All-Time First Base WAR Rankings

List of FIRST BASEMEN ranked by Wins Above Replacement. Which First Baseman had the most Career WAR? Which First Baseman had the most WAR in his seven best seasons, or three best seasons? We list First Basemen by WAR in their best five consecutive seasons. Also find JAWS rankings for baseball’s best First Basemen. Sort these WAR tables in many ways.

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.

FIRST	LAST	HOF	FROM	TO	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	JAWS
Albert	Pujols	N	2001	2022	101.6	61.7	44.6	27.6	81.7
Lou	Gehrig	Y	1923	1939	114.1	67.8	47.2	31.8	91.0
Jimmie	Foxx	Y	1925	1945	93.1	59.5	43.0	28.6	76.3
Frank	Thomas	Y	1990	2008	73.8	45.1	31.8	21.1	59.5
Johnny	Mize	Y	1936	1953	71.3	48.8	34.2	22.4	60.1
Miguel	Cabrera	N	2003	2023	67.3	44.7	33.6	22.0	56.0
Joey	Votto	N	2007	2023	64.4	46.8	30.9	22.9	55.6
Paul	Goldschmidt	N	2011	2023	61.7	45.3	30.6	22.4	53.5
Todd	Helton	N	1997	2013	61.8	46.5	37.4	25.0	54.2
Hank	Greenberg	Y	1930	1947	55.7	47.7	33.8	22.5	51.7
Jim	Thome	Y	1991	2012	72.9	41.6	26.9	20.8	57.3
Willie	McCovey	Y	1959	1980	64.5	44.8	32.5	21.6	54.7
Eddie	Murray	Y	1977	1997	68.7	38.9	28.7	19.2	53.8
Dick	Allen	N	1963	1977	58.8	45.9	31.6	24.9	52.4
Jeff	Bagwell	Y	1991	2005	79.9	48.3	34.5	23.4	64.1
Freddie	Freeman	N	2010	2023	55.8	39.0	25.1	18.8	47.4
Keith	Hernandez	N	1974	1990	60.3	41.1	28.6	20.5	50.7
John	Olerud	N	1989	2005	58.1	39.0	27.2	21.0	48.6
Will	Clark	N	1986	2000	56.5	36.0	28.2	20.4	46.3
Harmon	Killebrew	Y	1954	1975	60.4	38.1	25.6	18.6	49.3
Tony	Perez	Y	1964	1986	54.0	36.5	28.0	19.1	45.3
Fred	McGriff	Y	1986	2004	52.6	36.0	26.6	18.1	44.3
Mark	Teixeira	N	2003	2016	50.6	37.7	29.3	20.3	44.2
George	Sisler	Y	1915	1930	54.0	47.2	37.1	25.3	50.6
Buck	Leonard	Y	1935	1948	72.6	38.9	28.7	20.0	55.8
Jose	Abreu	N	2014	2023	31.8	27.5	19.3	14.9	29.7
Don	Mattingly	N	1982	1995	42.4	35.7	28.8	19.9	39.1
Bill	Terry	Y	1923	1936	55.8	41.4	29.7	21.0	48.6
Norm	Cash	N	1958	1974	52.0	33.8	25.4	18.8	42.9
Adrian	Gonzalez	N	2004	2018	43.6	33.7	25.8	18.2	38.7
Orlando	Cepeda	Y	1958	1974	50.1	34.5	23.5	18.1	42.3
Carlos	Delgado	N	1993	2009	44.4	34.5	26.2	18.6	39.5
Anthony	Rizzo	N	2011	2023	39.7	32.2	24.2	17.8	36.0
Gil	Hodges	Y	1943	1963	43.9	34.2	26.3	17.4	39.1
David	Ortiz	N	1997	2016	55.3	35.0	25.0	17.4	45.2
Dolph	Camilli	N	1933	1945	43.2	39.2	27.9	19.3	41.2
