100 Greatest Second Basemen of All-Time
Updated through 2025: we rank the Best MLB Second Basemen from Rogers Hornsby to Jackie Robinson to Joe Morgan.
Baseball Player Rankings by Position
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| RANK | NAME | FROM | TO | CAREER | LONG PEAK | SHORT PEAK | PRIME | PLAYER SCORE |
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| 1 | Joe Morgan | 1963 | 1984 | 100.5 | 59.4 | 30.0 | 47.8 | 411.4 |
| 2 | Rogers Hornsby | 1915 | 1937 | 127.1 | 73.4 | 33.3 | 49.9 | 411.3 |
| 3 | Eddie Collins | 1906 | 1930 | 123.9 | 64.2 | 29.5 | 44.5 | 372.3 |
| 4 | Jackie Robinson | 1945 | 1956 | 61.7 | 52.3 | 27.4 | 41.6 | 327.1 |
| 5 | Rod Carew | 1967 | 1985 | 81.3 | 49.7 | 24.9 | 38.8 | 327.0 |
| 6 | Charlie Gehringer | 1924 | 1942 | 83.8 | 50.6 | 24.9 | 40.1 | 318.6 |
| 7 | Nap Lajoie | 1896 | 1916 | 107.3 | 60.2 | 28.4 | 41.8 | 318.5 |
| 8 | Chase Utley | 2003 | 2018 | 64.4 | 49.2 | 25.0 | 39.7 | 311.3 |
| 9 | Bobby Grich | 1970 | 1986 | 71.1 | 46.3 | 22.9 | 35.0 | 302.6 |
| 10 | Ryne Sandberg | 1981 | 1997 | 68.0 | 46.9 | 23.4 | 32.7 | 284.5 |
| 11 | Craig Biggio | 1988 | 2007 | 65.5 | 41.6 | 22.1 | 32.8 | 281.2 |
| 12 | Lou Whitaker | 1977 | 1995 | 75.1 | 37.9 | 18.9 | 25.4 | 273.8 |
| 13 | Roberto Alomar | 1988 | 2004 | 67.0 | 42.8 | 21.3 | 27.5 | 269.9 |
| 14 | Jose Altuve | 2011 | 2025 | 53.4 | 39.9 | 21.1 | 30.2 | 267.1 |
| 15 | Frankie Frisch | 1919 | 1937 | 70.8 | 44.4 | 23.8 | 32.4 | 253.1 |
| 16 | Dustin Pedroia | 2006 | 2019 | 51.6 | 42.4 | 21.2 | 28.8 | 251.3 |
| 17 | Willie Randolph | 1975 | 1992 | 65.9 | 36.1 | 17.6 | 27.3 | 251.6 |
| 18 | Joe Gordon | 1938 | 1950 | 55.7 | 45.9 | 20.8 | 31.7 | 246.7 |
| 19 | Ian Kinsler | 2006 | 2019 | 55.2 | 40.4 | 18.6 | 25.7 | 246.3 |
| 20 | Ben Zobrist | 2006 | 2019 | 44.6 | 40.4 | 22.0 | 31.7 | 240.9 |
| 21 | Jeff Kent | 1992 | 2008 | 55.4 | 35.6 | 19.4 | 27.4 | 234.3 |
| 22 | Billy Herman | 1931 | 1947 | 56.0 | 35.3 | 20.2 | 28.6 | 222.7 |
| 23 | Robinson Cano | 2005 | 2022 | 68.1 | 49.2 | 23.8 | 35.4 | 213.1 |
| 24 | Eddie Stanky | 1943 | 1953 | 41.1 | 35.8 | 20.4 | 26.8 | 204.1 |
| 25 | Nellie Fox | 1947 | 1965 | 49.5 | 36.9 | 19.0 | 23.9 | 203.4 |
| 26 | Bobby Doerr | 1937 | 1951 | 51.1 | 36.5 | 17.0 | 27.5 | 201.8 |
| 27 | George Scales | 1921 | 1946 | 53.6 | 41.5 | 20.9 | 28.5 | 198.1 |
| 28 | Tony Phillips | 1982 | 1999 | 50.9 | 33.1 | 15.8 | 25.3 | 197.8 |
| 29 | Lonny Frey | 1933 | 1948 | 44.0 | 31.3 | 18.9 | 28.6 | 194.0 |
| 30 | Ketel Marte | 2015 | 2025 | 35.5 | 32.3 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 193.0 |
| 31 | Placido Polanco | 1998 | 2013 | 41.9 | 32.3 | 16.7 | 21.0 | 188.8 |
| 32 | Davey Lopes | 1972 | 1987 | 42.4 | 29.9 | 14.7 | 23.1 | 188.5 |
| 33 | DJ LeMahieu | 2011 | 2025 | 30.6 | 25.9 | 14.8 | 19.4 | 185.3 |
| 34 | Tony Lazzeri | 1926 | 1939 | 47.3 | 35.2 | 18.6 | 25.1 | 183.1 |
