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	+0.22	3.66	0.85	+9.3 ±3.5	9.2	-3.6	30%	+238.7	+199.6	-21.8	+43	+23	+14	+1	-1.04	-0.022	+264.2	+12.58	+89.1	+4.24	130	6.2	-155.9	-7.42	44%	26%	30%	0%	0.572	16	6	3
	★ Erik Neander	TBR	2017–present	10	+0.25	3.57	0.37	+9.1 ±4.9	6.9	-3.3	30%	+134.0	+149.6	+196.9	+70	+12	+47	+3	+19.69	+0.367	+47.4	+4.74	-19.7	-1.97	112	11.2	-40.0	-4.00	23%	19%	58%	1%	0.557	6	1	–
	★ Brandon Gomes	LAD	2022–present	5	+0.29	3.49	0.99	+5.9 ±6.1	10.0	-3.0	23%	+54.5	+54.3	-97.9	+30	+6	+2	-0	-19.57	-0.348	+49.4	+9.89	+1.5	+0.31	39	7.8	+13.7	+2.73	36%	51%	13%	0%	0.620	5	2	2
	★ Mike Chernoff	CLE	2016–present	11	+0.33	3.12	0.63	+5.9 ±4.7	7.1	-4.2	34%	+110.1	+135.6	+145.3	+59	+18	+16	+7	+13.21	+0.286	+114.7	+10.42	-6.1	-0.56	56	5.1	-35.0	-3.18	68%	10%	20%	1%	0.553	8	1	–
	★ Matt Arnold	MIL	2021–present	6	+0.81	4.23	0.35	+4.9 ±5.7	8.3	-4.5	28%	+63.0	+92.7	+66.2	+77	+14	+31	-0	+11.03	+0.204	+57.4	+9.56	+26.7	+4.46	52	8.7	-8.7	-1.45	43%	13%	42%	2%	0.582	5	–	–
	★ Chris Antonetti	CLE	2011–present	16	+0.30	2.92	0.48	+4.2 ±4.0	6.9	-4.6	38%	+123.6	+155.9	+173.8	+55	+17	+20	+6	+10.86	+0.236	+167.1	+10.44	+11.3	+0.71	80	5.0	-51.6	-3.23	65%	9%	25%	1%	0.536	9	1	–
	★ Peter Bendix	MIA TBR	2022–present	5	+0.22	1.71	0.32	+3.7 ±6.1	6.6	-5.3	42%	+43.8	+48.9	+78.6	+71	+8	+44	+5	+15.72	+0.275	+27.4	+5.49	-7.4	-1.47	46	9.2	+3.0	+0.59	43%	15%	40%	2%	0.501	2	–	–
	★ Justin Hollander	SEA	2023–present	4	+0.43	4.00	0.36	+3.6 ±6.5	8.2	-4.5	34%	+22.7	+16.2	+12.8	+62	+23	+8	+0	+3.20	+0.063	+22.7	+5.67	+6.2	+1.55	33	8.2	-7.3	-1.84	64%	4%	32%	0%	0.523	1	–	–
	★ Mike Elias	BAL	2019–present	8	+0.12	1.96	0.16	+3.5 ±5.4	4.6	-5.8	55%	+20.4	+17.1	+45.3	+50	+9	+14	-0	+5.67	+0.099	+70.7	+8.84	+1.5	+0.19	50	6.2	+1.5	+0.19	64%	10%	22%	3%	0.469	2	–	–
	★ David Stearns	MIL NYM	2016–2022, 2024–present	10	+0.81	3.22	0.24	+3.4 ±4.9	6.9	-4.4	29%	+33.7	+34.6	-46.3	+41	+18	+21	+0	-4.63	-0.088	+43.6	+4.36	+47.7	+4.77	67	6.7	-17.9	-1.79	24%	33%	42%	0%	0.527	5	–	–
