All-Time Catcher WAR Rankings
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)
| NAME | HOF | WAR | WAR7 | WAR5C | WAR3 | JAWS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bench | Y | 75.2 | 47.2 | 32.7 | 23.9 | 61.2 |
| Gary Carter | Y | 70.1 | 48.2 | 35.8 | 23.1 | 59.2 |
| Mike Piazza | Y | 59.6 | 42.2 | 30.9 | 21.9 | 50.9 |
| Carlton Fisk | Y | 68.4 | 37.7 | 23.2 | 20.3 | 53.1 |
| Yogi Berra | Y | 59.5 | 36.8 | 27.5 | 17.4 | 48.2 |
| Thurman Munson | 46.0 | 37.0 | 27.0 | 19.3 | 41.5 | |
| Roy Campanella | Y | 35.6 | 34.3 | 26.9 | 18.9 | 35.0 |
| Mickey Cochrane | Y | 49.1 | 36.2 | 27.0 | 17.6 | 42.7 |
| Joe Mauer | 55.3 | 39.0 | 28.9 | 19.5 | 47.2 | |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Y | 68.7 | 39.6 | 30.3 | 19.3 | 54.2 |
| Bill Dickey | Y | 57.3 | 35.9 | 26.3 | 18.1 | 46.6 |
| Buster Posey | 44.2 | 37.2 | 29.2 | 19.0 | 40.7 | |
| Joe Torre | 57.6 | 37.2 | 25.7 | 17.8 | 47.4 | |
| Ted Simmons | Y | 50.3 | 34.8 | 22.9 | 16.2 | 42.6 |
| Bill Freehan | 44.7 | 33.7 | 22.5 | 18.3 | 39.2 | |
| Gene Tenace | 46.8 | 34.9 | 25.4 | 16.3 | 40.9 | |
| Gabby Hartnett | Y | 56.9 | 31.0 | 20.6 | 15.1 | 44.0 |
| Jorge Posada | 42.7 | 32.9 | 23.2 | 16.8 | 37.8 | |
| Yadier Molina | 41.5 | 28.7 | 22.4 | 16.5 | 35.1 | |
| Jim Sundberg | 40.5 | 28.6 | 21.3 | 14.3 | 34.6 | |
| Jason Kendall | 41.7 | 30.4 | 20.0 | 14.6 | 36.1 | |
| Darrell Porter | 40.9 | 29.0 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 35.0 | |
| Roger Bresnahan | Y | 42.1 | 30.5 | 22.9 | 16.0 | 36.3 |
| Lance Parrish | 39.5 | 28.4 | 19.5 | 14.3 | 34.0 | |
| Wally Schang | 47.9 | 25.2 | 17.5 | 12.3 | 36.6 | |
| Russell Martin | 38.8 | 26.7 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 32.8 | |
| Elston Howard | 27.1 | 26.6 | 20.7 | 16.0 | 26.9 | |
| Ernie Lombardi | Y | 39.5 | 25.0 | 17.7 | 12.3 | 32.3 |
| Brian McCann | 31.9 | 24.5 | 17.6 | 13.4 | 28.2 | |
| Victor Martinez | 31.9 | 28.3 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 30.1 | |
| Mickey Tettleton | 29.4 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 14.9 | 27.1 | |
| Manny Sanguillen | 27.6 | 26.4 | 18.9 | 13.7 | 27.0 | |
| Del Crandall | 28.2 | 24.6 | 17.3 | 13.6 | 26.4 | |
| Tony Pena | 24.7 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 13.8 | 24.7 | |
| Javy Lopez | 29.7 | 24.8 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 27.3 | |
| Tom Haller | 29.3 | 24.0 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 26.7 | |
| Salvador Perez | 27.5 | 21.8 | 15.9 | 11.0 | 24.7 | |
| Smoky Burgess | 33.3 | 23.0 | 14.6 | 10.6 | 28.2 | |
| Tim McCarver | 28.3 | 21.5 | 17.3 | 12.8 | 24.9 | |
| Darren Daulton | 23.0 | 22.2 | 18.3 | 15.8 | 22.6 | |
| Chris Hoiles | 23.5 | 22.3 | 18.6 | 13.3 | 22.9 | |
| Terry Steinbach | 28.0 | 21.5 | 15.6 | 10.9 | 24.8 | |
| Ray Schalk | Y | 33.0 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 10.5 | 27.5 |
| J.T. Realmuto | 22.4 | 22.5 | 18.3 | 13.5 | 22.5 | |
| Walker Cooper | 27.3 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 25.2 | |
| Ed Bailey | 27.2 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 12.2 | 25.1 | |
| Sherm Lollar | 30.1 | 21.9 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 26.0 | |
| Mike Scioscia | 26.1 | 21.7 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 23.9 | |
| Butch Wynegar | 26.5 | 22.8 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 24.7 | |
| Johnny Bassler | 21.3 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 10.9 | 20.5 | |
| Chief Meyers | 25.2 | 21.3 | 18.1 | 11.9 | 23.3 | |
