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Best Center Fielders in MLB 2026

Michael Harris II is the highest-rated center fielder in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Michael Harris II, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Jackson Chourio, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB center fielder 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	92	Michael Harris II	Braves	0.287	0.803	24	80	10	10.4%	90.4
2	91	Pete Crow-Armstrong	Cubs	0.281	0.947	41	97	36	13.3%	90.5
3	86	Jackson Chourio	Brewers	0.290	0.837	23	65	17	12.6%	91.7
4	86	Byron Buxton	Twins	0.254	0.830	25	46	7	15.9%	90.2
5	85	Oneil Cruz	Pirates	0.270	0.831	17	60	27	16.7%	94.9
6	84	Andy Pages	Dodgers	0.272	0.796	21	80	12	7.7%	88.8
7	83	Jake McCarthy	Rockies	0.292	0.816	15	75	29	5.2%	85.5
8	83	Garrett Mitchell	Brewers	0.258	0.758	9	57	13	11.7%	93.2
9	82	Jackson Merrill	Padres	0.245	0.726	24	79	25	12.5%	91.3
10	82	Spencer Jones	Yankees	0.245	0.772	9	31	9	15.6%	94.1
11	79	Trent Grisham	Yankees	0.211	0.703	18	59	9	9.6%	90.6
12	78	JJ Bleday	Reds	0.214	0.743	22	55	6	10.1%	88.3
13	78	Julio Rodríguez	Mariners	0.239	0.688	20	61	20	8.9%	90.1
14	77	Tyrone Taylor	Cubs	0.284	0.849	11	36	3	9.6%	86.9
15	77	Jung Hoo Lee	Giants	0.281	0.732	9	55	12	2.4%	87.6
16	77	Jakob Marsee	Marlins	0.224	0.682	9	36	22	3.6%	87.4
17	76	Brandon Marsh	Phillies	0.268	0.734	17	58	11	8.3%	89.3
18	76	Dane Myers	Reds	0.267	0.737	6	23	10	4.3%	89.3
19	76	Victor Mesa Jr.	Rays	0.238	0.758	11	26	8	10.7%	89.2
20	75	Jo Adell	Guardians	0.239	0.693	20	86	4	9.0%	90.1
21	74	Ceddanne Rafaela	Red Sox	0.282	0.760	16	70	17	5.2%	86.3
22	74	Luis Robert Jr.	Orioles	0.221	0.707	11	26	2	9.9%	89.8
23	73	Jacob Young	Nationals	0.249	0.709	10	45	17	5.9%	87.7
24	72	Lane Thomas	Braves	0.224	0.701	11	40	9	6.4%	89.3
25	72	Austin Martin	St. Paul Saints	0.241	0.685	3	23	12	3.1%	87.0
26	67	Angel Martínez	Guardians	0.245	0.715	14	50	11	7.1%	87.4
27	66	Brewer Hicklen	Braves	0.364	1.045	0	3	0	8.3%	93.3
28	65	Daulton Varsho	Astros	0.230	0.661	11	39	12	6.8%	86.8
29	65	Myles Straw	Blue Jays	0.236	0.645	3	24	7	3.0%	86.2
30	65	Derek Hill	Phillies	0.246	0.734	10	27	13	9.8%	88.7
31	65	Drew Gilbert	Giants	0.232	0.693	8	36	1	5.2%	86.4
32	64	Jared Oliva	Durham Bulls	0.143	0.286	0	0	1	—	—
33	63	Everson Pereira	Cardinals	0.235	0.748	5	12	1	12.7%	88.5
34	63	Justin Crawford	Phillies	0.263	0.657	2	35	16	1.3%	87.4
35	61	Matt Vierling	Tigers	0.207	0.590	5	31	4	5.0%	87.9
36	60	Leody Taveras	Orioles	0.219	0.640	8	54	11	4.1%	88.2
37	60	Jonny DeLuca	Rays	0.258	0.706	9	43	14	3.3%	85.6
38	60	Cedric Mullins	Rays	0.206	0.637	14	45	19	4.3%	87.8
39	59	Jarred Kelenic	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.219	0.601	1	6	0	19.0%	92.6
40	59	Enrique Hernández	Dodgers	0.222	0.692	3	9	0	9.8%	88.9
41	58	Nick Morabito	Mets	0.174	0.513	0	4	1	0.0%	87.9
42	57	Evan Carter	Rangers	0.196	0.616	9	35	15	5.3%	88.0
43	56	Brenton Doyle	White Sox	0.211	0.560	3	12	12	6.4%	88.0
44	56	Alek Thomas	Oklahoma City Comets	0.186	0.554	2	13	4	7.1%	89.5
45	56	Jake Meyers	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.213	0.594	3	11	1	6.3%	85.4
46	56	Jose Siri	Angels	0.225	0.677	8	26	6	14.6%	89.9
47	56	Justin Dean	Iowa Cubs	0.375	1.125	0	3	1	0.0%	85.7
48	55	Kyle Isbel	Royals	0.226	0.611	6	24	6	2.9%	88.3
49	55	Ryan Kreidler	Twins	0.218	0.647	6	26	4	7.9%	88.0
50	55	Blake Perkins	Columbus Clippers	0.157	0.508	1	11	3	4.4%	86.4
51	55	Zach Cole	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	0.157	0.542	3	8	0	16.7%	92.5
52	55	Junior Perez	Charlotte Knights	0.171	0.623	3	6	0	14.3%	91.0
53	53	Victor Scott II	Cardinals	0.197	0.539	2	9	11	1.7%	86.8
54	53	Parker Meadows	Tigers	0.250	0.641	0	2	3	3.8%	85.3
55	51	Michael Helman	Rangers	0.167	0.535	1	2	0	0.0%	82.9
56	51	Petey Halpin	Guardians	0.215	0.566	3	10	10	5.3%	85.6
57	50	TJ Friedl	Reds	0.162	0.493	4	12	5	2.9%	87.5
58	50	Jhostynxon Garcia	Indianapolis Indians	0.167	0.388	0	2	0	3.1%	83.7
59	50	Grant McCray	Giants	0.141	0.538	2	3	5	11.4%	87.1
60	50	Javier Báez	Tigers	0.243	0.626	2	17	1	2.2%	85.2
61	49	Kameron Misner	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	0.220	0.500	0	4	3	0.0%	81.8
62	49	Denzel Clarke	Athletics	0.154	0.383	0	6	2	2.4%	88.0
63	49	Sam Haggerty	Louisville Bats	0.159	0.395	0	1	2	0.0%	83.4
64	49	Bryce Johnson	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.178	0.451	0	2	5	0.0%	79.1
65	47	James Outman	Toledo Mud Hens	0.172	0.553	5	17	6	7.0%	86.5
66	46	Bryce Teodosio	Salt Lake Bees	0.204	0.509	0	2	4	6.3%	82.9
67	45	Michael Siani	Toledo Mud Hens	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
68	45	Robert Hassell III	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every center fielder 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 Center Fielders in MLB 2026.

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