WAA column represents total career value. Only top 500 players from 1900-present get ranked. Name links show career for that player.
| Rank | WAA | Name | Years | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +021+ | 110.39 | Honus Wagner | 1897-1917 | OF |
| +137+ | 57.01 | Rube Waddell | 1897-1910 | PITCH |
| +292+ | 40.62 | Fred Clarke | 1894-1915 | OF |
| +312+ | 38.88 | Tommy Leach | 1898-1918 | 3B |
| +327+ | 37.50 | Sam Leever | 1898-1910 | PITCH |
| +362+ | 35.19 | Deacon Phillippe | 1899-1911 | PITCH |
| +412+ | 32.60 | Jesse Tannehill | 1894-1911 | PITCH |
| +485+ | 28.95 | Ginger Beaumont | 1899-1910 | OF |
| XXXXX | 23.04 | Jack Chesbro | 1899-1909 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | 20.76 | Jimmy Williams | 1899-1909 | 3B |
| XXXXX | 11.28 | Jouett Meekin | 1892-1900 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | 6.51 | Jiggs Donahue | 1900-1909 | BAT |
| XXXXX | 2.99 | Tom O'Brien? | 1897-1900 | 1B-OF |
| XXXXX | 2.91 | Walt Woods | 1898-1900 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | 1.86 | Ed Poole | 1900-1904 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -0.86 | Tacks Latimer | 1898-1902 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -1.51 | Tom McCreery | 1895-1903 | OF |
| XXXXX | -2.72 | Pop Dillon | 1899-1904 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -3.15 | Bert Husting | 1900-1902 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -5.77 | Pop Schriver | 1890-1901 | CR |
| XXXXX | -6.81 | Duff Cooley | 1893-1905 | 1B |
| XXXXX | -6.94 | Chief Zimmer | 1890-1903 | CR |
| XXXXX | -8.14 | Jack O'Connor | 1892-1910 | CR |
| XXXXX | -9.19 | Claude Ritchey | 1897-1909 | 2B |
| XXXXX | -22.26 | Bones Ely | 1891-1902 | SS |
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