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 |
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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 |