WAA column represents total career value. Only top 500 players from 1900-present get ranked. Name links show career for that player.
| Rank | WAA | Name | Years | Pos | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +005+ | 161.46 | Cy Young | 1890-1911 | PITCH | 
| +035+ | 96.35 | Nap Lajoie | 1896-1916 | 1B-2B | 
| +146+ | 56.35 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 1908-1920 | OF | 
| XXXXX | 14.75 | Vean Gregg | 1911-1925 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | 7.39 | Cy Falkenberg | 1903-1917 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | 5.26 | George Stovall | 1904-1915 | 1B | 
| XXXXX | 4.31 | Ted Easterly | 1909-1915 | OF-CR | 
| XXXXX | 4.22 | Tim Hendryx | 1911-1921 | BAT | 
| XXXXX | 3.47 | Willie Mitchell | 1909-1919 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | 1.05 | Fred Blanding | 1910-1914 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | 0.52 | Joe Birmingham | 1906-1914 | OF-3B | 
| XXXXX | 0.50 | Josh Swindell | 1911-1913 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | 0.35 | George Kahler | 1910-1914 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | 0.30 | Jim Baskette | 1911-1913 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | 0.19 | Jack Mills | 1911-1911 | BAT | 
| XXXXX | -0.03 | Hank Butcher | 1911-1912 | OF | 
| XXXXX | -0.40 | Bill Lindsay | 1911-1911 | 3B | 
| XXXXX | -0.40 | Dave Callahan | 1910-1911 | BAT | 
| XXXXX | -0.44 | Pat Paige | 1911-1911 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | -0.56 | Cotton Knaupp | 1910-1911 | SS | 
| XXXXX | -0.88 | Bugs Reisigl | 1911-1911 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | -1.60 | Hi West | 1905-1911 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | -1.62 | Earl Yingling | 1911-1918 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | -1.69 | Gene Krapp | 1911-1915 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | -1.77 | Herman Bronkie | 1910-1922 | BAT | 
| XXXXX | -1.79 | Gus Fisher | 1911-1912 | CR | 
| XXXXX | -1.81 | Art Griggs | 1909-1918 | 2B | 
| XXXXX | -1.85 | Syd Smith | 1908-1915 | CR | 
| XXXXX | -2.10 | Terry Turner | 1901-1919 | 3B-2B-SS | 
| XXXXX | -2.37 | Spec Harkness | 1910-1911 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | -2.59 | Ben DeMott | 1910-1911 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | -2.94 | Neal Ball | 1907-1913 | 2B-3B | 
| XXXXX | -5.05 | Grover Land | 1908-1915 | CR | 
| XXXXX | -5.86 | Bert Adams | 1910-1919 | BAT | 
| XXXXX | -8.85 | Bill James | 1911-1919 | PITCH | 
| XXXXX | -16.90 | Steve O'Neill | 1911-1928 | BAT | 
| XXXXX | -21.53 | Ivy Olson | 1911-1924 | SS | 
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