All-Time Center Fielder WAR Rankings

List of CENTER FIELDERS ranked by Wins Above Replacement. Which Center Fielder had the most Career WAR? Which Center Fielder had the most WAR in his seven best seasons OR three best seasons? We list center fielders by WAR in their best five consecutive seasons. Also find JAWS rankings for baseball’s Center Fielders. Sort these WAR tables in many ways.

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.

FIRST	LAST	HOF	FROM	TO	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	JAWS
Willie	Mays	Y	1951	1973	156.2	73.6	52.3	32.9	114.9
Mickey	Mantle	Y	1951	1968	110.2	64.8	47.7	33.1	87.5
Ty	Cobb	Y	1905	1928	151.0	69.1	47.7	32.6	110.1
Mike	Trout	N	2011	2022	82.4	65.0	47.3	30.9	73.7
Tris	Speaker	Y	1907	1928	134.3	62.2	44.3	29.1	98.3
Ken	Griffey Jr.	Y	1989	2010	83.8	53.9	37.8	27.5	68.9
Joe	DiMaggio	Y	1936	1951	79.1	51.3	38.0	25.4	65.2
Oscar	Charleston	Y	1920	1941	102.0	53.0	44.0	27.9	77.5
Turkey	Stearnes	Y	1923	1940	89.8	47.7	34.1	26.4	68.8
Duke	Snider	Y	1947	1964	66.0	50.0	38.8	26.3	58.0
Kenny	Lofton	N	1991	2007	68.4	43.2	31.0	21.3	55.8
Carlos	Beltran	N	1998	2017	70.1	44.3	30.3	21.7	57.2
Andre	Dawson	Y	1976	1996	64.8	39.1	32.6	20.8	52.0
Andruw	Jones	N	1996	2012	62.7	46.3	34.2	22.5	54.5
Cristobal	Torriente	Y	1916	1932	78.8	49.0	35.0	28.9	63.9
Jim	Edmonds	N	1993	2010	60.4	42.5	32.1	20.0	51.5
Richie	Ashburn	Y	1948	1962	64.4	44.2	31.5	20.6	54.3
Martin	Dihigo	Y	1923	1945	71.7	41.0	35.1	24.8	56.4
Jim	Wynn	N	1963	1977	55.8	43.3	28.6	22.2	49.6
Andrew	McCutchen	N	2009	2022	47.0	38.3	31.6	21.1	42.7
Cool Papa	Bell	Y	1922	1946	70.0	40.5	31.5	19.5	55.3
Cesar	Cedeno	N	1970	1986	52.8	41.2	31.4	21.3	47.0
Willie	Davis	N	1960	1979	60.8	38.7	24.7	19.7	49.8
Vada	Pinson	N	1958	1975	54.2	40.1	30.7	20.5	47.2
Chet	Lemon	N	1975	1990	55.6	37.0	25.7	18.2	46.3
Kirby	Puckett	Y	1984	1995	51.1	37.5	26.9	20.4	44.3
Larry	Doby	Y	1947	1959	49.3	39.5	30.1	20.0	44.4
Dale	Murphy	N	1976	1993	46.5	41.0	28.0	21.4	43.8
Fred	Lynn	N	1974	1990	50.2	38.3	26.6	21.0	44.3
Bernie	Williams	N	1991	2006	49.6	36.4	26.7	17.4	43.0
Curtis	Granderson	N	2004	2019	47.0	34.3	26.3	18.4	40.7
Johnny	Damon	N	1995	2012	56.3	33.0	22.2	16.3	44.7
Willie	Wilson	N	1976	1994	46.1	33.8	26.9	21.0	40.0
Brett	Butler	N	1981	1997	49.7	35.1	24.0	16.8	42.4
Lorenzo	Cain	N	2010	2022	38.4	32.5	27.3	19.4	35.5
Devon	White	N	1985	2001	47.3	35.4	24.5	18.7	41.4
Earl	Averill	Y	1929	1941	48.0	37.4	25.4	19.5	42.7
Wally	Berger	N	1930	1940	42.5	35.7	27.1	18.2	39.1
Torii	Hunter	N	1997	2015	50.7	31.3	20.7	15.6	41.0
Curt	Flood	N	1956	1971	41.9	32.8	23.3	15.8	37.4
Ellis	Burks	N	1987	2004	49.8	31.9	19.7	18.2	40.9
