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Best First Basemen in MLB 2026

Bryce Harper is the highest-rated first baseman in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Bryce Harper, Ben Rice, Willson Contreras, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB first baseman 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	90	Bryce Harper	Phillies	0.271	0.883	27	82	7	10.9%	90.5
2	90	Ben Rice	Yankees	0.256	0.870	36	88	3	14.2%	92.0
3	90	Willson Contreras	Red Sox	0.274	0.900	26	79	3	13.4%	89.7
4	90	Pete Alonso	Orioles	0.268	0.861	34	97	5	14.0%	94.2
5	89	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Blue Jays	0.260	0.682	8	54	7	6.7%	90.6
6	88	Freddie Freeman	Dodgers	0.297	0.828	16	66	7	8.2%	89.5
7	88	Jake Bauers	Brewers	0.268	0.885	24	78	10	13.6%	92.4
8	88	Yandy Díaz	Rays	0.305	0.843	22	80	3	7.4%	91.1
9	87	Alec Burleson	Cardinals	0.283	0.817	22	104	4	11.0%	92.0
10	87	Nick Kurtz	Athletics	0.256	0.879	21	69	7	18.0%	93.4
11	86	Matt Olson	Braves	0.248	0.827	37	81	4	14.8%	92.6
12	84	Jonathan Aranda	Rays	0.277	0.787	19	86	0	9.8%	91.1
13	84	Curtis Mead	Red Sox	0.253	0.851	17	48	6	10.9%	88.0
14	84	Andrew Vaughn	Brewers	0.309	0.845	6	42	0	5.3%	90.0
15	84	TJ Rumfield	Rockies	0.297	0.846	15	67	0	5.1%	84.3
16	83	Ty France	Padres	0.294	0.873	20	63	1	9.7%	91.9
17	83	Bryce Eldridge	Giants	0.268	0.821	16	52	1	11.5%	92.5
18	81	Joc Pederson	Rangers	0.234	0.810	25	50	2	11.2%	92.0
19	80	Michael Busch	Cubs	0.235	0.733	18	72	2	8.9%	88.5
20	80	Vinnie Pasquantino	Royals	0.240	0.714	11	47	5	8.1%	89.8
21	80	Ryan O'Hearn	Indianapolis Indians	0.270	0.788	17	69	1	7.2%	89.3
22	79	Spencer Steer	Reds	0.238	0.740	16	40	3	12.4%	89.7
23	79	Josh Bell	Twins	0.256	0.744	19	86	2	9.8%	90.0
24	78	Nolan Schanuel	Angels	0.276	0.736	7	49	1	2.4%	87.4
25	78	Jake Burger	Rangers	0.238	0.743	26	83	3	12.5%	90.3
26	78	Nathaniel Lowe	Guardians	0.254	0.785	17	58	0	8.6%	89.3
27	78	Endy Rodríguez	Pirates	0.267	0.840	7	20	6	10.6%	92.4
28	77	Justin Foscue	Rangers	0.272	0.838	11	33	0	11.3%	89.4
29	76	Nick Sogard	Red Sox	0.266	0.764	4	16	0	4.8%	86.6
30	76	Spencer Horwitz	Pirates	0.245	0.714	10	44	1	6.1%	86.9
31	76	Andrés Chaparro	Nationals	0.253	0.860	10	35	0	12.4%	89.6
32	75	Coby Mayo	Orioles	0.223	0.754	22	59	3	13.1%	91.3
33	75	Christian Walker	Astros	0.228	0.729	25	80	0	8.8%	89.0
34	75	Paul Goldschmidt	Yankees	0.252	0.772	18	50	1	10.7%	86.8
35	74	Spencer Torkelson	Tigers	0.220	0.718	22	66	0	12.3%	89.2
36	73	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Orioles	0.255	0.786	8	32	1	17.0%	91.8
37	72	Josh Naylor	Mariners	0.267	0.685	10	49	26	4.4%	87.0
38	70	Romy Gonzalez	Worcester Red Sox	0.185	0.572	1	7	1	4.4%	87.6
39	67	Kyle Manzardo	Columbus Clippers	0.215	0.684	13	39	0	12.0%	89.5
40	65	Ryan Mountcastle	Orioles	0.286	0.690	0	1	0	0.0%	90.0
41	65	CJ Kayfus	Columbus Clippers	0.182	0.644	1	2	0	21.4%	92.8
42	65	Dominic Smith	Braves	0.258	0.696	8	44	0	5.5%	87.8
43	64	Rhys Hoskins	Guardians	0.179	0.682	13	38	1	12.6%	89.4
44	64	Tyler Locklear	Reno Aces	0.278	0.801	1	6	1	14.3%	83.8
45	61	Michael Toglia	Reds	0.115	0.371	0	1	0	0.0%	91.6
46	60	LaMonte Wade Jr.	Astros	0.209	0.656	3	18	0	3.9%	86.9
47	59	Abimelec Ortiz	Nationals	0.206	0.624	5	11	0	9.0%	89.2
48	56	Eric Wagaman	Syracuse Mets	0.191	0.588	2	5	0	5.7%	84.8
49	56	Rowdy Tellez	Gwinnett Stripers	0.200	0.773	1	4	0	28.6%	91.8
50	56	David Fry	Guardians	0.191	0.648	6	13	0	5.8%	85.7
51	55	Connor Joe	Tacoma Rainiers	0.179	0.597	1	3	2	8.3%	92.5
52	55	Pavin Smith	Reno Aces	0.141	0.428	1	6	1	3.3%	86.1
53	53	Triston Casas	Red Sox	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
54	53	Carlos Santana	Gwinnett Stripers	0.083	0.279	0	0	0	0.0%	87.8
55	50	Patrick Wisdom	Tacoma Rainiers	0.106	0.351	1	4	0	19.2%	92.7
56	47	Blaine Crim	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
57	45	Yuli Gurriel	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every first baseman 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 First Basemen in MLB 2026.

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