All-Time GM / POBO Leaderboard

Every decision-maker since 1985, ranked by GM WAR — wins above a "replacement GM" (an average front office at the same budget), in wins/season: the org-adjusted, shrunk talent-above-budget that's attributable to him, not the franchise he inherited. ★ = currently active. Click any header to sort. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one person.

	Executive	Team(s)	Tenure	Yrs	RFA	PPA	CPA	GM WAR/yr	Depth	Dead WAR	Dead $	TAB	WAB	WAR surplus	Cheap $	Draft $	Trade-cheap $	Int'l $	WAR / yr	Avg WAR/plyr	HG	HG/yr	Trade	Trade/yr	Trades	Trades/yr	FA	FA/yr	Draft %	FA %	Trade %	R5 %	W-L%	PO	Pen	WS
	★ Andrew Friedman	LAD TBR	2006–present	21	+0.23	3.72	0.85	+9.3 ±3.5	9.0	-3.6	32%	+236.6	+196.4	-16.6	+43	+23	+14	+1	-0.79	-0.017	+260.5	+12.40	+90.7	+4.32	130	6.2	-155.9	-7.42	43%	26%	30%	0%	0.571	15	6	3
	★ Erik Neander	TBR	2017–present	10	+0.25	3.54	0.38	+9.1 ±4.9	6.7	-3.2	30%	+134.1	+144.8	+194.4	+71	+12	+48	+3	+19.44	+0.364	+45.4	+4.54	-19.6	-1.96	112	11.2	-41.1	-4.11	22%	19%	58%	1%	0.556	5	1	–
	★ Brandon Gomes	LAD	2022–present	5	+0.32	3.61	0.98	+5.9 ±6.1	9.4	-3.0	27%	+52.4	+51.1	-92.6	+30	+7	+2	-0	-18.52	-0.332	+46.4	+9.29	+1.8	+0.36	39	7.8	+12.0	+2.40	35%	52%	13%	0%	0.617	4	2	2
	★ Mike Chernoff	CLE	2016–present	11	+0.33	3.06	0.64	+5.9 ±4.7	6.8	-4.2	34%	+108.2	+130.7	+140.2	+58	+18	+17	+7	+12.74	+0.276	+107.2	+9.74	-6.4	-0.58	56	5.1	-34.1	-3.10	67%	11%	21%	1%	0.552	7	1	–
	★ Matt Arnold	MIL	2021–present	6	+0.82	4.27	0.35	+4.9 ±5.7	8.3	-4.4	28%	+62.0	+86.7	+62.3	+75	+14	+31	-0	+10.38	+0.193	+52.2	+8.70	+25.2	+4.20	52	8.7	-8.9	-1.49	42%	13%	43%	2%	0.578	4	–	–
	★ Chris Antonetti	CLE	2011–present	16	+0.30	2.87	0.48	+4.2 ±4.0	6.7	-4.6	38%	+121.6	+151.0	+168.6	+54	+17	+20	+6	+10.54	+0.229	+159.5	+9.97	+11.0	+0.69	80	5.0	-50.7	-3.17	64%	9%	26%	1%	0.535	8	1	–
	★ Peter Bendix	MIA TBR	2022–present	5	+0.22	1.70	0.31	+3.7 ±6.1	6.2	-5.1	41%	+45.0	+48.0	+76.2	+70	+7	+43	+5	+15.24	+0.268	+24.0	+4.79	-6.0	-1.20	46	9.2	+3.2	+0.64	41%	17%	41%	2%	0.503	2	–	–
	★ Justin Hollander	SEA	2023–present	4	+0.39	3.99	0.37	+3.6 ±6.5	8.2	-4.4	32%	+21.0	+16.1	+13.4	+61	+24	+7	+0	+3.35	+0.066	+21.2	+5.31	+4.6	+1.16	33	8.2	-5.3	-1.32	64%	7%	30%	0%	0.524	1	–	–
