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Best Designated Hitters in MLB 2026

Shohei Ohtani is the highest-rated designated hitter in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Shohei Ohtani, Yordan Alvarez, Ben Rice, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB designated hitter ranked by Legends Deck card rating — built from real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant through the same calibrated pipeline for every player. Ratings refresh nightly.

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#	OVR	Player	Team	AVG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB	Barrel%	Exit Velo
1	100	Shohei Ohtani	Dodgers	0.288	0.934	30	80	9	16.5%	93.5
2	97	Yordan Alvarez	Astros	0.320	1.049	36	90	1	17.3%	94.5
3	89	Ben Rice	Yankees	0.249	0.870	34	82	3	14.8%	92.2
4	88	Yandy Díaz	Rays	0.305	0.839	19	72	3	6.9%	90.7
5	87	Kyle Schwarber	Phillies	0.243	0.890	39	78	3	17.5%	92.8
6	83	Giancarlo Stanton	Yankees	0.256	0.724	3	14	1	18.0%	94.1
7	82	Randal Grichuk	White Sox	0.281	0.868	11	32	0	12.7%	90.8
8	82	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.242	0.737	14	53	7	5.7%	89.2
9	81	Joc Pederson	Rangers	0.234	0.806	22	46	2	10.9%	92.3
10	81	Bryce Eldridge	Giants	0.252	0.781	14	35	1	11.6%	92.5
11	80	Dominic Canzone	Mariners	0.256	0.808	19	56	1	12.0%	91.2
12	79	Taylor Ward	Mariners	0.235	0.698	7	32	4	5.6%	88.8
13	79	Michael Conforto	Cubs	0.232	0.799	12	33	1	11.6%	90.8
14	79	Samad Taylor	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.330	0.808	1	11	6	3.3%	85.2
15	78	Josh Bell	Twins	0.253	0.742	17	80	1	9.9%	89.8
16	77	Jahmai Jones	Red Sox	0.217	0.682	4	13	3	10.3%	91.3
17	76	Bryan De La Cruz	Phillies	0.359	0.964	2	11	0	6.3%	88.2
18	75	George Springer	Blue Jays	0.240	0.708	12	41	10	6.4%	88.2
19	75	Masataka Yoshida	Red Sox	0.274	0.746	5	28	2	3.4%	88.8
20	74	Christian Yelich	Brewers	0.231	0.687	9	44	10	10.1%	89.1
21	73	Marcell Ozuna	Pirates	0.203	0.613	8	29	0	7.7%	89.1
22	71	Andrew Benintendi	White Sox	0.244	0.725	13	65	1	8.4%	89.0
23	71	Romy Gonzalez	Worcester Red Sox	0.185	0.572	1	7	1	4.4%	87.6
24	69	Brent Rooker	Athletics	0.200	0.670	10	29	2	15.5%	89.9
25	69	Mike Tauchman	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	69	José Tena	Nationals	0.234	0.704	7	22	4	9.3%	91.6
27	68	Eugenio Suárez	Reds	0.207	0.703	18	53	0	11.0%	88.6
28	68	Ronny Simon	Indianapolis Indians	0.290	0.656	0	2	1	3.6%	84.6
29	67	Miguel Andujar	Padres	0.259	0.726	5	22	2	4.5%	88.3
30	67	Jose Fernandez	Diamondbacks	0.269	0.682	3	16	8	4.2%	87.7
31	65	MJ Melendez	Syracuse Mets	0.192	0.665	4	11	0	11.1%	94.2
32	65	Enmanuel Valdez	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	65	José Azócar	Gwinnett Stripers	0.353	0.860	0	0	1	0.0%	87.3
34	65	Dominic Smith	Braves	0.261	0.701	8	44	0	5.6%	87.7
35	64	Gage Workman	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.171	0.586	2	8	0	20.8%	94.1
36	64	Cal Stevenson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	63	Stuart Fairchild	Tacoma Rainiers	0.158	0.565	0	1	2	0.0%	94.2
38	63	Ryan Fitzgerald	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	63	Blake Sabol	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	63	Will Wagner	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9
41	62	Daz Cameron	Blue Jays	0.250	0.735	1	3	0	16.7%	89.1
42	62	Tyler Black	Nashville Sounds	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6
43	61	Jorge Soler	Angels	0.203	0.664	12	49	0	10.9%	88.5
44	61	Abraham Toro	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	61	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.222	0.643	17	58	1	9.8%	88.8
46	61	Luken Baker	Reno Aces	0.200	0.400	0	0	0	—	—
47	61	Tirso Ornelas	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	61	Moisés Ballesteros	Angels	0.214	0.613	6	27	1	9.1%	90.8
49	61	Eloy Jiménez	Buffalo Bisons	0.290	0.633	0	3	0	4.0%	89.2
50	60	Gustavo Campero	Angels	0.300	0.673	0	2	0	0.0%	88.7
51	60	Coco Montes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
52	60	Nick Solak	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.143	0.443	0	1	0	12.5%	90.2
53	60	Jonathan Ornelas	Brewers	0.190	0.417	0	1	0	0.0%	91.9
54	59	Jose Miranda	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	59	Nolan Jones	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
56	59	Jack Suwinski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
57	59	Joshua Palacios	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
58	59	David Villar	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	59	Dairon Blanco	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
60	58	Braxton Fulford	Rockies	0.174	0.528	1	7	4	7.5%	86.9
61	58	Owen Miller	Iowa Cubs	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
62	58	Manuel Margot	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
63	58	Timothy Elko	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
64	57	Seth Brown	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
65	57	Eric Haase	Charlotte Knights	0.162	0.600	4	9	0	16.3%	86.0
