GM: Nick Krall (since 2018)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Bauer | 29 | FA-elig | 11 | 2.6 | 17.5 | +1.2 |
| Luis Castillo | 27 | pre-arb | 12 | 2.4 | 0.2 | +17.6 |
| Sonny Gray | 30 | FA-elig | 11 | 1.7 | 10.2 | +2.5 |
| Jesse Winker | 26 | pre-arb | 54 | 1.3 | 0.2 | +9.3 |
| Raisel Iglesias | 30 | arb | 22 | 1.1 | 5.7 | +2.6 |
| Eugenio Suárez | 28 | FA-elig | 57 | 1.1 | 9.5 | -1.4 |
| Tyler Mahle | 25 | pre-arb | 10 | 1.1 | 0.2 | +7.7 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 29 | FA-elig | 38 | 0.8 | 3.9 | +2.2 |
| Curt Casali | 31 | FA-elig | 31 | 0.7 | 1.5 | +3.6 |
| Tejay Antone | 26 | – | 13 | 0.7 | 0.2 | +4.6 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 28 | arb | 23 | 0.6 | 3.7 | +0.5 |
| Mike Moustakas | 31 | FA-elig | 44 | 0.5 | 12.0 | -8.1 |
| Joey Votto | 36 | FA-elig | 54 | 0.5 | 25.0 | -21.5 |
| Lucas Sims | 26 | pre-arb | 20 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +3.0 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 23 | – | 8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +2.1 |
| Nick Castellanos | 28 | FA-elig | 60 | 0.3 | 16.0 | -13.8 |
| Shogo Akiyama | 32 | – | 54 | 0.3 | 2.2 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Farmer | 29 | pre-arb | 32 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +1.5 |
| Amir Garrett | 28 | pre-arb | 21 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +1.1 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 31 | arb | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +1.1 |
| Archie Bradley↔ ARI | 27 | arb | 6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | -0.6 |
| Wade Miley | 33 | FA-elig | 6 | 0.1 | 6.0 | -5.1 |
| Freddy Galvis | 30 | FA-elig | 47 | 0.1 | 2.0 | -1.4 |
| Sal Romano | 26 | pre-arb | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +0.4 |
| Brooks Raley↔ HOU | 32 | – | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.2 |
| Jesse Biddle | 28 | pre-arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Aristides Aquino | 26 | pre-arb | 23 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Anthony DeSclafani | 30 | FA-elig | 9 | -0.1 | 5.9 | -6.3 |
| Pedro Strop | 35 | FA-elig | 4 | -0.1 | 1.8 | -2.3 |
| Nick Senzel | 25 | pre-arb | 23 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.9 |
| Joel Kuhnel | 25 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.7 |
| José De León | 27 | – | 5 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Mark Payton | 28 | – | 8 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
| Cody Reed↔ TBR | 27 | – | 9 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Nate Jones | 34 | FA-elig | 21 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Travis Jankowski | 29 | arb | 16 | -0.1 | 1.1 | -2.0 |
| Brian Goodwin↔ ANA | 29 | arb | 20 | -0.2 | 0.9 | -2.1 |
| Phillip Ervin↔ SEA | 27 | – | 19 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -2.0 |
| Christian Colón | 31 | pre-arb | 11 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -2.1 |
| Matt Davidson | 29 | pre-arb | 22 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -2.6 |
| Josh VanMeter↔ ARI | 25 | – | 14 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -2.8 |
| José Barrero | 22 | – | 24 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Robert Stephenson | 27 | pre-arb | 10 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -4.3 |
43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 41 of them (95%). 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 |