GM: Dan O'Brien (since 2004)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felipe Lopez | 25 | arb | 148 | 4.7 | 0.4 | +8.3 |
| Aaron Harang | 27 | arb | 32 | 3.6 | 0.4 | +6.3 |
| Adam Dunn | 25 | arb | 160 | 3.3 | 4.6 | +1.6 |
| Ken Griffey Jr. | 35 | FA-elig | 128 | 2.9 | 12.5 | -7.0 |
| Jason LaRue | 31 | FA-elig | 110 | 2.7 | 3.0 | +2.0 |
| Ryan Freel | 29 | arb | 103 | 2.3 | 0.4 | +4.0 |
| Javier Valentin | 29 | FA-elig | 76 | 2.1 | 0.5 | +3.5 |
| Austin Kearns | 25 | arb | 112 | 2.0 | 0.9 | +2.9 |
| Rich Aurilia | 33 | FA-elig | 114 | 2.0 | 0.6 | +3.1 |
| Brandon Claussen | 26 | pre-arb | 29 | 1.7 | 0.3 | +2.9 |
| Joe Randa↔ SDP | 35 | FA-elig | 92 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +1.7 |
| Sean Casey | 30 | FA-elig | 137 | 1.3 | 7.8 | -5.4 |
| Eric Milton | 29 | FA-elig | 34 | 0.7 | 5.3 | -4.1 |
| David Weathers | 35 | FA-elig | 73 | 0.7 | 1.2 | -0.0 |
| Jacob Cruz | 32 | FA-elig | 110 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.2 |
| Matt Belisle | 25 | pre-arb | 61 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +0.4 |
| Kent Mercker | 37 | FA-elig | 78 | 0.3 | 1.2 | -0.7 |
| Ryan Wagner | 22 | pre-arb | 42 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +0.1 |
| Edwin Encarnación | 22 | – | 69 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Chris Denorfia | 24 | – | 18 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Todd Coffey | 24 | – | 57 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Brian Shackelford | 28 | – | 37 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Randy Keisler | 29 | – | 24 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Josh Hancock | 27 | arb | 11 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Luke Hudson | 28 | arb | 21 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Ben Weber | 35 | arb | 10 | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.5 |
| Jason Romano | 26 | – | 19 | 0.0 | – | – |
| D'Angelo Jimenez | 27 | FA-elig | 35 | 0.0 | 2.9 | -2.8 |
| Ray Olmedo | 24 | pre-arb | 54 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Anderson Machado↔ COL | 24 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Dane Sardinha | 26 | – | 1 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Miguel Perez | 21 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Allan Simpson↔ COL | 27 | pre-arb | 9 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Kenny Kelly↔ WSN | 26 | – | 7 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jason Standridge↔ TEX | 26 | – | 32 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Ramon Ortiz | 32 | FA-elig | 30 | -0.1 | 3.5 | -3.8 |
| Paul Wilson | 32 | FA-elig | 9 | -0.1 | 3.6 | -3.9 |
| Luis Lopez | 34 | – | 17 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Chris Booker | 28 | – | 3 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Aaron Holbert | 32 | – | 22 | -0.3 | – | – |
| William Bergolla | 22 | – | 17 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Elizardo Ramirez | 22 | – | 6 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Wily Mo Peña | 23 | arb | 99 | -0.4 | 0.4 | -1.2 |
| Joe Valentine | 25 | pre-arb | 16 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -1.2 |
| Ricky Stone | 30 | – | 23 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Danny Graves↔ NYM | 31 | FA-elig | 20 | -0.5 | 3.1 | -4.1 |
46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (65%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).
WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.
| Player | Year | WAR for CIN |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon Phillips | 2006 | 30.1 |
| Aaron Harang | 2003 | 19.3 |
| Sean Casey | 1998 | 15.9 |
| Luis Castillo | 2017 | 13.9 |
| Ken Griffey | 2000 | 10.6 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | 2014 | 8.2 |
| Dmitri Young | 1997 | 7.5 |
| Norm Charlton | 1986 | 7.3 |
| Player | Year traded | WAR elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Konerko | 1998 | 24.5 |
| Mike Cameron | 2000 | 19.8 |
| Charlie Leibrandt | 1983 | 16.8 |
| Jeff Montgomery | 1988 | 12.0 |
| Dave Burba | 1998 | 11.7 |
| Luis Castillo | 2022 | 8.7 |
| John Franco | 1989 | 8.7 |
| Brad Keller | 2017 | 7.9 |