All-Time Center Fielder WAR Rankings

FIRST	LAST	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	JAWS
Willie	Mays	156.2	73.6	52.3	32.9	114.9
Ty	Cobb	151.0	69.1	47.7	32.6	110.1
Tris	Speaker	134.3	62.2	44.3	29.1	98.3
Mickey	Mantle	110.2	64.8	47.7	33.1	87.5
Mike	Trout	86.2	65.0	47.3	30.9	75.6
Ken	Griffey Jr.	83.8	53.9	37.8	27.5	68.9
Joe	DiMaggio	79.1	51.3	38.0	25.4	65.2
Carlos	Beltran	70.1	44.3	30.3	21.7	57.2
Kenny	Lofton	68.4	43.2	31.0	21.3	55.8
Duke	Snider	66.0	50.0	38.8	26.3	58.0
Andre	Dawson	64.8	39.1	32.6	20.8	52.0
Richie	Ashburn	64.4	44.2	31.5	20.6	54.3
Andruw	Jones	62.7	46.3	34.2	22.5	54.5
Willie	Davis	60.8	38.7	24.7	19.7	49.8
Jim	Edmonds	60.4	42.5	32.1	20.0	51.5
Johnny	Damon	56.3	33.0	22.2	16.3	44.7
Jim	Wynn	55.8	43.3	28.6	22.2	49.6
Chet	Lemon	55.6	37.0	25.7	18.2	46.3
Max	Carey	54.5	32.8	22.5	15.3	43.7
Vada	Pinson	54.2	40.1	30.7	20.5	47.2
Cesar	Cedeno	52.8	41.2	31.4	21.3	47.0
Kirby	Puckett	51.1	37.5	26.9	20.4	44.3
Torii	Hunter	50.7	31.3	20.7	15.6	41.0
Fred	Lynn	50.2	38.3	26.6	21.0	44.3
Ellis	Burks	49.8	31.9	19.7	18.2	40.9
Brett	Butler	49.7	35.1	24.0	16.8	42.4
Bernie	Williams	49.6	36.4	26.7	17.4	43.0
Larry	Doby	49.3	39.5	30.1	20.0	44.4
Andrew	McCutchen	49.3	38.3	31.6	21.1	43.8
Earl	Averill	48.0	37.4	25.4	19.5	42.7
Devon	White	47.3	35.4	24.5	18.7	41.4
Curtis	Granderson	47.0	34.3	26.3	18.4	40.7
Tommy	Leach	46.8	31.0	17.9	16.2	38.9
Mike	Cameron	46.7	32.5	23.9	16.2	39.6
Dale	Murphy	46.5	41.0	28.0	21.4	43.8
Willie	Wilson	46.1	33.8	26.9	21.0	40.0
Edd	Roush	45.1	31.7	24.2	16.1	38.4
Steve	Finley	44.2	31.9	18.2	16.5	38.1
Earle	Combs	43.9	34.3	25.7	16.9	39.1
Al	Oliver	43.7	27.9	19.4	14.0	35.8
Fielder	Jones	43.2	28.9	21.5	13.8	36.1
Amos	Otis	42.8	32.5	20.7	17.6	37.7
Wally	Berger	42.5	35.7	27.1	18.2	39.1
Lenny	Dykstra	42.5	32.9	23.4	20.1	37.7
Curt	Flood	41.9	32.8	23.3	15.8	37.4
Ben	Chapman	41.3	29.5	22.3	15.0	35.4
Andy	Van Slyke	41.3	32.7	24.0	17.8	37.0
Clyde	Milan	40.0	28.2	21.7	14.9	34.1
Lorenzo	Cain	38.4	32.5	27.3	19.4	35.5
Chili	Davis	38.2	24.7	15.6	12.7	31.5
Ray	Lankford	38.2	31.3	24.0	16.4	34.8
Hack	Wilson	38.2	35.9	30.0	19.5	37.1
Paul	Blair	37.7	35.5	24.8	19.8	36.6
George	Springer	37.3	30.0	23.6	16.5	33.7
Cy	Williams	37.2	25.8	18.7	14.0	31.5
Garry	Maddox	36.8	30.3	23.8	16.5	33.6
Andy	Pafko	36.7	29.7	22.3	16.8	33.2
Kevin	Kiermaier	36.5	30.5	23.9	17.4	33.5
Eric	Davis	36.1	30.0	23.7	17.6	33.1
Brady	Anderson	35.0	30.1	20.6	18.0	32.6
Willie	McGee	34.2	28.4	18.8	17.5	31.3
Bobby	Thomson	33.9	26.9	20.6	15.9	30.4
Dwayne	Murphy	33.2	29.8	23.2	17.1	31.5
Rick	Monday	33.1	22.9	16.1	12.0	28.0
