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Best Shortstops in MLB 2026

Bobby Witt Jr. is the highest-rated shortstop in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Bobby Witt Jr., Kevin McGonigle, Elly De La Cruz, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB shortstop 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	93	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	0.287	0.822	16	48	35	11.6%	92.5
2	90	Kevin McGonigle	Tigers	0.283	0.814	14	56	12	7.3%	88.2
3	87	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	0.262	0.814	21	58	22	13.8%	93.8
4	85	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	0.236	0.701	16	46	1	7.5%	90.1
5	84	Sam Antonacci	White Sox	0.265	0.747	8	37	16	5.4%	87.4
6	83	CJ Abrams	Nationals	0.278	0.884	29	92	26	10.2%	89.5
7	83	Corey Seager	Rangers	0.232	0.755	13	34	1	14.6%	91.7
8	83	JJ Wetherholt	Cardinals	0.244	0.724	17	48	14	7.6%	89.9
9	82	Geraldo Perdomo	Diamondbacks	0.246	0.724	9	44	17	3.0%	87.5
10	82	Francisco Lindor	Mets	0.235	0.741	12	32	3	9.3%	91.1
11	81	Carlos Correa	Astros	0.279	0.787	3	16	1	10.3%	89.2
12	81	Jeremy Peña	Astros	0.284	0.807	14	41	8	5.6%	88.4
13	80	Blaze Alexander	Orioles	0.312	0.807	4	29	9	7.2%	92.6
14	79	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	0.220	0.698	20	51	10	7.1%	89.8
15	79	Xavier Edwards	Marlins	0.284	0.743	6	50	19	3.4%	86.8
16	78	Zach Neto	Angels	0.237	0.750	22	62	18	11.6%	89.5
17	75	Bo Bichette	Mets	0.266	0.707	14	66	1	6.4%	89.6
18	75	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	0.272	0.776	14	67	10	6.3%	88.8
19	75	Chase Meidroth	White Sox	0.268	0.738	12	49	2	4.5%	87.8
20	75	Konnor Griffin	Pirates	0.276	0.736	5	25	20	8.1%	87.8
21	74	Dansby Swanson	Cubs	0.216	0.704	18	66	17	7.6%	89.5
22	74	Colson Montgomery	White Sox	0.211	0.715	27	72	1	12.4%	88.9
23	72	Trea Turner	Phillies	0.243	0.683	17	49	17	6.0%	88.6
24	72	Andruw Monasterio	Red Sox	0.254	0.727	6	38	4	7.4%	88.2
25	70	J.P. Crawford	Tacoma Rainiers	0.212	0.675	10	30	1	6.4%	87.6
26	70	Jordan Lawlar	Diamondbacks	0.281	0.770	2	7	4	4.9%	86.5
27	69	Joey Ortiz	Brewers	0.247	0.688	7	38	9	4.3%	88.6
28	68	Xander Bogaerts	Padres	0.218	0.645	11	47	17	6.1%	89.0
29	68	Willy Adames	Giants	0.230	0.713	21	51	5	8.9%	87.4
30	67	Jose Fernandez	Diamondbacks	0.269	0.682	3	16	8	4.2%	87.7
31	67	Christian Cairo	Phillies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	67	Cooper Pratt	Brewers	0.255	0.676	2	18	10	3.5%	87.3
33	66	Masyn Winn	Cardinals	0.238	0.640	5	51	10	3.6%	88.2
34	64	Brayan Rocchio	Guardians	0.247	0.674	10	53	16	3.2%	86.7
35	63	Anthony Volpe	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.240	0.647	1	19	7	4.0%	87.8
36	63	Jacob Wilson	Athletics	0.266	0.686	7	37	4	2.5%	84.1
37	62	Jared Triolo	Pirates	0.239	0.620	2	24	10	2.4%	87.2
38	62	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Worcester Red Sox	0.277	0.705	2	13	7	3.0%	82.3
39	61	Jorge Mateo	Rays	0.236	0.675	5	14	12	10.0%	88.9
40	61	Maximo Acosta	Marlins	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	60	Josh Smith	Blue Jays	0.220	0.608	3	11	4	7.1%	85.6
42	60	Leo Jiménez	Marlins	0.211	0.585	2	14	1	4.3%	90.8
43	59	José Caballero	Yankees	0.232	0.665	12	44	30	4.3%	83.9
44	58	Edwin Arroyo	Louisville Bats	0.244	0.568	0	5	1	2.0%	87.6
45	57	Ezequiel Tovar	Rockies	0.209	0.596	10	39	5	6.8%	87.4
46	57	Tsung-Che Cheng	Worcester Red Sox	0.256	0.600	0	5	0	7.7%	86.6
47	57	Nasim Nuñez	Nationals	0.219	0.555	1	34	42	0.3%	85.0
48	54	Ha-Seong Kim	Braves	0.066	0.231	0	4	1	3.9%	85.2
49	53	Trevor Story	Worcester Red Sox	0.206	0.547	3	19	4	3.6%	88.9
50	53	Gabriel Arias	Cubs	0.239	0.650	5	13	4	10.5%	89.6
51	52	Taylor Walls	Rays	0.215	0.591	2	31	19	2.1%	85.4
52	52	Denzer Guzman	Angels	0.227	0.624	6	23	2	6.3%	86.8
53	52	Juan Brito	Louisville Bats	0.176	0.505	0	3	0	2.9%	84.3
54	49	Nick Allen	Astros	0.258	0.645	2	13	2	2.0%	85.8
55	48	Brice Matthews	Astros	0.197	0.582	7	22	4	8.6%	86.8
56	47	Carson Williams	Durham Bulls	0.108	0.370	1	6	0	4.0%	84.5
57	47	Colt Emerson	Mariners	0.190	0.581	8	23	3	5.0%	86.7
58	45	Trey Sweeney	Tigers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	45	Paul DeJong	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
60	45	Liover Peguero	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
61	45	Nacho Alvarez Jr.	Angels	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
62	45	Braden Shewmake	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.259	0.694	3	10	1	6.9%	89.9
63	44	Ryan Ritter	Rockies	0.091	0.182	0	1	0	0.0%	84.7

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every shortstop 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.

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

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