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 | SS-OF-3B |
| +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 | 11.27 | Kitty Bransfield | 1898-1911 | 1B |
| XXXXX | 10.95 | Mike Smith | 1892-1901 | BAT |
| XXXXX | 6.51 | Jiggs Donahue | 1900-1909 | BAT |
| XXXXX | 1.86 | Ed Poole | 1900-1904 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -0.13 | Lefty Davis | 1901-1907 | OF |
| XXXXX | -0.25 | Lew Carr | 1901-1901 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -0.26 | Truck Eagan | 1901-1901 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -0.95 | Ed Doheny | 1895-1903 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -1.77 | Jud Smith | 1893-1901 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -2.10 | Terry Turner | 1901-1919 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -2.78 | George Yeager | 1896-1902 | CR |
| XXXXX | -5.35 | Snake Wiltse | 1901-1903 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -6.70 | Jimmy Burke | 1898-1905 | 3B |
| 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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