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-SS-1B |
| +294+ | 40.62 | Fred Clarke | 1894-1915 | OF |
| +313+ | 38.88 | Tommy Leach | 1898-1918 | 3B |
| +328+ | 37.50 | Sam Leever | 1898-1910 | PITCH |
| +363+ | 35.19 | Deacon Phillippe | 1899-1911 | PITCH |
| +414+ | 32.60 | Jesse Tannehill | 1894-1911 | PITCH |
| +490+ | 28.95 | Ginger Beaumont | 1899-1910 | OF |
| XXXXX | 23.04 | Jack Chesbro | 1899-1909 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | 11.27 | Kitty Bransfield | 1898-1911 | 1B |
| XXXXX | 5.49 | Jimmy Sebring | 1902-1909 | OF |
| XXXXX | 1.86 | Ed Poole | 1900-1904 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | 0.23 | Lee Fohl | 1902-1903 | BAT |
| XXXXX | 0.08 | Bill Miller | 1902-1902 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -0.04 | Mike Hopkins | 1902-1902 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -0.06 | Ed Phelps | 1902-1913 | CR |
| XXXXX | -0.13 | Lefty Davis | 1901-1907 | OF |
| XXXXX | -0.95 | Ed Doheny | 1895-1903 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -1.89 | Warren McLaughlin | 1900-1903 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -2.44 | Harvey Cushman? | 1902-1902 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -2.50 | Fred Crolius? | 1901-1902 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -4.55 | Harry Smith | 1901-1910 | CR |
| XXXXX | -5.29 | Wid Conroy | 1902-1911 | SS |
| XXXXX | -6.70 | Jimmy Burke | 1898-1905 | 2B-OF |
| 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 |
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