100 Greatest Center Fielders of All-Time

The table below lists Baseball's greatest Center Fielders, including Ken Griffey Jr., Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle. Updated through 2025.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

CATCHER
CATCHER
FIRST BASE
FIRST BASE
SECOND BASE
SECOND BASE
SHORTSTOP
SHORTSTOP
THIRD BASE
THIRD BASE
LEFT FIELD
LEFT FIELD
CENTER FIELD
CENTER FIELD
RIGHT FIELD
RIGHT FIELD
PITCHER
PITCHER
DH
DH

playerID	nameFirst	nameLast	RANK	NAME	POS	FROM	TO	HOF	CAREER (WAR)	LONG PEAK (WAR7)	PRIME (WAR5C)	SHORT PEAK (WAR3)	SCORE
mayswi01	Willie	Mays	1	Willie Mays	CF	1951	1973	Y	156.2	73.6	52.3	32.9	546.0
mantlmi01	Mickey	Mantle	2	Mickey Mantle	CF	1951	1968	Y	110.2	64.8	47.7	33.1	425.8
cobbty01	Ty	Cobb	3	Ty Cobb	CF	1905	1928	Y	151.0	69.1	47.7	32.6	419.4
troutmi01	Mike	Trout	4	Mike Trout	CF	2011	2025	N	87.3	65.0	47.3	30.9	416.2
speaktr01	Tris	Speaker	5	Tris Speaker	CF	1907	1928	Y	134.3	62.2	44.3	29.1	383.9
griffke02	Ken	Griffey Jr.	6	Ken Griffey Jr.	CF	1989	2010	Y	83.8	53.9	37.8	27.5	361.1
dimagjo01	Joe	DiMaggio	7	Joe DiMaggio	CF	1936	1951	Y	79.1	51.3	38.0	25.4	342.6
charl01osc	Oscar	Charleston	8	Oscar Charleston	CF	1920	1941	Y	102.0	53.0	44.0	27.9	314.3
loftoke01	Kenny	Lofton	9	Kenny Lofton	CF	1991	2007	N	68.4	43.2	31.0	21.3	298.3
snidedu01	Duke	Snider	10	Duke Snider	CF	1947	1964	Y	66.0	50.0	38.8	26.3	290.3
beltrca01	Carlos	Beltran	11	Carlos Beltran	CF	1998	2017	N	70.1	44.3	30.3	21.7	288.6
dawsoan01	Andre	Dawson	12	Andre Dawson	CF	1976	1996	Y	64.8	39.1	32.6	20.8	285.5
jonesan01	Andruw	Jones	13	Andruw Jones	CF	1996	2012	N	62.7	46.3	34.2	22.5	282.0
stear01tur	Turkey	Stearnes	14	Turkey Stearnes	CF	1923	1940	Y	89.8	47.7	34.1	26.4	274.4
edmonji01	Jim	Edmonds	15	Jim Edmonds	CF	1993	2010	N	60.4	42.5	32.1	20.0	264.0
torri01cri	Cristobal	Torriente	16	Cristobal Torriente	CF	1916	1932	Y	78.8	49.0	35.0	28.9	258.3
ashburi01	Richie	Ashburn	17	Richie Ashburn	CF	1948	1962	Y	64.4	44.2	31.5	20.6	255.6
mccutan01	Andrew	McCutchen	18	Andrew McCutchen	CF	2009	2025	N	49.0	38.3	31.6	21.1	249.8
wynnji01	Jim	Wynn	19	Jim Wynn	CF	1963	1977	N	55.8	43.3	28.6	22.2	248.7
cedence01	Cesar	Cedeno	20	Cesar Cedeno	CF	1970	1986	N	52.8	41.2	31.4	21.3	241.0
pinsova01	Vada	Pinson	21	Vada Pinson	CF	1958	1975	N	54.2	40.1	30.7	20.5	239.9
daviswi02	Willie	Davis	22	Willie Davis	CF	1960	1979	N	60.8	38.7	24.7	19.7	240.0
dihig01mar	Martin	Dihigo	23	Martin Dihigo	CF	1923	1945	Y	71.7	41.0	35.1	24.8	238.2
lemonch01	Chet	Lemon	24	Chet Lemon	CF	1975	1990	N	55.6	37.0	25.7	18.2	234.6
puckeki01	Kirby	Puckett	25	Kirby Puckett	CF	1984	1995	Y	51.1	37.5	26.9	20.4	233.3
dobyla01	Larry	Doby	26	Larry Doby	CF	1947	1959	Y	49.3	39.5	30.1	20.0	230.1
murphda05	Dale	Murphy	27	Dale Murphy	CF	1976	1993	N	46.5	41.0	28.0	21.4	225.8
bell01coo	Cool Papa	Bell	28	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1922	1946	Y	70.0	40.5	31.5	19.5	226.1
lynnfr01	Fred	Lynn	29	Fred Lynn	CF	1974	1990	N	50.2	38.3	26.6	21.0	225.1
willibe02	Bernie	Williams	30	Bernie Williams	CF	1991	2006	N	49.6	36.4	26.7	17.4	223.4
