Best Catchers in MLB 2026

Source MLB StatcastThrough Oct 18, 2026107 ranked catchersRatings refreshed nightly

Gabriel Moreno is the highest-rated catcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck, at 96 overall. The top three are Gabriel Moreno, Dillon Dingler, Drake Baldwin, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data. Every player here is a playable card.

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Best catchers2026 · 107 ranked

Every catcher who played an MLB game in 2026, ranked by Legends Deck card rating, with team, batting stats and Statcast numbers.
#	Player	OVR ▾	AVG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB	Barrel%	Exit Velo
1	Gabriel Moreno	96	0.311	0.874	16	83	6	7.7%	89.3	View card ›
2	Dillon Dingler	91	0.243	0.748	27	91	0	10.1%	88.8	View card ›
3	Drake Baldwin	91	0.284	0.817	25	79	3	12.9%	91.5	View card ›
4	Alejandro Kirk	87	0.278	0.766	10	43	1	3.7%	88.0	View card ›
5	Carter Jensen	86	0.239	0.790	27	81	2	12.7%	91.5	View card ›
6	Will Smith	84	0.260	0.781	10	34	0	12.4%	89.1	View card ›
7	Hunter Goodman	84	0.245	0.839	41	88	5	14.5%	89.8	View card ›
8	Adley Rutschman	84	0.242	0.741	13	60	0	7.0%	88.9	View card ›
9	Liam Hicks	82	0.284	0.801	18	82	3	3.7%	84.6	View card ›
10	Shea Langeliers	81	0.262	0.802	23	58	3	13.3%	91.3	View card ›
11	Luis Torrens	80	0.235	0.691	9	41	1	5.6%	88.7	View card ›
12	William Contreras	79	0.270	0.758	18	94	1	8.5%	90.3	View card ›
13	Ryan Jeffers	77	0.256	0.814	14	56	1	10.2%	88.6	View card ›
14	Eduardo Valencia	77	0.341	1.016	8	21	0	15.5%	90.3	View card ›
15	Iván Herrera	76	0.241	0.735	19	69	8	6.2%	89.4	View card ›
16	Joe Mack	76	0.234	0.685	14	52	0	8.4%	88.8	View card ›
17	Omar Martinez	75	0.333	0.666	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
18	Logan Porter	75	0.250	1.000	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
19	Blake Hunt	75	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
20	Jair Camargo	75	0.500	1.500	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
21	Shawn Ross	75	0.200	1.000	1	2	0	—	—	View card ›
22	Carson Kelly	74	0.258	0.712	10	58	0	5.2%	86.7	View card ›
23	Daniel Susac	74	0.243	0.664	3	22	2	5.3%	86.3	View card ›
24	Brandon Valenzuela	74	0.222	0.679	9	23	2	7.0%	88.4	View card ›
25	Leo Bernal	74	0.284	0.807	5	21	0	10.0%	92.6	View card ›
26	Austin Wells	73	0.186	0.624	14	32	4	7.7%	89.3	View card ›
27	Cal Raleigh	73	0.182	0.664	23	69	2	14.1%	90.1	View card ›
28	Rafael Flores Jr.	72	0.264	0.858	11	25	0	14.6%	90.7	View card ›
29	Yainer Diaz	71	0.285	0.772	14	45	0	6.9%	89.3	View card ›
30	Patrick Bailey	67	0.206	0.607	10	37	3	7.7%	90.5	View card ›
31	Tyler Stephenson	66	0.241	0.727	15	54	0	12.4%	90.8	View card ›
32	Dalton Rushing	65	0.246	0.788	12	36	0	11.9%	89.5	View card ›
