RANK:
Ranking on our Top 100 List of Catchers.
WAR:
Career Wins Above Replacement.
WAR7:
Top 7 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.
WAR5C:
Best 5 consecutive seasons by Wins Above Replacement.
WAR3:
Top 3 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.
JAWS:
The average of Career WAR and WAR7. (Stat developed by Jay Jaffe)
| RANK | NAME | HOF | WAR | WAR7 | WAR5C | WAR3 | JAWS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Bench | Y | 75.2 | 47.2 | 32.7 | 23.9 | 61.2 |
| 3 | Gary Carter | Y | 70.1 | 48.2 | 35.8 | 23.1 | 59.2 |
| 4 | Mike Piazza | Y | 59.6 | 42.2 | 30.9 | 21.9 | 50.9 |
| 5 | Carlton Fisk | Y | 68.4 | 37.7 | 23.2 | 20.3 | 53.1 |
| 6 | Yogi Berra | Y | 59.5 | 36.8 | 27.5 | 17.4 | 48.2 |
| 7 | Thurman Munson | 46.0 | 37.0 | 27.0 | 19.3 | 41.5 | |
| 8 | Roy Campanella | Y | 35.6 | 34.3 | 26.9 | 18.9 | 35.0 |
| 9 | Mickey Cochrane | Y | 49.1 | 36.2 | 27.0 | 17.6 | 42.7 |
| 10 | Joe Mauer | 55.3 | 39.0 | 28.9 | 19.5 | 47.2 | |
| 11 | Ivan Rodriguez | Y | 68.7 | 39.6 | 30.3 | 19.3 | 54.2 |
| 12 | Bill Dickey | Y | 57.3 | 35.9 | 26.3 | 18.1 | 46.6 |
| 13 | Buster Posey | 44.9 | 36.7 | 29.2 | 18.8 | 40.8 | |
| 14 | Joe Torre | 57.6 | 37.2 | 25.7 | 17.8 | 47.4 | |
| 15 | Ted Simmons | Y | 50.3 | 34.8 | 22.9 | 16.2 | 42.6 |
| 16 | Bill Freehan | 44.7 | 33.7 | 22.5 | 18.3 | 39.2 | |
| 17 | Gene Tenace | 46.8 | 34.9 | 25.4 | 16.3 | 40.9 | |
| 18 | Gabby Hartnett | Y | 56.9 | 31.0 | 20.6 | 15.1 | 44.0 |
| 20 | Jorge Posada | 42.7 | 32.9 | 23.2 | 16.8 | 37.8 | |
| 21 | Yadier Molina | 41.5 | 28.7 | 22.4 | 16.5 | 35.1 | |
| 22 | Jim Sundberg | 40.5 | 28.6 | 21.3 | 14.3 | 34.6 | |
| 23 | Jason Kendall | 41.7 | 30.4 | 20.0 | 14.6 | 36.1 | |
| 24 | Darrell Porter | 40.9 | 29.0 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 35.0 | |
| 25 | Roger Bresnahan | Y | 42.1 | 30.5 | 22.9 | 16.0 | 36.3 |
| 26 | Lance Parrish | 39.5 | 28.4 | 19.5 | 14.3 | 34.0 | |
| 27 | Wally Schang | 47.9 | 25.2 | 17.5 | 12.3 | 36.6 | |
| 29 | Russell Martin | 38.8 | 26.7 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 32.8 | |
| 30 | Elston Howard | 27.1 | 26.6 | 20.7 | 16.0 | 26.9 | |
| 31 | Ernie Lombardi | Y | 39.5 | 25.0 | 17.7 | 12.3 | 32.3 |
| 32 | Brian McCann | 31.9 | 24.5 | 17.6 | 13.4 | 28.2 | |
| 33 | Victor Martinez | 31.9 | 28.3 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 30.1 | |
| 34 | Mickey Tettleton | 29.4 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 14.9 | 27.1 | |
| 35 | Salvador Perez | 27.5 | 21.8 | 15.9 | 11.0 | 24.7 | |
| 36 | Manny Sanguillen | 27.6 | 26.4 | 18.9 | 13.7 | 27.0 | |
| 37 | Del Crandall | 28.2 | 24.6 | 17.3 | 13.6 | 26.4 | |
| 38 | Tony Pena | 24.7 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 13.8 | 24.7 | |
| 39 | Javy Lopez | 29.7 | 24.8 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 27.3 | |
| 40 | Tom Haller | 29.3 | 24.0 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 26.7 | |
| 41 | J.T. Realmuto | 22.4 | 22.5 | 18.3 | 13.5 | 22.5 | |
| 42 | Smoky Burgess | 33.3 | 23.0 | 14.6 | 10.6 | 28.2 | |
| 43 | Tim McCarver | 28.3 | 21.5 | 17.3 | 12.8 | 24.9 | |
| 44 | Darren Daulton | 23.0 | 22.2 | 18.3 | 15.8 | 22.6 | |
| 45 | Chris Hoiles | 23.5 | 22.3 | 18.6 | 13.3 | 22.9 | |
| 46 | Terry Steinbach | 28.0 | 21.5 | 15.6 | 10.9 | 24.8 | |
| 47 | Ray Schalk | Y | 33.0 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 10.5 | 27.5 |
| 48 | Walker Cooper | 27.3 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 25.2 | |
| 49 | Ed Bailey | 27.2 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 12.2 | 25.1 | |
| 50 | Sherm Lollar | 30.1 | 21.9 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 26.0 | |
| 51 | Mike Scioscia | 26.1 | 21.7 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 23.9 | |
| 52 | Butch Wynegar | 26.5 | 22.8 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 24.7 | |
| 53 | Johnny Bassler | 21.3 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 10.9 | 20.5 | |
| 54 | Chief Meyers | 25.2 | 21.3 | 18.1 | 11.9 | 23.3 | |
| 55 | Bob Boone | 27.4 | 20.2 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 23.8 | |
| 56 | Mike Napoli | 26.3 | 22.7 | 16.6 | 12.7 | 24.5 | |
| 57 | Rick Ferrell | Y | 29.8 | 19.7 | 16.6 | 9.1 | 24.8 |
| 58 | Johnny Kling | 29.0 | 22.4 | 15.5 | 11.4 | 25.7 | |
| 59 | Steve O'Neill | 26.1 | 20.6 | 16.8 | 12.1 | 23.4 | |
| 60 | Charles Johnson | 22.6 | 20.4 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 21.5 | |
| 61 | Mike Stanley | 20.9 | 19.4 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 20.2 | |
| 62 | Spud Davis | 23.0 | 21.2 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 22.1 | |
| 63 | Carlos Ruiz | 22.5 | 20.9 | 16.2 | 11.8 | 21.7 | |
| 64 | Jason Varitek | 24.2 | 18.7 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 21.5 | |
| 65 | Jonathan Lucroy | 17.7 | 19.2 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 18.5 | |
| 66 | Terry Kennedy | 21.6 | 19.3 | 17.0 | 11.6 | 20.5 | |