grandcu01	Curtis	Granderson	31	Curtis Granderson	CF	2004	2019	N	47.0	34.3	26.3	18.4	219.7
damonjo01	Johnny	Damon	32	Johnny Damon	CF	1995	2012	N	56.3	33.0	22.2	16.3	218.1
wilsowi02	Willie	Wilson	33	Willie Wilson	CF	1976	1994	N	46.1	33.8	26.9	21.0	217.4
springe01	George	Springer	34	George Springer	CF	2014	2025	N	42.1	32.5	23.6	16.7	217.1
butlebr01	Brett	Butler	35	Brett Butler	CF	1981	1997	N	49.7	35.1	24.0	16.8	214.9
cainlo01	Lorenzo	Cain	36	Lorenzo Cain	CF	2010	2022	N	38.4	32.5	27.3	19.4	214.0
whitede03	Devon	White	37	Devon White	CF	1985	2001	N	47.3	35.4	24.5	18.7	212.2
averiea01	Earl	Averill	38	Earl Averill	CF	1929	1941	Y	48.0	37.4	25.4	19.5	204.7
bergewa01	Wally	Berger	39	Wally Berger	CF	1930	1940	N	42.5	35.7	27.1	18.2	202.8
hunteto01	Torii	Hunter	40	Torii Hunter	CF	1997	2015	N	50.7	31.3	20.7	15.6	202.1
floodcu01	Curt	Flood	41	Curt Flood	CF	1956	1971	N	41.9	32.8	23.3	15.8	200.6
kiermke01	Kevin	Kiermaier	42	Kevin Kiermaier	CF	2013	2024	N	36.3	30.5	23.9	17.4	198.7
burksel01	Ellis	Burks	43	Ellis Burks	CF	1987	2004	N	49.8	31.9	19.7	18.2	199.2
blairpa01	Paul	Blair	44	Paul Blair	CF	1964	1980	N	37.7	35.5	24.8	19.8	195.5
murcebo01	Bobby	Murcer	45	Bobby Murcer	CF	1965	1983	N	32.1	29.7	26.4	19.7	193.9
vanslan01	Andy	Van Slyke	46	Andy Van Slyke	CF	1983	1995	N	41.3	32.7	24.0	17.8	191.4
brown01wil	Willard	Brown	47	Willard Brown	CF	1937	1948	Y	48.5	37.5	26.2	22.8	190.4
lankfra01	Ray	Lankford	48	Ray Lankford	CF	1990	2004	N	38.2	31.3	24.0	16.4	189.4
otisam01	Amos	Otis	49	Amos Otis	CF	1967	1984	N	42.8	32.5	20.7	17.6	188.6
reisepe01	Pete	Reiser	50	Pete Reiser	CF	1940	1952	N	24.4	21.6	26.7	17.9	188.2
finlest01	Steve	Finley	51	Steve Finley	CF	1989	2007	N	44.2	31.9	18.2	16.5	187.2
combsea01	Earle	Combs	52	Earle Combs	CF	1924	1935	Y	43.9	34.3	25.7	16.9	185.5
jethr01sam	Sam	Jethroe	53	Sam Jethroe	CF	1938	1954	N	15.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	183.6
murphdw01	Dwayne	Murphy	54	Dwayne Murphy	CF	1978	1989	N	33.2	29.8	23.2	17.1	180.8
maddoga01	Garry	Maddox	55	Garry Maddox	CF	1972	1986	N	36.8	30.3	23.8	16.5	180.9
careyma01	Max	Carey	56	Max Carey	CF	1910	1929	Y	54.5	32.8	22.5	15.3	178.1
wilsoha01	Hack	Wilson	57	Hack Wilson	CF	1923	1934	Y	38.2	35.9	30.0	19.5	176.8
daviser01	Eric	Davis	58	Eric Davis	CF	1984	2001	N	36.1	30.0	23.7	17.6	175.9
dimagdo01	Dom	DiMaggio	59	Dom DiMaggio	CF	1940	1953	N	33.1	26.8	20.4	13.3	176.1
bellico01	Cody	Bellinger	60	Cody Bellinger	CF	2017	2025	N	30.4	30.7	17.1	18.5	174.5
grissma02	Marquis	Grissom	61	Marquis Grissom	CF	1989	2005	N	29.6	27.5	21.5	15.8	172.8
sizemgr01	Grady	Sizemore	62	Grady Sizemore	CF	2004	2015	N	27.7	28.2	26.8	19.1	170.7
oliveal01	Al	Oliver	63	Al Oliver	CF	1968	1985	N	43.7	27.9	19.4	14.0	170.7
buxtoby01	Byron	Buxton	64	Byron Buxton	CF	2015	2025	N	29.8	27.4	18.0	14.8	168.6
roushed01	Edd	Roush	65	Edd Roush	CF	1913	1931	Y	45.1	31.7	24.2	16.1	168.1
erstada01	Darin	Erstad	66	Darin Erstad	CF	1996	2009	N	32.3	28.7	22.7	18.0	166.9
victosh01	Shane	Victorino	67	Shane Victorino	CF	2003	2015	N	31.5	28.5	21.3	15.9	166.7
