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Best Shortstops in MLB 2026

Bobby Witt Jr. is the highest-rated shortstop in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Bobby Witt Jr., Kevin McGonigle, Elly De La Cruz, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB shortstop 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	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	0.280	0.801	13	39	30	12.2%	92.9
2	91	Kevin McGonigle	Tigers	0.282	0.815	9	35	11	7.7%	88.0
3	88	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	0.282	0.859	16	45	14	15.2%	94.5
4	88	Sam Antonacci	White Sox	0.281	0.787	7	29	13	6.7%	87.5
5	85	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	0.226	0.689	11	31	1	8.0%	90.5
6	85	JJ Wetherholt	Cardinals	0.262	0.761	14	38	9	7.5%	90.0
7	83	CJ Abrams	Nationals	0.277	0.869	21	70	15	9.9%	89.7
8	82	Geraldo Perdomo	Diamondbacks	0.238	0.713	7	36	15	3.1%	87.1
9	82	Xavier Edwards	Marlins	0.299	0.795	6	37	14	4.4%	87.0
10	82	Jeremy Peña	Astros	0.295	0.789	6	22	8	4.2%	87.5
11	81	Carlos Correa	Astros	0.279	0.787	3	16	1	10.3%	89.2
12	80	Corey Seager	Rangers	0.182	0.666	10	25	1	15.4%	91.1
13	80	Zach Neto	Angels	0.235	0.772	19	46	13	12.7%	89.2
14	80	Blaze Alexander	Orioles	0.312	0.807	4	29	9	7.2%	92.6
15	79	Colson Montgomery	White Sox	0.224	0.784	24	57	1	13.5%	89.1
16	78	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	0.220	0.682	17	44	8	7.2%	89.4
17	77	Francisco Lindor	Mets	0.220	0.694	6	15	2	8.4%	91.9
18	75	Konnor Griffin	Pirates	0.276	0.736	5	25	20	8.1%	87.8
19	73	Jordan Lawlar	Diamondbacks	0.316	0.856	1	4	4	3.6%	86.5
20	72	Brayan Rocchio	Guardians	0.272	0.736	8	44	15	2.8%	86.5
21	72	Dansby Swanson	Cubs	0.207	0.694	16	58	13	7.5%	89.8
22	71	J.P. Crawford	Mariners	0.215	0.690	10	28	1	6.8%	88.1
23	71	Chase Meidroth	White Sox	0.272	0.723	7	32	2	4.2%	87.8
24	70	Bo Bichette	Mets	0.253	0.670	10	51	1	6.9%	90.1
25	70	Andruw Monasterio	Red Sox	0.239	0.731	5	17	2	9.8%	89.0
26	69	Trea Turner	Phillies	0.242	0.667	12	35	17	6.3%	88.6
27	69	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	0.265	0.749	10	50	7	6.6%	88.5
28	69	Cooper Pratt	Brewers	0.244	0.645	0	7	6	4.6%	88.1
29	67	Anthony Volpe	Yankees	0.245	0.663	1	14	7	4.0%	87.8
30	67	Willy Adames	Giants	0.228	0.708	17	42	2	9.3%	88.4
31	67	Christian Cairo	Phillies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	66	Xander Bogaerts	Padres	0.223	0.645	9	38	12	6.3%	88.0
33	65	Jacob Wilson	Athletics	0.290	0.723	5	29	2	2.0%	84.3
34	64	Masyn Winn	Cardinals	0.243	0.648	4	42	8	3.1%	88.0
35	63	Jorge Mateo	Braves	0.244	0.675	4	11	9	10.5%	90.4
36	63	Leo Jiménez	Marlins	0.209	0.604	2	9	1	5.8%	91.4
37	63	Maximo Acosta	Marlins	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	62	Joey Ortiz	Brewers	0.226	0.615	4	23	7	3.8%	87.7
39	62	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Red Sox	0.277	0.705	2	13	7	3.0%	82.3
40	61	Tsung-Che Cheng	Red Sox	0.303	0.701	0	5	0	8.7%	86.2
41	60	Josh Smith	Round Rock Express	0.230	0.607	1	8	2	6.2%	86.8
42	59	Jared Triolo	Pirates	0.241	0.626	1	16	6	2.0%	87.5
43	59	Edwin Arroyo	Reds	0.236	0.557	0	4	0	1.2%	87.0
44	58	José Caballero	Yankees	0.244	0.683	10	35	23	3.8%	83.8
45	58	Nasim Nuñez	Nationals	0.246	0.623	1	28	37	0.5%	84.6
46	57	Denzer Guzman	Angels	0.252	0.686	4	14	1	6.1%	87.7
47	57	Jose Fernandez	Reno Aces	0.255	0.641	3	15	7	3.9%	87.9

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every shortstop 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.

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