PIV (Player Impact Value) Leaders

About PIV

PIV (Player Impact Value) measures a player's total offensive contribution by combining their offensive production (wOBA) with their playing time (plate appearances). It's calculated as:

PIV = (wOBA - League Average wOBA) × PA

PIV captures both quality and quantity - the best players sustain elite performance over many plate appearances. Positive values indicate above-average offensive production, while negative values indicate below-average performance.

Career PIV Leaders

Top 100 players by total career PIV - the most impactful offensive careers in baseball history.

Rank	Player	Total PIV	Seasons	Avg PIV/Season	Total PA
1	Babe Ruth	111978.70	22	5089.94	10503
2	Ted Williams	96302.43	19	5068.55	9786
3	Barry Bonds	96024.81	22	4364.76	12602
4	Ty Cobb	87474.46	24	3644.77	12779
5	Stan Musial	83624.43	22	3801.11	12677
6	Lou Gehrig	81072.01	17	4768.94	9554
7	Hank Aaron	78624.14	23	3418.44	13919
8	Willie Mays	74031.64	24	3084.65	12528
9	Tris Speaker	73228.92	22	3328.59	11679
10	Jimmie Foxx	72808.72	21	3467.08	9599
11	Rogers Hornsby	68436.54	24	2851.52	9259
12	Mickey Mantle	67905.34	18	3772.52	9895
13	Frank Robinson	67112.98	22	3050.59	11726
14	Mel Ott	64822.96	22	2946.50	11228
15	Honus Wagner	59080.59	21	2813.36	11527
16	Albert Pujols	58111.50	23	2526.59	13040
17	Manny Ramirez	56615.96	21	2696.00	9772
18	Frank Thomas	56452.19	20	2822.61	10074
19	Eddie Collins	54794.46	25	2191.78	11525
20	Carl Yastrzemski	54270.54	23	2359.59	13978
21	Alex Rodriguez	54259.72	22	2466.35	12191
22	Dan Brouthers	52913.63	20	2645.68	7671
23	Cap Anson	52241.60	27	1934.87	11297
24	Jim Thome	51631.41	25	2065.26	10312
25	Mike Schmidt	49622.24	18	2756.79	10046
26	Miguel Cabrera	49334.47	21	2349.26	11791
27	Todd Helton	48514.85	17	2853.81	9447
28	Harmon Killebrew	48188.38	22	2190.38	9831
29	Joe DiMaggio	47426.88	13	3648.22	7657
30	Willie McCovey	47241.01	23	2053.96	9681
31	Nap Lajoie	47236.52	22	2147.11	10240
32	Jeff Bagwell	47119.67	15	3141.31	9428
33	Chipper Jones	46971.12	19	2472.16	10611
34	Harry Heilmann	46775.93	17	2751.53	8683
35	Roger Connor	46726.63	19	2459.30	8838
36	David Ortiz	46358.29	20	2317.91	10089
37	Eddie Mathews	45555.16	18	2530.84	10065
38	Al Kaline	44859.06	22	2039.05	11552
39	Mark McGwire	44527.96	17	2619.29	7657
40	Mike Trout	44451.23	15	2963.42	7201
41	Billy Williams	44008.49	18	2444.92	10511
42	Ed Delahanty	43954.72	16	2747.17	8346
43	Ken Griffey	43918.74	23	1909.51	11296
44	Gary Sheffield	43849.66	24	1827.07	10938
45	Joey Votto	43849.39	17	2579.38	8746
46	Hank Greenberg	43523.30	13	3347.95	6061
47	Johnny Mize	43060.82	16	2691.30	7351
48	Rafael Palmeiro	42812.98	20	2140.65	12031
49	Willie Stargell	42803.13	21	2038.24	9017
50	Larry Walker	42368.46	18	2353.80	8023
51	Jesse Burkett	42233.47	16	2639.59	9530
52	Freddie Freeman	41593.35	16	2599.58	9363
53	Reggie Jackson	41547.05	21	1978.43	11403
54	Edgar Martinez	41481.17	18	2304.51	8662
55	George Brett	41431.91	21	1972.95	11598
56	Sam Crawford	41327.06	19	2175.11	10353
57	Dick Allen	40471.76	15	2698.12	7295
58	Al Simmons	40452.25	21	1926.30	9404
59	Paul Waner	40181.24	22	1826.42	10588
60	Pete Rose	40127.59	25	1605.10	15805
61	Duke Snider	39913.15	18	2217.40	8185
62	Wade Boggs	39858.99	18	2214.39	10711
63	Vladimir Guerrero	39843.35	16	2490.21	9059
64	Joe Morgan	39254.82	22	1784.31	11278
65	Charlie Gehringer	39201.42	19	2063.23	10096
66	Shoeless Joe Jackson	38697.79	14	2764.13	5559
67	Lance Berkman	38566.43	16	2410.40	7812
68	Billy Hamilton	38003.87	14	2714.56	7561
69	Bob Johnson	37612.63	13	2893.28	8019
70	Eddie Murray	37460.12	23	1628.70	12815
71	Rickey Henderson	37427.99	29	1290.62	13316
72	Fred McGriff	37215.24	21	1772.15	10172
73	Aaron Judge	37024.26	10	3702.43	4995
74	Jason Giambi	36908.53	21	1757.55	8906
75	Carlos Delgado	36237.89	17	2131.64	8657
76	Dwight Evans	35679.96	20	1784.00	10517
77	Ralph Kiner	35424.31	11	3220.39	6247
78	Paul Goldschmidt	35399.35	15	2359.96	8804
79	Goose Goslin	35239.60	19	1854.72	9660
80	Rod Carew	35141.12	19	1849.53	10422
81	Norm Cash	35058.57	17	2062.27	7893
82	Dave Winfield	34779.13	23	1512.14	12339
83	Oscar Charleston	34753.59	31	1121.08	5587
84	Fred Clarke	34692.05	21	1652.00	9613
85	Bryce Harper	34405.33	14	2457.52	7652
86	Earl Averill	33939.56	14	2424.25	7160
87	Roberto Clemente	33732.45	18	1874.02	10176
88	Ron Santo	33318.94	15	2221.26	9383
89	Orlando Cepeda	32767.80	19	1724.62	8691
90	Chuck Klein	32290.68	19	1699.51	7099
91	Bobby Abreu	32137.34	20	1606.87	10074
92	Reggie Smith	32131.46	18	1785.08	8042
93	Joe Kelley	32073.93	19	1688.10	7999
94	Jim Rice	31373.00	16	1960.81	9053
95	Sherry Magee	31200.10	17	1835.30	8286
96	Mike Piazza	30942.52	18	1719.03	7745
97	Ernie Banks	30620.80	19	1611.62	10350
98	Tony Gwynn	30601.65	20	1530.08	10187
99	Matt Holliday	30419.36	16	1901.21	7980
100	Zack Wheat	30350.22	19	1597.38	9833