Dom	DiMaggio	33.1	26.8	20.4	13.3	30.0
Mickey	Rivers	32.7	27.5	22.1	15.2	30.1
Adam	Jones	32.5	24.9	20.3	13.0	28.7
Darin	Erstad	32.3	28.7	22.7	18.0	30.5
Roy	Thomas	32.2	31.1	22.3	15.8	31.7
Bobby	Murcer	32.1	29.7	26.4	19.7	30.9
Chick	Stahl	31.9	27.1	18.0	14.4	29.5
Cy	Seymour	31.8	28.4	24.1	16.6	30.1
Sam	West	31.7	22.3	17.9	11.7	27.0
Shane	Victorino	31.5	28.5	21.3	15.9	30.0
Jacoby	Ellsbury	31.0	28.0	20.3	17.6	29.5
Ginger	Beaumont	30.5	26.3	18.3	13.6	28.4
Lance	Johnson	30.2	28.0	22.4	17.1	29.1
Marquis	Grissom	29.6	27.5	21.5	15.8	28.6
Jimmy	Piersall	29.4	25.3	18.1	14.2	27.4
Benny	Kauff	29.0	29.1	25.1	19.3	29.1
Coco	Crisp	28.9	24.3	14.1	11.8	26.6
Vernon	Wells	28.6	26.1	20.2	15.2	27.4
Baby Doll	Jacobson	28.4	26.6	20.5	14.7	27.5
Cesar	Tovar	28.2	25.9	20.2	13.2	27.1
Josh	Hamilton	28.2	27.1	22.5	18.0	27.7
Denard	Span	28.1	23.5	17.2	13.5	25.8
Lloyd	Waner	27.9	20.3	14.0	10.8	24.1
Amos	Strunk	27.8	24.5	19.0	13.8	26.2
Grady	Sizemore	27.7	28.2	26.8	19.1	28.0
Dave	Henderson	27.6	27.2	21.3	16.6	27.4
Randy	Winn	27.5	24.7	16.3	13.1	26.1
Lloyd	Moseby	27.5	25.7	22.4	17.3	26.6
Tony	Gonzalez	27.0	26.4	17.4	14.4	26.7
Bill	North	26.8	26.5	19.6	16.9	26.7
Bill	Bruton	26.3	19.4	13.1	9.8	22.9
Marlon	Byrd	25.8	23.7	14.5	12.2	24.8
Stan	Javier	25.4	21.4	14.2	11.4	23.4
Tommie	Agee	25.4	26.3	21.6	17.0	25.9
Dode	Paskert	24.8	20.7	14.1	11.2	22.8
Byron	Buxton	24.5	23.8	14.1	13.4	24.2
Al	Bumbry	24.5	22.0	15.4	13.1	23.3
Cody	Bellinger	24.5	26.2	16.5	17.2	25.4
Pete	Reiser	24.4	21.6	26.7	17.9	23.0
Carlos	Gomez	24.4	23.0	19.3	14.7	23.7
Johnny	Mostil	23.8	24.4	21.4	15.1	24.1
Burt	Shotton	23.6	24.1	20.6	14.3	23.9
Brandon	Nimmo	23.5	22.3	15.9	13.6	22.9
David	DeJesus	23.4	18.2	14.4	10.0	20.8
Matty	Alou	23.0	23.4	16.8	13.8	23.2
Michael	Bourn	22.8	23.8	21.6	16.6	23.3
Ruppert	Jones	22.6	20.5	12.4	11.8	21.6
Stan	Spence	22.5	23.1	23.3	15.3	22.8
Mookie	Wilson	22.4	18.3	14.2	9.3	20.4
Jerry	Mumphrey	22.3	20.0	11.8	9.8	21.2
A.J.	Pollock	22.3	22.5	17.7	13.4	22.4
Gary	Pettis	22.0	18.6	14.7	11.3	20.3
Austin	Jackson	21.9	24.1	20.6	15.2	23.0
Mark	Kotsay	21.5	22.9	16.6	12.0	22.2
Matt	Kemp	21.4	23.6	18.4	16.8	22.5
Charlie	Blackmon	21.3	18.7	14.9	12.4	20.0
Barney	McCosky	21.2	21.5	16.4	10.9	21.4
Aaron	Rowand	20.9	18.8	15.7	14.4	19.9
Johnny	Bates	20.8	19.1	15.8	11.1	20.0
Mack	Jones	20.7	20.3	15.5	11.5	20.5
Jose	Cardenal	20.7	17.1	10.6	9.9	18.9
Terry	Moore	20.7	17.5	18.4	11.4	19.1
Jim	Landis	20.6	20.0	17.7	12.7	20.3
Roberto	Kelly	20.5	18.6	14.6	11.5	19.6
Carl	Everett	20.5	21.2	15.3	14.2	20.9
Colby	Rasmus	20.2	18.5	12.7	11.3	19.4
Gorman	Thomas	19.8	21.4	20.7	13.0	20.6