	★ Jeff Greenberg	DET	2024–present	3	+0.28	2.76	0.21	+3.0 ±7.1	7.3	-4.4	44%	+11.0	+9.2	+3.0	+68	+20	+5	+0	+0.99	+0.020	+28.7	+9.58	-1.7	-0.57	13	4.3	+6.1	+2.03	79%	21%	0%	0%	0.512	2	–	–
	★ Alex Anthopoulos	ATL TOR	2010–2015, 2018–present	15	+0.14	2.98	0.44	+2.8 ±4.1	6.9	-4.8	33%	+45.6	+72.1	-65.6	+26	+6	+6	+7	-4.38	-0.086	+118.0	+7.87	-32.8	-2.18	88	5.9	-34.8	-2.32	38%	34%	28%	0%	0.543	9	1	1
	★ Derek Falvey	MIN	2017–present	10	+0.59	3.12	0.40	+2.8 ±4.9	7.0	-4.2	26%	+42.8	+17.1	+38.3	+47	+21	+12	+6	+3.83	+0.074	+62.7	+6.27	-5.3	-0.53	52	5.2	-30.3	-3.03	41%	35%	24%	0%	0.505	4	–	–
	★ Preston Mattingly	PHI	2025–present	2	+0.36	4.10	0.67	+2.1 ±7.8	8.0	-3.8	22%	+4.2	+5.8	-49.9	+35	-5	+31	+2	-24.94	-0.560	+0.2	+0.09	+1.7	+0.84	7	3.5	-6.9	-3.45	4%	27%	69%	0%	0.568	2	–	–
	★ Jed Hoyer	BOS CHC SDP	2006–2006, 2010–present	18	+0.27	2.86	0.27	+1.9 ±3.8	7.2	-4.7	31%	+29.8	+10.3	-121.0	+31	+15	+12	+2	-6.72	-0.137	+154.8	+8.60	+28.8	+1.60	110	6.1	-33.4	-1.86	33%	30%	36%	1%	0.513	7	1	1
	★ Craig Breslow	BOS	2024–present	3	+0.23	3.05	0.25	+1.7 ±7.1	8.3	-4.5	35%	+19.9	+8.8	-1.1	+35	+14	+3	+0	-0.36	-0.007	+12.4	+4.15	-1.4	-0.47	23	7.7	-1.2	-0.39	28%	39%	34%	0%	0.529	2	–	–
	★ Dave Dombrowski	BOS DET MIA PHI WSN	1989–2019, 2021–present	36	+0.37	2.54	0.28	+1.3 ±2.7	6.8	-4.9	30%	+24.2	-25.3	-328.0	+20	+8	+9	+2	-9.11	-0.230	+339.4	+9.43	+27.6	+0.77	206	5.7	-52.9	-1.47	36%	27%	37%	0%	0.504	14	5	2
	★ Scott Harris	DET SFG	2019–present	8	+0.09	2.61	0.33	+1.3 ±5.4	5.8	-4.9	35%	+3.0	+19.1	-41.7	+46	+16	+10	+1	-5.22	-0.097	+41.0	+5.12	+2.1	+0.27	45	5.6	-18.5	-2.31	36%	56%	8%	0%	0.520	3	–	–
	★ Brian Cashman	NYY	1999–present	28	+0.27	3.85	0.58	+1.2 ±3.1	9.1	-4.1	23%	+57.9	+95.9	-908.1	+19	+8	+7	+3	-32.43	-0.751	+332.1	+11.86	-21.3	-0.76	166	5.9	-84.1	-3.00	42%	43%	15%	0%	0.580	23	6	3
	★ Jerry Dipoto	ANA ARI SEA	2010–present	17	+0.26	2.44	0.21	+0.8 ±3.9	6.7	-5.1	34%	+10.9	+30.5	-77.3	+42	+24	+10	+2	-4.55	-0.091	+142.3	+8.37	+40.1	+2.36	132	7.8	-129.1	-7.59	44%	10%	46%	0%	0.516	3	–	–
	★ Dana Brown	HOU	2023–present	4	+1.01	3.87	0.28	+0.7 ±6.5	7.5	-4.7	26%	-1.8	+2.7	-63.6	+45	+8	+9	+1	-15.89	-0.304	+3.1	+0.78	+4.2	+1.05	20	5.0	-6.6	-1.65	14%	71%	14%	0%	0.535	3	–	–
	★ Jeremy Zoll	MIN	2025–present	2	+1.38	1.29	0.14	+0.6 ±7.8	6.5	-5.7	26%	+7.1	-3.3	+16.2	+40	+6	+17	+0	+8.08	+0.154	+7.7	+3.84	-4.7	-2.35	17	8.5	+1.1	+0.55	61%	9%	30%	0%	0.454	–	–	–
	★ David Forst	OAK	2016–present	11	+0.02	2.53	0.20	+0.3 ±4.7	5.0	-6.4	56%	-4.9	+8.5	+55.1	+37	+14	+14	+0	+5.01	+0.095	+48.9	+4.45	+2.2	+0.20	67	6.1	-72.5	-6.59	47%	10%	43%	0%	0.464	3	–	–
	★ J.J. Picollo	KCR	2021–present	6	+0.04	2.00	0.16	+0.3 ±5.7	4.7	-6.1	41%	-17.3	-33.8	-5.7	+37	+10	-2	+0	-0.94	-0.019	+73.3	+12.21	+0.5	+0.09	35	5.8	+4.8	+0.80	78%	16%	6%	0%	0.444	1	–	–
	★ Ross Atkins	TOR	2016–present	11	+0.38	2.94	0.27	+0.3 ±4.7	7.2	-4.9	34%	-2.2	-13.3	-117.3	+19	+11	-0	+5	-10.67	-0.196	+76.4	+6.94	+21.1	+1.91	69	6.3	-10.2	-0.93	39%	38%	23%	0%	0.510	5	1	–
	★ Mike Hazen	ARI BOS	2015–2015, 2017–present	11	+0.07	2.76	0.25	-0.0 ±4.7	6.6	-6.1	42%	+0.1	-4.2	-34.2	+34	+5	+19	+2	-3.11	-0.060	+60.6	+5.51	-11.3	-1.03	61	5.5	-10.1	-0.92	43%	28%	29%	0%	0.493	2	1	–
	★ Carter Hawkins	CHC	2021–present	6	+0.80	3.06	0.24	-0.2 ±5.7	7.7	-5.6	30%	-1.8	-11.4	-59.8	+29	+14	+6	+1	-9.97	-0.173	+33.0	+5.51	+6.9	+1.15	39	6.5	+8.1	+1.36	31%	47%	22%	0%	0.506	2	–	–
	★ Buster Posey	SFG	2025–present	2	+0.48	0.53	0.08	-0.3 ±7.8	5.5	-6.2	19%	-14.4	-19.3	-27.0	+25	+5	-6	+0	-13.48	-0.241	+1.2	+0.61	+6.6	+3.31	8	4.0	+2.4	+1.21	14%	17%	68%	0%	0.451	–	–	–
	★ Zack Minasian	SFG	2025–present	2	+0.48	0.53	0.08	-0.3 ±7.8	5.5	-6.2	19%	-14.4	-19.3	-27.0	+25	+5	-6	+0	-13.48	-0.241	+1.2	+0.61	+6.6	+3.31	8	4.0	+2.4	+1.21	14%	17%	68%	0%	0.451	–	–	–
	★ Ross Fenstermaker	TEX	2025–present	2	+0.03	1.43	0.14	-0.7 ±7.8	6.5	-4.1	20%	-4.3	-9.2	-31.1	+46	+6	-3	+0	-15.56	-0.314	-1.0	-0.51	-1.6	-0.82	10	5.0	-2.4	-1.22	0%	100%	0%	0%	0.497	–	–	–
	★ Mike Girsch	STL	2018–present	9	+0.65	2.36	0.21	-1.0 ±5.2	6.4	-4.0	33%	+7.7	+21.0	-50.6	+38	+17	+2	+1	-5.63	-0.122	+71.4	+7.94	-4.7	-0.52	37	4.1	-23.7	-2.64	52%	14%	35%	0%	0.518	4	–	–
	★ Josh Byrnes	ARI COL SDP	2006–2010, 2012–2014, 2026–present	9	+0.06	0.53	0.08	-1.1 ±4.9	5.1	-5.9	43%	-22.0	-19.2	+10.0	+20	+10	+7	+2	+1.11	+0.028	+88.1	+9.79	-91.4	-10.16	53	5.9	-13.1	-1.46	55%	13%	32%	0%	0.460	1	–	–
