Shortstop 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	Cal Ripken	Y	1981	2001	385.0	95.9	56.0	35.5	29.6	8.2
2	Alex Rodriguez	N	1994	2016	381.5	117.5	64.3	43.5	29.2	4.1
3	Honus Wagner	Y	1897	1917	380.4	130.9	65.2	49.1	30.9	16.8
4	Ernie Banks	Y	1953	1971	338.5	67.8	51.8	39.5	27.7	0.0
5	Robin Yount	Y	1974	1993	334.5	77.3	47.2	35.7	24.8	10.5
6	Arky Vaughan	Y	1932	1948	321.8	78.0	50.7	35.8	25.5	0.0
7	Pee Wee Reese	Y	1940	1958	316.1	68.2	40.7	30.2	19.0	32.1
8	Ozzie Smith	Y	1978	1996	309.8	76.9	42.3	32.3	20.3	18.1
9	Alan Trammell	Y	1977	1996	304.6	70.7	44.6	31.0	21.5	6.7
10	Luke Appling	Y	1930	1950	300.8	77.1	43.9	27.5	21.3	0.0
11	Derek Jeter	Y	1995	2014	299.2	71.3	42.3	30.3	22.1	38.6
12	Lou Boudreau	Y	1938	1952	296.8	63.0	48.9	33.9	26.4	10.4
13	Barry Larkin	Y	1986	2004	294.1	70.5	43.1	28.3	20.3	5.6
...	HOF Shortstop	Y	...	...	289.1	67.6	43.3	30.4	21.5	10.6
14	Joe Cronin	Y	1926	1945	274.4	64.1	44.0	32.5	22.5	7.2
15	Bobby Wallace	Y	1894	1918	257.0	70.3	41.7	28.6	20.1	0.0
16	Phil Rizzuto	Y	1941	1956	247.3	42.0	33.8	25.5	17.7	36.7
17	Jim Fregosi	N	1961	1978	245.0	48.7	40.9	28.3	21.1	0.0
18	Nomar Garciaparra	N	1996	2009	240.5	44.3	43.1	28.1	21.3	0.0
19	Bert Campaneris	N	1964	1983	238.8	53.1	36.7	24.9	17.9	15.3
20	Johnny Pesky	N	1942	1954	230.6	33.8	31.1	28.3	16.3	6.5
21	Troy Tulowitzki	N	2006	2019	229.3	44.5	40.2	25.2	20.0	6.8
22	Joe Sewell	Y	1920	1933	227.3	53.9	37.5	26.2	18.9	2.6
23	Luis Aparicio	Y	1956	1973	219.5	55.9	32.6	19.1	15.5	7.4
24	Dave Bancroft	Y	1915	1930	219.4	49.1	37.2	25.2	20.1	21.3
25	Jimmy Rollins	N	2000	2016	218.2	47.6	32.4	25.7	16.4	7.1
26	Al Dark	N	1946	1960	218.1	43.9	33.0	25.4	16.9	0.0
27	Cecil Travis	N	1933	1947	217.5	30.0	28.2	24.0	16.2	0.0
28	Art Fletcher	N	1909	1922	217.2	47.0	36.8	27.9	18.9	18.1
29	Joe Tinker	Y	1902	1916	211.2	53.2	33.1	24.2	17.0	18.6
30	Rico Petrocelli	N	1963	1976	210.7	39.1	33.1	27.7	19.7	3.8
31	Hanley Ramirez	N	2005	2019	208.3	37.9	35.2	26.2	19.5	0.2
32	Miguel Tejada	N	1997	2013	207.0	47.1	36.6	28.2	18.8	0.0
33	Vern Stephens	N	1941	1955	206.9	46.0	33.6	23.8	17.6	0.0
34	Maury Wills	N	1959	1972	206.0	39.8	29.7	20.2	15.5	11.2
35	Travis Jackson	Y	1922	1936	205.4	43.7	35.2	26.6	16.6	4.9
36	Andrelton Simmons	N	2012	2019	204.5	36.3	34.8	25.6	20.2	0.0
37	Tony Fernandez	N	1983	2001	203.4	45.3	30.4	23.2	14.5	5.3
38	Mark Belanger	N	1965	1982	199.0	40.9	31.9	22.3	16.1	10.6
39	Dave Concepcion	N	1970	1988	198.4	40.1	29.8	20.4	14.8	9.3
40	Julio Franco	N	1982	2007	197.2	43.4	30.7	24.1	18.3	0.0
41	John Valentin	N	1992	2002	196.3	32.5	31.3	25.6	18.3	0.0
42	Dick Bartell	N	1927	1946	194.5	40.5	29.7	22.8	17.0	13.7
43	Ray Chapman	N	1912	1920	194.1	29.2	27.2	20.6	15.9	0.0
44	Rabbit Maranville	Y	1912	1935	189.2	42.9	30.4	20.3	14.8	5.0
45	Rafael Furcal	N	2000	2014	188.9	39.5	30.0	21.9	15.6	0.0
46	Omar Vizquel	N	1989	2012	188.6	45.6	26.7	19.1	13.5	4.9
47	Jay Bell	N	1986	2003	187.4	37.2	30.1	20.0	16.5	0.4
48	Dick Groat	N	1952	1967	186.5	36.9	29.8	20.6	17.7	8.8
49	Roger Peckinpaugh	N	1910	1927	185.2	44.9	29.0	21.5	14.9	10.0