Bill	Virdon	19.7	17.7	12.7	8.9	18.7
Jose	Cruz Jr.	19.6	15.8	12.5	8.4	17.7
Bryan	Reynolds	19.6	19.7	16.0	13.8	19.7
Dexter	Fowler	19.4	16.9	12.8	9.0	18.2
Happy	Felsch	19.4	19.4	18.2	14.4	19.4
Dave	Martinez	19.1	17.8	10.9	10.0	18.5
Milt	Thompson	18.6	17.7	14.5	11.9	18.2
Adam	Eaton	18.4	19.5	17.4	15.9	19.0
Franklin	Gutierrez	18.2	17.4	14.2	11.9	17.8
Ron	LeFlore	18.1	19.1	18.0	12.4	18.6
Ira	Flagstead	18.0	17.7	12.2	8.6	17.9
Ender	Inciarte	17.9	18.1	18.6	12.4	18.0
Kiki	Hernandez	17.7	15.8	12.8	10.5	16.8
Vince	DiMaggio	17.4	18.4	11.4	9.5	17.9
Mickey	Stanley	17.3	14.7	15.4	8.1	16.0
Juan	Pierre	17.3	16.4	10.6	10.3	16.9
Angel	Pagan	17.2	18.1	15.3	13.5	17.7
Sam	Chapman	17.1	17.0	15.0	11.0	17.1
Solly	Hofman	17.0	16.9	14.0	11.6	17.0
Milton	Bradley	16.9	18.0	14.5	12.4	17.5
Jackie	Bradley Jr.	16.9	18.4	15.8	11.7	17.7
Del	Unser	16.8	17.2	12.5	10.4	17.0
Johnny	Grubb	16.7	13.1	7.6	8.2	14.9
Darryl	Hamilton	16.7	15.9	10.4	11.8	16.3
Otis	Nixon	16.6	14.7	10.8	8.4	15.7
Melvin	Upton	16.5	18.0	13.4	10.9	17.3
Kevin	Pillar	16.5	16.1	14.6	11.8	16.3
Davy	Jones	16.4	13.7	10.0	7.9	15.1
Charlie	Hemphill	16.2	16.2	12.6	10.8	16.2
Chris	Young	16.1	16.2	13.4	11.9	16.2
Julio	Rodriguez	15.9	15.8	15.9	15.8	15.9
Fred	Snodgrass	15.8	16.2	13.6	10.7	16.0
Vic	Davalillo	15.7	16.0	10.1	10.7	15.9
Jimmy	Slagle	15.6	15.3	13.0	10.7	15.5
Lee	Mazzilli	15.6	15.7	12.6	11.5	15.7
Rick	Miller	15.5	13.4	8.4	7.3	14.5
Fred	Schulte	15.4	16.2	11.5	9.4	15.8
Jay	Payton	15.4	15.1	12.1	8.1	15.3
Johnny	Frederick	15.4	15.4	14.3	10.7	15.4
Harry	Rice	15.4	15.7	12.9	9.9	15.6
Ken	Berry	15.3	15.0	8.1	8.8	15.2
Gus	Bell	15.3	17.0	13.1	10.7	16.2
Rube	Oldring	15.2	15.1	11.8	9.5	15.2
Wally	Judnich	15.2	15.3	19.0	11.4	15.3
Mike	Kreevich	15.0	15.4	12.1	9.6	15.2
Irv	Noren	14.9	16.1	12.8	9.9	15.5
Hank	Leiber	14.9	15.8	12.4	11.9	15.4
Elliott	Maddox	14.9	15.2	11.8	10.4	15.1
Ken	Henderson	14.8	18.8	16.1	13.1	16.8
Jimmy	Barrett	14.8	19.3	17.0	11.1	17.1
Ping	Bodie	14.7	15.7	11.1	9.1	15.2
Johnny	Lindell	14.5	14.1	11.7	9.8	14.3
Brian	McRae	14.3	16.9	13.5	10.4	15.6
Chad	Curtis	14.0	12.8	9.0	7.0	13.4
Luis	Robert Jr.	13.9	14.0	13.9	10.8	14.0
Cameron	Maybin	13.5	14.7	9.1	9.1	14.1
Cesar	Geronimo	13.0	13.6	12.1	11.0	13.3
Jon	Jay	12.7	13.6	11.3	9.0	13.2
Mule	Haas	12.4	12.9	11.2	8.0	12.7
Taylor	Douthit	11.7	12.9	11.5	9.4	12.3
Bobby	Tolan	10.1	16.7	12.8	15.6	13.4
Doc	Cramer	8.4	11.1	8.1	7.3	9.8
Jo-Jo	White	3.5	4.4	3.5	4.6	4.0

CAREER 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)

S1-S10:
Ten best seasons by WAR.

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