100 Greatest Catchers of All-Time

Here are Baseball's greatest catchers, including Johnny Bench, Mike Piazza, Ivan Rodriguez, Gary Carter, and more. 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

NAME	RNK	HOF	FROM	TO	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	CHWAR	JAWS	SCORE
Johnny Bench	1	Y	1967	1983	75.2	47.2	32.7	23.9	27.2	61.2	324.4
Gary Carter	2	Y	1974	1992	70.1	48.2	35.8	23.1	3.6	59.2	324.3
Josh Gibson	3	Y	1930	1946	72.8	56.8	44.2	30.5	17.8	64.8	286.8
Carlton Fisk	4	Y	1969	1993	68.4	37.7	23.2	20.3	3.2	53.1	280.8
Ivan Rodriguez	5	Y	1991	2011	68.7	39.6	30.3	19.3	7.6	54.2	251.1
Yogi Berra	6	Y	1946	1965	59.5	36.8	27.5	17.4	43.4	48.2	245.3
Joe Mauer	7	Y	2004	2018	55.3	39.0	28.9	19.5	0.0	47.2	244.5
Buster Posey	8		2009	2021	44.9	36.7	29.2	18.8	16.9	40.8	230.9
Thurman Munson	9		1969	1979	46.0	37.0	27.0	19.3	13.4	41.5	226.2
Joe Torre	10		1960	1977	57.6	37.2	25.7	17.8	0.0	47.4	226.1
Ted Simmons	11	Y	1968	1988	50.3	34.8	22.9	16.2	3.3	42.6	224.5
Bill Dickey	12	Y	1928	1946	57.3	35.9	26.3	18.1	33.7	46.6	219.3
Bill Freehan	13		1961	1976	44.7	33.7	22.5	18.3	7.0	39.2	209.7
Jorge Posada	14		1995	2011	42.7	32.9	23.2	16.8	20.0	37.8	207.0
Yadier Molina	15		2004	2022	42.2	28.7	22.4	16.5	8.2	35.5	205.9
Jim Sundberg	16		1974	1989	40.5	28.6	21.3	14.3	1.0	34.6	205.6
Jason Kendall	17		1996	2010	41.7	30.4	20.0	14.6	0.0	36.1	204.4
Gene Tenace	18		1969	1983	46.8	34.9	25.4	16.3	12.5	40.9	200.9
Mickey Cochrane	19	Y	1925	1937	49.1	36.2	27.0	17.6	24.0	42.7	200.9
Gabby Hartnett	20	Y	1922	1941	56.9	31.0	20.6	15.1	10.3	44.0	197.2
Roy Campanella	21	Y	1937	1957	41.8	34.3	26.9	18.9	21.1	38.1	195.9
Mike Piazza	22	Y	1992	2007	59.6	42.2	30.9	21.9	5.1	50.9	194.1
J.T. Realmuto	23		2014	2025	38.8	29.9	20.3	15.5	6.5	34.4	197.8
Lance Parrish	24		1977	1995	39.5	28.4	19.5	14.3	2.8	34.0	189.5
Darrell Porter	25		1971	1987	40.9	29.0	18.3	15.7	7.1	35.0	184.1
Russell Martin	26		2006	2019	38.8	26.7	16.7	15.0	0.0	32.8	181.7
Salvador Perez	27		2011	2025	35.7	24.4	15.2	13.3	5.9	30.1	180.5
Brian McCann	28		2005	2019	31.9	24.5	17.6	13.4	1.2	28.2	164.6
Tony Pena	29		1980	1997	24.7	24.7	20.7	13.8	0.0	24.7	160.8
Biz Mackey	30	Y	1920	1947	48.3	29.9	20.4	16.5	5.0	39.1	156.5
Wally Schang	31		1913	1931	47.9	25.2	17.5	12.3	16.2	36.6	156.2