| 67 | Rick Dempsey | 25.1 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 21.3 | |
| 68 | John Romano | 20.9 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 20.5 | |
| 69 | John Stearns | 19.7 | 19.5 | 14.7 | 12.5 | 19.6 | |
| 70 | Ramon Hernandez | 22.1 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 10.6 | 20.5 | |
| 72 | John Roseboro | 22.5 | 19.4 | 13.6 | 10.3 | 21.0 | |
| 73 | Andy Seminick | 21.5 | 18.7 | 15.0 | 10.8 | 20.1 | |
| 74 | A.J. Pierzynski | 23.8 | 18.0 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 20.9 | |
| 75 | Bob O'Farrell | 21.3 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 12.4 | 19.2 | |
| 76 | Matt Wieters | 18.3 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 17.8 | |
| 77 | Joe Ferguson | 21.0 | 19.7 | 9.9 | 13.2 | 20.4 | |
| 78 | Muddy Ruel | 20.5 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 9.8 | 18.5 | |
| 79 | Earl Battey | 18.8 | 18.7 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 18.8 | |
| 80 | Hank Gowdy | 23.7 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 7.1 | 18.7 | |
| 81 | Kurt Suzuki | 19.7 | 18.3 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 19.0 | |
| 82 | Benito Santiago | 27.4 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 9.4 | 23.0 | |
| 83 | Bubbles Hargrave | 16.4 | 17.9 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 17.2 | |
| 84 | Ernie Whitt | 18.3 | 18.3 | 13.1 | 8.9 | 18.3 | |
| 85 | Jody Davis | 15.8 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 16.4 | |
| 86 | Hank Severeid | 18.6 | 16.7 | 14.2 | 8.1 | 17.7 | |
| 87 | Harry Danning | 14.7 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 15.2 | |
| 88 | Clay Dalrymple | 16.8 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 10.5 | 15.8 | |
| 89 | Paul LoDuca | 17.9 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 18.3 | |
| 90 | Yasmani Grandal | 19.8 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 8.5 | 17.7 | |
| 91 | Steve Yeager | 17.9 | 14.7 | 12.2 | 8.1 | 16.3 | |
| 92 | Stan Lopata | 15.3 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 15.8 | |
| 93 | Miguel Montero | 14.3 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 14.8 | |
| 94 | Don Slaught | 19.3 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 7.2 | 17.0 | |
| 95 | Alex Avila | 16.8 | 15.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 16.2 | |
| 96 | Brad Ausmus | 16.5 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 15.8 | |
| 97 | Ray Fosse | 12.9 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 14.1 | |
| 98 | Mike Lieberthal | 15.3 | 14.7 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 15.0 | |
| 99 | Johnny Edwards | 14.8 | 15.4 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 15.1 | |
| 100 | Frank Snyder | 17.5 | 14.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 16.0 | |
| Gus Triandos | 14.1 | 14.2 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 14.2 | ||
| Sandy Alomar Jr. | 13.7 | 13.2 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 13.5 | ||
| Bob Brenly | 12.7 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 13.3 | ||
| Mike Macfarlane | 14.7 | 13.7 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 14.2 | ||
| Chris Iannetta | 15.0 | 15.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 15.2 | ||
| Ivey Wingo | 17.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.8 | 15.0 | ||
| Milt May | 16.5 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 14.8 | ||
| Jerry Grote | 15.1 | 14.2 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 14.7 | ||
| Brian Harper | 12.3 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 8.0 | 13.0 | ||
| Randy Hundley | 11.6 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 12.5 | ||
| Shanty Hogan | 14.9 | 14.3 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 14.6 | ||
| Cliff Johnson | 16.2 | 14.4 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 15.3 | ||
| Ron Hassey | 14.7 | 13.8 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 14.3 | ||
| Dan Wilson | 13.0 | 14.2 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 13.6 | ||
| Rich Gedman | 9.7 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 11.6 | ||
| Gregg Zaun | 13.7 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 13.5 | ||
| Phil Masi | 14.3 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 14.0 | ||
| George Gibson | 14.8 | 15.2 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 15.0 | ||
| Bo Diaz | 11.5 | 13.8 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 12.7 | ||
| Frankie Hayes | 10.3 | 18.6 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 14.5 | ||
| Al Lopez | 17.7 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 6.1 | 14.8 | ||
| Todd Hundley | 10.8 | 15.5 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 13.2 | ||
| Mike Heath | 13.4 | 12.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 13.0 | ||
| Ray Mueller | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 11.6 |
