Third Base 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 | Mike Schmidt | Y | 1972 | 1989 | 435.3 | 106.9 | 58.6 | 40.4 | 27.4 | 15.6 |
2 | Wade Boggs | Y | 1982 | 1999 | 390.3 | 91.4 | 56.1 | 42.2 | 25.8 | 11.4 |
3 | Eddie Mathews | Y | 1952 | 1968 | 377.3 | 96.2 | 54.2 | 36.7 | 24.4 | 13.9 |
4 | George Brett | Y | 1973 | 1993 | 373.9 | 88.6 | 53.2 | 38.5 | 26.3 | 17.7 |
5 | Adrian Beltre | N | 1998 | 2018 | 360.5 | 93.6 | 49.3 | 33.0 | 24.6 | 5.8 |
6 | Ron Santo | Y | 1960 | 1974 | 343.6 | 70.5 | 53.9 | 41.9 | 27.6 | 0.0 |
7 | Chipper Jones | Y | 1993 | 2012 | 333.4 | 85.3 | 46.7 | 31.3 | 22.0 | 15.8 |
8 | Brooks Robinson | Y | 1955 | 1977 | 326.1 | 78.4 | 45.8 | 33.3 | 24.1 | 18.6 |
9 | Sal Bando | N | 1966 | 1981 | 298.8 | 61.5 | 44.3 | 33.0 | 21.2 | 16.9 |
10 | Frank Baker | Y | 1908 | 1922 | 298.1 | 62.7 | 46.6 | 36.2 | 24.4 | 29.2 |
11 | Buddy Bell | N | 1972 | 1989 | 298.1 | 66.3 | 40.3 | 33.1 | 19.5 | 0.0 |
... | HOF 3rd Basemen | Y | ... | ... | 297.4 | 70.0 | 44.1 | 31.5 | 21.6 | 10.5 |
12 | Scott Rolen | N | 1996 | 2012 | 297.2 | 70.1 | 43.5 | 30.4 | 22.2 | 15.0 |
13 | Ken Boyer | N | 1955 | 1969 | 293.0 | 62.9 | 46.4 | 33.8 | 22.4 | 6.1 |
14 | Paul Molitor | Y | 1978 | 1998 | 292.4 | 75.7 | 39.7 | 25.4 | 17.9 | 11.9 |
15 | Edgar Martinez | Y | 1987 | 2004 | 291.6 | 68.3 | 43.6 | 30.2 | 20.0 | 0.0 |
16 | Graig Nettles | N | 1967 | 1988 | 289.0 | 68.0 | 42.2 | 28.7 | 21.1 | 24.2 |
17 | Evan Longoria | N | 2008 | 2019 | 268.1 | 56.0 | 40.9 | 31.1 | 22.4 | 4.8 |
18 | Darrell Evans | N | 1969 | 1989 | 252.3 | 58.8 | 37.1 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 1.3 |
19 | Ron Cey | N | 1971 | 1987 | 247.7 | 53.8 | 36.8 | 26.8 | 18.0 | 17.1 |
20 | Robin Ventura | N | 1989 | 2004 | 246.3 | 56.1 | 38.6 | 24.3 | 18.5 | 4.2 |
21 | Josh Donaldson | N | 2010 | 2020 | 243.2 | 41.0 | 43.9 | 33.1 | 21.5 | 0.0 |
22 | David Wright | N | 2004 | 2018 | 234.2 | 49.2 | 40.3 | 27.2 | 22.3 | 0.5 |
23 | Al Rosen | N | 1947 | 1956 | 231.9 | 32.3 | 33.2 | 30.1 | 21.9 | 4.6 |
24 | Toby Harrah | N | 1969 | 1986 | 229.4 | 51.4 | 35.5 | 23.7 | 19.3 | 0.0 |
25 | Bob Elliott | N | 1939 | 1953 | 223.3 | 50.5 | 35.0 | 26.4 | 18.5 | 6.5 |
26 | Stan Hack | N | 1932 | 1947 | 223.2 | 54.8 | 35.2 | 23.4 | 17.0 | 15.8 |
27 | Nolan Arenado | N | 2013 | 2019 | 222.7 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 31.4 | 19.6 | 0.0 |
28 | Jimmy Collins | Y | 1895 | 1908 | 219.8 | 53.4 | 38.4 | 26.0 | 18.9 | 5.3 |
29 | Heinie Groh | N | 1912 | 1927 | 219.8 | 48.1 | 35.7 | 28.1 | 18.0 | 13.1 |
30 | Matt Williams | N | 1987 | 2003 | 211.9 | 46.6 | 33.9 | 22.8 | 16.3 | 7.9 |
31 | Manny Machado | N | 2012 | 2020 | 208.8 | 36.7 | 35.3 | 26.5 | 20.7 | 2.8 |
32 | Doug DeCinces | N | 1973 | 1987 | 205.9 | 41.7 | 31.3 | 23.6 | 18.8 | 2.8 |
33 | Harlond Clift | N | 1934 | 1945 | 200.6 | 41.5 | 32.6 | 26.0 | 19.0 | 0.0 |
34 | Ryan Zimmerman | N | 2005 | 2019 | 198.2 | 38.5 | 31.6 | 23.9 | 18.2 | 0.0 |
35 | Eric Chavez | N | 1998 | 2014 | 197.2 | 38.3 | 30.9 | 25.9 | 16.8 | 0.0 |
36 | Bill Bradley | N | 1899 | 1915 | 196.1 | 36.9 | 34.8 | 28.8 | 20.4 | 0.0 |
