| 2026 Defensive WAR Leaders | ||||||||||
| RK | PLAYER | DEF | WAAD | WAAWPD | RAAD | RGP | RIF | ROF | RC | RD |
| 1 | Taylor Walls | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 27.9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Brice Turang | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 3 | Ceddanne Rafaela | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Andy Pages | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 24.1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 22.9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 28 | |
| 6 | Cole Young | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 21.8 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 20.8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Gabriel Moreno | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 19.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | Zach Neto | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 18.3 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 17.8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 11 | Alex Bregman | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 18.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Caleb Durbin | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Masyn Winn | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 17.8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Jose Caballero | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 16.8 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 12 | |
| JJ Wetherholt | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 17.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 16 | Bobby Witt Jr. | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 16.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Brandon Lowe | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 16.9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Cody Bellinger | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | |
| Steven Kwan | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | |
| Matt Chapman | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 16.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 21 | Otto Lopez | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 15.5 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Geraldo Perdomo | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 15.6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mookie Betts | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 15.4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 24 | Joey Ortiz | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Colton Cowser | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 26 | Dansby Swanson | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Corey Seager | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.5 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Michael Harris II | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 13.1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Maikel Garcia | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.3 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Dillon Dingler | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| A.J. Ewing | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| 32 | Tyler Stephenson | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 33 | Nathan Lukes | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| Victor Mesa | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Victor Mesa Jr. | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Keibert Ruiz | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 10.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 37 | Shea Langeliers | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 9.6 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jackson Chourio | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Zack Gelof | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 9 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Garrett Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 42 | Ty France | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Chase Meidroth | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 44 | Junior Caminero | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 7.5 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Adley Rutschman | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 7.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Seiya Suzuki | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
| William Contreras | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 48 | Tristan Peters | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 6.7 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 |
| Wyatt Langford | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Henry Bolte | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 6.7 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |