100 Greatest Shortstops of All-Time

ALL-TIME TOP 100 LISTS

Baseball's All-Time Greatest Shortstops Ranked From 1 to 100

RANKNAMEFROMTOCAREERLONG PEAKSHORT PEAKPRIME
1Cal Ripken1981200195.956.029.635.5
2Honus Wagner18971917130.965.230.949.1
3Robin Yount1974199377.347.224.835.7
4Ernie Banks1953197167.851.827.739.5
5Alex Rodriguez19942016117.564.329.243.5
6Ozzie Smith1978199676.942.320.332.3
7Alan Trammell1977199670.744.621.531.0
8Derek Jeter1995201471.342.322.130.3
9Willie Wells1924194884.048.826.933.9
10Arky Vaughan1932194878.053.526.835.8
11Pee Wee Reese1940195868.240.719.030.2
12Barry Larkin1986200470.543.120.328.3
13John Lloyd1906192986.143.022.038.7
14Luke Appling1930195077.143.921.327.5
15Lou Boudreau1938195263.048.926.433.9
16Joe Cronin1926194564.144.022.532.5
17Jim Fregosi1961197848.740.921.128.3
18Nomar Garciaparra1996200944.343.121.328.1
19Carlos Correa2015202239.537.920.925.2
20Troy Tulowitzki2006201944.540.220.025.2
21Bert Campaneris1964198353.136.717.924.9
22Phil Rizzuto1941195642.033.817.725.5
23Bobby Wallace1894191870.341.820.228.6
24Francisco Lindor2015202236.635.318.326.8
25Jimmy Rollins2000201647.632.416.425.7
26Dick Lundy1923193757.539.020.526.7
27Andrelton Simmons2012202237.133.819.425.6
28Luis Aparicio1956197355.932.615.519.1
29Johnny Pesky1942195433.831.116.328.3
30Hanley Ramirez2005201937.935.219.526.2
31Marcus Semien2013202234.632.921.526.2
32Al Dark1946196043.933.016.925.4
33Rico Petrocelli1963197639.133.119.727.7
34Xander Bogaerts2013202234.832.216.923.3
35Joe Sewell1920193353.937.118.826.2
36Julio Franco1982200743.430.718.324.1
37Maury Wills1959197239.829.715.520.2
38Tony Fernandez1983200145.330.414.523.2
39Trea Turner2015202229.729.316.122.9
40Mark Belanger1965198240.931.916.122.3
41Cecil Travis1933194730.028.216.224.0
42Dave Bancroft1915193049.137.220.125.2
43Trevor Story2016202229.329.417.522.6
44John Valentin1992200232.531.318.325.6
45Art Fletcher1909192247.036.818.927.9
46Vern Stephens1941195546.033.617.623.8
47Rafael Furcal2000201439.530.015.621.9
48Dave Concepcion1970198840.129.814.820.4
49Omar Vizquel1989201245.626.713.519.1
50Jay Bell1986200337.230.116.520.0
51Travis Jackson1922193643.735.216.626.6
52Joe Tinker1902191653.233.117.024.2
53Jose Reyes2003201837.229.215.819.0
54Home Run Johnson1895191838.738.423.924.8
55Dick Groat1952196736.929.817.720.6
56John Beckwith1920193551.530.014.520.5
57Brandon Crawford2011202230.827.717.419.4
58Miguel Tejada1997201347.136.618.828.2
59Dick Bartell1927194640.529.717.022.8
60Ray Chapman1912192029.227.215.920.6
61Elvis Andrus2009202233.526.613.617.2
62Rabbit Maranville1912193542.930.414.820.3
63Johnny Logan1951196333.129.415.622.5
64Roger Peckinpaugh1910192744.929.014.921.5
65Dobie Moore1920192641.930.014.821.4
66Donie Bush1908192339.333.717.722.4
67Eddie Joost1936195531.427.216.921.6
68Corey Seager2015202225.424.914.615.5
69Jean Segura2012202228.025.114.215.2
70Edgar Renteria1996201132.425.513.917.4
71Javier Baez2014202226.026.417.618.1
72Freddy Parent1899191136.132.418.023.0
73Scott Fletcher1981199532.027.113.616.3
74Jose Valentin1992200731.625.212.816.9
75Asdrubal Cabrera2007202129.621.512.216.6
76Garry Templeton1976199127.923.612.419.1
77Carlos Guillen1998201127.724.213.918.7
78J.J. Hardy2005201728.124.412.715.7
79Marty Marion1940195331.426.113.720.6
80Yunel Escobar2007201726.723.212.417.3
81Roy Smalley1975198727.923.813.618.4
82Solly Hemus1949195925.925.416.521.0
83Gene Alley1963197324.224.315.420.5
84Chris Speier1971198930.622.513.316.7
85Ron Hansen1958197224.125.916.217.9
86Terry Turner1901191937.828.617.220.1
87Denis Menke1962197428.123.313.815.1
88Erick Aybar2006201722.723.012.416.8
89Leo Cardenas1960197527.224.013.613.8
90Bill Russell1969198631.321.310.912.4
91Mike Bordick1990200326.822.412.313.8
92Greg Gagne1983199726.321.411.215.8
93Tim Anderson2016202218.218.312.716.7
94Marco Scutaro2002201422.121.112.617.1
95Dickie Thon1979199323.922.015.715.6
96Kid Elberfeld1898191433.225.913.818.5
97Michael Young2000201324.721.110.116.0
98Harvey Kuenn1952196626.022.112.115.9
99Charlie Hollocher1918192423.223.214.120.5
100Jack Wilson2001201223.521.012.715.2
EXPLANATION OF TABLE DATA
CAREER = Career Wins Above Replacement (WAR).
We use bWAR.
LONG PEAK = WAR in best seven seasons.
SHORT PEAK = WAR in best three seasons.
PRIME = WAR in best five consecutive seasons.

How Do We Rank The Players?

That's a Great Question. In short, it isn't Simple.

We have gone to great lengths to make our All-Time Baseball Player Rankings as thorough as possible. We believe our rankings are the most comprehensive, fair, and accurate.

Players are evaluated on five criteria as the foundation of our rankings: 

  • Career Value
  • Long Peak
  • Short Peak
  • Career Prime Value
  • Contribution to Championship Teams

We use Wins Above Replacement (WAR) as a basis for these calculations. However, we also adjust for era, integration and level of competition, and missed playing time due to factors beyond the control of the player.

Generally, a player’s Career Value is worth about 50-60% of the ranking score we assign him. That leaves half or just under half from his long peak (seven best seasons), short peak (three best seasons), and prime (five best consecutive seasons). The contribution to championship teams (player performance in seasons where his team wins the pennant) is a small factor in most cases.

Because we adjust for timeline and era, our rankings have fewer players from before 1941 than many other baseball player lists.

We feel it’s important to acknowledge that baseball is harder to play today than it was 25 years ago, and 50 years ago, and so on. It doesn’t make sense, in our opinion, for most of the great baseball players to have played prior to World War II, when MLB was segregated.