A full list of MLB players with 100 or more career WAR

Seen as the best all-encompassing statistic to measure how valuable a baseball player is, here’s a look at the 32 players in league history to have accumulated at least 100 wins above replacement.

As any sports fan will tell you, there are few debates that are more fun having than your regular old GOAT debate.

As a Chicago-area native, my entire childhood was filled with fans who never watched Michael Jordan play with their own eyes defiantly defend his greatness compared to that of LeBron James – the embodiment of the GOAT debate that will likely persist in basketball circles for years to come.

When the conversation shifts to other North American pro sports however, it gets a bit less interesting. Nobody really has a legitimate case against Wayne Gretzky being the greatest player the NHL has ever seen, while an argument against Tom Brady as the greatest quarterback of all-time is one that lost essentially all of its steam after Brady won his seventh Super Bowl in 2020 – one more than any single franchise has ever won.

In the world of baseball though, the waters are as muddy as they’ve ever been when trying to discern who the greatest to ever play was. The default old-timer answer seems to always be Babe Ruth, and it’s hard position to argue against. Yet an entire century after the Sultan of Swat’s prime, plenty of other players have injected their names into baseball’s GOAT debate.

A career .301 hitter with over 3,200 hits and 660 home runs while providing some of the best outfield defense in the sport’s history, Willie Mays is often in the top echelons of baseball’s greatest players ever, while former all-time home run recordholder Hank Aaron is also certainly in the conversation as well.

Baseball’s GOAT debate has intensified in recent years with the emergence of Shohei Ohtani as a two-way superstar, having played at an MVP level at both the plate and on the mound for much of his career – feats that have simply never been accomplished before in the sport’s history.

Although Ohtani’s time on the mound has often been limited due to injury, his career accomplishments have already earned him a guaranteed first-ballot Hall of Fame selection as it is. Now 32 years old, Ohtani has plenty of time left to solidify his case as the greatest baseball player ever.

For those keeping track at home, wins above replacement maintains its status as the preeminent statistic when it comes to assessing player value – even though Baseball Reference, Fangraphs and Baseball Prospectus all have their own methods for calculating the statistic.

On this website, I always use Baseball Reference’s WAR data – meaning that WAR data on players on the other two websites may differ to at least a slight extent.

In the history of MLB, there have been 32 players to have accumulated at least 100 career WAR, with Babe Ruth holding the all-time record with 182.6 WAR – a number aided by his days when he was predominantly a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox.

No active player has reached 100 career WAR, though Los Angeles Angels icon Mike Trout is in solid position to reach the mark during his career, with the 35-year-old currently sitting at 91.0 WAR, with a 3.3 WAR campaign to his name so far in 2026.

As for Ohtani, he still has a ways to go to climb on this list, with his disadvantage coming with the negative defensive value that is always assessed to designated hitters. Standing at 6.5 WAR in his 2026 season as of Sept. 3, Ohtani has totaled 57.8 WAR thus far in his career – a total that represents where the general borderline for the Hall of Fame is for many voters.

Below is a full list of the 32 players who have reached the milestone, alongside their WAR total, primary positions and the teams they played with:

1. Babe Ruth, P/OF (Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston Braves): 182.6 WAR
2. Walter Johnson, P (Washington NationalsH): 168.4 WAR
3. Cy Young, P (Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals, Boston Americans/Red Sox, Cleveland Naps, Boston Rustlers): 163.6 WAR
4. Barry Bonds, OF (Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants): 162.8 WAR
5. Willie Mays, OF (New York/San Francisco Giants, New York Mets): 156.2 WAR
6. Ty Cobb, OF (Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics): 149.8 WAR
7. Henry Aaron, OF (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers): 143.2 WAR
8. Roger Clemens, P (Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Houston Astros): 139.2 WAR
9. Tris Speaker, OF (Boston Americans/Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics): 136.1 WAR
10. Honus Wagner, SS/OF (Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates): 132.8 WAR
11. Stan Musial, OF/1B (St. Louis Cardinals): 128.5 WAR
12. Rogers Hornsby, 2B/SS (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns): 127.4 WAR
13. Eddie Collins, 2B (Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox): 123.7 WAR
14. Ted Williams, OF (Boston Red Sox): 121.7 WAR
15. Grover Alexander, P (Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals): 119.9 WAR
16. Kid Nichols, P (Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies): 118.2 WAR
17. Alex Rodriguez, SS/3B (Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees): 117.4 WAR
18. Lou Gehrig, 1B (New York Yankees): 113.5 WAR
19. Rickey Henderson, OF (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Anaheim Angels, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers): 111.2 WAR
20. Mel Ott, OF/3B (New York Giants): 110.7 WAR
21. Mickey Mantle, OF/1B (New York Yankees): 110.3 WAR
22. Tom Seaver, P (New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox): 109.9 WAR
23. Nap Lajoie, 2B/1B (Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Bronchos/Naps): 108.7 WAR
24. Christy Mathewson, P (New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds): 107.2 WAR
25. Frank Robinson, OF/1B (Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, Cleveland Indians): 107.2 WAR
26. Mike Schmidt, 3B (Philadelphia Phillies): 106.9 WAR
27. Lefty Grove, P (Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox): 106.8 WAR
28. Greg Maddux, P (Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres): 106.6 WAR
29. Albert Pujols, OF/3B/1B (St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers): 101.2 WAR
30. Randy Johnson, P (Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants): 101.1 WAR
31. Joe Morgan, 2B (Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics): 100.6 WAR
32. Warren Spahn, P (Boston/Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants): 100.2 WAR