100 Greatest Catchers of All-Time

The greatest baseball catchers ranked by career, peak, and prime value. Updated through 2024.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

CATCHER

FIRST BASE

SECOND BASE

SHORTSTOP

THIRD BASE

LEFT FIELD

CENTER FIELD

RIGHT FIELD

PITCHER

Glossary of Terms for Player Rankings

CAREER = Wins Above Replacement

Long Peak: Best 7 Seasons by WAR

Short Peak: Best 3 Seasons by WAR

Prime: Best 5 Consecutive Seasons by WAR

Player Score: Our Player Rankings Score

RANK	NAME	FROM	TO	CAREER	LONG PEAK	SHORT PEAK	PRIME	PLAYER SCORE
1	Johnny Bench	1967	1983	75.2	47.2	23.9	32.7	324.4
2	Gary Carter	1974	1992	70.1	48.2	23.1	35.8	324.3
3	Josh Gibson	1930	1946	72.8	56.8	30.5	44.2	286.8
4	Carlton Fisk	1969	1993	68.4	37.7	20.3	23.2	280.8
5	Ivan Rodriguez	1991	2011	68.7	39.6	19.3	30.3	251.1
6	Yogi Berra	1946	1965	59.5	36.8	17.4	27.5	245.3
7	Joe Mauer	2004	2018	55.3	39.0	19.5	28.9	244.5
8	Buster Posey	2009	2021	44.9	36.7	18.8	29.2	230.0
9	Thurman Munson	1969	1979	46.0	37.0	19.3	27.0	226.2
10	Joe Torre	1960	1977	57.6	37.2	17.8	25.7	226.1
11	Ted Simmons	1968	1988	50.3	34.8	16.2	22.9	224.5
12	Bill Dickey	1928	1946	57.3	35.9	18.1	26.3	219.3
13	Bill Freehan	1961	1976	44.7	33.7	18.3	22.5	209.7
14	Jorge Posada	1995	2011	42.7	32.9	16.8	23.2	207.0
15	Yadier Molina	2004	2022	42.2	28.7	16.5	22.4	205.9
16	Jim Sundberg	1974	1989	40.5	28.6	14.3	21.3	205.6
17	Jason Kendall	1996	2010	41.7	30.4	14.6	20.0	204.4
18	Gene Tenace	1969	1983	46.8	34.9	16.3	25.4	200.9
19	Mickey Cochrane	1925	1937	49.1	36.2	17.6	27.0	200.9
20	Roy Campanella	1937	1957	35.6	34.3	18.9	26.9	198.8
21	Gabby Hartnett	1922	1941	56.9	31.0	15.1	20.6	197.2
22	Mike Piazza	1992	2007	59.6	42.2	21.9	30.9	194.1
23	J.T. Realmuto	2014	2024	36.3	30.1	15.6	20.3	189.8
24	Lance Parrish	1977	1995	39.5	28.4	14.3	19.5	189.5
25	Darrell Porter	1971	1987	40.9	29.0	15.7	18.3	184.1
26	Russell Martin	2006	2019	38.8	26.7	15.0	16.7	181.7
27	Salvador Perez	2011	2024	35.5	24.4	13.3	15.2	173.5
28	Brian McCann	2005	2019	31.9	24.5	13.4	17.6	164.6
29	Tony Pena	1980	1997	24.7	24.7	13.8	20.7	160.8
30	Biz Mackey	1920	1947	48.3	29.9	16.5	20.4	156.5
31	Wally Schang	1913	1931	47.9	25.2	12.3	17.5	156.2
32	Elston Howard	1955	1968	27.1	26.6	16.0	20.7	151.0
33	Ernie Lombardi	1931	1947	39.5	25.0	12.3	17.7	149.5
34	Roger Bresnahan	1897	1915	42.1	30.5	16.0	22.9	146.3
35	Del Crandall	1949	1966	28.2	24.6	13.6	17.3	146.3
36	Javy Lopez	1992	2006	29.7	24.8	15.1	15.3	145.6