66	57	Orlando Arcia	Diablos Rojos del Mexico	0.271	0.654	1	2	0	2.5%	86.0
67	57	Brett Wisely	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
68	56	Niko Kavadas	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
69	56	Dylan Carlson	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
70	56	Kevin Alcántara	Cubs	0.240	0.646	1	6	0	6.7%	91.1
71	55	Jhonkensy Noel	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
72	55	Pablo Reyes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
73	55	Jose Barrero	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
74	55	Nicky Lopez	Rangers	0.262	0.603	1	22	5	0.0%	84.4
75	55	Jacob Hurtubise	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
76	55	Logan Davidson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	54	Andrew McCutchen	Gwinnett Stripers	0.192	0.537	1	5	0	5.8%	87.1
78	54	DJ LeMahieu	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
79	54	Nick Maton	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
80	54	Jason Heyward	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
81	54	Omar Narvaez	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
82	54	Carson McCusker	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
83	54	J.D. Davis	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
84	54	Matt Thaiss	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
85	53	Chas McCormick	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
86	53	Johan Rojas	Phillies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
87	53	Jonah Bride	Round Rock Express	0.200	0.533	0	0	0	—	—
88	53	Alexander Canario	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
89	53	Riley Adams	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
90	53	Nick Martini	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
91	53	Matt Gorski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
92	53	Jihwan Bae	Nashville Sounds	0.500	1.167	0	0	1	—	—
93	52	Jon Berti	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
94	52	Luke Williams	Gwinnett Stripers	0.000	1.000	0	0	0	—	—
95	52	Alan Trejo	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
96	52	Oliver Dunn	Durham Bulls	0.091	0.258	0	1	0	0.0%	82.6
97	52	Garrett Hampson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
98	52	Chadwick Tromp	Oklahoma City Comets	0.163	0.344	0	4	0	0.0%	85.5
99	52	Sean Keys	Buffalo Bisons	0.167	0.467	1	5	0	4.3%	91.7
100	51	Jose Iglesias	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
101	51	Kris Bryant	Rockies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
102	51	Emmanuel Rivera	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
103	51	Kevin Pillar	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
104	50	Rob Refsnyder	Mariners	0.140	0.465	4	11	0	8.6%	86.6
105	50	Aaron Schunk	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
106	50	DaShawn Keirsey Jr.	Braves	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
107	50	Trey Lipscomb	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
108	50	Adrian Del Castillo	Reno Aces	0.199	0.571	5	24	1	6.5%	88.4
109	49	Wilmer Flores	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
110	49	Michael A. Taylor	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
111	49	Tyler Wade	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
112	49	Will Wilson	Mariners	0.200	1.133	1	2	0	—	—
113	49	Sean Bouchard	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
114	49	Tomas Nido	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
115	48	Jorge Polanco	Mets	0.148	0.431	2	6	0	4.0%	86.0
116	48	Drew Waters	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
117	48	Gio Urshela	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
118	48	Matt Mervis	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
119	48	Bobby Dalbec	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
120	48	Donovan Solano	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
121	47	Korey Lee	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
122	47	Travis Jankowski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
123	47	Tim Anderson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
124	47	Jacob Amaya	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
125	47	Nick Ahmed	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
126	47	Eduardo Valencia	Tigers	0.333	1.050	6	17	0	21.3%	90.2
127	46	Kyle Farmer	Gwinnett Stripers	0.267	0.583	0	3	0	0.0%	80.4
128	45	Jose Herrera	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
129	45	Kevin Newman	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
130	45	Vinny Capra	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
131	45	Michael Stefanic	Athletics	0.400	0.800	0	0	0	—	—

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every designated hitter using real 2026 Statcast data. For hitters, that means 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.

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