| 35 | Gil McDougald | 1951 | 1960 | 40.8 | 32.1 | 16.1 | 23.7 | 182.3 |
| 36 | Red Schoendienst | 1945 | 1963 | 44.2 | 31.9 | 17.7 | 23.2 | 182.3 |
| 37 | Bobby Avila | 1949 | 1959 | 28.4 | 25.9 | 16.5 | 23.4 | 178.7 |
| 38 | Dick McAuliffe | 1960 | 1975 | 37.6 | 29.5 | 16.6 | 22.6 | 174.3 |
| 39 | Robby Thompson | 1986 | 1996 | 33.9 | 30.4 | 17.6 | 23.3 | 173.2 |
| 40 | Marvin Williams | 1943 | 1961 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 172.3 |
| 41 | Jim Gilliam | 1953 | 1966 | 40.9 | 30.5 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 171.4 |
| 42 | Johnny Evers | 1902 | 1929 | 47.7 | 33.3 | 16.8 | 22.4 | 167.6 |
| 43 | Buddy Myer | 1925 | 1941 | 47.8 | 30.8 | 15.9 | 21.2 | 166.5 |
| 44 | Bill Doran | 1982 | 1993 | 32.9 | 29.0 | 14.8 | 22.4 | 162.4 |
| 45 | Howie Kendrick | 2006 | 2020 | 35.0 | 24.5 | 13.4 | 19.6 | 161.8 |
| 46 | Del Pratt | 1912 | 1924 | 45.5 | 31.3 | 14.7 | 21.2 | 161.8 |
| 47 | Chuck Knoblauch | 1991 | 2002 | 44.6 | 38.5 | 22.0 | 29.8 | 157.4 |
| 48 | Larry Doyle | 1907 | 1920 | 45.1 | 30.4 | 14.8 | 21.0 | 156.0 |
| 49 | Mark Ellis | 2002 | 2014 | 33.5 | 25.0 | 13.4 | 19.1 | 155.5 |
| 50 | Brandon Phillips | 2002 | 2018 | 28.4 | 26.0 | 12.9 | 18.6 | 152.5 |
| 51 | Bill Mazeroski | 1956 | 1972 | 36.5 | 25.7 | 13.2 | 17.6 | 152.6 |
| 52 | Frank White | 1973 | 1990 | 34.8 | 23.5 | 11.9 | 15.9 | 152.4 |
| 53 | Ray Durham | 1995 | 2008 | 33.8 | 25.7 | 13.1 | 18.8 | 152.3 |
| 54 | Newt Allen | 1923 | 1947 | 41.0 | 31.5 | 17.5 | 19.8 | 150.1 |
| 55 | Ron Hunt | 1963 | 1974 | 32.8 | 25.6 | 13.8 | 18.5 | 149.2 |
| 56 | Snuffy Stirnweiss | 1943 | 1952 | 27.2 | 27.7 | 20.6 | 25.8 | 147.7 |
| 57 | Nico Hoerner | 2019 | 2025 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 20.8 | 146.8 |
| 58 | Max Bishop | 1924 | 1935 | 37.3 | 29.3 | 15.4 | 20.8 | 147.0 |
| 59 | Brian Dozier | 2012 | 2020 | 23.7 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 21.0 | 146.0 |
| 60 | Pete Runnels | 1951 | 1964 | 29.8 | 26.4 | 15.5 | 20.3 | 144.4 |
| 61 | Orlando Hudson | 2002 | 2012 | 30.9 | 18.4 | 13.6 | 20.3 | 141.0 |
| 62 | Jeff McNeil | 2018 | 2025 | 23.1 | 21.7 | 14.1 | 16.9 | 140.7 |
| 63 | Andrés Giménez | 2020 | 2025 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 16.4 | 18.6 | 139.9 |
| 64 | Davey Johnson | 1965 | 1978 | 27.5 | 23.4 | 12.5 | 18.6 | 137.0 |
| 65 | Tony Cuccinello | 1930 | 1945 | 33.8 | 27.9 | 15.6 | 17.7 | 136.5 |
| 66 | Danny Murphy | 1900 | 1915 | 35.7 | 29.4 | 14.9 | 19.9 | 136.5 |
| 67 | Luis Castillo | 1996 | 2010 | 29.1 | 23.9 | 12.8 | 16.2 | 136.4 |
| 68 | Aaron Hill | 2005 | 2017 | 24.4 | 23.6 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 135.8 |
| 69 | Phil Garner | 1973 | 1988 | 29.7 | 23.3 | 11.5 | 16.6 | 135.2 |
| 70 | Jason Kipnis | 2011 | 2020 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 14.5 | 18.8 | 134.5 |
