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Best First Basemen in MLB 2026

Bryce Harper is the highest-rated first baseman in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Bryce Harper, Ben Rice, Willson Contreras, 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	90	Bryce Harper	Phillies	0.272	0.888	28	83	7	11.0%	90.5
2	90	Ben Rice	Yankees	0.260	0.884	38	90	3	14.4%	92.0
3	90	Willson Contreras	Red Sox	0.277	0.904	26	79	3	13.3%	89.7
4	90	Pete Alonso	Orioles	0.269	0.862	35	100	5	13.9%	93.9
5	89	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Blue Jays	0.265	0.700	9	56	7	6.8%	90.5
6	89	Jake Bauers	Brewers	0.269	0.892	26	83	10	13.9%	92.4
7	87	Alec Burleson	Cardinals	0.283	0.815	22	109	4	10.8%	91.8
8	87	Freddie Freeman	Dodgers	0.293	0.818	16	66	7	8.0%	89.4
9	87	Nick Kurtz	Athletics	0.256	0.879	21	69	7	18.0%	93.4
10	87	Yandy Díaz	Rays	0.301	0.829	22	81	3	7.2%	91.1
11	86	Matt Olson	Braves	0.250	0.831	39	85	4	14.7%	92.8
12	85	Jonathan Aranda	Rays	0.278	0.800	21	89	0	9.9%	91.2
13	85	Andrew Vaughn	Brewers	0.314	0.856	6	42	0	5.2%	90.2
14	85	TJ Rumfield	Rockies	0.298	0.846	15	67	0	4.9%	84.3
15	84	Curtis Mead	Red Sox	0.253	0.851	17	48	6	10.9%	88.0
16	83	Ty France	Padres	0.294	0.873	20	63	1	9.7%	91.9
17	83	Bryce Eldridge	Giants	0.269	0.814	16	54	1	11.5%	92.7
18	82	Joc Pederson	Rangers	0.235	0.816	26	53	2	11.3%	92.1
19	81	Vinnie Pasquantino	Royals	0.239	0.709	11	48	5	8.5%	89.8
20	80	Michael Busch	Cubs	0.239	0.742	19	76	2	9.2%	88.5
21	80	Ryan O'Hearn	Pirates	0.266	0.781	18	72	1	7.0%	89.3
22	79	Spencer Steer	Reds	0.238	0.740	16	40	3	12.4%	89.7
23	79	Nolan Schanuel	Salt Lake Bees	0.276	0.736	7	49	1	2.4%	87.4
24	78	Josh Bell	Twins	0.253	0.738	19	86	2	9.8%	89.8
25	78	Nathaniel Lowe	Guardians	0.253	0.778	17	59	0	9.1%	89.4
26	78	Endy Rodríguez	Pirates	0.267	0.840	7	20	6	10.6%	92.4
27	77	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Orioles	0.263	0.785	8	32	1	15.7%	90.8
28	77	Coby Mayo	Orioles	0.224	0.754	23	60	3	13.1%	91.4
29	77	Jake Burger	Rangers	0.233	0.730	26	83	4	12.2%	90.0
30	76	Nick Sogard	Red Sox	0.263	0.762	4	17	0	4.5%	86.8
31	76	Spencer Horwitz	Pirates	0.247	0.714	10	44	1	6.0%	86.9
32	76	Paul Goldschmidt	Yankees	0.252	0.772	18	50	1	10.5%	86.8
33	76	Justin Foscue	Rangers	0.269	0.824	11	33	0	11.2%	89.5
34	76	Andrés Chaparro	Nationals	0.251	0.842	10	36	0	11.8%	89.4
35	75	Spencer Torkelson	Tigers	0.222	0.726	23	68	0	11.9%	89.3
36	74	Christian Walker	Astros	0.225	0.716	25	80	0	9.0%	88.8
37	74	Josh Naylor	Mariners	0.271	0.692	10	50	27	4.4%	87.1
38	70	Romy Gonzalez	Worcester Red Sox	0.185	0.572	1	7	1	4.4%	87.6
39	67	Kyle Manzardo	Columbus Clippers	0.215	0.684	13	39	0	12.0%	89.5
40	67	Tyler Locklear	Diamondbacks	0.278	0.801	1	6	1	14.3%	83.8
41	65	Ryan Mountcastle	Orioles	0.286	0.690	0	1	0	0.0%	90.0
42	65	CJ Kayfus	Columbus Clippers	0.182	0.644	1	2	0	21.4%	92.8
43	64	Rhys Hoskins	Guardians	0.179	0.682	13	38	1	12.6%	89.4
44	64	Dominic Smith	Braves	0.255	0.688	8	44	0	5.4%	87.7
45	61	Michael Toglia	Reds	0.115	0.371	0	1	0	0.0%	91.6
46	60	Abimelec Ortiz	Nationals	0.212	0.641	5	13	0	8.6%	89.7
47	59	LaMonte Wade Jr.	Astros	0.205	0.645	3	18	0	3.8%	86.7
48	57	Pavin Smith	Diamondbacks	0.152	0.447	1	7	1	3.2%	86.4
49	56	Eric Wagaman	Syracuse Mets	0.191	0.588	2	5	0	5.7%	84.8
50	56	Rowdy Tellez	Gwinnett Stripers	0.200	0.773	1	4	0	28.6%	91.8
51	56	David Fry	Guardians	0.188	0.640	6	13	0	5.7%	85.7
52	55	Connor Joe	Tacoma Rainiers	0.179	0.597	1	3	2	8.3%	92.5
53	53	Triston Casas	Red Sox	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
54	53	Carlos Santana	Gwinnett Stripers	0.083	0.279	0	0	0	0.0%	87.8
55	50	Patrick Wisdom	Tacoma Rainiers	0.106	0.351	1	4	0	19.2%	92.7
56	47	Blaine Crim	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
57	45	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.

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

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