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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.

Baseball Player Rankings by Position

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