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
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

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