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
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

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