50	Donie Bush	N	1908	1923	185.1	39.3	33.7	22.4	17.7	6.5
51	Francisco Lindor	N	2015	2020	182.2	27.6	28.6	28.6	19.3	5.9
52	Jose Reyes	N	2003	2018	178.1	37.2	29.2	19.0	15.8	0.0
53	Johnny Logan	N	1951	1963	175.4	33.1	29.4	22.5	15.6	6.9
54	Eddie Joost	N	1936	1955	175.3	31.4	27.2	21.6	16.9	0.0
55	Freddy Parent	N	1899	1911	169.2	36.1	32.4	23.0	18.0	12.6
56	Carlos Correa	N	2015	2020	160.3	24.5	24.6	24.5	18.4	10.1
57	Terry Turner	N	1901	1919	159.1	37.8	28.6	20.1	17.2	0.0
58	Marty Marion	N	1940	1953	158.4	31.4	26.1	20.6	13.7	17.6
59	Edgar Renteria	N	1996	2011	157.4	32.4	25.5	17.4	13.9	3.0
60	Scott Fletcher	N	1981	1995	156.0	32.0	27.1	16.3	13.6	0.0
61	Elvis Andrus	N	2009	2020	156.0	30.9	26.6	17.2	13.2	5.4
62	Jose Valentin	N	1992	2007	154.0	31.6	25.2	16.9	12.8	0.0
63	Solly Hemus	N	1949	1959	151.4	25.9	25.4	21.0	16.5	0.0
64	Garry Templeton	N	1976	1991	150.1	27.9	23.6	19.1	12.4	0.7
65	Carlos Guillen	N	1998	2011	148.0	27.7	24.2	18.7	13.9	6.0
66	Kid Elberfeld	N	1898	1914	147.3	33.2	25.9	18.5	13.8	0.0
67	Gene Alley	N	1963	1973	146.6	24.2	24.3	20.5	15.4	0.0
68	Roy Smalley	N	1975	1987	146.0	27.9	23.8	18.4	13.6	0.0
69	Chris Speier	N	1971	1989	144.9	30.6	22.5	16.7	13.3	0.0
70	Jack Barry	N	1908	1919	143.1	25.9	24.6	20.4	13.5	18.2
71	Ron Hansen	N	1958	1972	142.3	24.1	25.9	17.9	16.2	0.0
72	J.J. Hardy	N	2005	2017	142.1	28.1	24.4	15.7	12.7	0.0
73	Charlie Hollocher	N	1918	1924	141.5	23.2	23.2	20.5	14.1	5.0
74	Billy Rogell	N	1925	1940	141.3	24.8	24.5	20.0	15.3	9.9
75	Asdrubal Cabrera	N	2007	2020	140.6	29.0	21.5	16.6	12.2	1.5
76	Yunel Escobar	N	2007	2017	140.3	26.7	23.2	17.3	12.4	0.0
77	Denis Menke	N	1962	1974	140.3	28.1	23.3	15.1	13.8	2.2
78	Marcus Semien	N	2013	2020	139.8	21.8	21.9	20.5	17.1	0.0
79	Brandon Crawford	N	2011	2020	139.0	24.0	23.1	18.3	13.7	5.7
80	Jhonny Peralta	N	2003	2017	136.1	30.4	26.8	16.0	14.5	1.1
81	Xander Bogaerts	N	2013	2020	136.0	21.5	21.4	20.4	14.5	4.6
82	Leo Cardenas	N	1960	1975	135.0	27.2	23.2	13.8	13.6	0.0
83	Bill Russell	N	1969	1986	135.0	31.3	21.3	12.4	10.9	9.4
84	Glenn Wright	N	1924	1935	133.4	24.8	24.4	16.5	15.2	5.9
85	Mike Bordick	N	1990	2003	133.1	26.8	22.4	13.8	12.3	0.0
86	Greg Gagne	N	1983	1997	132.5	26.3	21.4	15.8	11.2	6.4
87	Harvey Kuenn	N	1952	1966	132.2	26.0	22.1	15.9	12.1	2.5
88	Billy Jurges	N	1931	1947	132.2	28.3	22.9	15.0	12.5	6.3
89	Dickie Thon	N	1979	1993	131.6	23.9	22.0	15.6	15.7	0.0
90	Erick Aybar	N	2006	2017	131.0	22.7	23.0	16.8	12.4	0.0
91	Woody English	N	1927	1938	128.7	26.1	21.2	16.8	13.1	3.5
92	Marco Scutaro	N	2002	2014	128.2	22.1	21.1	17.1	12.6	2.1
93	Woodie Held	N	1954	1969	127.9	22.0	21.9	17.9	11.5	0.0
94	Michael Young	N	2000	2013	127.6	24.7	21.1	16.0	10.1	4.2
95	Larry Bowa	N	1970	1985	126.6	22.8	21.5	14.8	12.1	0.7
96	Rick Burleson	N	1974	1987	126.4	22.8	21.2	16.7	11.9	2.0
97	Chico Carrasquel	N	1950	1959	125.1	21.2	22.5	16.5	12.9	0.0
98	Freddie Patek	N	1968	1981	122.1	24.1	20.2	14.3	10.8	0.0
99	Roy McMillan	N	1951	1966	120.1	25.9	20.0	12.7	10.7	0.0
100	David Eckstein	N	2001	2010	119.6	20.9	19.0	15.9	12.3	6.9

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