	★ AJ Preller	SDP	2015–present	12	+0.09	2.51	0.41	-1.2 ±4.6	6.1	-4.9	36%	-10.2	-13.0	-68.8	+28	+5	+17	+3	-5.73	-0.112	+52.0	+4.33	+5.7	+0.47	79	6.6	-36.0	-3.00	22%	36%	42%	0%	0.494	5	–	–
	★ Chris Young	TEX	2021–present	6	+0.01	1.74	0.19	-1.4 ±5.7	6.3	-5.4	31%	-17.7	-39.5	-77.5	+33	+2	+12	+1	-12.91	-0.248	+36.7	+6.12	+2.7	+0.45	35	5.8	+50.5	+8.42	29%	64%	7%	0%	0.470	1	1	1
	★ Nick Krall	CIN	2018–present	9	+0.39	1.19	0.12	-2.1 ±5.2	4.7	-6.1	55%	-26.0	-17.6	-14.7	+31	+9	+8	+1	-1.64	-0.030	+76.8	+8.53	-10.3	-1.15	53	5.9	-46.6	-5.18	72%	24%	5%	0%	0.468	2	–	–
	★ Chaim Bloom	BOS STL	2020–2023, 2026–present	5	+0.36	1.59	0.14	-2.4 ±6.5	4.6	-4.8	35%	-4.7	+2.8	-42.9	+21	+4	+4	+3	-8.58	-0.169	+28.2	+5.63	+10.5	+2.09	38	7.6	-48.3	-9.65	35%	32%	23%	10%	0.493	1	–	–
	★ Ben Cherington	BOS PIT	2006–2006, 2012–2015, 2020–present	12	+0.03	1.59	0.21	-4.2 ±4.6	5.6	-6.8	45%	-44.2	-41.1	-98.6	+18	+3	+3	+1	-8.21	-0.155	+79.9	+6.65	+19.6	+1.63	83	6.9	-14.0	-1.17	42%	22%	36%	0%	0.460	1	1	1
	★ Chris Getz	CHW	2024–present	3	+0.00	0.45	0.06	-5.8 ±7.1	4.3	-8.9	66%	-26.2	-40.8	-13.5	+17	+3	-4	-3	-4.49	-0.074	+21.7	+7.22	+11.8	+3.92	21	7.0	-11.8	-3.94	55%	0%	44%	1%	0.381	1	–	–
	★ Perry Minasian	ANA	2021–present	6	+0.07	0.49	0.08	-7.7 ±5.7	4.7	-8.7	44%	-81.4	-79.3	-132.5	+27	+9	+1	+0	-22.08	-0.353	+19.2	+3.21	-11.6	-1.94	30	5.0	-37.2	-6.19	71%	20%	9%	0%	0.432	–	–	–
	★ Anirudh Kilambi	WSN	2026–present	1	+0.01	0.33	0.07	–	6.0	-8.0	53%	+4.6	+9.1	+11.6	+69	+0	+10	+4	+11.64	+0.233	+0.3	+0.33	+0.9	+0.89	5	5.0	-1.3	-1.27	34%	0%	66%	0%	0.475	–	–	–
	★ Gabe Kapler	MIA	2026–present	1	+0.06	2.08	0.18	–	8.0	-4.6	44%	+12.8	+10.9	+22.0	+108	-1	+42	+0	+21.96	+0.511	+0.0	+0.00	-2.8	-2.82	5	5.0	-0.3	-0.26	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.494	–	–	–
	★ Paul Toboni	WSN	2026–present	1	+0.01	0.33	0.07	–	6.0	-8.0	53%	+4.6	+9.1	+11.6	+69	+0	+10	+4	+11.64	+0.233	+0.3	+0.33	+0.9	+0.89	5	5.0	-1.3	-1.27	34%	0%	66%	0%	0.475	–	–	–

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.