Elston Howard	32		1955	1968	27.1	26.6	20.7	16.0	20.2	26.9	151.0
Ernie Lombardi	33	Y	1931	1947	39.5	25.0	17.7	12.3	6.0	32.3	149.5
Roger Bresnahan	34	Y	1897	1915	42.1	30.5	22.9	16.0	3.7	36.3	146.3
Del Crandall	35		1949	1966	28.2	24.6	17.3	13.6	6.3	26.4	146.3
Javy Lopez	36		1992	2006	29.7	24.8	15.3	15.1	3.3	27.3	145.6
Mickey Tettleton	37		1984	1997	29.4	24.7	20.7	14.9	0.0	27.1	144.4
Bob Boone	38		1972	1990	27.4	20.2	12.2	10.5	0.3	23.8	143.8
Manny Sanguillen	39		1967	1980	27.6	26.4	18.9	13.7	5.0	27.0	143.1
Terry Steinbach	40		1986	1999	28.0	21.5	15.6	10.9	3.8	24.8	142.4
Tim McCarver	41		1959	1980	28.3	21.5	17.3	12.8	11.4	24.9	141.4
Willson Contreras	42		2016	2025	29.3	24.1	16.1	11.8	1.7	26.7	139.7
Tom Haller	43		1961	1972	29.3	24.0	17.6	12.2	3.5	26.7	138.3
Ray Schalk	44	Y	1912	1929	33.0	22.0	18.0	10.5	5.5	27.5	136.2
Sherm Lollar	45		1946	1963	30.1	21.9	15.7	10.8	3.4	26.0	134.3
Mike Scioscia	46		1980	1992	26.1	21.7	15.7	12.1	3.7	23.9	132.5
Smoky Burgess	47		1949	1967	33.3	23.0	14.6	10.6	3.3	28.2	131.7
Butch Wynegar	48		1976	1988	26.5	22.8	15.4	11.8	0.0	24.7	129.4
Darren Daulton	49		1983	1997	23.0	22.2	18.3	15.8	5.0	22.6	129.2
A.J. Pierzynski	50		1998	2016	23.8	18.0	11.5	9.9	2.3	20.9	128.9
Chris Hoiles	51		1989	1998	23.5	22.3	18.6	13.3	0.0	22.9	128.7
Rick Ferrell	52	Y	1929	1947	29.8	19.7	16.6	9.1	0.0	24.8	128.5
Louis Santop	53	Y	1910	1926	40.3	25.8	16.0	14.1	1.8	33.1	127.6
Walker Cooper	54		1940	1957	27.3	23.0	15.0	12.4	9.1	25.2	126.7
Ed Bailey	55		1953	1966	27.2	23.0	17.4	12.2	1.9	25.1	126.7
Terry Kennedy	56		1978	1991	21.6	19.3	17.0	11.6	0.6	20.5	126.4
Jason Varitek	57		1997	2011	24.2	18.7	14.4	10.9	6.3	21.5	123.5
Mike Napoli	58		2006	2017	26.3	22.7	16.6	12.7	10.4	24.5	121.5
John Roseboro	59		1957	1970	22.5	19.4	13.6	10.3	7.9	21.0	121.3
Rick Dempsey	60		1969	1992	25.1	17.4	12.7	9.4	3.9	21.3	120.7
Ramon Hernandez	61		1999	2013	22.1	18.8	14.9	10.6	0.0	20.5	119.7
Charles Johnson	62		1994	2005	22.6	20.4	16.1	12.6	4.4	21.5	119.4
Jonathan Lucroy	63		2010	2021	17.7	19.2	17.6	13.7	0.0	18.5	119.1
Steve O"Neill	64		1911	1928	26.1	20.6	16.8	12.1	4.8	23.4	117.2
Kurt Suzuki	65		2007	2022	19.5	18.3	11.4	10.0	0.4	18.9	113.9
Mike Stanley	66		1986	2000	20.9	19.4	15.4	11.3	0.0	20.2	111.4
Johnny Kling	67		1900	1913	29.0	22.4	15.5	11.4	13.5	25.7	110.2
