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

NAME	RNK	HOF	FROM	TO	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	CHWAR	JAWS	SCORE
Willie Mays	1	Y	1951	1973	156.2	73.6	52.3	32.9	25.0	114.9	546.0
Mickey Mantle	2	Y	1951	1968	110.2	64.8	47.7	33.1	81.4	87.5	425.8
Ty Cobb	3	Y	1905	1928	151.0	69.1	47.7	32.6	22.7	110.1	419.4
Mike Trout	4		2011	2025	87.3	65.0	47.3	30.9	0.0	76.2	416.2
Tris Speaker	5	Y	1907	1928	134.3	62.2	44.3	29.1	25.7	98.3	383.9
Ken Griffey Jr.	6	Y	1989	2010	83.8	53.9	37.8	27.5	0.0	68.9	361.1
Joe DiMaggio	7	Y	1936	1951	79.1	51.3	38.0	25.4	58.8	65.2	342.6
Oscar Charleston	8	Y	1920	1941	102.0	53.0	44.0	27.9	0.2	77.5	314.3
Kenny Lofton	9		1991	2007	68.4	43.2	31.0	21.3	4.1	55.8	298.3
Duke Snider	10	Y	1947	1964	66.0	50.0	38.8	26.3	37.6	58.0	290.3
Carlos Beltran	11		1998	2017	70.1	44.3	30.3	21.7	2.3	57.2	288.6
Andre Dawson	12	Y	1976	1996	64.8	39.1	32.6	20.8	0.0	52.0	285.5
Andruw Jones	13		1996	2012	62.7	46.3	34.2	22.5	14.5	54.5	282.0
Turkey Stearnes	14	Y	1923	1940	89.8	47.7	34.1	26.4	8.8	68.8	274.4
Jim Edmonds	15		1993	2010	60.4	42.5	32.1	20.0	8.5	51.5	264.0
Cristobal Torriente	16	Y	1916	1932	78.8	49.0	35.0	28.9	3.0	63.9	258.3
Richie Ashburn	17	Y	1948	1962	64.4	44.2	31.5	20.6	3.8	54.3	255.6
Andrew McCutchen	18		2009	2025	49.0	38.3	31.6	21.1	0.0	43.7	249.8
Jim Wynn	19		1963	1977	55.8	43.3	28.6	22.2	7.7	49.6	248.7
Cesar Cedeno	20		1970	1986	52.8	41.2	31.4	21.3	0.0	47.0	241.0
Willie Davis	21		1960	1979	60.8	38.7	24.7	19.7	8.0	49.8	240.0
Vada Pinson	22		1958	1975	54.2	40.1	30.7	20.5	7.5	47.2	239.9
Martin Dihigo	23	Y	1923	1945	71.7	41.0	35.1	24.8	1.5	56.4	238.2
Chet Lemon	24		1975	1990	55.6	37.0	25.7	18.2	6.2	46.3	234.6
Kirby Puckett	25	Y	1984	1995	51.1	37.5	26.9	20.4	8.5	44.3	233.3
Larry Doby	26	Y	1947	1959	49.3	39.5	30.1	20.0	10.3	44.4	230.1
Cool Papa Bell	27	Y	1922	1946	70.0	40.5	31.5	19.5	15.2	55.3	226.1
Dale Murphy	28		1976	1993	46.5	41.0	28.0	21.4	0.0	43.8	225.8
Fred Lynn	29		1974	1990	50.2	38.3	26.6	21.0	7.4	44.3	225.1
Bernie Williams	30		1991	2006	49.6	36.4	26.7	17.4	26.1	43.0	223.4
Curtis Granderson	31		2004	2019	47.0	34.3	26.3	18.4	8.4	40.7	219.7
Johnny Damon	32		1995	2012	56.3	33.0	22.2	16.3	8.4	44.7	218.1
Willie Wilson	33		1976	1994	46.1	33.8	26.9	21.0	10.5	40.0	217.4
George Springer	34		2014	2025	42.1	32.5	23.6	16.7	11.4	37.3	216.6
Brett Butler	35		1981	1997	49.7	35.1	24.0	16.8	1.9	42.4	214.9
Lorenzo Cain	36		2010	2022	38.4	32.5	27.3	19.4	12.1	35.5	214.0
Devon White	37		1985	2001	47.3	35.4	24.5	18.7	13.7	41.4	212.2
Earl Averill	38	Y	1929	1941	48.0	37.4	25.4	19.5	0.0	42.7	204.7
Wally Berger	39		1930	1940	42.5	35.7	27.1	18.2	2.5	39.1	202.8
Torii Hunter	40		1997	2015	50.7	31.3	20.7	15.6	0.0	41.0	202.1
Curt Flood	41		1956	1971	41.9	32.8	23.3	15.8	14.1	37.4	200.6
Ellis Burks	42		1987	2004	49.8	31.9	19.7	18.2	0.0	40.9	199.2
Kevin Kiermaier	43		2013	2024	36.3	30.5	23.9	17.4	4.1	33.4	198.7
Paul Blair	44		1964	1980	37.7	35.5	24.8	19.8	17.8	36.6	195.5
Bobby Murcer	45		1965	1983	32.1	29.7	26.4	19.7	0.0	30.9	193.9
Andy Van Slyke	46		1983	1995	41.3	32.7	24.0	17.8	3.5	37.0	191.4
Willard Brown	47	Y	1937	1948	48.5	37.5	26.2	22.8	11.3	43.0	190.4
Ray Lankford	48		1990	2004	38.2	31.3	24.0	16.4	0.0	34.8	189.4
Amos Otis	49		1967	1984	42.8	32.5	20.7	17.6	1.4	37.7	188.6