ellsbja01	Jacoby	Ellsbury	68	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	2007	2017	N	31.0	28.0	20.3	17.6	166.5
rivermi01	Mickey	Rivers	69	Mickey Rivers	CF	1970	1984	N	32.7	27.5	22.1	15.2	164.4
hamiljo03	Josh	Hamilton	70	Josh Hamilton	CF	2007	2015	N	28.2	27.1	22.5	18.0	164.1
mcgeewi01	Willie	McGee	71	Willie McGee	CF	1982	1999	N	34.2	28.4	18.8	17.5	163.5
johnsla03	Lance	Johnson	72	Lance Johnson	CF	1987	2000	N	30.2	28.0	22.4	17.1	162.2
pafkoan01	Andy	Pafko	73	Andy Pafko	CF	1943	1959	N	36.7	29.7	22.3	16.8	160.7
davisch01	Chili	Davis	74	Chili Davis	CF	1981	1999	N	38.2	24.7	15.6	12.7	160.4
jonesad01	Adam	Jones	75	Adam Jones	CF	2006	2019	N	32.5	24.9	20.3	13.0	158.1
chapmbe01	Ben	Chapman	76	Ben Chapman	CF	1930	1946	N	41.3	29.5	22.3	15.0	158.1
nimmobr01	Brandon	Nimmo	77	Brandon Nimmo	CF	2016	2025	N	26.1	24.0	17.6	13.7	152.4
hendeda01	Dave	Henderson	78	Dave Henderson	CF	1981	1994	N	27.6	27.2	21.3	16.6	152.0
thomsbo01	Bobby	Thomson	79	Bobby Thomson	CF	1946	1960	N	33.9	26.9	20.6	15.9	152.0
mosebll01	Lloyd	Moseby	80	Lloyd Moseby	CF	1980	1991	N	27.5	25.7	22.4	17.3	149.8
rodriju01	Julio	Rodriguez	81	Julio Rodriguez	CF	2022	2025	N	22.8	22.8	22.8	18.5	149.6
wellsve01	Vernon	Wells	82	Vernon Wells	CF	1999	2013	N	28.6	26.1	20.2	15.2	149.9
leachto01	Tommy	Leach	83	Tommy Leach	CF	1898	1918	N	46.8	31.0	17.9	16.2	149.0
ageeto01	Tommie	Agee	84	Tommie Agee	CF	1962	1973	N	25.4	26.3	21.6	17.0	145.6
northbi01	Bill	North	85	Bill North	CF	1971	1981	N	26.8	26.5	19.6	16.9	145.5
milancl01	Clyde	Milan	86	Clyde Milan	CF	1907	1922	N	40.0	28.2	21.7	14.9	145.9
tovarce01	Cesar	Tovar	87	Cesar Tovar	CF	1965	1976	N	28.2	25.9	20.2	13.2	144.9
jonesfi01	Fielder	Jones	88	Fielder Jones	CF	1896	1915	N	43.2	28.9	21.5	13.8	143.8
bournmi01	Michael	Bourn	89	Michael Bourn	CF	2006	2016	N	22.8	23.8	21.6	16.6	142.9
spande01	Denard	Span	90	Denard Span	CF	2008	2018	N	28.1	23.5	17.2	13.5	142.5
kauffbe01	Benny	Kauff	91	Benny Kauff	CF	1912	1920	N	29.0	29.1	25.1	19.3	141.2
jacksau01	Austin	Jackson	92	Austin Jackson	CF	2010	2018	N	21.9	24.1	20.6	15.2	140.9
camermi01	Mike	Cameron	93	Mike Cameron	CF	1995	2011	N	46.7	32.5	23.9	16.2	140.9
mondari01	Rick	Monday	94	Rick Monday	CF	1966	1984	N	33.1	22.9	16.1	12.0	140.7
gomezca01	Carlos	Gomez	95	Carlos Gomez	CF	2007	2019	N	24.4	23.0	19.3	14.7	139.4
dykstle01	Lenny	Dykstra	96	Lenny Dykstra	CF	1985	1996	N	42.5	32.9	23.4	20.1	138.2
gonzato01	Tony	Gonzalez	97	Tony Gonzalez	CF	1960	1971	N	27.0	26.4	17.4	14.4	137.2
piersji01	Jimmy	Piersall	98	Jimmy Piersall	CF	1950	1967	N	29.4	25.3	18.1	14.2	137.2
thomaro01	Roy	Thomas	99	Roy Thomas	CF	1899	1911	N	32.2	31.1	22.3	15.8	136.6
mostijo01	Johnny	Mostil	100	Johnny Mostil	CF	1918	1929	N	23.8	24.4	21.4	15.1	136.2

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100 Greatest Center Fielders of All-Time

The table below lists Baseball's greatest Center Fielders, including Ken Griffey Jr., Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle. Updated through 2025.

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