Jason	Giambi	N	1995	2014	50.5	42.2	34.8	24.0	46.4
Mark	Grace	N	1988	2003	46.4	29.6	19.8	13.9	38.0
Rafael	Palmeiro	N	1986	2005	71.9	38.8	26.3	18.9	55.4
Mark	McGwire	N	1986	2001	62.2	41.9	29.8	20.4	52.1
Pedro	Guerrero	N	1978	1992	34.3	31.9	26.8	20.2	33.1
Bill	White	N	1956	1969	38.6	32.1	26.3	16.8	35.4
Cecil	Cooper	N	1971	1987	36.0	30.0	24.4	16.6	33.0
Kevin	Youkilis	N	2004	2013	32.4	31.3	26.7	18.3	31.9
Frank	Chance	Y	1898	1914	45.8	35.7	29.1	18.9	40.8
Matt	Olson	N	2016	2023	29.1	29.2	22.6	18.1	29.2
Mule	Suttles	Y	1924	1944	46.9	38.5	22.8	21.5	42.7
Boog	Powell	N	1961	1977	39.1	30.9	19.4	16.7	35.0
Steve	Garvey	N	1969	1987	38.1	28.3	22.9	14.4	33.2
Elbie	Fletcher	N	1934	1949	33.1	28.6	24.8	15.6	30.9
Ben	Taylor	Y	1911	1929	46.9	37.5	25.0	19.0	42.2
Jack	Fournier	N	1912	1927	40.9	34.9	22.9	17.8	37.9
George	Scott	N	1966	1979	36.4	30.2	22.5	16.0	33.3
Kent	Hrbek	N	1981	1994	38.4	27.4	19.9	14.1	32.9
Carlos	Santana	N	2010	2023	35.5	25.9	16.7	12.9	30.7
Derrek	Lee	N	1997	2011	34.3	27.2	19.3	16.6	30.8
Ted	Kluszewski	N	1947	1961	32.3	29.2	25.1	18.1	30.8
Ed	Konetchy	N	1907	1921	46.3	30.7	22.4	15.0	38.5
Brandon	Belt	N	2011	2023	29.6	23.1	18.4	12.3	26.4
Luke	Easter	N	1939	1954	39.0	29.1	20.2	15.8	34.1
Mickey	Vernon	N	1939	1960	34.5	25.4	15.8	14.6	30.0
Andres	Galarraga	N	1985	2004	31.5	26.4	16.1	14.9	29.0
Joe	Judge	N	1915	1934	46.9	26.5	16.9	12.0	36.7
Joe	Harris	N	1914	1928	26.3	23.7	17.3	12.3	25.0
Ron	Fairly	N	1958	1978	35.2	23.9	16.3	12.3	29.6
Jim	Bottomley	Y	1922	1937	35.3	28.8	21.6	15.1	32.1
Mike	Hargrove	N	1974	1985	30.3	24.2	17.1	12.5	27.3
Frank	McCormick	N	1934	1948	34.8	28.3	19.8	17.1	31.6
Justin	Morneau	N	2003	2016	27.3	24.7	19.6	13.2	26.0
Rudy	York	N	1934	1948	34.7	28.4	19.4	16.2	31.6
Ferris	Fain	N	1947	1955	27.0	23.9	17.8	13.4	25.5
Fred	Tenney	N	1894	1911	43.9	28.6	19.2	14.5	36.3
Carlos	Pena	N	2001	2014	25.1	24.1	20.1	15.4	24.6
Phil	Cavarretta	N	1934	1955	34.6	25.2	20.3	14.7	29.9
Harry	Davis	N	1895	1917	38.6	28.4	22.3	15.3	33.5
John	Mayberry	N	1968	1982	24.8	23.3	20.6	17.3	24.1
Prince	Fielder	N	2005	2016	23.8	24.2	18.9	15.6	24.0
Yuli	Gurriel	N	2016	2023	13.0	13.3	13.1	10.4	13.2
Hal	Trosky	N	1933	1946	30.5	28.3	21.0	15.1	29.4
Joe	Adcock	N	1950	1966	33.5	23.9	15.3	12.5	28.7
Lu	Blue	N	1921	1933	36.7	27.9	16.7	14.1	32.3
Tino	Martinez	N	1990	2005	28.8	21.8	17.1	12.8	25.3
Jake	Daubert	N	1910	1924	39.1	25.9	17.7	12.0	32.5