37	Mickey Tettleton	1984	1997	29.4	24.7	14.9	20.7	144.4
38	Bob Boone	1972	1990	27.4	20.2	10.5	12.2	143.8
39	Manny Sanguillen	1967	1980	27.6	26.4	13.7	18.9	143.1
40	Terry Steinbach	1986	1999	28.0	21.5	10.9	15.6	142.4
41	Tim McCarver	1959	1980	28.3	21.5	12.8	17.3	141.4
42	Tom Haller	1961	1972	29.3	24.0	12.2	17.6	138.3
43	Ray Schalk	1912	1929	33.0	22.0	10.5	18.0	136.2
44	Sherm Lollar	1946	1963	30.1	21.9	10.8	15.7	134.3
45	Willson Contreras	2016	2024	27.0	24.4	11.8	15.3	134.0
46	Mike Scioscia	1980	1992	26.1	21.7	12.1	15.7	132.5
47	Smoky Burgess	1949	1967	33.3	23.0	10.6	14.6	131.7
48	Butch Wynegar	1976	1988	26.5	22.8	11.8	15.4	129.4
49	Darren Daulton	1983	1997	23.0	22.2	15.8	18.3	129.2
50	A.J. Pierzynski	1998	2016	23.8	18.0	9.9	11.5	128.9
51	Chris Hoiles	1989	1998	23.5	22.3	13.3	18.6	128.7
52	Rick Ferrell	1929	1947	29.8	19.7	9.1	16.6	128.5
53	Louis Santop	1910	1926	40.3	25.8	14.1	16.0	127.6
54	Walker Cooper	1940	1957	27.3	23.0	12.4	15.0	126.7
55	Ed Bailey	1953	1966	27.2	23.0	12.2	17.4	126.7
56	Terry Kennedy	1978	1991	21.6	19.3	11.6	17.0	126.4
57	Jason Varitek	1997	2011	24.2	18.7	10.9	14.4	123.5
58	Mike Napoli	2006	2017	26.3	22.7	12.7	16.6	121.5
59	Rick Dempsey	1969	1992	25.1	17.4	9.4	12.7	120.7
60	Ramon Hernandez	1999	2013	22.1	18.8	10.6	14.9	119.7
61	Charles Johnson	1994	2005	22.6	20.4	12.6	16.1	119.4
62	Jonathan Lucroy	2010	2021	17.7	19.2	13.7	17.6	119.1
63	Steve O'Neill	1911	1928	26.1	20.6	12.1	16.8	117.2
64	John Roseboro	1957	1970	22.5	19.4	10.3	13.6	115.9
65	Kurt Suzuki	2007	2022	19.5	18.3	10.0	11.4	113.9
66	Mike Stanley	1986	2000	20.9	19.4	11.3	15.4	111.4
67	Johnny Kling	1900	1913	29.0	22.4	11.4	15.5	110.2
68	Matt Wieters	2009	2020	18.3	17.3	11.9	14.5	108.1
69	Brad Ausmus	1993	2010	16.5	15.0	9.7	11.2	108.0
70	Spud Davis	1928	1945	23.0	21.2	12.0	15.6	107.5
71	Andy Seminick	1943	1957	21.5	18.7	10.8	15.0	102.4
72	Johnny Bassler	1913	1927	21.3	19.7	10.9	18.8	102.3
73	Benito Santiago	1986	2005	27.4	18.6	9.4	13.1	102.0
74	Chief Meyers	1909	1917	25.2	21.3	11.9	18.1	101.1
75	John Romano	1958	1967	20.9	20.0	11.8	15.0	100.9
76	Yan Gomes	2012	2024	18.5	17.9	11.0	9.7	100.9
77	John Stearns	1974	1984	19.7	19.5	12.5	14.7	100.4
78	Muddy Ruel	1915	1934	20.5	16.4	9.8	16.8	99.5
79	Earl Battey	1955	1967	18.8	18.7	10.6	13.9	98.1
80	Carlos Ruiz	2006	2017	22.5	20.9	11.8	16.2	98.0
81	Bob O'Farrell	1915	1935	21.3	17.1	12.4	16.2	97.9
82	Ernie Whitt	1976	1991	18.3	18.3	8.9	13.1	97.3
83	Quincy Trouppe	1930	1952	21.1	17.0	12.0	16.0	95.4
