 2.4 |
59 | Salvador Perez | N | 2011 | 2020 | 122.3 | 22.1 | 20.9 | 15.9 | 10.9 | 5.9 |
60 | Jason Varitek | N | 1997 | 2011 | 120.0 | 24.2 | 18.7 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 6.3 |
61 | Terry Kennedy | N | 1978 | 1991 | 118.1 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 17.0 | 11.6 | 0.6 |
62 | Jonathan Lucroy | N | 2010 | 2020 | 117.9 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
63 | Rick Dempsey | N | 1969 | 1992 | 117.9 | 25.1 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 3.9 |
64 | John Romano | N | 1958 | 1967 | 117.3 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 0.0 |
65 | John Stearns | N | 1974 | 1984 | 117.2 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 14.7 | 12.5 | 0.0 |
66 | Ramon Hernandez | N | 1999 | 2013 | 116.3 | 22.1 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 10.6 | 0.0 |
67 | John Roseboro | N | 1957 | 1970 | 115.8 | 22.5 | 19.4 | 13.6 | 10.3 | 7.9 |
68 | J.T. Realmuto | N | 2014 | 2020 | 115.2 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 12.6 | 0.0 |
69 | Andy Seminick | N | 1943 | 1957 | 113.1 | 21.5 | 18.7 | 15.0 | 10.8 | 4.3 |
70 | A.J. Pierzynski | N | 1998 | 2016 | 111.1 | 23.8 | 18.0 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 2.3 |
71 | Bob O\'Farrell | N | 1915 | 1935 | 111.0 | 21.3 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 12.4 | 3.6 |
72 | Benito Santiago | N | 1986 | 2005 | 110.4 | 27.4 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 9.4 | 2.6 |
73 | Joe Ferguson | N | 1970 | 1983 | 108.6 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 9.9 | 13.2 | 3.5 |
74 | Muddy Ruel | N | 1915 | 1934 | 108.0 | 20.5 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 9.8 | 4.8 |
75 | Earl Battey | N | 1955 | 1967 | 107.6 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 3.2 |
76 | Matt Wieters | N | 2009 | 2020 | 107.3 | 18.2 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 0.0 |
77 | Hank Gowdy | N | 1910 | 1930 | 106.3 | 23.7 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 7.1 | 5.5 |
78 | Kurt Suzuki | N | 2007 | 2020 | 104.6 | 20.1 | 18.3 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 0.4 |
79 | Bubbles Hargrave | N | 1913 | 1930 | 103.3 | 16.4 | 17.9 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 0.0 |
80 | Ernie Whitt | N | 1976 | 1991 | 102.5 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 13.1 | 8.9 | 0.0 |
81 | Paul LoDuca | N | 1998 | 2008 | 101.1 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 0.0 |
82 | Jody Davis | N | 1981 | 1990 | 100.4 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
83 | Hank Severeid | N | 1911 | 1926 | 100.1 | 18.6 | 16.7 | 14.2 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
84 | Harry Danning | N | 1933 | 1942 | 99.1 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 1.3 |
85 | Clay Dalrymple | N | 1960 | 1971 | 95.2 | 16.8 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
86 | Steve Yeager | N | 1972 | 1986 | 94.7 | 17.9 | 14.7 | 12.2 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
87 | Stan Lopata | N | 1948 | 1960 | 93.4 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 0.0 |
88 | Miguel Montero | N | 2006 | 2018 | 93.3 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
89 | Don Slaught | N | 1982 | 1997 | 93.2 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
90 | Brad Ausmus | N | 1993 | 2010 | 91.9 | 16.5 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 0.6 |
91 | Alex Avila | N | 2009 | 2020 | 89.1 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 2.2 |
92 | Todd Hundley | N | 1990 | 2003 | 88.0 | 10.8 | 15.5 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
93 | Ray Fosse | N | 1967 | 1979 | 87.8 | 12.9 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 3.1 |
94 | Mike Lieberthal | N | 1994 | 2007 | 87.7 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
95 | Yasmani Grandal | N | 2012 | 2020 | 85.9 | 17.2 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 8.5 | 5.5 |
96 | Johnny Edwards | N | 1961 | 1974 | 85.3 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
97 | Frank Snyder | N | 1912 | 1927 | 84.5 | 17.5 | 14.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 7.5 |
98 | Gus Triandos | N | 1953 | 1965 | 84.2 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 0.0 |
99 | Sandy Alomar Jr. | N | 1988 | 2007 | 83.8 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 5.2 |
100 | Bob Brenly | N | 1981 | 1989 | 83.5 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 0.0 |