	★ Mike Elias	BAL	2019–present	8	+0.13	1.99	0.17	+3.5 ±5.4	4.5	-5.7	55%	+21.4	+18.6	+46.3	+51	+9	+14	-0	+5.79	+0.102	+70.7	+8.83	+1.7	+0.21	50	6.2	-1.2	-0.15	66%	9%	22%	3%	0.470	2	–	–
	★ David Stearns	MIL NYM	2016–2022, 2024–present	10	+0.81	3.14	0.24	+3.4 ±4.9	6.7	-4.4	29%	+30.3	+35.3	-46.8	+40	+18	+21	+0	-4.68	-0.089	+40.0	+4.00	+48.9	+4.89	67	6.7	-18.0	-1.80	23%	34%	43%	0%	0.527	5	–	–
	★ Jeff Greenberg	DET	2024–present	3	+0.28	2.79	0.22	+3.0 ±7.1	7.3	-4.3	44%	+9.5	+8.7	+2.2	+66	+19	+4	+0	+0.74	+0.015	+27.1	+9.03	-1.4	-0.45	13	4.3	+5.8	+1.94	79%	21%	0%	0%	0.512	2	–	–
	★ Alex Anthopoulos	ATL TOR	2010–2015, 2018–present	15	+0.14	3.03	0.45	+2.8 ±4.1	6.7	-4.7	33%	+47.7	+72.8	-61.0	+26	+6	+6	+7	-4.06	-0.080	+117.0	+7.80	-33.0	-2.20	88	5.9	-35.3	-2.36	38%	34%	28%	0%	0.543	8	1	1
	★ Derek Falvey	MIN	2017–present	10	+0.41	3.11	0.40	+2.8 ±4.9	6.9	-4.2	26%	+44.0	+17.5	+38.0	+47	+22	+12	+6	+3.80	+0.073	+60.6	+6.06	-4.6	-0.46	52	5.2	-28.7	-2.87	40%	36%	24%	0%	0.506	4	–	–
	★ Preston Mattingly	PHI	2025–present	2	+0.37	4.71	0.69	+2.1 ±7.8	8.0	-3.7	23%	+6.3	+8.9	-44.8	+38	-5	+33	+2	-22.40	-0.515	-0.2	-0.10	+1.4	+0.69	7	3.5	-6.2	-3.11	0%	32%	68%	0%	0.580	1	–	–
	★ Jed Hoyer	BOS CHC SDP	2006–2006, 2010–present	18	+0.27	2.84	0.28	+1.9 ±3.8	7.2	-4.7	31%	+30.1	+12.2	-119.6	+31	+15	+12	+2	-6.64	-0.136	+152.8	+8.49	+27.9	+1.55	110	6.1	-33.9	-1.89	33%	30%	36%	1%	0.514	6	1	1
	★ Craig Breslow	BOS	2024–present	3	+0.15	3.11	0.26	+1.7 ±7.1	8.3	-4.4	35%	+21.1	+9.3	+0.4	+37	+16	+2	+0	+0.13	+0.002	+12.0	+4.00	+1.1	+0.38	23	7.7	+0.1	+0.03	28%	37%	35%	0%	0.530	1	–	–
	★ Dave Dombrowski	BOS DET MIA PHI WSN	1989–2019, 2021–present	36	+0.37	2.56	0.29	+1.3 ±2.7	6.8	-4.8	31%	+26.4	-22.1	-322.9	+20	+8	+9	+2	-8.97	-0.226	+339.2	+9.42	+27.2	+0.75	206	5.7	-51.3	-1.43	36%	27%	37%	0%	0.504	13	5	2
	★ Scott Harris	DET SFG	2019–present	8	+0.09	2.61	0.34	+1.3 ±5.4	5.8	-4.8	35%	+1.5	+18.7	-42.5	+45	+16	+10	+1	-5.31	-0.099	+39.3	+4.91	+2.5	+0.31	45	5.6	-17.4	-2.17	35%	57%	8%	0%	0.520	3	–	–
	★ Brian Cashman	NYY	1999–present	28	+0.27	3.87	0.59	+1.2 ±3.1	9.1	-4.0	23%	+59.6	+94.0	-904.4	+19	+8	+7	+3	-32.30	-0.749	+327.9	+11.71	-19.3	-0.69	166	5.9	-84.6	-3.02	42%	43%	15%	0%	0.580	22	6	3
	★ Jerry Dipoto	ANA ARI SEA	2010–present	17	+0.25	2.40	0.22	+0.8 ±3.9	6.7	-5.1	34%	+9.2	+30.5	-76.7	+42	+24	+10	+2	-4.51	-0.090	+139.9	+8.23	+38.1	+2.24	132	7.8	-125.6	-7.39	44%	10%	46%	0%	0.516	3	–	–