37 | Larry Gardner | N | 1908 | 1924 | 189.5 | 48.2 | 31.4 | 20.1 | 15.0 | 16.6 |
38 | Carney Lansford | N | 1978 | 1992 | 186.8 | 40.4 | 28.4 | 17.8 | 13.9 | 8.5 |
39 | Bill Madlock | N | 1973 | 1987 | 186.5 | 38.2 | 28.3 | 19.8 | 15.9 | 2.3 |
40 | Tim Wallach | N | 1980 | 1996 | 185.9 | 38.5 | 30.5 | 20.5 | 14.9 | 0.0 |
41 | Jeff Cirillo | N | 1994 | 2007 | 184.5 | 34.5 | 30.5 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 |
42 | Art Devlin | N | 1904 | 1913 | 183.5 | 36.1 | 32.7 | 25.7 | 17.4 | 8.4 |
43 | Kyle Seager | N | 2011 | 2020 | 179.4 | 32.5 | 28.8 | 23.7 | 17.0 | 0.0 |
44 | Gary Gaetti | N | 1981 | 2000 | 179.1 | 42.1 | 25.0 | 18.3 | 13.4 | 2.3 |
45 | Ken McMullen | N | 1962 | 1977 | 177.1 | 34.0 | 30.0 | 21.2 | 15.2 | 0.0 |
46 | Troy Glaus | N | 1998 | 2010 | 176.0 | 38.1 | 32.9 | 21.9 | 17.5 | 4.3 |
47 | Don Money | N | 1968 | 1983 | 174.4 | 36.5 | 27.5 | 20.6 | 14.9 | 0.0 |
48 | Travis Fryman | N | 1990 | 2002 | 171.2 | 34.4 | 28.3 | 19.2 | 14.8 | 0.0 |
49 | George Kell | Y | 1943 | 1957 | 171.1 | 37.6 | 27.7 | 19.7 | 13.8 | 0.0 |
50 | Buddy Lewis | N | 1935 | 1949 | 170.9 | 28.3 | 24.6 | 21.5 | 12.9 | 0.0 |
51 | Edgardo Alfonzo | N | 1995 | 2006 | 170.5 | 28.8 | 28.9 | 22.9 | 18.6 | 0.0 |
52 | Anthony Rendon | N | 2013 | 2020 | 169.8 | 29.1 | 27.3 | 22.3 | 18.9 | 6.4 |
53 | Eddie Yost | N | 1944 | 1962 | 169.7 | 35.0 | 28.3 | 19.5 | 14.9 | 0.0 |
54 | Aramis Ramirez | N | 1998 | 2015 | 168.9 | 32.4 | 29.3 | 19.7 | 15.1 | 0.0 |
55 | Ken Keltner | N | 1937 | 1950 | 168.1 | 33.2 | 28.6 | 19.6 | 16.4 | 6.1 |
56 | Bobby Bonilla | N | 1986 | 2001 | 167.3 | 30.3 | 27.4 | 20.8 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
57 | Justin Turner | N | 2009 | 2020 | 166.8 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 23.3 | 15.0 | 10.3 |
58 | Red Smith | N | 1911 | 1919 | 164.2 | 27.0 | 26.3 | 26.9 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
59 | Heinie Zimmerman | N | 1907 | 1919 | 162.9 | 33.6 | 29.6 | 19.8 | 16.9 | 6.4 |
60 | Hank Thompson | N | 1947 | 1956 | 162.3 | 25.1 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 14.5 | 5.5 |
61 | Jose Ramirez | N | 2013 | 2020 | 161.9 | 25.7 | 25.4 | 23.5 | 18.9 | 4.1 |
62 | Matt Carpenter | N | 2011 | 2020 | 161.1 | 28.3 | 26.0 | 21.1 | 16.5 | 6.4 |
63 | Ken Caminiti | N | 1987 | 2001 | 160.7 | 33.5 | 29.6 | 23.4 | 16.3 | 2.7 |
64 | Melvin Mora | N | 1999 | 2011 | 159.0 | 28.3 | 26.0 | 21.8 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
65 | Jim Ray Hart | N | 1963 | 1974 | 158.6 | 24.9 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 17.7 | 0.0 |
66 | Kris Bryant | N | 2015 | 2020 | 158.3 | 23.9 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 18.2 | 7.3 |
67 | Pie Traynor | Y | 1920 | 1937 | 157.3 | 37.3 | 25.8 | 17.7 | 12.6 | 7.5 |
68 | Edwin Encarnacion | N | 2005 | 2020 | 156.7 | 34.9 | 26.6 | 21.0 | 13.5 | 2.0 |
69 | Willie Kamm | N | 1923 | 1935 | 153.6 | 34.9 | 26.0 | 17.8 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
70 | Freddie Lindstrom | Y | 1924 | 1936 | 152.0 | 27.5 | 26.3 | 20.9 | 17.1 | 0.5 |