33	Miguel Amaya	64	0.237	0.717	6	28	0	7.9%	87.8	View card ›
34	Kyle Teel	64	0.210	0.697	5	26	0	11.4%	85.7	View card ›
35	Francisco Alvarez	63	0.233	0.710	16	43	0	15.4%	90.8	View card ›
36	Ethan Salas	63	0.256	0.737	2	5	0	3.3%	90.1	View card ›
37	Gary Sánchez	61	0.209	0.771	12	38	0	8.4%	87.9	View card ›
38	Freddy Fermin	61	0.203	0.589	4	24	1	3.8%	87.5	View card ›
39	Harry Ford	61	0.190	0.664	3	10	3	9.7%	84.9	View card ›
40	P.J. Higgins	61	0.231	0.545	0	4	0	0.0%	83.6	View card ›
41	J.C. Escarra	60	0.188	0.510	0	7	0	4.5%	89.1	View card ›
42	Luis Campusano	60	0.265	0.796	8	30	0	8.1%	87.3	View card ›
43	Jesus Rodriguez	60	0.235	0.728	2	8	1	2.3%	86.5	View card ›
44	Joey Bart	59	0.214	0.662	4	13	0	7.7%	85.8	View card ›
45	J.T. Realmuto	59	0.205	0.614	11	51	3	5.7%	89.5	View card ›
46	Jimmy Crooks	59	0.179	0.591	5	14	0	11.6%	91.7	View card ›
47	Collin Price	59	0.167	0.481	0	0	0	0.0%	93.0	View card ›
48	Agustín Ramírez	58	0.235	0.672	5	24	4	4.2%	89.9	View card ›
49	Aramis Garcia	58	0.158	0.474	1	2	0	7.7%	86.1	View card ›
50	Keibert Ruiz	57	0.280	0.759	10	48	2	5.0%	88.1	View card ›
51	Bo Naylor	57	0.154	0.489	3	10	0	11.9%	89.1	View card ›
52	Tyler Heineman	57	0.175	0.443	1	10	1	0.6%	82.0	View card ›
53	Nick Fortes	57	0.258	0.680	6	35	0	2.4%	85.4	View card ›
54	Hunter Feduccia	57	0.221	0.625	3	19	0	7.4%	89.4	View card ›
55	Eliezer Alfonzo	57	0.179	0.429	0	4	0	0.0%	91.3	View card ›
56	Kenny Piper	57	0.222	0.920	1	2	1	16.7%	89.8	View card ›
57	Victor Caratini	56	0.220	0.627	7	44	0	6.3%	89.3	View card ›
58	Henry Davis	56	0.172	0.585	10	38	3	8.6%	90.3	View card ›
59	Samuel Basallo	56	0.222	0.697	18	54	0	12.1%	90.4	View card ›
60	Rodolfo Durán	56	0.146	0.527	3	8	0	8.5%	87.5	View card ›
61	Will Banfield	56	0.150	0.343	0	1	0	0.0%	83.5	View card ›
62	Brian Navarreto	56	0.135	0.443	1	3	0	5.6%	84.6	View card ›
63	Austin Hedges	55	0.247	0.702	6	25	1	4.5%	85.8	View card ›
64	Drew Millas	54	0.185	0.539	2	11	0	3.2%	83.6	View card ›
65	Braxton Fulford	53	0.176	0.529	1	7	4	7.1%	87.6	View card ›
66	Cooper Ingle	53	0.095	0.303	0	2	0	0.0%	90.9	View card ›
67	Sean Murphy	52	0.182	0.556	3	10	0	8.2%	87.8	View card ›
68	Rafael Marchán	52	0.099	0.302	2	6	0	2.6%	82.9	View card ›
69	Brett Sullivan	52	0.225	0.658	7	33	1	3.8%	86.9	View card ›
70	James McCann	50	0.282	0.766	7	28	0	11.1%	89.9	View card ›
71	Carlos Narváez	50	0.161	0.467	3	10	2	6.6%	90.6	View card ›
72	Jake Rogers	49	0.161	0.563	4	14	1	9.4%	88.0	View card ›
73	Danny Jansen	49	0.203	0.677	8	26	1	6.2%	87.7	View card ›
74	César Salazar	49	0.056	0.283	0	1	0	0.0%	88.6	View card ›
75	Salvador Perez	47	0.229	0.657	21	78	1	10.7%	89.2	View card ›
76	Drew Romo	47	0.144	0.534	7	16	1	5.9%	84.4	View card ›
77	Drew Cavanaugh	47	0.229	0.607	1	12	1	4.1%	85.2	View card ›