| Bob Boone | 27.4 | 20.2 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 23.8 | |
| Mike Napoli | 26.3 | 22.7 | 16.6 | 12.7 | 24.5 | |
| Rick Ferrell | Y | 29.8 | 19.7 | 16.6 | 9.1 | 24.8 |
| Johnny Kling | 29.0 | 22.4 | 15.5 | 11.4 | 25.7 | |
| Steve O'Neill | 26.1 | 20.6 | 16.8 | 12.1 | 23.4 | |
| Charles Johnson | 22.6 | 20.4 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 21.5 | |
| Mike Stanley | 20.9 | 19.4 | 15.4 | 11.3 | 20.2 | |
| Spud Davis | 23.0 | 21.2 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 22.1 | |
| Carlos Ruiz | 22.5 | 20.9 | 16.2 | 11.8 | 21.7 | |
| Jason Varitek | 24.2 | 18.7 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 21.5 | |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 17.7 | 19.2 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 18.5 | |
| Terry Kennedy | 21.6 | 19.3 | 17.0 | 11.6 | 20.5 | |
| Rick Dempsey | 25.1 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 21.3 | |
| John Romano | 20.9 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 20.5 | |
| John Stearns | 19.7 | 19.5 | 14.7 | 12.5 | 19.6 | |
| Ramon Hernandez | 22.1 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 10.6 | 20.5 | |
| John Roseboro | 22.5 | 19.4 | 13.6 | 10.3 | 21.0 | |
| Andy Seminick | 21.5 | 18.7 | 15.0 | 10.8 | 20.1 | |
| A.J. Pierzynski | 23.8 | 18.0 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 20.9 | |
| Bob O'Farrell | 21.3 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 12.4 | 19.2 | |
| Matt Wieters | 18.3 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 17.8 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 21.0 | 19.7 | 9.9 | 13.2 | 20.4 | |
| Muddy Ruel | 20.5 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 9.8 | 18.5 | |
| Earl Battey | 18.8 | 18.7 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 18.8 | |
| Hank Gowdy | 23.7 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 7.1 | 18.7 | |
| Kurt Suzuki | 19.7 | 18.3 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 19.0 | |
| Benito Santiago | 27.4 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 9.4 | 23.0 | |
| Bubbles Hargrave | 16.4 | 17.9 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 17.2 | |
| Ernie Whitt | 18.3 | 18.3 | 13.1 | 8.9 | 18.3 | |
| Jody Davis | 15.8 | 16.9 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 16.4 | |
| Hank Severeid | 18.6 | 16.7 | 14.2 | 8.1 | 17.7 | |
| Harry Danning | 14.7 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 15.2 | |
| Clay Dalrymple | 16.8 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 10.5 | 15.8 | |
| Paul LoDuca | 17.9 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 18.3 | |
| Steve Yeager | 17.9 | 14.7 | 12.2 | 8.1 | 16.3 | |
| Stan Lopata | 15.3 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 15.8 | |
| Miguel Montero | 14.3 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 14.8 | |
| Don Slaught | 19.3 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 7.2 | 17.0 | |
| Alex Avila | 16.8 | 15.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 16.2 | |
| Brad Ausmus | 16.5 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 15.8 | |
| Ray Fosse | 12.9 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 14.1 | |
| Mike Lieberthal | 15.3 | 14.7 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 15.0 | |
| Johnny Edwards | 14.8 | 15.4 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 15.1 | |
| Yasmani Grandal | 19.8 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 8.5 | 17.7 | |
| 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 |