Pete Reiser	50		1940	1952	24.4	21.6	26.7	17.9	11.4	23.0	188.2
Steve Finley	51		1989	2007	44.2	31.9	18.2	16.5	0.8	38.1	187.2
Earle Combs	52	Y	1924	1935	43.9	34.3	25.7	16.9	18.4	39.1	185.5
Sam Jethroe	53		1938	1954	44.0	36.0	26.0	20.0	2.3	40.0	183.6
Garry Maddox	54		1972	1986	36.8	30.3	23.8	16.5	1.4	33.6	180.9
Dwayne Murphy	55		1978	1989	33.2	29.8	23.2	17.1	0.0	31.5	180.8
Max Carey	56	Y	1910	1929	54.5	32.8	22.5	15.3	4.2	43.7	178.1
Hack Wilson	57	Y	1923	1934	38.2	35.9	30.0	19.5	8.5	37.1	176.8
Dom DiMaggio	58		1940	1953	33.1	26.8	20.4	13.3	4.4	30.0	176.1
Eric Davis	59		1984	2001	36.1	30.0	23.7	17.6	3.2	33.1	175.9
Cody Bellinger	60		2017	2025	30.4	30.7	17.1	18.5	12.0	30.6	174.5
Marquis Grissom	61		1989	2005	29.6	27.5	21.5	15.8	7.5	28.6	172.8
Al Oliver	62		1968	1985	43.7	27.9	19.4	14.0	2.9	35.8	170.7
Grady Sizemore	63		2004	2015	27.7	28.2	26.8	19.1	0.0	28.0	170.7
Byron Buxton	64		2015	2025	29.8	27.4	18.0	14.8	0.0	28.6	168.6
Edd Roush	65	Y	1913	1931	45.1	31.7	24.2	16.1	5.1	38.4	168.1
Darin Erstad	66		1996	2009	32.3	28.7	22.7	18.0	6.4	30.5	166.9
Shane Victorino	67		2003	2015	31.5	28.5	21.3	15.9	14.2	30.0	166.7
Jacoby Ellsbury	68		2007	2017	31.0	28.0	20.3	17.6	5.7	29.5	166.5
Mickey Rivers	69		1970	1984	32.7	27.5	22.1	15.2	15.2	30.1	164.4
Josh Hamilton	70		2007	2015	28.2	27.1	22.5	18.0	12.4	27.7	164.1
Willie McGee	71		1982	1999	34.2	28.4	18.8	17.5	11.2	31.3	163.5
Lance Johnson	72		1987	2000	30.2	28.0	22.4	17.1	0.0	29.1	162.2
Andy Pafko	73		1943	1959	36.7	29.7	22.3	16.8	8.5	33.2	160.7
Chili Davis	74		1981	1999	38.2	24.7	15.6	12.7	4.5	31.5	160.4
Adam Jones	75		2006	2019	32.5	24.9	20.3	13.0	0.0	28.7	158.1
Ben Chapman	76		1930	1946	41.3	29.5	22.3	15.0	4.3	35.4	158.1
Brandon Nimmo	77		2016	2025	26.1	24.0	17.6	13.7	0.0	25.1	152.4
Bobby Thomson	78		1946	1960	33.9	26.9	20.6	15.9	5.3	30.4	152.0
Dave Henderson	79		1981	1994	27.6	27.2	21.3	16.6	15.4	27.4	152.0
Vernon Wells	80		1999	2013	28.6	26.1	20.2	15.2	0.0	27.4	149.9
Lloyd Moseby	81		1980	1991	27.5	25.7	22.4	17.3	0.0	26.6	149.8
Julio Rodriguez	82		2022	2025	22.8	22.8	22.8	18.5	0.0	22.8	149.6
Tommy Leach	83		1898	1918	46.8	31.0	17.9	16.2	0.0	38.9	149.0
Clyde Milan	84		1907	1922	40.0	28.2	21.7	14.9	0.0	34.1	145.9
Tommie Agee	85		1962	1973	25.4	26.3	21.6	17.0	5.2	25.9	145.6
Bill North	86		1971	1981	26.8	26.5	19.6	16.9	13.0	26.7	145.5
Cesar Tovar	87		1965	1976	28.2	25.9	20.2	13.2	0.0	27.1	144.9
Fielder Jones	88		1896	1915	43.2	28.9	21.5	13.8	4.1	36.1	143.8
Michael Bourn	89		2006	2016	22.8	23.8	21.6	16.6	0.0	23.3	142.9
Denard Span	90		2008	2018	28.1	23.5	17.2	13.5	0.0	25.8	142.5
Benny Kauff	91		1912	1920	29.0	29.1	25.1	19.3	4.7	29.1	141.2
Mike Cameron	92		1995	2011	46.7	32.5	23.9	16.2	0.0	39.6	140.9
Austin Jackson	93		2010	2018	21.9	24.1	20.6	15.2	5.5	23.0	140.9
Rick Monday	94		1966	1984	33.1	22.9	16.1	12.0	3.3	28.0	140.7
Carlos Gomez	95		2007	2019	24.4	23.0	19.3	14.7	0.0	23.7	139.4
Lenny Dykstra	96		1985	1996	42.5	32.9	23.4	20.1	11.2	37.7	138.2
Jimmy Piersall	97		1950	1967	29.4	25.3	18.1	14.2	0.0	27.4	137.2
Tony Gonzalez	98		1960	1971	27.0	26.4	17.4	14.4	0.0	26.7	137.2
Roy Thomas	99		1899	1911	32.2	31.1	22.3	15.8	0.0	31.7	136.6
Johnny Mostil	100		1918	1929	23.8	24.4	21.4	15.1	0.0	24.1	136.2

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

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