Earl	Torgeson	N	1947	1961	32.9	23.7	15.3	13.5	28.3
Bob	Watson	N	1966	1984	28.2	24.1	16.3	12.6	26.2
John	Kruk	N	1986	1995	25.0	22.8	17.3	13.6	23.9
Travis	Hafner	N	2002	2013	24.8	24.7	19.7	16.3	24.8
Stuffy	McInnis	N	1909	1927	34.3	25.2	19.3	14.8	29.8
Buck	O'Neil	N	1937	1955	31.2	27.3	17.6	16.0	29.3
Lee	May	N	1965	1982	27.1	21.9	17.2	12.6	24.5
Mike	Sweeney	N	1995	2010	24.7	21.7	18.7	13.5	23.2
Jason	Thompson	N	1976	1986	24.8	22.4	16.3	14.0	23.6
George	Burns	N	1914	1929	34.2	25.2	16.0	15.0	29.7
Max	Muncy	N	2015	2023	19.7	20.1	17.5	14.5	19.9
Paul	Konerko	N	1997	2014	27.6	21.4	12.5	11.6	24.5
Chris	Chambliss	N	1971	1988	27.4	20.4	14.7	10.5	23.9
Wally	Pipp	N	1913	1928	31.4	23.5	15.3	12.1	27.5
Roy	Sievers	N	1949	1965	25.6	22.8	17.3	11.9	24.2
Dan	McGann	N	1896	1908	34.1	26.7	16.7	14.4	30.4
Bill	Skowron	N	1954	1967	26.9	20.6	15.6	12.0	23.8
Yordan	Alvarez	N	2019	2023	18.1	18.2	18.1	15.0	18.2
Andre	Thornton	N	1973	1987	24.1	23.3	12.2	12.6	23.7
Mo	Vaughn	N	1991	2003	27.0	27.1	22.1	15.5	27.1
George	Kelly	Y	1915	1932	25.2	23.9	18.7	12.4	24.6
Earl	Sheely	N	1921	1931	20.2	21.5	17.8	11.3	20.9
Wes	Parker	N	1964	1972	22.9	20.8	15.1	12.1	21.9
Pete	Alonso	N	2019	2023	17.3	17.4	17.3	14.0	17.4
Cecil	Fielder	N	1985	1998	17.1	17.3	15.6	12.9	17.2
Aubrey	Huff	N	2000	2012	20.2	22.6	12.8	14.0	21.4
Zeke	Bonura	N	1934	1940	23.4	23.5	18.5	12.6	23.5
Glenn	Davis	N	1984	1993	19.5	20.1	17.2	13.2	19.8
Norm	Siebern	N	1956	1968	20.9	20.5	15.8	13.6	20.7
Alvin	Davis	N	1984	1992	19.8	21.7	15.3	12.9	20.8
Ripper	Collins	N	1931	1941	23.5	22.4	18.2	13.9	23.0
Eric	Hosmer	N	2011	2023	18.6	17.3	13.2	12.0	18.0
Wally	Joyner	N	1986	2001	35.7	23.5	15.8	11.6	29.6
Joe	Cunningham	N	1954	1966	22.4	20.9	14.2	12.0	21.7
Andre	Ethier	N	2006	2017	21.8	19.1	13.1	9.5	20.5
George	McQuinn	N	1936	1948	22.0	20.2	13.4	11.8	21.1
Pete	O'Brien	N	1982	1993	19.1	19.5	16.5	10.9	19.3
Ryan	Howard	N	2004	2016	14.7	19.2	16.8	12.1	17.0
Johnny	Hopp	N	1939	1952	22.8	20.2	15.3	12.8	21.5
Don	Mincher	N	1960	1972	23.0	18.5	12.2	10.2	20.8
Gus	Suhr	N	1930	1940	23.0	21.2	16.1	12.0	22.1
Vladimir	Guerrero Jr.	N	2019	2023	15.2	15.3	15.2	12.7	15.3
Donn	Clendenon	N	1961	1972	19.9	19.9	13.0	10.7	19.9
Whitey	Lockman	N	1945	1960	18.2	19.6	17.2	12.5	18.9
Jeff	Conine	N	1990	2007	19.5	17.8	11.1	9.3	18.7
Joe	Kuhel	N	1930	1947	26.6	21.6	11.6	11.5	24.1
Gregg	Jefferies	N	1987	2000	19.4	16.1	13.2	10.0	17.8