71 | Richie Hebner | N | 1968 | 1985 | 151.6 | 33.0 | 23.4 | 17.1 | 12.8 | 2.3 |
72 | Red Rolfe | N | 1931 | 1942 | 151.0 | 28.0 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 16.0 | 19.0 |
73 | Martin Prado | N | 2006 | 2020 | 150.9 | 28.1 | 26.4 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 6.4 |
74 | Harry Steinfeldt | N | 1898 | 1911 | 150.1 | 30.6 | 26.4 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 15.4 |
75 | Alex Bregman | N | 2016 | 2020 | 147.8 | 22.4 | 20.9 | 22.4 | 20.4 | 13.1 |
76 | Terry Pendleton | N | 1984 | 1998 | 147.6 | 28.5 | 25.2 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 16.2 |
77 | Ed Charles | N | 1962 | 1969 | 147.4 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 0.0 |
78 | Kevin Seitzer | N | 1986 | 1997 | 147.3 | 28.9 | 25.1 | 16.4 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
79 | Whitey Kurowski | N | 1941 | 1949 | 147.2 | 24.5 | 24.1 | 22.0 | 15.6 | 13.2 |
80 | Ray Boone | N | 1948 | 1960 | 147.1 | 25.8 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 12.5 | 0.0 |
81 | Chase Headley | N | 2007 | 2018 | 146.9 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 19.8 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
82 | Bob Bailey | N | 1962 | 1978 | 144.4 | 28.8 | 23.4 | 17.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
83 | Corey Koskie | N | 1998 | 2006 | 143.6 | 24.6 | 23.8 | 20.0 | 14.5 | 0.0 |
84 | Todd Frazier | N | 2011 | 2020 | 139.5 | 24.5 | 23.2 | 18.7 | 12.6 | 0.0 |
85 | Howard Johnson | N | 1982 | 1995 | 139.3 | 22.2 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 14.8 | 2.4 |
86 | Ken Oberkfell | N | 1977 | 1992 | 135.2 | 22.4 | 22.0 | 17.7 | 10.2 | 2.9 |
87 | Clete Boyer | N | 1955 | 1971 | 135.2 | 27.7 | 23.6 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 13.2 |
88 | Chone Figgins | N | 2002 | 2014 | 134.3 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
89 | Matt Chapman | N | 2017 | 2020 | 133.6 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 0.0 |
90 | Jimmy Dykes | N | 1918 | 1939 | 133.5 | 34.1 | 21.4 | 14.1 | 10.6 | 0.0 |
91 | Mike Lowell | N | 1998 | 2010 | 131.3 | 24.9 | 23.4 | 14.4 | 12.6 | 7.7 |
92 | Casey Blake | N | 1999 | 2011 | 129.0 | 24.9 | 22.1 | 15.2 | 11.6 | 0.0 |
93 | Billy Werber | N | 1930 | 1942 | 126.4 | 25.4 | 22.6 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
94 | Don Hoak | N | 1954 | 1964 | 124.9 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 17.0 | 12.7 | 5.4 |
95 | Pablo Sandoval | N | 2008 | 2020 | 124.1 | 20.1 | 21.2 | 16.4 | 13.7 | 7.0 |
96 | Bob Horner | N | 1978 | 1988 | 123.6 | 21.9 | 18.9 | 15.1 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
97 | Eric Soderholm | N | 1971 | 1980 | 123.1 | 21.5 | 20.3 | 17.1 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
98 | Pinky Higgins | N | 1930 | 1946 | 122.5 | 25.5 | 21.2 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
99 | Willie Jones | N | 1947 | 1961 | 121.9 | 24.8 | 20.1 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 3.6 |
100 | Pete Ward | N | 1962 | 1970 | 121.3 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 16.5 | 13.4 | 0.0 |