President of baseball ops: Nick Krall (since 2022)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Drury↔ SDP | 29 | FA-elig | 92 | 2.7 | 0.5 | +9.5 |
| Tyler Mahle↔ MIN | 27 | arb | 19 | 2.3 | 4.3 | +4.0 |
| Luis Castillo↔ SEA | 29 | arb | 14 | 2.2 | 4.1 | +3.9 |
| Nick Lodolo | 24 | – | 19 | 1.9 | 0.7 | +6.2 |
| Hunter Greene | 22 | – | 24 | 1.6 | 0.7 | +5.3 |
| Kyle Farmer | 31 | arb | 145 | 1.5 | 3.2 | +2.5 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 25 | pre-arb | 50 | 1.5 | 0.7 | +4.8 |
| Graham Ashcraft | 24 | – | 19 | 1.4 | 0.5 | +4.5 |
| Alexis Díaz | 25 | – | 59 | 1.1 | 0.7 | +3.2 |
| Buck Farmer | 31 | arb | 44 | 1.0 | 0.6 | +3.2 |
| Jake Fraley | 27 | pre-arb | 68 | 0.8 | 0.7 | +2.2 |
| Stuart Fairchild↔ SEA | 26 | pre-arb | 38 | 0.7 | 0.2 | +2.5 |
| Connor Overton | 28 | pre-arb | 6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | +1.9 |
| TJ Friedl | 26 | pre-arb | 72 | 0.7 | 0.3 | +2.2 |
| Ian Gibaut↔ CLE | 28 | pre-arb | 33 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +1.9 |
| Albert Almora Jr. | 28 | FA-elig | 64 | 0.5 | 0.1 | +1.9 |
| Donovan Solano | 34 | FA-elig | 80 | 0.5 | 4.5 | -2.5 |
| Tommy Pham↔ BOS | 34 | FA-elig | 91 | 0.5 | 3.8 | -1.9 |
| Tyler Naquin↔ NYM | 31 | FA-elig | 56 | 0.4 | 2.1 | -0.6 |
| Matt Reynolds↔ NYM | 31 | pre-arb | 92 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +0.8 |
| Joel Kuhnel | 27 | pre-arb | 53 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +0.7 |
| Fernando Cruz | 32 | – | 14 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.9 |
| Jonathan India | 25 | pre-arb | 103 | 0.2 | 0.8 | +0.1 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 29 | FA-elig | 35 | 0.2 | 0.9 | -0.1 |
| Justin Wilson | 34 | FA-elig | 5 | 0.2 | 2.3 | -1.6 |
| Aristides Aquino | 28 | pre-arb | 80 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +0.0 |
| Tony Santillan | 25 | pre-arb | 21 | 0.2 | 0.7 | -0.0 |
| Colin Moran | 29 | FA-elig | 42 | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.6 |
| Chase Anderson | 34 | FA-elig | 9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
| Derek Law↔ DET | 31 | arb | 15 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.4 |
| Luis Cessa | 30 | FA-elig | 46 | 0.1 | 1.8 | -1.6 |
| Hunter Strickland | 33 | FA-elig | 66 | 0.0 | 1.8 | -1.6 |
| Ryan Hendrix | 27 | pre-arb | 9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Kyle Dowdy | 29 | pre-arb | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 |
| JT Riddle | 30 | – | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Raynel Espinal | 30 | pre-arb | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Mark Kolozsvary | 26 | – | 10 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Lucas Sims | 28 | arb | 6 | -0.0 | 1.2 | -1.3 |
| Reiver Sanmartin | 26 | pre-arb | 45 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| Luke Farrell↔ CHC | 31 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Daniel Duarte | 25 | – | 3 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -0.9 |
| Ronnie Dawson | 27 | pre-arb | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Spencer Steer | 24 | – | 28 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Ross Detwiler | 36 | – | 30 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.7 |
| Robert Dugger↔ TBR | 26 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Alejo Lopez | 26 | pre-arb | 61 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.8 |
| Jared Solomon | 25 | – | 9 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Aramis Garcia | 29 | – | 47 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -1.4 |
| Chris Okey | 27 | – | 7 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.8 |
| Taylor Motter | 32 | – | 2 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
| Art Warren | 29 | pre-arb | 39 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -1.5 |
| Phillip Diehl | 27 | – | 5 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -1.0 |
| Dauri Moreta | 26 | pre-arb | 35 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -1.6 |
| Chuckie Robinson | 27 | – | 25 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -1.4 |
| Mike Minor | 34 | FA-elig | 19 | -0.4 | 10.0 | -11.3 |
| Max Schrock | 27 | – | 13 | -0.4 | 0.4 | -1.7 |
| Michael Siani | 22 | – | 9 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Vladimir Gutierrez | 26 | pre-arb | 10 | -0.4 | 0.7 | -2.3 |
| Mike Moustakas | 33 | FA-elig | 78 | -0.5 | 16.0 | -17.7 |
| T.J. Zeuch | 26 | – | 3 | -0.5 | 0.1 | -2.0 |
| Nick Senzel | 27 | arb | 110 | -0.7 | 1.2 | -3.8 |
| Justin Dunn | 26 | pre-arb | 7 | -0.7 | 0.7 | -3.3 |
| Michael Papierski↔ SFG | 26 | – | 34 | -0.8 | 0.2 | -3.1 |
| Joey Votto | 38 | FA-elig | 91 | -0.8 | 25.0 | -28.0 |
| Austin Romine↔ ANA | 33 | FA-elig | 37 | -1.0 | 0.2 | -3.8 |
| José Barrero | 24 | pre-arb | 48 | -1.2 | 0.5 | -5.0 |
66 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 65 of them (98%). 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 |