Yordan Alvarez leads MLB in expected wOBA
Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros leads MLB in expected wOBA in the 2026 season at .442, against a league average of .322, as of October 5, 2026.
One number, the league’s average beside it, and the top 25. Every figure here is from the 2026 season.
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.120 above the league average of .322. Expected weighted on-base average: every outcome valued by run worth, from the quality of contact rather than the result. On its own a figure is only a size, which is why the league's number sits beside it.
| # | The rest of the board | Expected wOBA | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yordan Alvarez · Houston Astros .429 actual | .442 | .429 actual |
| 2 |  Juan Soto · New York Mets .385 actual | .411 | .385 actual |
| 3 |  James Wood · Washington Nationals .383 actual | .403 | .383 actual |
| 4 |  Pete Alonso · Baltimore Orioles .379 actual | .402 | .379 actual |
| 5 |  Shohei Ohtani · Los Angeles Dodgers .377 actual | .397 | .377 actual |
| 6 |  Mike Trout · Los Angeles Angels .354 actual | .381 | .354 actual |
| 7 |  Fernando Tatis Jr. · San Diego Padres .358 actual | .379 | .358 actual |
| 8 |  Bryce Harper · Philadelphia Phillies .375 actual | .379 | .375 actual |
| 9 |  Miguel Vargas · Chicago White Sox .363 actual | .378 | .363 actual |
| 10 |  Ben Rice · New York Yankees .384 actual | .378 | .384 actual |
| 11 |  Bobby Witt Jr. · Kansas City Royals .345 actual | .378 | .345 actual |
| 12 |  Elly De La Cruz · Cincinnati Reds .380 actual | .376 | .380 actual |
| 13 |  Willson Contreras · Boston Red Sox .391 actual | .376 | .391 actual |
| 14 |  Pete Crow-Armstrong · Chicago Cubs .400 actual | .374 | .400 actual |
| 15 |  Alec Burleson · St. Louis Cardinals .353 actual | .374 | .353 actual |
| 16 |  Nick Kurtz · Oakland Athletics .381 actual | .374 | .381 actual |
| 17 |  Jake Bauers · Milwaukee Brewers .381 actual | .371 | .381 actual |
| 18 |  Drake Baldwin · Atlanta Braves .358 actual | .370 | .358 actual |
| 19 |  Riley Greene · Detroit Tigers .366 actual | .369 | .366 actual |
| 20 | Ronald Acuña Jr. · Atlanta Braves .348 actual | .366 | .348 actual |
| 21 |  Junior Caminero · Tampa Bay Rays .375 actual | .364 | .375 actual |
| 22 | Kyle Schwarber · Philadelphia Phillies .368 actual | .364 | .368 actual |
| 23 | Freddie Freeman · Los Angeles Dodgers .348 actual | .363 | .348 actual |
| 24 |  Gabriel Moreno · Arizona Diamondbacks .380 actual | .363 | .380 actual |
| 25 |  Dominic Canzone · Seattle Mariners .354 actual | .359 | .354 actual |
Source: Baseball Savant (Statcast), 2026 season. Baseball Savant's qualified players, ranked by Savant; the league average is Savant's own. The lead is 4.5 standard deviations (sd) above the field, estimated from Savant's percentiles: the unit the directory ranks leads by, because it lets a rate and a speed share one list. Measured (); the boards refresh twice a day.