78	Moisés Ballesteros	46	0.215	0.612	9	35	1	8.4%	90.1	View card ›
79	Maverick Handley	45	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
80	Jhonny Pereda	45	0.300	0.755	2	8	0	2.9%	90.0	View card ›
81	Pedro Pagés	45	0.217	0.587	4	12	2	4.3%	86.7	View card ›
82	Brian Serven	45	0.175	0.599	5	14	0	8.5%	87.5	View card ›
83	Connor Wong	44	0.233	0.656	4	25	3	4.4%	85.9	View card ›
84	Kyle Higashioka	44	0.218	0.676	7	18	0	8.5%	88.2	View card ›
85	Elias Díaz	44	0.234	0.670	8	35	0	9.6%	88.5	View card ›
86	Adrian Del Castillo	44	0.193	0.555	5	24	1	6.3%	88.3	View card ›
87	Sebastián Rivero	43	0.245	0.569	0	8	0	0.0%	82.0	View card ›
88	Ali Sánchez	42	0.244	0.577	1	8	0	3.2%	83.7	View card ›
89	Alex Jackson	42	0.304	0.748	1	5	0	2.2%	86.1	View card ›
90	Sandy León	42	0.091	0.182	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9	View card ›
91	Jonah Heim	41	0.204	0.628	13	43	0	5.9%	87.3	View card ›
92	Reese McGuire	41	0.172	0.445	0	3	0	0.0%	74.3	View card ›
93	Christian Vázquez	41	0.207	0.583	7	25	1	2.1%	85.9	View card ›
94	Sam Huff	41	0.121	0.329	0	1	0	14.3%	91.2	View card ›
95	Austin Wynns	41	0.146	0.378	1	1	0	3.3%	84.9	View card ›
96	Logan O'Hoppe	40	0.219	0.578	4	24	0	9.1%	86.8	View card ›
97	Yohel Pozo	40	0.250	0.575	1	7	1	1.9%	86.6	View card ›
98	Luke Maile	40	0.159	0.502	1	5	0	3.3%	83.4	View card ›
99	Hayden Senger	40	0.133	0.466	1	2	0	0.0%	82.3	View card ›
100	Mitch Garver	39	0.175	0.596	4	15	1	9.1%	90.6	View card ›
101	Jose Trevino	39	0.217	0.557	5	19	0	2.4%	85.8	View card ›
102	Garrett Stubbs	39	0.153	0.368	0	3	0	0.0%	85.3	View card ›
103	Chuckie Robinson	39	0.087	0.174	0	1	0	0.0%	85.8	View card ›
104	Travis d'Arnaud	38	0.158	0.475	1	3	0	9.6%	86.7	View card ›
105	Edgar Quero	36	0.203	0.541	3	19	1	2.7%	90.7	View card ›
106	Ben Rortvedt	36	0.185	0.370	0	1	0	0.0%	85.5	View card ›
107	Andrew Knizner	33	0.219	0.644	2	4	0	5.1%	87.0	View card ›

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every catcher using real 2026 Statcast data. For hitters, the key inputs are exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning: the same fixed pipeline for every player.

Full methodology: How Legends Deck card ratings work. Or read the ranked breakdown: Best Catchers in MLB 2026.

Questions

Who is the best catcher in MLB 2026?

Gabriel Moreno is the highest-rated catcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Gabriel Moreno, Dillon Dingler, Drake Baldwin, ranked by a percentile transform of real Statcast data refreshed nightly.

How are MLB catchers ranked on Legends Deck?

Hitters are scored on a percentile-normalized blend of exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate — pulled live. No editorial weights, just math.

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