Paul	Blair	N	1964	1980	37.7	35.5	24.8	19.8	36.6
Willard	Brown	Y	1937	1948	48.5	37.5	26.2	22.8	43.0
George	Springer	N	2014	2022	34.2	30.0	23.6	16.5	32.1
Bobby	Murcer	N	1965	1983	32.1	29.7	26.4	19.7	30.9
Andy	Van Slyke	N	1983	1995	41.3	32.7	24.0	17.8	37.0
Ray	Lankford	N	1990	2004	38.2	31.3	24.0	16.4	34.8
Amos	Otis	N	1967	1984	42.8	32.5	20.7	17.6	37.7
Steve	Finley	N	1989	2007	44.2	31.9	18.2	16.5	38.1
Kevin	Kiermaier	N	2013	2022	31.8	29.0	23.9	17.4	30.4
Pete	Reiser	N	1940	1952	24.4	21.6	26.7	17.9	23.0
Earle	Combs	Y	1924	1935	43.9	34.3	25.7	16.9	39.1
Sam	Jethroe	N	1938	1954	44.0	36.0	26.0	20.0	40.0
Garry	Maddox	N	1972	1986	36.8	30.3	23.8	16.5	33.6
Max	Carey	Y	1910	1929	54.5	32.8	22.5	15.3	43.7
Dwayne	Murphy	N	1978	1989	33.2	29.8	23.2	17.1	31.5
Hack	Wilson	Y	1923	1934	38.2	35.9	30.0	19.5	37.1
Eric	Davis	N	1984	2001	36.1	30.0	23.7	17.6	33.1
Dom	DiMaggio	N	1940	1953	33.1	26.8	20.4	13.3	30.0
Al	Oliver	N	1968	1985	43.7	27.9	19.4	14.0	35.8
Grady	Sizemore	N	2004	2015	27.7	28.2	26.8	19.1	28.0
Marquis	Grissom	N	1989	2005	29.6	27.5	21.5	15.8	28.6
Edd	Roush	Y	1913	1931	45.1	31.7	24.2	16.1	38.4
Darin	Erstad	N	1996	2009	32.3	28.7	22.7	18.0	30.5
Shane	Victorino	N	2003	2015	31.5	28.5	21.3	15.9	30.0
Jacoby	Ellsbury	N	2007	2017	31.0	28.0	20.3	17.6	29.5
Mickey	Rivers	N	1970	1984	32.7	27.5	22.1	15.2	30.1
Josh	Hamilton	N	2007	2015	28.2	27.1	22.5	18.0	27.7
Willie	McGee	N	1982	1999	34.2	28.4	18.8	17.5	31.3
Lance	Johnson	N	1987	2000	30.2	28.0	22.4	17.1	29.1
Andy	Pafko	N	1943	1959	36.7	29.7	22.3	16.8	33.2
Chili	Davis	N	1981	1999	38.2	24.7	15.6	12.7	31.5
Adam	Jones	N	2006	2019	32.5	24.9	20.3	13.0	28.7
Ben	Chapman	N	1930	1946	41.3	29.5	22.3	15.0	35.4
Mike	Cameron	N	1995	2011	46.7	32.5	23.9	16.2	39.6
Bobby	Thomson	N	1946	1960	33.9	26.9	20.6	15.9	30.4
Dave	Henderson	N	1981	1994	27.6	27.2	21.3	16.6	27.4
Lenny	Dykstra	N	1985	1996	42.5	32.9	23.4	20.1	37.7
Vernon	Wells	N	1999	2013	28.6	26.1	20.2	15.2	27.4
Lloyd	Moseby	N	1980	1991	27.5	25.7	22.4	17.3	26.6
Tommy	Leach	N	1898	1918	46.8	31.0	17.9	16.2	38.9
Clyde	Milan	N	1907	1922	40.0	28.2	21.7	14.9	34.1
Tommie	Agee	N	1962	1973	25.4	26.3	21.6	17.0	25.9
Bill	North	N	1971	1981	26.8	26.5	19.6	16.9	26.7
Cesar	Tovar	N	1965	1976	28.2	25.9	20.2	13.2	27.1
Fielder	Jones	N	1896	1915	43.2	28.9	21.5	13.8	36.1
Michael	Bourn	N	2006	2016	22.8	23.8	21.6	16.6	23.3
Alejandro	Oms	N	1917	1935	34.6	27.2	20.4	19.0	30.9
Denard	Span	N	2008	2018	28.1	23.5	17.2	13.5	25.8
Benny	Kauff	N	1912	1920	29.0	29.1	25.1	19.3	29.1
Austin	Jackson	N	2010	2018	21.9	24.1	20.6	15.2	23.0
Rick	Monday	N	1966	1984	33.1	22.9	16.1	12.0	28.0
Spottswood	Poles	N	1906	1923	37.5	27.6	18.1	17.0	32.6
Carlos	Gomez	N	2007	2019	24.4	23.0	19.3	14.7	23.7
