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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, Mookie Betts, 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	94	Bobby Witt Jr.	Royals	0.290	0.832	12	36	29	12.8%	93.3
2	89	Kevin McGonigle	Tigers	0.284	0.819	7	31	11	8.2%	88.1
3	83	Mookie Betts	Dodgers	0.244	0.743	11	29	1	8.2%	90.5
4	83	Sam Antonacci	White Sox	0.292	0.811	5	24	11	6.8%	87.9
5	82	Francisco Lindor	Mets	0.215	0.676	4	9	2	9.6%	92.0
6	82	JJ Wetherholt	Cardinals	0.260	0.755	12	35	9	7.0%	90.0
7	81	Geraldo Perdomo	Diamondbacks	0.240	0.706	5	31	12	3.2%	87.1
8	80	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	0.273	0.826	13	40	12	15.1%	94.4
9	79	Xavier Edwards	Marlins	0.299	0.807	6	34	13	4.6%	86.9
10	78	Carlos Correa	Astros	0.279	0.787	3	16	1	10.3%	89.2
11	77	Corey Seager	Rangers	0.182	0.666	10	25	1	15.4%	91.1
12	76	Bo Bichette	Mets	0.253	0.681	10	47	1	7.1%	90.6
13	76	Jeremy Peña	Astros	0.295	0.799	6	21	8	4.0%	87.2
14	75	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	0.226	0.713	16	39	7	7.7%	89.5
15	74	Xander Bogaerts	Padres	0.233	0.662	8	33	10	6.2%	87.9
16	73	J.P. Crawford	Mariners	0.216	0.691	10	25	1	7.3%	88.0
17	73	Dansby Swanson	Cubs	0.208	0.726	16	57	10	8.6%	89.9
18	72	CJ Abrams	Nationals	0.273	0.862	18	60	14	10.2%	90.0
19	72	Colson Montgomery	White Sox	0.218	0.778	21	49	1	14.5%	89.7
20	71	Zach Neto	Angels	0.228	0.773	18	43	11	13.2%	89.7
21	70	Masyn Winn	Cardinals	0.253	0.672	4	37	7	3.1%	87.3
22	70	Blaze Alexander	Orioles	0.303	0.791	3	26	8	6.9%	92.3
23	68	Willy Adames	Giants	0.228	0.698	14	32	1	9.3%	88.4
24	67	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Red Sox	0.277	0.705	2	13	7	3.0%	82.3
25	67	Christian Cairo	Phillies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	67	Konnor Griffin	Pirates	0.273	0.736	5	23	17	7.9%	87.5
27	66	Anthony Volpe	Yankees	0.246	0.679	1	13	7	4.4%	88.5
28	66	Trea Turner	Phillies	0.239	0.653	10	31	16	5.6%	88.8
29	66	Jorge Mateo	Braves	0.252	0.695	4	11	9	9.0%	90.5
30	65	Joey Ortiz	Brewers	0.201	0.540	2	19	5	3.4%	87.7
31	65	Brayan Rocchio	Guardians	0.270	0.735	6	37	14	2.5%	86.3
32	65	Andruw Monasterio	Red Sox	0.219	0.627	3	12	1	7.1%	88.1
33	64	Jacob Wilson	Athletics	0.277	0.696	4	26	2	1.7%	84.2
34	64	Jared Triolo	Pirates	0.238	0.627	1	14	6	1.7%	87.4
35	61	Chase Meidroth	White Sox	0.271	0.727	7	29	2	4.8%	87.7
36	60	Trey Sweeney	Tigers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	60	Ezequiel Tovar	Rockies	0.212	0.594	7	30	5	6.9%	87.6
38	60	Jordan Lawlar	Diamondbacks	0.316	0.856	1	4	4	3.6%	86.5
39	60	Taylor Walls	Rays	0.229	0.632	0	20	13	3.4%	85.2
40	60	Trevor Story	Red Sox	0.206	0.547	3	19	4	3.6%	88.9
41	60	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	0.276	0.742	6	43	6	5.4%	88.9
42	60	Josh Smith	Rangers	0.238	0.626	1	8	2	6.0%	87.0
43	60	Gabriel Arias	Guardians	0.208	0.611	3	6	1	9.5%	92.5
44	60	Nick Allen	Astros	0.240	0.591	1	6	1	1.8%	84.9
45	60	Tsung-Che Cheng	Red Sox	0.133	0.376	0	2	0	7.7%	85.7
46	60	Carson Williams	Rays	0.100	0.289	0	3	0	0.0%	85.0
47	60	Leo Jiménez	Marlins	0.200	0.536	0	4	1	4.4%	91.3
48	60	Ha-Seong Kim	Braves	0.068	0.239	0	3	1	4.1%	85.2
49	60	Nacho Alvarez Jr.	Braves	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50	60	Maximo Acosta	Marlins	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	60	José Caballero	Yankees	0.247	0.689	8	29	20	3.2%	84.1
52	60	Denzer Guzman	Angels	0.253	0.711	3	13	1	8.6%	88.5
53	60	Ryan Ritter	Rockies	0.143	0.286	0	0	0	—	—
54	60	Brice Matthews	Astros	0.191	0.564	6	18	2	8.6%	87.5
55	60	Nasim Nuñez	Nationals	0.237	0.612	1	28	32	0.6%	85.0
56	60	Braden Shewmake	Astros	0.243	0.665	3	8	0	6.3%	89.5
57	60	Jose Fernandez	Diamondbacks	0.255	0.641	3	15	7	3.9%	87.9
58	60	Edwin Arroyo	Reds	0.244	0.576	0	4	0	0.0%	86.4
59	60	Juan Brito	Guardians	0.176	0.505	0	3	0	2.9%	84.3
60	60	Colt Emerson	Mariners	0.208	0.715	7	19	2	6.4%	86.8
61	60	Cooper Pratt	Brewers	0.191	0.517	0	2	6	3.0%	87.8

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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