Matt Wieters	68		2009	2020	18.3	17.3	14.5	11.9	0.0	17.8	108.1
Brad Ausmus	69		1993	2010	16.5	15.0	11.2	9.7	0.6	15.8	108.0
Spud Davis	70		1928	1945	23.0	21.2	15.6	12.0	2.4	22.1	107.5
Andy Seminick	71		1943	1957	21.5	18.7	15.0	10.8	4.3	20.1	102.4
Johnny Bassler	72		1913	1927	21.3	19.7	18.8	10.9	0.0	20.5	102.3
Benito Santiago	73		1986	2005	27.4	18.6	13.1	9.4	2.6	23.0	102.0
Chief Meyers	74		1909	1917	25.2	21.3	18.1	11.9	13.7	23.3	101.1
John Romano	75		1958	1967	20.9	20.0	15.0	11.8	0.0	20.5	100.9
Yan Gomes	76		2012	2024	18.5	17.9	9.7	11.0	1.4	18.2	100.7
John Stearns	77		1974	1984	19.7	19.5	14.7	12.5	0.0	19.6	100.4
Adley Rutschman	78		2022	2025	15.1	15.0	15.1	13.1	0.0	15.1	99.8
Muddy Ruel	79		1915	1934	20.5	16.4	16.8	9.8	4.8	18.5	99.5
Earl Battey	80		1955	1967	18.8	18.7	13.9	10.6	3.2	18.8	98.1
Carlos Ruiz	81		2006	2017	22.5	20.9	16.2	11.8	2.7	21.7	98.0
Bob O"Farrell	82		1915	1935	21.3	17.1	16.2	12.4	3.6	19.2	97.9
Ernie Whitt	83		1976	1991	18.3	18.3	13.1	8.9	0.0	18.3	97.3
Quincy Trouppe	84		1930	1952	21.1	17.0	16.0	12.0		19.1	95.4
Hank Gowdy	85		1910	1930	23.7	13.7	14.1	7.1	5.5	18.7	93.4
Joe Ferguson	86		1970	1983	21.0	19.7	9.9	13.2	3.5	20.4	93.1
Jody Davis	87		1981	1990	15.8	16.9	14.4	9.8	0.0	16.4	92.3
Miguel Montero	88		2006	2018	14.3	15.3	13.4	11.5	0.0	14.8	90.9
Steve Yeager	89		1972	1986	17.9	14.7	12.2	8.1	7.3	16.3	90.0
Don Slaught	90		1982	1997	19.3	14.7	11.1	7.2	0.0	17.0	89.6
Hank Severeid	91		1911	1926	18.6	16.7	14.2	8.1	0.0	17.7	88.2
Alex Avila	92		2009	2021	16.8	15.5	10.2	10.2	2.2	16.2	87.4
Johnny Edwards	93		1961	1974	14.8	15.4	10.1	9.1	0.0	15.1	86.0
Sandy Alomar Jr.	94		1988	2007	13.7	13.2	9.2	8.4	5.2	13.5	85.7
Mike Lieberthal	95		1994	2007	15.3	14.7	11.7	9.1	0.0	15.0	85.0
Clay Dalrymple	96		1960	1971	16.8	14.8	13.0	10.5	0.0	15.8	84.5
Al Lopez	97		1928	1947	17.7	11.9	9.2	6.1	0.0	14.8	83.0
Chris Iannetta	98		2006	2019	15.0	15.3	9.1	8.7	0.0	15.2	82.4
Jerry Grote	99		1963	1981	15.1	14.2	8.9	8.5	2.9	14.7	82.1
Paul LoDuca	100		1998	2008	17.9	18.7	16.0	11.6	0.0	18.3	80.1

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100 Greatest Catchers of All-Time

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Baseball Player Rankings by Position

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