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Best First Basemen in MLB 2026

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the highest-rated first baseman in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alec Burleson, Freddie Freeman, 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	85	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Blue Jays	0.268	0.699	4	35	6	6.7%	90.1
2	83	Alec Burleson	Cardinals	0.276	0.814	14	62	2	11.1%	91.6
3	83	Freddie Freeman	Dodgers	0.293	0.880	14	47	3	11.8%	90.8
4	83	Bryce Harper	Phillies	0.274	0.906	20	57	5	12.3%	90.5
5	83	Pete Alonso	Orioles	0.247	0.803	19	59	2	12.6%	94.1
6	83	Yandy Díaz	Rays	0.325	0.903	12	53	1	7.3%	91.0
7	81	Nick Kurtz	Athletics	0.282	0.949	20	66	7	18.7%	94.3
8	80	Matt Olson	Braves	0.273	0.883	22	54	2	13.3%	92.8
9	80	Jonathan Aranda	Rays	0.289	0.851	13	58	0	9.7%	90.8
10	79	Willson Contreras	Red Sox	0.286	0.912	18	53	2	14.1%	90.4
11	77	Ben Rice	Yankees	0.270	0.931	24	56	2	14.1%	91.7
12	76	Michael Busch	Cubs	0.235	0.762	11	47	2	11.3%	88.5
13	75	Vinnie Pasquantino	Royals	0.224	0.659	6	32	3	7.3%	88.5
14	75	Andrew Vaughn	Brewers	0.336	0.946	2	24	0	3.5%	90.0
15	74	Joc Pederson	Rangers	0.240	0.809	14	31	0	11.6%	92.1
16	74	Jake Bauers	Brewers	0.269	0.864	15	52	5	13.3%	92.4
17	73	Ryan O'Hearn	Pirates	0.280	0.796	13	51	1	6.3%	89.5
18	73	Josh Naylor	Mariners	0.251	0.673	8	34	15	5.1%	87.6
19	72	Spencer Steer	Reds	0.236	0.728	13	34	3	13.4%	89.3
20	72	Josh Bell	Twins	0.241	0.708	11	56	1	10.5%	89.5
21	72	Spencer Horwitz	Pirates	0.280	0.841	10	33	1	8.6%	86.9
22	71	Spencer Torkelson	Tigers	0.216	0.738	14	38	0	14.1%	90.2
23	71	Paul Goldschmidt	Yankees	0.273	0.852	14	41	1	11.5%	86.5
24	71	Curtis Mead	Nationals	0.227	0.791	14	39	4	11.2%	87.8
25	70	Nolan Schanuel	Angels	0.261	0.713	6	31	0	2.3%	87.2
26	70	Ty France	Padres	0.265	0.817	10	30	1	11.4%	91.3
27	70	Nathaniel Lowe	Reds	0.253	0.809	9	25	0	11.1%	88.7
28	69	Jake Burger	Rangers	0.246	0.735	14	52	2	9.4%	90.1
29	68	Triston Casas	Red Sox	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	68	Christian Walker	Astros	0.237	0.775	19	56	0	9.8%	89.9
31	68	Bryce Eldridge	Giants	0.276	0.829	6	17	0	11.5%	92.2
32	64	TJ Rumfield	Rockies	0.293	0.859	12	46	0	5.9%	84.3
33	63	Kyle Manzardo	Guardians	0.226	0.706	10	29	0	11.6%	88.9
34	60	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Orioles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	60	Coby Mayo	Orioles	0.188	0.627	10	31	1	9.6%	91.8
36	60	Rhys Hoskins	Guardians	0.179	0.669	7	29	0	10.3%	88.5
37	60	Nick Sogard	Red Sox	0.257	0.721	0	2	0	0.0%	81.6
38	60	Ryan Mountcastle	Orioles	0.286	0.690	0	1	0	0.0%	90.0
39	60	Connor Joe	Mariners	0.179	0.597	1	3	2	8.3%	92.5
40	60	Pavin Smith	Diamondbacks	0.152	0.472	1	6	1	3.7%	85.4
41	60	Romy Gonzalez	Red Sox	0.333	0.800	0	2	0	0.0%	83.3
42	60	Eric Wagaman	Mets	0.192	0.699	2	4	0	10.5%	86.7
43	60	LaMonte Wade Jr.	Astros	0.333	1.135	1	4	0	11.1%	84.6
44	60	Endy Rodríguez	Pirates	0.260	0.872	5	16	2	13.8%	92.4
45	60	Justin Foscue	Rangers	0.269	0.838	5	15	0	11.6%	89.2
46	60	Tyler Locklear	Diamondbacks	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
47	60	David Fry	Guardians	0.215	0.723	6	13	0	7.8%	86.0
48	60	Abimelec Ortiz	Nationals	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	60	Andrés Chaparro	Nationals	0.170	0.626	1	7	0	12.1%	91.0
50	60	CJ Kayfus	Guardians	0.182	0.644	1	2	0	21.4%	92.8
51	60	Dominic Smith	Braves	0.272	0.722	6	35	0	6.7%	87.8
52	60	Patrick Wisdom	Mariners	0.122	0.402	1	4	0	21.7%	92.9
53	57	Tyler Austin	Cubs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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.

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