Jimmy	Piersall	N	1950	1967	29.4	25.3	18.1	14.2	27.4
Tony	Gonzalez	N	1960	1971	27.0	26.4	17.4	14.4	26.7
A.J.	Pollock	N	2012	2022	23.3	22.5	17.7	13.4	22.9
Roy	Thomas	N	1899	1911	32.2	31.1	22.3	15.8	31.7
Baby Doll	Jacobson	N	1915	1927	28.4	26.6	20.5	14.7	27.5
Coco	Crisp	N	2002	2016	28.9	24.3	14.1	11.8	26.6
Randy	Winn	N	1998	2010	27.5	24.7	16.3	13.1	26.1
Cy	Seymour	N	1896	1913	31.8	28.4	24.1	16.6	30.1
Matt	Kemp	N	2006	2020	21.4	23.6	18.4	16.8	22.5
Johnny	Mostil	N	1918	1929	23.8	24.4	21.4	15.1	24.1
Cy	Williams	N	1912	1930	37.2	25.8	18.7	14.0	31.5
Wally	Judnich	N	1940	1949	15.2	15.3	19.0	11.4	15.3
Terry	Moore	N	1935	1948	20.7	17.5	18.4	11.4	19.1
Stan	Spence	N	1940	1949	22.5	23.1	23.3	15.3	22.8
Brady	Anderson	N	1988	2002	35.0	30.1	20.6	18.0	32.6
Al	Bumbry	N	1972	1985	24.5	22.0	15.4	13.1	23.3
Stan	Javier	N	1984	2001	25.4	21.4	14.2	11.4	23.4
Barney	McCosky	N	1939	1953	21.2	21.5	16.4	10.9	21.4
Byron	Buxton	N	2015	2022	20.2	20.6	14.1	13.4	20.4
Matty	Alou	N	1960	1974	23.0	23.4	16.8	13.8	23.2
Adam	Eaton	N	2012	2021	18.4	19.5	17.4	15.9	19.0
Chick	Stahl	N	1897	1906	31.9	27.1	18.0	14.4	29.5
Sam	Chapman	N	1938	1951	17.1	17.0	15.0	11.0	17.1
Mark	Kotsay	N	1997	2013	21.5	22.9	16.6	12.0	22.2
Gorman	Thomas	N	1973	1986	19.8	21.4	20.7	13.0	20.6
Sam	West	N	1927	1942	31.7	22.3	17.9	11.7	27.0
Ender	Inciarte	N	2014	2022	17.9	18.1	18.6	12.4	18.0
Ginger	Beaumont	N	1899	1910	30.5	26.3	18.3	13.6	28.4
Amos	Strunk	N	1908	1924	27.8	24.5	19.0	13.8	26.2
Charlie	Blackmon	N	2011	2022	19.3	17.9	14.9	12.2	18.6
Johnny	Frederick	N	1929	1934	15.4	15.4	14.3	10.7	15.4
Carl	Everett	N	1993	2006	20.5	21.2	15.3	14.2	20.9
Aaron	Rowand	N	2001	2011	20.9	18.8	15.7	14.4	19.9
Burt	Shotton	N	1909	1923	23.6	24.1	20.6	14.3	23.9
Jim	Landis	N	1957	1967	20.6	20.0	17.7	12.7	20.3
David	DeJesus	N	2003	2015	23.4	18.2	14.4	10.0	20.8
Ruppert	Jones	N	1976	1987	22.6	20.5	12.4	11.8	21.6
Bill	Bruton	N	1953	1964	26.3	19.4	13.1	9.8	22.9
Mack	Jones	N	1961	1971	20.7	20.3	15.5	11.5	20.5
Ron	LeFlore	N	1974	1982	18.1	19.1	18.0	12.4	18.6
Gary	Pettis	N	1982	1992	22.0	18.6	14.7	11.3	20.3
Colby	Rasmus	N	2009	2018	20.2	18.5	12.7	11.3	19.4
Angel	Pagan	N	2006	2016	17.2	18.1	15.3	13.5	17.7
Roberto	Kelly	N	1987	2000	20.5	18.6	14.6	11.5	19.6
Mookie	Wilson	N	1980	1991	22.4	18.3	14.2	9.3	20.4
Jerry	Mumphrey	N	1974	1988	22.3	20.0	11.8	9.8	21.2
Lloyd	Waner	Y	1927	1945	27.9	20.3	14.0	10.8	24.1
Franklin	Gutierrez	N	2005	2017	18.2	17.4	14.2	11.9	17.8
Dexter	Fowler	N	2008	2021	19.4	16.9	12.8	9.0	18.2
Dexter	Fowler	N	2008	2017	19.8	17.2	12.8	9.5	18.5
Jimmie	Hall	N	1963	1970	13.8	15.2	16.2	13.7	14.5
Milt	Thompson	N	1984	1996	18.6	17.7	14.5	11.9	18.2