	★ Dana Brown	HOU	2023–present	4	+1.00	3.79	0.28	+0.7 ±6.5	7.5	-4.8	28%	-3.8	+4.4	-60.9	+42	+8	+7	+1	-15.22	-0.293	+2.8	+0.70	+4.0	+1.00	20	5.0	-3.4	-0.86	13%	73%	13%	0%	0.538	2	–	–
	★ Jeremy Zoll	MIN	2025–present	2	+1.32	1.36	0.15	+0.6 ±7.8	6.0	-5.6	26%	+8.3	-2.9	+15.9	+40	+7	+16	+0	+7.93	+0.153	+5.8	+2.90	-4.4	-2.18	17	8.5	+0.7	+0.37	59%	11%	30%	0%	0.453	–	–	–
	★ David Forst	OAK	2016–present	11	+0.02	2.54	0.21	+0.3 ±4.7	4.9	-6.3	56%	-6.3	+8.1	+54.0	+37	+14	+14	+0	+4.91	+0.094	+47.1	+4.28	+2.2	+0.20	67	6.1	-73.3	-6.66	46%	10%	43%	0%	0.464	3	–	–
	★ J.J. Picollo	KCR	2021–present	6	+0.04	1.97	0.17	+0.3 ±5.7	4.7	-5.9	41%	-15.9	-29.4	-2.9	+38	+10	-2	+0	-0.48	-0.010	+69.2	+11.54	+0.5	+0.08	35	5.8	+6.3	+1.06	76%	18%	6%	0%	0.448	1	–	–
	★ Ross Atkins	TOR	2016–present	11	+0.42	3.00	0.28	+0.3 ±4.7	6.9	-4.9	34%	-1.3	-11.4	-111.7	+19	+11	-0	+5	-10.16	-0.187	+74.2	+6.74	+21.5	+1.95	69	6.3	-8.2	-0.75	38%	39%	23%	0%	0.510	5	1	–
	★ Mike Hazen	ARI BOS	2015–2015, 2017–present	11	+0.07	2.72	0.25	-0.0 ±4.7	6.5	-6.0	42%	+0.2	-3.4	-28.0	+34	+5	+18	+2	-2.54	-0.050	+59.8	+5.44	-13.8	-1.26	61	5.5	-9.5	-0.86	43%	29%	28%	0%	0.492	2	1	–
	★ Carter Hawkins	CHC	2021–present	6	+0.80	3.07	0.25	-0.2 ±5.7	7.5	-5.6	31%	-1.6	-9.4	-58.4	+29	+14	+6	+1	-9.73	-0.170	+31.4	+5.24	+6.0	+1.01	39	6.5	+7.7	+1.29	31%	47%	22%	0%	0.507	1	–	–
	★ Buster Posey	SFG	2025–present	2	+0.41	0.50	0.09	-0.3 ±7.8	5.5	-5.2	19%	-12.8	-15.3	-23.8	+24	+5	-6	+0	-11.91	-0.225	+0.5	+0.27	+5.0	+2.51	8	4.0	+2.3	+1.17	8%	24%	67%	1%	0.460	–	–	–
	★ Zack Minasian	SFG	2025–present	2	+0.41	0.50	0.09	-0.3 ±7.8	5.5	-5.2	19%	-12.8	-15.3	-23.8	+24	+5	-6	+0	-11.91	-0.225	+0.5	+0.27	+5.0	+2.51	8	4.0	+2.3	+1.17	8%	24%	67%	1%	0.460	–	–	–
	★ Ross Fenstermaker	TEX	2025–present	2	+0.03	1.95	0.17	-0.7 ±7.8	6.5	-4.1	19%	-2.2	-8.7	-28.8	+50	+7	-2	+0	-14.42	-0.294	-0.6	-0.32	-1.6	-0.82	10	5.0	-3.2	-1.58	0%	100%	0%	0%	0.497	–	–	–
	★ Mike Girsch	STL	2018–present	9	+0.65	2.30	0.22	-1.0 ±5.2	6.4	-4.0	33%	+7.7	+21.2	-52.1	+38	+17	+2	+1	-5.79	-0.126	+69.3	+7.70	-1.9	-0.21	37	4.1	-24.6	-2.73	51%	14%	35%	0%	0.520	4	–	–
	★ Josh Byrnes	ARI COL SDP	2006–2010, 2012–2014, 2026–present	9	+0.06	0.49	0.08	-1.1 ±4.9	5.1	-5.8	42%	-21.6	-15.0	+10.7	+20	+10	+8	+2	+1.19	+0.030	+88.1	+9.79	-92.1	-10.23	53	5.9	-12.9	-1.43	55%	14%	31%	0%	0.463	1	–	–