| 71 | Ozzie Albies | 2017 | 2025 | 24.1 | 22.5 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 132.3 |
| 72 | Carlos Baerga | 1990 | 2005 | 19.6 | 21.9 | 14.6 | 20.0 | 129.8 |
| 73 | Jimmy Williams | 1899 | 1909 | 32.7 | 28.6 | 15.2 | 19.4 | 129.0 |
| 74 | Johnny Ray | 1981 | 1990 | 24.2 | 23.0 | 14.1 | 18.4 | 128.3 |
| 75 | Tommy Edman | 2019 | 2025 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 14.0 | 16.9 | 126.4 |
| 76 | Dave Cash | 1969 | 1980 | 25.6 | 21.4 | 13.0 | 17.4 | 126.1 |
| 77 | Tom Herr | 1979 | 1991 | 23.5 | 21.3 | 12.1 | 16.4 | 124.7 |
| 78 | Claude Ritchey | 1897 | 1909 | 34.7 | 25.8 | 12.7 | 19.1 | 124.9 |
| 79 | Kolten Wong | 2013 | 2023 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 124.4 |
| 80 | George Grantham | 1922 | 1934 | 33.2 | 24.6 | 11.7 | 17.3 | 124.3 |
| 81 | Miller Huggins | 1904 | 1916 | 35.4 | 25.6 | 12.2 | 17.0 | 122.9 |
| 82 | Marty McManus | 1920 | 1934 | 33.3 | 23.9 | 12.3 | 16.1 | 121.3 |
| 83 | Steve Sax | 1981 | 1994 | 25.7 | 21.8 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 120.8 |
| 84 | Jonathan Schoop | 2013 | 2023 | 19.7 | 18.9 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 120.3 |
| 85 | Delino DeShields | 1990 | 2002 | 24.4 | 20.9 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 117.7 |
| 86 | Adam Kennedy | 1999 | 2012 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 12.1 | 16.8 | 117.4 |
| 87 | Mark Grudzielanek | 1995 | 2010 | 26.5 | 20.5 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 117.5 |
| 88 | Bip Roberts | 1986 | 1998 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 13.6 | 15.7 | 116.0 |
| 89 | Damion Easley | 1992 | 2008 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 12.6 | 17.3 | 115.2 |
| 90 | Whit Merrifield | 2016 | 2024 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 11.7 | 15.6 | 113.7 |
| 91 | Buck Herzog | 1908 | 1920 | 27.4 | 22.1 | 13.4 | 19.1 | 113.8 |
| 92 | Randy Velarde | 1987 | 2002 | 24.9 | 20.5 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 113.8 |
| 93 | Billy Goodman | 1947 | 1962 | 27.0 | 19.7 | 10.6 | 14.9 | 113.4 |
| 94 | Neil Walker | 2009 | 2020 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 10.1 | 15.0 | 112.2 |
| 95 | Dan Uggla | 2006 | 2015 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 11.7 | 15.7 | 111.4 |
| 96 | Jose Vidro | 1997 | 2008 | 17.1 | 20.0 | 13.1 | 17.5 | 109.2 |
| 97 | Luis Arraez | 2019 | 2025 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 109.3 |
| 98 | Daniel Murphy | 2008 | 2020 | 20.3 | 17.1 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 107.7 |
| 99 | Ronnie Belliard | 1998 | 2010 | 20.8 | 19.4 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 105.6 |
| 100 | Brian Roberts | 2001 | 2014 | 29.5 | 20.3 | 16.7 | 23.0 | 104.8 |