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Best Catchers in MLB 2026

Will Smith is the highest-rated catcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Will Smith, Dillon Dingler, Iván Herrera, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB catcher 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	87	Will Smith	Dodgers	0.249	0.720	6	23	0	13.4%	90.0
2	86	Dillon Dingler	Tigers	0.269	0.860	19	59	0	12.3%	90.3
3	84	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.258	0.802	10	38	5	6.5%	89.5
4	83	Ryan Jeffers	Twins	0.295	0.949	7	26	1	15.8%	91.2
5	82	Drake Baldwin	Braves	0.251	0.778	14	39	1	15.8%	91.1
6	81	Gabriel Moreno	Diamondbacks	0.286	0.804	6	28	4	8.5%	89.9
7	80	Adley Rutschman	Orioles	0.252	0.773	8	43	0	8.4%	89.4
8	79	Shea Langeliers	Athletics	0.264	0.822	20	44	2	14.5%	91.4
9	78	William Contreras	Brewers	0.293	0.774	9	51	1	7.4%	90.3
10	76	Victor Caratini	Twins	0.239	0.707	7	34	0	7.9%	89.4
11	76	Carter Jensen	Royals	0.251	0.766	13	47	1	9.5%	91.0
12	72	Francisco Alvarez	Mets	0.250	0.742	9	19	0	17.7%	90.4
13	72	Cal Raleigh	Mariners	0.160	0.560	8	24	2	11.2%	87.7
14	72	Liam Hicks	Marlins	0.282	0.824	13	54	1	4.2%	85.6
15	72	Gary Sanchez	Brewers	0.215	0.810	8	22	0	9.9%	88.7
16	71	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	0.227	0.678	6	24	0	11.1%	91.1
17	71	Hunter Goodman	Rockies	0.246	0.858	27	50	5	17.3%	91.5
18	71	Carson Kelly	Cubs	0.280	0.756	4	30	0	6.2%	88.4
19	71	Brandon Valenzuela	Blue Jays	0.240	0.747	7	19	1	8.3%	88.9
20	70	J.T. Realmuto	Phillies	0.201	0.605	5	25	3	5.0%	89.2
21	69	Dalton Rushing	Dodgers	0.264	0.839	10	29	0	12.3%	89.5
22	69	Joe Mack	Marlins	0.250	0.730	6	22	0	9.8%	89.0
23	68	Samuel Basallo	Orioles	0.257	0.782	13	39	0	11.4%	91.4
24	68	Daniel Susac	Giants	0.262	0.640	0	14	1	5.0%	86.4
25	67	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.201	0.568	10	30	0	9.1%	88.8
26	66	Luis Torrens	Mets	0.218	0.597	2	16	0	4.6%	88.0
27	65	Bo Naylor	Guardians	0.143	0.438	2	7	0	11.5%	89.6
28	65	Hunter Feduccia	Rays	0.238	0.638	1	9	0	8.6%	90.8
29	65	Moisés Ballesteros	Cubs	0.231	0.688	6	23	1	9.1%	90.1
30	64	Connor Wong	Red Sox	0.289	0.777	1	14	2	5.3%	87.0
31	64	Jonah Heim	Athletics	0.241	0.785	8	23	0	7.3%	87.4
32	64	Mitch Garver	Mariners	0.190	0.625	3	12	0	6.5%	90.0
33	64	Tyler Heineman	Angels	0.167	0.441	1	6	0	1.4%	81.8
34	64	Travis d'Arnaud	Angels	0.200	0.614	1	3	0	14.3%	87.7
35	64	Agustín Ramírez	Marlins	0.230	0.663	2	14	3	4.7%	89.2
36	64	Drew Millas	Nationals	0.190	0.552	2	10	0	3.4%	83.4
37	64	Leo Bernal	Cardinals	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	63	Jake Rogers	Tigers	0.147	0.464	1	6	1	7.8%	87.4