Ken	Henderson	N	1965	1980	14.8	18.8	16.1	13.1	16.8
Milton	Bradley	N	2000	2011	16.9	18.0	14.5	12.4	17.5
Melvin	Upton	N	2004	2016	16.5	18.0	13.4	10.9	17.3
Marlon	Byrd	N	2002	2016	25.8	23.7	14.5	12.2	24.8
Happy	Felsch	N	1915	1920	19.4	19.4	18.2	14.4	19.4
Dode	Paskert	N	1907	1921	24.8	20.7	14.1	11.2	22.8
Chris	Young	N	2006	2018	16.1	16.2	13.4	11.9	16.2
Hank	Leiber	N	1933	1942	14.9	15.8	12.4	11.9	15.4
Ira	Flagstead	N	1917	1930	18.0	17.7	12.2	8.6	17.9
Bill	Virdon	N	1955	1968	19.7	17.7	12.7	8.9	18.7
Jose	Cardenal	N	1963	1980	20.7	17.1	10.6	9.9	18.9
Irv	Noren	N	1950	1960	14.9	16.1	12.8	9.9	15.5
Dave	Martinez	N	1986	2001	19.1	17.8	10.9	10.0	18.5
Mickey	Stanley	N	1964	1978	17.3	14.7	15.4	8.1	16.0
Jose	Cruz Jr.	N	1997	2008	19.6	15.8	12.5	8.4	17.7
Del	Unser	N	1968	1982	16.8	17.2	12.5	10.4	17.0
Mitch	Webster	N	1983	1995	14.4	17.3	14.2	10.7	15.9
Juan	Pierre	N	2000	2013	17.3	16.4	10.6	10.3	16.9
Johnny	Bates	N	1906	1914	20.8	19.1	15.8	11.1	20.0
Brian	McRae	N	1990	1999	14.3	16.9	13.5	10.4	15.6
Lee	Mazzilli	N	1976	1989	15.6	15.7	12.6	11.5	15.7
Fred	Schulte	N	1927	1937	15.4	16.2	11.5	9.4	15.8
Darryl	Hamilton	N	1988	2001	16.7	15.9	10.4	11.8	16.3
Gus	Bell	N	1950	1964	15.3	17.0	13.1	10.7	16.2
Vince	DiMaggio	N	1937	1946	17.4	18.4	11.4	9.5	17.9
Bobby	Tolan	N	1965	1979	10.1	16.7	12.8	15.6	13.4
Johnny	Lindell	N	1941	1954	14.5	14.1	11.7	9.8	14.3
Jimmy	Barrett	N	1899	1908	14.8	19.3	17.0	11.1	17.1
Vic	Davalillo	N	1963	1980	15.7	16.0	10.1	10.7	15.9
Jay	Payton	N	1998	2010	15.4	15.1	12.1	8.1	15.3
Elliott	Maddox	N	1970	1980	14.9	15.2	11.8	10.4	15.1
Otis	Nixon	N	1983	1999	16.6	14.7	10.8	8.4	15.7
Mike	Kreevich	N	1931	1945	15.0	15.4	12.1	9.6	15.2
Ping	Bodie	N	1911	1921	14.7	15.7	11.1	9.1	15.2
Solly	Hofman	N	1903	1916	17.0	16.9	14.0	11.6	17.0
Cesar	Geronimo	N	1969	1983	13.0	13.6	12.1	11.0	13.3
Cameron	Maybin	N	2007	2021	13.5	14.7	9.1	9.1	14.1
Fred	Snodgrass	N	1908	1916	15.8	16.2	13.6	10.7	16.0
Ken	Berry	N	1962	1975	15.3	15.0	8.1	8.8	15.2
Harry	Rice	N	1923	1933	15.4	15.7	12.9	9.9	15.6
Charlie	Hemphill	N	1899	1911	16.2	16.2	12.6	10.8	16.2
Johnny	Grubb	N	1972	1987	16.7	13.1	7.6	8.2	14.9
Jimmy	Slagle	N	1899	1908	15.6	15.3	13.0	10.7	15.5
Jon	Jay	N	2010	2021	12.7	13.6	11.3	9.0	13.2
Rick	Miller	N	1971	1985	15.5	13.4	8.4	7.3	14.5
Rube	Oldring	N	1905	1918	15.2	15.1	11.8	9.5	15.2
Chad	Curtis	N	1992	2001	14.0	12.8	9.0	7.0	13.4
Mule	Haas	N	1925	1938	12.4	12.9	11.2	8.0	12.7
Davy	Jones	N	1901	1918	16.4	13.7	10.0	7.9	15.1
Taylor	Douthit	N	1923	1933	11.7	12.9	11.5	9.4	12.3
Doc	Cramer	N	1929	1948	8.4	11.1	8.1	7.3	9.8
Jo-Jo	White	N	1932	1944	3.5	4.4	3.5	4.6	4.0

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