84	Hank Gowdy	1910	1930	23.7	13.7	7.1	14.1	93.4
85	Joe Ferguson	1970	1983	21.0	19.7	13.2	9.9	93.1
86	Jody Davis	1981	1990	15.8	16.9	9.8	14.4	92.3
87	Miguel Montero	2006	2018	14.3	15.3	11.5	13.4	90.9
88	Steve Yeager	1972	1986	17.9	14.7	8.1	12.2	90.0
89	Don Slaught	1982	1997	19.3	14.7	7.2	11.1	89.6
90	Hank Severeid	1911	1926	18.6	16.7	8.1	14.2	88.2
91	Alex Avila	2009	2021	16.8	15.5	10.2	10.2	87.4
92	Johnny Edwards	1961	1974	14.8	15.4	9.1	10.1	86.0
93	Sandy Alomar Jr.	1988	2007	13.7	13.2	8.4	9.2	85.7
94	Mike Lieberthal	1994	2007	15.3	14.7	9.1	11.7	85.0
95	Clay Dalrymple	1960	1971	16.8	14.8	10.5	13.0	84.5
96	Al Lopez	1928	1947	17.7	11.9	6.1	9.2	83.0
97	Chris Iannetta	2006	2019	15.0	15.3	8.7	9.1	82.4
98	Jerry Grote	1963	1981	15.1	14.2	8.5	8.9	82.1
99	Paul LoDuca	1998	2008	17.9	18.7	11.6	16.0	80.1
100	Dan Wilson	1992	2005	13.0	14.2	9.6	10.2	79.6
101	Bubbles Hargrave	1913	1930	16.4	17.9	12.3	13.9	77.9
102	Harry Danning	1933	1942	14.7	15.7	10.7	13.9	77.7
103	Mike Macfarlane	1987	1999	14.7	13.7	8.7	10.1	76.5
104	Ray Fosse	1967	1979	12.9	15.2	10.7	12.7	76.2
105	Milt May	1970	1984	16.5	13.0	7.4	8.5	76.2
106	Yasmani Grandal	2012	2024	20.3	19.2	10.5	12.1	75.8
107	Frank Snyder	1912	1927	17.5	14.5	9.2	9.0	75.0
108	Randy Hundley	1964	1977	11.6	13.4	9.9	12.5	74.0
109	Stan Lopata	1948	1960	15.3	16.2	9.9	13.3	73.9
110	Gus Triandos	1953	1965	14.1	14.2	8.9	11.8	73.4
111	Gregg Zaun	1995	2010	13.7	13.3	8.3	10.7	73.1
112	Ivey Wingo	1911	1929	17.9	12.0	6.8	12.0	72.3
113	Rich Gedman	1980	1992	9.7	13.5	12.0	11.4	70.5
114	Ron Hassey	1978	1991	14.7	13.8	8.5	8.7	70.5
115	Bo Diaz	1977	1989	11.5	13.8	8.3	9.7	70.2
116	Frankie Hayes	1933	1947	10.3	18.6	7.0	9.3	69.9
117	Adley Rutschman	2022	2024	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	69.2
118	George Gibson	1905	1918	14.8	15.2	9.1	9.6	68.2
119	Mike Heath	1978	1991	13.4	12.5	7.6	8.2	67.8
120	Bob Brenly	1981	1989	12.7	13.9	10.2	12.3	66.8

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100 Greatest Catchers of All-Time

The greatest baseball catchers ranked by career, peak, and prime value. Updated through 2024.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

Glossary of Terms for Player Rankings

CAREER = Wins Above Replacement

Long Peak: Best 7 Seasons by WAR

Short Peak: Best 3 Seasons by WAR

Prime: Best 5 Consecutive Seasons by WAR

Player Score: Our Player Rankings Score

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