Center Fielder WAR Rankings

Our Player Rankings are based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and a combination of career, short and long peak performance, prime performance, and performance during championship seasons.

SCORE
Our formula that combines career, peak, prime, and championship WAR.

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.

CHWAR
Wins Above Replacement in pennant-winning seasons.

RANK	PLAYER	HOF	FROM	TO	SCORE	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	CHWAR
1	Willie Mays	Y	1951	1973	588.3	156.2	73.6	52.3	32.9	25.0
2	Ty Cobb	Y	1905	1928	492.5	151.0	69.1	47.7	32.6	22.7
3	Mickey Mantle	Y	1951	1968	462.1	110.2	64.8	47.7	33.1	81.4
4	Tris Speaker	Y	1907	1928	449.6	134.3	62.2	44.3	29.1	25.7
5	Joe DiMaggio	Y	1936	1951	389.2	79.1	51.3	38.0	25.4	58.8
6	Mike Trout	N	2011	2020	384.7	72.8	65.6	47.0	31.2	0.0
7	Ken Griffey Jr.	Y	1989	2010	376.4	83.8	53.9	37.8	27.5	0.0
8	Duke Snider	Y	1947	1964	320.2	66.0	50.0	38.8	26.3	37.6
...	HOF Center Fielder	Y	...	...	315.9	74.6	46.2	33.5	22.8	18.4
9	Kenny Lofton	N	1991	2007	309.0	68.4	43.2	31.0	21.3	4.1
10	Carlos Beltran	N	1998	2017	299.1	70.1	44.3	30.3	21.7	2.3
11	Andre Dawson	Y	1976	1996	296.5	64.8	39.1	32.6	20.8	0.0
12	Andruw Jones	N	1996	2012	296.0	62.7	46.3	34.2	22.5	14.5
13	Richie Ashburn	Y	1948	1962	281.7	64.4	44.2	31.5	20.6	3.8
14	Jim Edmonds	N	1993	2010	277.9	60.4	42.5	32.1	20.0	8.5
15	Jim Wynn	N	1963	1977	266.3	55.8	43.3	28.6	22.2	7.7
16	Vada Pinson	N	1958	1975	258.3	54.2	40.1	30.7	20.5	7.5
17	Cesar Cedeno	N	1970	1986	257.9	52.8	41.2	31.4	21.3	0.0
18	Willie Davis	N	1960	1979	256.8	60.8	38.7	24.7	19.7	8.0
19	Larry Doby	Y	1947	1959	255.0	49.3	39.5	30.1	20.0	10.3
20	Chet Lemon	N	1975	1990	249.4	55.6	37.0	25.7	18.2	6.2
21	Kirby Puckett	Y	1984	1995	247.6	51.1	37.5	26.9	20.4	8.5
22	Dale Murphy	N	1976	1993	245.3	46.5	41.0	28.0	21.4	0.0
23	Fred Lynn	N	1974	1990	239.6	50.2	38.3	26.6	21.0	7.4
24	Andrew McCutchen	N	2009	2020	238.7	44.8	37.4	31.6	21.1	0.0
25	Bernie Williams	N	1991	2006	238.6	49.6	36.4	26.7	17.4	26.1
26	Earl Averill	Y	1929	1941	237.4	48.0	37.4	25.4	19.5	0.0
27	Willie Wilson	N	1976	1994	231.1	46.1	33.8	26.9	21.0	10.5
28	Johnny Damon	N	1995	2012	228.5	56.3	33.0	22.2	16.3	8.4
29	Brett Butler	N	1981	1997	228.0	49.7	35.1	24.0	16.8	1.9
30	Devon White	N	1985	2001	225.3	47.3	35.4	24.5	18.7	13.7
31	Wally Berger	N	1930	1940	224.6	42.5	35.7	27.1	18.2	2.6
32	Curtis Granderson	N	2004	2019	224.6	47.0	34.3	26.3	18.4	8.4
33	Earle Combs	Y	1924	1935	216.8	43.9	34.3	25.7	16.9	18.4
34	Curt Flood	N	1956	1971	216.5	41.9	32.8	23.3	15.8	14.1
35	Pete Reiser	N	1940	1952	212.2	24.4	21.6	26.7	17.9	11.4
36	Ellis Burks	N	1987	2004	210.8	49.8	31.9	19.7	18.2	0.0
37	Torii Hunter	N	1997	2015	210.5	50.7	31.3	20.7	15.6	0.0
38	Paul Blair	N	1964	1980	209.1	37.7	35.5	24.8	19.8	17.8
39	Max Carey	Y	1910	1929	208.9	54.5	32.8	22.5	15.3	4.2
40	Hack Wilson	Y	1923	1934	208.5	38.2	35.9	30.0	19.5	8.5
41	Lorenzo Cain	N	2010	2020	206.3	36.1	33.3	27.3	19.5	12.1
42	Andy Van Slyke	N	1983	1995	203.4	41.3	32.7	24.0	17.8	3.5
43	Amos Otis	N	1967	1984	201.2	42.8	32.5	20.7	17.6	1.4
44	Ray Lankford	N	1990	2004	201.0	38.2	31.3	24.0	16.4	0.0
45	Steve Finley	N	1989	2007	197.9	44.2	31.9	18.2	16.5	0.8
46	Edd Roush	Y	1913	1931	196.8	45.1	31.7	24.2	16.1	5.1