39	63	Miguel Amaya	Cubs	0.229	0.715	3	13	0	7.0%	86.2
40	63	Austin Hedges	Guardians	0.271	0.717	2	13	1	5.1%	86.5
41	63	Kyle Higashioka	Rangers	0.212	0.635	5	15	0	8.7%	87.9
42	63	Willie MacIver	Blue Jays	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	63	Kyle Teel	White Sox	0.206	0.632	1	8	0	12.5%	85.7
44	63	Adrian Del Castillo	Diamondbacks	0.182	0.533	4	20	0	5.9%	89.4
45	63	James McCann	Diamondbacks	0.203	0.471	0	6	0	6.8%	90.6
46	62	Alejandro Kirk	Blue Jays	0.200	0.574	2	7	0	3.6%	84.6
47	60	Patrick Bailey	Guardians	0.179	0.487	2	12	2	6.8%	89.9
48	60	Keibert Ruiz	Nationals	0.279	0.773	6	33	2	5.1%	89.4
49	60	Yainer Diaz	Astros	0.234	0.606	3	17	0	4.2%	87.5
50	60	Joey Bart	Braves	0.230	0.631	3	9	0	7.7%	86.3
51	60	Austin Wells	Yankees	0.151	0.483	4	10	1	6.0%	89.1
52	60	Sean Murphy	Braves	0.071	0.142	0	0	0	0.0%	80.3
53	60	Edgar Quero	White Sox	0.187	0.486	2	15	1	2.6%	90.9
54	60	Logan O'Hoppe	Angels	0.228	0.623	4	23	0	10.1%	86.3
55	60	Elias Diaz	Rangers	0.300	0.872	4	16	0	8.6%	86.2
56	60	Jose Trevino	Reds	0.232	0.567	1	7	0	2.1%	86.6
57	60	Henry Davis	Pirates	0.150	0.568	7	20	2	11.5%	90.5
58	60	J.C. Escarra	Yankees	0.188	0.510	0	7	0	4.5%	89.1
59	60	Yohel Pozo	Cardinals	0.242	0.515	0	5	0	0.0%	87.6
60	60	Luke Maile	Royals	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
61	60	Christian Vazquez	Astros	0.216	0.601	4	19	0	1.5%	86.0
62	60	Braxton Fulford	Rockies	0.200	0.629	1	7	4	8.0%	88.4
63	60	Hayden Senger	Mets	0.133	0.466	1	2	0	0.0%	82.3
64	60	Luis Campusano	Padres	0.288	0.958	3	10	0	10.8%	86.5
65	60	Danny Jansen	Rangers	0.171	0.586	3	12	1	6.0%	87.7
66	60	Nick Fortes	Rays	0.260	0.651	2	19	0	1.2%	86.1
67	60	Freddy Fermin	Padres	0.152	0.520	3	11	0	2.7%	86.1
68	60	Jhonny Pereda	Mariners	0.270	0.689	2	4	0	3.8%	89.8
69	60	Ali Sanchez	Yankees	0.240	0.616	0	3	0	0.0%	83.2
70	60	Rafael Flores Jr.	Pirates	0.667	2.800	1	2	0	—	—
71	60	Jimmy Crooks	Cardinals	0.164	0.513	1	7	0	5.7%	90.9
72	60	Pedro Pagés	Cardinals	0.222	0.618	4	11	2	5.8%	86.6
73	60	Alex Jackson	Twins	0.311	0.718	0	3	0	0.0%	89.0
74	60	Garrett Stubbs	Phillies	0.167	0.417	0	1	0	0.0%	88.4
75	60	Rafael Marchán	Phillies	0.113	0.343	2	6	0	3.0%	84.3
76	60	Drew Romo	White Sox	0.133	0.545	5	11	1	8.3%	84.5
77	60	Carlos Narváez	Red Sox	0.194	0.541	2	5	1	7.5%	91.4
78	60	Jesus Rodriguez	Giants	0.231	0.687	2	7	1	2.9%	87.4
79	60	Jeferson Quero	Brewers	0.000	0.500	0	0	0	—	—
80	60	Brett Sullivan	Rockies	0.219	0.637	4	14	0	3.2%	87.0

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every catcher 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 Catchers in MLB 2026.

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