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 |
| +294+ | 40.62 | Fred Clarke | 1894-1915 | OF |
| +297+ | 40.25 | Vic Willis | 1898-1910 | PITCH |
| +313+ | 38.88 | Tommy Leach | 1898-1918 | 3B-OF |
| +328+ | 37.50 | Sam Leever | 1898-1910 | PITCH |
| +363+ | 35.19 | Deacon Phillippe | 1899-1911 | PITCH |
| +490+ | 28.95 | Ginger Beaumont | 1899-1910 | OF |
| XXXXX | 13.98 | Lefty Leifield | 1905-1920 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | 5.91 | Howie Camnitz | 1904-1915 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | 5.86 | Joe Nealon | 1906-1907 | 1B |
| XXXXX | 1.77 | Otis Clymer | 1905-1913 | OF |
| XXXXX | 1.28 | Bill Abstein | 1906-1910 | BAT |
| XXXXX | 0.59 | Homer Hillebrand | 1905-1908 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -0.06 | Ed Phelps | 1902-1913 | CR |
| XXXXX | -0.44 | Dutch Meier | 1906-1906 | OF-SS |
| XXXXX | -0.46 | King Brady | 1905-1912 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -0.55 | Lou Manske | 1906-1906 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -0.88 | Charlie Case | 1901-1906 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -1.40 | Bill Hallman | 1903-1907 | OF |
| XXXXX | -1.97 | Alan Storke | 1906-1909 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -2.29 | Tommy Sheehan | 1900-1908 | 3B |
| XXXXX | -2.89 | Ed Karger | 1906-1911 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -3.43 | Bert Maxwell | 1906-1914 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -4.23 | Fred Carisch | 1903-1923 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -4.55 | Harry Smith | 1901-1910 | BAT |
| XXXXX | -5.38 | Mike Lynch | 1904-1907 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -6.61 | Bob Ganley | 1905-1909 | OF |
| XXXXX | -9.11 | Heinie Peitz | 1892-1913 | CR |
| XXXXX | -9.19 | Claude Ritchey | 1897-1909 | 2B |
| XXXXX | -9.37 | Chappie McFarland | 1902-1906 | PITCH |
| XXXXX | -14.93 | George Gibson | 1905-1918 | CR |
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