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Best First Basemen in MLB 2026

Willson Contreras is the highest-rated first baseman in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Willson Contreras, Bryce Harper, Pete Alonso, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB first baseman 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	91	Willson Contreras	Red Sox	0.280	0.918	26	78	3	14.0%	89.9
2	90	Bryce Harper	Phillies	0.262	0.883	26	75	7	11.4%	90.4
3	90	Pete Alonso	Orioles	0.270	0.860	30	85	5	13.9%	94.1
4	89	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Blue Jays	0.262	0.688	7	46	7	6.9%	90.1
5	89	Ben Rice	Yankees	0.249	0.870	34	82	3	14.8%	92.2
6	88	Alec Burleson	Cardinals	0.291	0.844	21	96	3	11.3%	92.2
7	88	Jake Bauers	Brewers	0.273	0.885	23	75	9	14.0%	92.4
8	88	Yandy Díaz	Rays	0.305	0.839	19	72	3	6.9%	90.7
9	87	Matt Olson	Braves	0.258	0.864	36	77	4	15.7%	92.6
10	87	Freddie Freeman	Dodgers	0.302	0.837	15	61	6	8.6%	89.8
11	87	Nick Kurtz	Athletics	0.256	0.879	21	69	7	18.0%	93.4
12	84	Jonathan Aranda	Rays	0.280	0.783	16	78	0	9.7%	91.0
13	84	Curtis Mead	Red Sox	0.253	0.851	17	48	6	10.9%	88.0
14	84	Andrew Vaughn	Brewers	0.308	0.852	5	37	0	5.6%	90.0
15	82	Ty France	Padres	0.289	0.863	18	56	1	10.0%	92.1
16	81	Joc Pederson	Rangers	0.234	0.806	22	46	2	10.9%	92.3
17	81	Michael Busch	Cubs	0.243	0.746	16	65	2	9.0%	88.3
18	81	Bryce Eldridge	Giants	0.252	0.781	14	35	1	11.6%	92.5
19	81	TJ Rumfield	Rockies	0.287	0.809	13	60	0	4.5%	83.8
20	80	Ryan O'Hearn	Pirates	0.270	0.788	17	69	1	7.2%	89.3
21	79	Spencer Steer	Reds	0.238	0.740	16	40	3	12.4%	89.7
22	79	Vinnie Pasquantino	Royals	0.245	0.708	8	38	4	7.6%	89.4
23	78	Nick Sogard	Red Sox	0.283	0.812	2	10	0	4.8%	86.3
24	78	Nolan Schanuel	Angels	0.276	0.736	7	49	1	2.4%	87.4
25	78	Josh Bell	Twins	0.253	0.742	17	80	1	9.9%	89.8
26	78	Spencer Horwitz	Pirates	0.252	0.751	10	38	1	7.0%	86.8
27	78	Nathaniel Lowe	Guardians	0.262	0.796	14	48	0	8.9%	89.2
28	78	Endy Rodríguez	Pirates	0.267	0.840	7	20	6	10.6%	92.4
29	76	Jake Burger	Rangers	0.236	0.725	22	75	3	11.0%	90.0
30	76	Christian Walker	Astros	0.233	0.747	23	72	0	9.0%	89.2
31	76	Andrés Chaparro	Nationals	0.240	0.870	8	32	0	14.1%	89.1
32	75	Spencer Torkelson	Tigers	0.221	0.720	20	63	0	12.5%	89.4
33	75	Josh Naylor	Mariners	0.271	0.705	10	46	25	4.6%	87.4
34	74	Paul Goldschmidt	Yankees	0.247	0.758	16	44	1	10.3%	86.5
35	72	Justin Foscue	Rangers	0.253	0.781	8	23	0	9.9%	89.0
36	71	Romy Gonzalez	Worcester Red Sox	0.185	0.572	1	7	1	4.4%	87.6
37	70	Coby Mayo	Orioles	0.212	0.713	17	47	2	12.4%	92.2
38	70	Ryan Mountcastle	Orioles	0.286	0.690	0	1	0	0.0%	90.0
39	69	Abimelec Ortiz	Nationals	0.212	0.727	5	10	0	12.2%	90.4
40	67	Kyle Manzardo	Columbus Clippers	0.215	0.684	13	39	0	12.0%	89.5
41	65	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Orioles	0.229	0.730	6	22	1	17.1%	91.8
42	65	CJ Kayfus	Columbus Clippers	0.182	0.644	1	2	0	21.4%	92.8
43	65	Dominic Smith	Braves	0.261	0.701	8	44	0	5.6%	87.7
44	64	Rhys Hoskins	Guardians	0.179	0.682	13	38	1	12.6%	89.4
45	64	Tyler Locklear	Reno Aces	0.278	0.801	1	6	1	14.3%	83.8
46	62	Rowdy Tellez	Gwinnett Stripers	0.200	0.773	1	4	0	28.6%	91.8
47	61	Michael Toglia	Reds	0.115	0.371	0	1	0	0.0%	91.6
48	61	LaMonte Wade Jr.	Astros	0.213	0.663	2	15	0	2.9%	86.7
49	57	Eric Wagaman	Mets	0.200	0.613	2	5	0	5.9%	84.5
50	56	Connor Joe	Tacoma Rainiers	0.179	0.597	1	3	2	8.3%	92.5
51	56	David Fry	Guardians	0.182	0.640	6	13	0	6.5%	85.5
52	55	Triston Casas	Red Sox	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
53	55	Pavin Smith	Reno Aces	0.141	0.428	1	6	1	3.3%	86.1
54	52	Patrick Wisdom	Mariners	0.122	0.402	1	4	0	21.7%	92.9
55	50	Carlos Santana	Gwinnett Stripers	0.083	0.279	0	0	0	0.0%	87.8
56	49	Blaine Crim	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
57	47	Yuli Gurriel	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every first baseman 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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