	★ AJ Preller	SDP	2015–present	12	+0.09	2.41	0.41	-1.2 ±4.6	6.0	-4.9	36%	-14.2	-18.5	-71.1	+27	+4	+17	+3	-5.93	-0.116	+49.0	+4.08	+5.5	+0.46	79	6.6	-35.6	-2.97	21%	36%	43%	0%	0.491	4	–	–
	★ Chris Young	TEX	2021–present	6	+0.01	1.92	0.21	-1.4 ±5.7	6.3	-5.4	31%	-15.6	-39.0	-75.2	+34	+3	+12	+1	-12.53	-0.242	+35.8	+5.96	+3.2	+0.53	35	5.8	+48.9	+8.15	29%	64%	7%	0%	0.469	1	1	1
	★ Nick Krall	CIN	2018–present	9	+0.36	1.17	0.13	-2.1 ±5.2	4.8	-6.0	54%	-24.0	-16.3	-12.2	+32	+9	+8	+1	-1.35	-0.025	+76.0	+8.44	-10.5	-1.17	53	5.9	-46.2	-5.14	72%	24%	5%	0%	0.469	2	–	–
	★ Chaim Bloom	BOS STL	2020–2023, 2026–present	5	+0.35	1.55	0.15	-2.4 ±6.5	4.6	-4.8	36%	-4.4	+3.1	-44.1	+21	+4	+4	+3	-8.83	-0.174	+27.4	+5.48	+12.3	+2.46	38	7.6	-47.6	-9.53	35%	32%	24%	10%	0.497	1	–	–
	★ Ben Cherington	BOS PIT	2006–2006, 2012–2015, 2020–present	12	+0.03	1.53	0.21	-4.2 ±4.6	5.3	-6.8	45%	-45.7	-44.8	-101.9	+18	+3	+3	+1	-8.49	-0.161	+77.2	+6.43	+18.2	+1.52	83	6.9	-14.9	-1.24	42%	23%	35%	0%	0.458	1	1	1
	★ Chris Getz	CHW	2024–present	3	+0.00	0.61	0.07	-5.8 ±7.1	4.0	-9.0	66%	-27.5	-41.3	-16.3	+17	+3	-3	-3	-5.44	-0.091	+20.5	+6.84	+9.4	+3.13	21	7.0	-10.9	-3.63	57%	0%	42%	1%	0.375	–	–	–
	★ Perry Minasian	ANA	2021–present	6	+0.07	0.44	0.08	-7.7 ±5.7	4.5	-8.6	47%	-81.2	-76.8	-132.1	+28	+8	+1	+0	-22.02	-0.353	+18.2	+3.03	-11.4	-1.91	30	5.0	-35.7	-5.95	69%	21%	10%	0%	0.434	–	–	–
	★ Anirudh Kilambi	WSN	2026–present	1	+0.01	0.46	0.09	–	5.0	-6.1	54%	+6.1	+6.7	+11.8	+79	+0	+15	+4	+11.77	+0.250	-0.0	-0.03	+0.6	+0.56	5	5.0	-1.1	-1.13	0%	0%	100%	0%	0.471	–	–	–
	★ Gabe Kapler	MIA	2026–present	1	+0.06	1.77	0.17	–	6.0	-3.2	44%	+14.0	+10.1	+19.4	+100	-2	+40	+0	+19.42	+0.474	+0.0	+0.00	-1.5	-1.47	5	5.0	-0.3	-0.27	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.500	–	–	–
	★ Paul Toboni	WSN	2026–present	1	+0.01	0.46	0.09	–	5.0	-6.1	54%	+6.1	+6.7	+11.8	+79	+0	+15	+4	+11.77	+0.250	-0.0	-0.03	+0.6	+0.56	5	5.0	-1.1	-1.13	0%	0%	100%	0%	0.471	–	–	–

Trade metric units: RFA = playoff-readiness percentage points per Future-oriented trade; PPA = playoff probability points per acquired WAR; CPA = championship probability points per acquired WAR. GM WAR (default sort) is wins above a replacement GM per season; ± is its 95% band. All figures are credited to whoever ran baseball operations in the relevant trade or acquisition year.