WAR calculated by Baseball Reference.
| Rank | WAR | Name | Tm | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +001+ | 8.9 | Honus Wagner | PIT | SS | |
| +005+ | 7.6 | Nap Lajoie | CLE | 2B | |
| +006+ | 6.9 | Sherry Magee | PHI | OF | |
| +007+ | 6.8 | Ty Cobb | DET | OF | |
| +013+ | 5.9 | Sam Crawford | DET | OF | |
| +014+ | 5.9 | Ed Siever | DET | PITCH | |
| +015+ | 5.6 | Elmer Flick | CLE | OF | |
| +017+ | 5.4 | George Stone | BAL | OF | |
| +018+ | 5.3 | Mordecai Brown | CHN | PITCH | |
| +020+ | 5.3 | Tommy Leach | PIT | OF-3B | |
| +019+ | 5.3 | Johnny Evers | CHN | 2B | |
| +023+ | 5.2 | Bobby Wallace | BAL | SS | |
| +021+ | 5.2 | Fred Clarke | PIT | OF | |
| +022+ | 5.2 | Carl Lundgren | CHN | PITCH | |
| +024+ | 4.9 | Tully Sparks | PHI | PITCH | |
| +025+ | 4.9 | Dave Brain | ATL | 3B | |
| +026+ | 4.8 | Frank Chance | CHN | 1B | |
| +028+ | 4.7 | Harry Steinfeldt | CHN | 3B | |
| +030+ | 4.6 | George Davis | CHA | SS | |
| +031+ | 4.6 | Art Devlin | SFN | 3B | |
| +033+ | 4.5 | Jack Chesbro | NYA | PITCH | |
| +032+ | 4.5 | Ginger Beaumont | ATL | OF | |
| +037+ | 4.3 | Terry Turner | CLE | SS | |
| +036+ | 4.3 | Topsy Hartsel | OAK | OF | |
| +038+ | 4.1 | Fred Tenney | ATL | 1B | 
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