Jim	Gentile	N	1957	1966	17.0	17.6	16.3	12.5	17.3
Richie	Sexson	N	1997	2008	17.9	18.9	13.4	10.2	18.4
Charlie	Hickman	N	1897	1908	23.1	21.3	17.6	12.1	22.2
Nate	Colbert	N	1966	1976	14.2	17.1	17.0	11.9	15.7
Dave	Magadan	N	1986	2001	21.1	15.9	12.1	9.3	18.5
Lyle	Overbay	N	2001	2014	16.9	16.6	12.6	8.8	16.8
Eddie	Robinson	N	1942	1957	15.1	15.5	12.6	9.6	15.3
Leon	Durham	N	1980	1989	16.3	16.2	13.5	10.9	16.3
Nick	Etten	N	1938	1947	16.9	17.1	16.8	12.9	17.0
Bruce	Bochte	N	1974	1986	19.3	15.8	10.6	9.2	17.6
Vic	Power	N	1954	1965	15.4	17.1	13.6	11.1	16.3
Sean	Casey	N	1997	2008	16.5	16.5	10.7	11.8	16.5
Dick	Hoblitzell	N	1908	1918	19.6	17.2	11.4	9.8	18.4
Chris	Davis	N	2008	2020	11.9	18.9	15.6	15.1	15.4
Nick	Johnson	N	2001	2012	14.6	14.8	12.5	11.1	14.7
Dots	Miller	N	1909	1921	18.4	19.6	11.8	11.4	19.0
Fred	Luderus	N	1909	1920	19.7	18.2	13.5	11.4	19.0
Dan	Driessen	N	1973	1987	20.4	15.3	8.9	7.2	17.9
Dave	Kingman	N	1971	1986	17.3	16.2	10.3	9.2	16.8
Eddie	Waitkus	N	1941	1955	12.9	13.5	10.0	8.1	13.2
Chick	Gandil	N	1910	1919	19.4	18.0	15.2	11.0	18.7
Fred	Merkle	N	1907	1926	19.9	17.9	11.6	10.1	18.9
Tony	Clark	N	1995	2009	12.4	15.9	12.3	10.3	14.2
Dave	May	N	1967	1978	13.5	14.5	12.4	10.3	14.0
Willie	Upshaw	N	1978	1988	13.0	14.9	13.0	9.5	14.0
Ed	Morgan	N	1928	1934	14.3	13.3	14.2	11.9	13.8
Bill	Buckner	N	1969	1990	14.8	16.1	9.5	9.5	15.5
Kendrys	Morales	N	2006	2019	13.0	14.1	10.2	9.3	13.6
Matt	Lawton	N	1995	2006	15.0	13.8	10.6	8.8	14.4
Mike	Epstein	N	1966	1974	12.7	13.1	12.6	11.6	12.9
Hal	Chase	N	1905	1919	22.8	17.9	10.8	10.2	20.4
Vic	Saier	N	1911	1919	15.2	15.2	15.0	11.7	15.2
Kevin	Millar	N	1998	2009	14.2	13.4	11.0	8.2	13.8
Billy	Butler	N	2007	2016	11.5	13.1	12.2	8.6	12.3
Jake	Stahl	N	1903	1913	16.6	17.3	12.3	10.2	17.0
Hal	Morris	N	1988	2000	13.3	13.4	9.5	8.7	13.4
Eric	Karros	N	1991	2004	10.2	13.2	11.9	9.4	11.7
Matt	Stairs	N	1992	2011	14.3	13.1	8.3	7.7	13.7
Lew	Fonseca	N	1921	1933	14.0	14.5	10.1	10.4	14.3
Frank	Isbell	N	1898	1909	14.5	14.7	11.8	9.4	14.6
J.T.	Snow	N	1992	2008	11.0	12.8	7.1	8.2	11.9
Charlie	Grimm	N	1916	1936	13.4	13.3	7.9	9.0	13.4
Ken	Phelps	N	1980	1990	9.4	10.8	10.2	7.5	10.1
Deron	Johnson	N	1960	1976	6.2	13.4	6.3	10.3	9.8
Jiggs	Donahue	N	1901	1909	13.6	13.8	13.2	10.9	13.7
Ed	Kranepool	N	1962	1979	4.4	9.1	4.5	5.7	6.8
Walt	Dropo	N	1949	1961	3.1	6.9	1.9	5.4	5.0

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