Single-Season PIV Leaders

Top 100 individual seasons by PIV - the most dominant offensive seasons in baseball history.

Rank	Player	Year	Team	PIV	Games	PA	wOBA
1	Babe Ruth	1921	NYA	10137.04	152	689	0.551
2	Babe Ruth	1920	NYA	9809.86	142	610	0.559
3	Babe Ruth	1923	NYA	9715.45	152	696	0.539
4	Barry Bonds	2001	SFN	9433.15	153	664	0.552
5	Barry Bonds	2004	SFN	9293.52	147	617	0.569
6	Barry Bonds	2002	SFN	8991.75	143	612	0.559
7	Ted Williams	1941	BOS	8671.53	143	606	0.536
8	Babe Ruth	1924	NYA	8610.89	153	675	0.520
9	Jimmie Foxx	1932	PHA	8549.89	154	701	0.507
10	Babe Ruth	1927	NYA	8547.91	151	677	0.519
11	Lou Gehrig	1927	NYA	8524.51	155	696	0.512
12	Babe Ruth	1926	NYA	8173.00	152	642	0.520
13	Ted Williams	1942	BOS	8055.91	150	671	0.485
14	Ted Williams	1946	BOS	7956.42	150	672	0.489
15	Aaron Judge	2024	NYA	7825.60	158	703	0.483
16	Babe Ruth	1931	NYA	7752.36	145	663	0.502
17	Rogers Hornsby	1922	SLN	7623.09	154	689	0.496
18	Lou Gehrig	1934	NYA	7564.12	154	690	0.491
19	Ted Williams	1949	BOS	7558.54	155	730	0.482
20	Mark McGwire	1998	SLN	7529.39	155	681	0.501
21	Lou Gehrig	1936	NYA	7476.10	155	716	0.492
22	Jimmie Foxx	1933	PHA	7419.27	149	670	0.483
23	Stan Musial	1948	SLN	7410.20	155	693	0.483
24	Rogers Hornsby	1924	SLN	7347.92	143	627	0.507
25	Ted Williams	1947	BOS	7347.03	156	692	0.479
26	Jimmie Foxx	1938	BOS	7248.37	149	684	0.488
27	Mickey Mantle	1957	NYA	7206.00	144	623	0.494
28	Babe Ruth	1928	NYA	7192.92	154	676	0.488
29	Ted Williams	1957	BOS	7182.54	132	546	0.523
30	Norm Cash	1961	DET	7172.05	159	670	0.484
31	Mickey Mantle	1956	NYA	7085.98	150	651	0.488
32	Aaron Judge	2025	NYA	7071.99	152	679	0.477
33	Lou Gehrig	1931	NYA	7020.15	155	736	0.466
34	Sammy Sosa	2001	CHN	7015.11	160	711	0.483
35	Babe Ruth	1930	NYA	7013.97	145	655	0.509
36	Rogers Hornsby	1925	SLN	7004.74	138	589	0.519
37	Lou Gehrig	1930	NYA	6969.26	154	685	0.498
38	Aaron Judge	2022	NYA	6906.90	157	692	0.464
39	Larry Walker	1997	COL	6795.67	153	664	0.489
40	Tip O'Neill	1887	SL4	6770.58	124	572	0.497
41	Hack Wilson	1930	CHN	6755.37	155	691	0.492
42	George Sisler	1920	SLA	6735.79	154	679	0.460
43	Barry Bonds	2003	SFN	6701.67	130	550	0.525
44	Lou Gehrig	1937	NYA	6673.25	157	700	0.472
45	Barry Bonds	1993	SFN	6620.85	159	674	0.474
46	Hank Greenberg	1938	DET	6480.16	155	678	0.470
47	Carl Yastrzemski	1967	BOS	6472.91	161	679	0.440
48	Todd Helton	2000	COL	6463.85	160	697	0.484
49	Ty Cobb	1911	DET	6461.72	146	643	0.462