47	Dom DiMaggio	N	1940	1953	196.1	33.1	26.8	20.4	13.3	4.4
48	Mike Cameron	N	1995	2011	191.0	46.7	32.5	23.9	16.2	0.0
49	Garry Maddox	N	1972	1986	190.4	36.8	30.3	23.8	16.5	1.4
50	Dwayne Murphy	N	1978	1989	189.7	33.2	29.8	23.2	17.1	0.0
51	Bobby Murcer	N	1965	1983	188.7	32.1	29.7	26.4	19.7	0.0
52	Lenny Dykstra	N	1985	1996	188.6	42.5	32.9	23.4	20.1	11.2
53	Eric Davis	N	1984	2001	187.3	36.1	30.0	23.7	17.6	3.2
54	Ben Chapman	N	1930	1946	184.5	41.3	29.5	22.3	15.0	4.3
55	Al Oliver	N	1968	1985	182.0	43.7	27.9	19.4	14.0	2.9
56	Andy Pafko	N	1943	1959	181.2	36.7	29.7	22.3	16.8	8.5
57	Tommy Leach	N	1898	1918	178.4	46.8	31.0	17.9	16.2	0.0
58	Marquis Grissom	N	1989	2005	177.0	29.6	27.5	21.5	15.8	7.5
59	Darin Erstad	N	1996	2009	176.7	32.3	28.7	22.7	18.0	6.4
60	Grady Sizemore	N	2004	2015	176.4	27.7	28.2	26.8	19.1	0.0
61	Mickey Rivers	N	1970	1984	175.6	32.7	27.5	22.1	15.2	15.2
62	Fielder Jones	N	1896	1915	173.8	43.2	28.9	21.5	13.8	4.1
63	Willie McGee	N	1982	1999	173.7	34.2	28.4	18.8	17.5	10.3
64	Clyde Milan	N	1907	1922	173.4	40.0	28.2	21.7	14.9	0.0
65	Lance Johnson	N	1987	2000	172.1	30.2	28.0	22.4	17.1	0.0
66	Shane Victorino	N	2003	2015	171.7	31.5	28.5	21.3	15.9	14.2
67	Jacoby Ellsbury	N	2007	2017	170.0	31.0	28.0	20.3	17.6	5.7
68	Bobby Thomson	N	1946	1960	168.6	33.9	26.9	20.6	15.9	5.3
69	Josh Hamilton	N	2007	2015	168.2	28.2	27.1	22.5	18.0	12.4
70	Chili Davis	N	1981	1999	168.2	38.2	24.7	15.6	12.7	4.5
71	Roy Thomas	N	1899	1911	164.7	32.2	31.1	22.3	15.8	0.0
72	Cy Seymour	N	1896	1913	163.2	31.8	28.4	24.1	16.6	0.0
73	Benny Kauff	N	1912	1920	163.2	29.0	29.1	25.1	19.3	4.7
74	Kevin Kiermaier	N	2013	2020	163.0	25.7	26.3	23.9	18.0	0.0
75	Dave Henderson	N	1981	1994	162.4	27.6	27.2	21.3	16.6	15.4
76	Brady Anderson	N	1988	2002	162.2	35.0	30.1	20.6	18.0	0.0
77	Adam Jones	N	2006	2020	161.4	32.5	24.9	20.3	13.0	0.0
78	Lloyd Moseby	N	1980	1991	160.3	27.5	25.7	22.4	17.3	0.0
79	Baby Doll Jacobson	N	1915	1927	159.2	28.4	26.6	20.5	14.7	0.0
80	Johnny Mostil	N	1918	1929	158.4	23.8	24.4	21.4	15.1	0.0
81	Fielder Jones	N	1896	1915	158.1	31.6	28.8	21.3	13.8	4.1
82	George Springer	N	2014	2020	157.9	25.4	24.6	23.3	16.5	11.4
83	Cy Williams	N	1912	1930	157.6	37.2	25.8	18.7	14.0	0.0
84	Tommie Agee	N	1962	1973	157.2	25.4	26.3	21.6	17.0	5.2
85	Vernon Wells	N	1999	2013	156.9	28.6	26.1	20.2	15.2	0.0
86	Bill North	N	1971	1981	155.3	26.8	26.5	19.6	16.9	13.0
87	Cesar Tovar	N	1965	1976	155.1	28.2	25.9	20.2	13.2	0.0
88	Wally Judnich	N	1940	1949	152.1	15.2	15.3	19.0	11.4	1.1
89	Stan Spence	N	1940	1949	151.2	22.5	23.1	23.3	15.3	0.0
90	Jimmy Piersall	N	1950	1967	150.2	29.4	25.3	18.1	14.2	0.0
91	Terry Moore	N	1935	1948	150.1	20.7	17.5	18.4	11.4	4.0
92	Rick Monday	N	1966	1984	150.1	33.1	22.9	16.1	12.0	3.3
93	Tony Gonzalez	N	1960	1971	148.2	27.0	26.4	17.4	14.4	0.0
94	Chick Stahl	N	1897	1906	147.1	31.9	27.1	18.0	14.4	1.1
95	Michael Bourn	N	2006	2016	146.4	22.8	23.8	21.6	16.6	0.0
96	Denard Span	N	2008	2018	144.7	28.1	23.5	17.2	13.5	0.0
97	Barney McCosky	N	1939	1953	144.1	21.2	21.5	16.4	10.9	4.0
98	Ginger Beaumont	N	1899	1910	143.9	30.5	26.3	18.3	13.6	4.0
99	Austin Jackson	N	2010	2018	142.6	21.9	24.1	20.6	15.2	5.5
100	Randy Winn	N	1998	2010	142.2	27.5	24.7	16.3	13.1	0.0

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