50	Rogers Hornsby	1929	CHN	6444.10	156	690	0.480
51	Luis Gonzalez	2001	ARI	6430.91	162	728	0.466
52	Bryce Harper	2015	WAS	6379.23	153	654	0.467
53	Mickey Mantle	1961	NYA	6375.85	153	645	0.473
54	Willie McCovey	1969	SFN	6344.74	149	623	0.464
55	Lou Gehrig	1928	NYA	6324.41	154	661	0.471
56	Ty Cobb	1917	DET	6315.29	152	653	0.432
57	Ted Williams	1948	BOS	6287.94	137	638	0.474
58	Carlos Delgado	2000	TOR	6271.30	162	711	0.476
59	Hank Greenberg	1937	DET	6262.14	154	699	0.463
60	Lou Gehrig	1932	NYA	6259.73	156	707	0.455
61	Nap Lajoie	1901	PHA	6259.14	131	581	0.471
62	Jason Giambi	2001	OAK	6247.13	154	671	0.475
63	Hank Greenberg	1940	DET	6235.05	148	667	0.463
64	Babe Ruth	1932	NYA	6161.53	133	589	0.485
65	Ty Cobb	1915	DET	6157.12	156	691	0.427
66	Todd Helton	2001	COL	6121.36	159	695	0.466
67	Frank Robinson	1966	BAL	6114.26	155	680	0.441
68	Chuck Klein	1930	PHI	6079.60	156	706	0.474
69	Babe Herman	1930	BRO	6067.82	153	684	0.478
70	Albert Pujols	2009	SLN	6055.91	160	700	0.461
71	Albert Pujols	2003	SLN	6038.48	157	685	0.466
72	Carl Yastrzemski	1970	BOS	6036.53	161	697	0.446
73	Miguel Cabrera	2013	DET	6029.50	148	652	0.458
74	Rogers Hornsby	1921	SLN	6025.94	154	659	0.465
75	Tris Speaker	1920	CLE	6022.36	150	654	0.449
76	Jimmie Foxx	1934	PHA	6000.96	150	651	0.465
77	Lefty O'Doul	1929	PHI	5993.24	154	718	0.465
78	Stan Musial	1949	SLN	5966.78	157	721	0.450
79	Ralph Kiner	1951	PIT	5959.69	151	670	0.457
80	Shoeless Joe Jackson	1911	CLE	5956.07	147	635	0.452
81	Todd Helton	2003	COL	5919.19	160	703	0.459
82	Ralph Kiner	1949	PIT	5901.49	152	667	0.459
83	Rogers Hornsby	1928	BSN	5897.77	140	594	0.480
84	Tris Speaker	1923	CLE	5891.58	150	671	0.459
85	Stan Musial	1946	SLN	5865.97	156	700	0.434
86	John Olerud	1993	TOR	5863.64	158	679	0.456
87	Joe DiMaggio	1937	NYA	5857.87	151	690	0.456
88	Tris Speaker	1912	BOS	5848.14	153	668	0.442
89	Babe Ruth	1919	BOS	5841.81	130	539	0.467
90	Cy Seymour	1905	CIN	5841.76	149	634	0.422
91	Shohei Ohtani	2024	LAN	5839.41	159	728	0.435
92	Stan Musial	1951	SLN	5834.90	152	677	0.452
93	Harmon Killebrew	1969	MIN	5827.46	162	709	0.431
94	Harry Heilmann	1923	DET	5788.55	144	603	0.473
95	Jimmie Foxx	1935	PHA	5782.18	147	649	0.464
96	Duke Snider	1954	BRO	5765.22	149	678	0.450
97	Albert Pujols	2008	SLN	5763.72	148	641	0.468
98	Frank Robinson	1962	CIN	5759.52	162	701	0.442
99	Willie Mays	1965	SFN	5750.96	157	636	0.441
100	Joe DiMaggio	1941	NYA	5742.29	139	621	0.458