GM: Dana Brown (since 2023)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 29 | FA-elig | 61 | 7.6 | 26.8 | +44.1 |
| Christian Walker | 35 | FA-elig | 61 | 4.1 | 20.0 | +17.9 |
| Cam Smith | 23 | pre-arb | 61 | 3.0 | 0.8 | +27.0 |
| Carlos Correa | 31 | FA-elig | 32 | 3.0 | 21.5 | +6.2 |
| Peter Lambert | 29 | arb | 8 | 2.4 | 1.3 | +20.8 |
| Isaac Paredes | 27 | arb | 56 | 2.2 | 9.3 | +11.4 |
| Spencer Arrighetti | 26 | pre-arb | 8 | 1.9 | 0.7 | +16.9 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 30 | – | 23 | 1.7 | – | – |
| Jeremy Peña | 28 | arb | 24 | 1.7 | 9.5 | +6.5 |
| Hunter Brown | 27 | arb | 2 | 1.3 | 5.7 | +6.5 |
| Jose Altuve | 36 | FA-elig | 42 | 1.1 | 33.0 | -22.5 |
| Bryan King | 29 | pre-arb | 22 | 0.9 | 0.8 | +7.8 |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 27 | pre-arb | 18 | 0.9 | 0.8 | +7.6 |
| Christian Vázquez | 35 | FA-elig | 40 | 0.8 | 1.0 | +6.8 |
| Taylor Trammell | 28 | pre-arb | 17 | 0.8 | 0.9 | +6.1 |
| Nick Allen | 27 | pre-arb | 32 | 0.6 | 1.4 | +4.2 |
| Joey Loperfido | 27 | pre-arb | 20 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +4.1 |
| Steven Okert | 34 | arb | 29 | 0.5 | 2.3 | +2.4 |
| Alimber Santa | 23 | – | 3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +3.4 |
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 32 | – | 8 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Jake Meyers | 30 | arb | 25 | 0.3 | 3.5 | -0.7 |
| Logan VanWey | 27 | pre-arb | 3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +2.2 |
| Braden Shewmake | 28 | pre-arb | 28 | 0.1 | 0.7 | +0.1 |
| Brice Matthews | 24 | pre-arb | 50 | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.1 |
| Jayden Murray | 29 | pre-arb | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.6 |
| Nate Pearson | 29 | arb | 4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | -1.0 |
| Cody Bolton | 28 | pre-arb | 8 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Dustin Harris↔ CHW | 26 | pre-arb | 11 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Bennett Sousa | 31 | pre-arb | 5 | -0.1 | 0.9 | -1.5 |
| Jason Alexander | 33 | pre-arb | 4 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -2.8 |
| Zach Dezenzo | 26 | pre-arb | 20 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -3.0 |
| J.P. France | 31 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -2.4 |
| Daniel Johnson | 30 | – | 8 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Zach Cole | 25 | – | 18 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Tatsuya Imai | 28 | – | 7 | -0.3 | 16.7 | -19.9 |
| Christian Roa | 27 | – | 7 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -3.7 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 25 | pre-arb | 24 | -0.4 | 0.8 | -4.9 |
| Mike Burrows | 26 | – | 12 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Shay Whitcomb | 27 | pre-arb | 14 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -4.5 |
| César Salazar | 30 | pre-arb | 9 | -0.5 | 0.6 | -5.0 |
| Cristian Javier | 29 | FA-elig | 3 | -0.7 | 21.4 | -28.2 |
| Roddery Muñoz | 26 | pre-arb | 3 | -0.8 | 0.1 | -7.3 |
| Yainer Diaz | 27 | arb | 26 | -1.0 | 4.5 | -13.8 |
| Colton Gordon | 27 | pre-arb | 4 | -1.2 | 0.1 | -11.2 |
| Ryan Weiss | 29 | – | 9 | -1.6 | 2.1 | -16.6 |
| Bryan Abreu | 29 | arb | 22 | -2.2 | 5.8 | -26.5 |
46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 41 of them (89%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).
WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR), annualized to full-season pace. 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 HOU |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bagwell | 1990 | 80.2 |
| Yordan Álvarez | 2016 | 26.7 |
| Mike Scott | 1982 | 21.9 |
| Justin Verlander | 2017 | 19.7 |
| Mike Hampton | 1993 | 19.2 |
| Kevin Bass | 1982 | 17.5 |
| Nolan Ryan | 1985 | 16.2 |
| Moisés Alou | 1997 | 13.5 |
| Player | Year traded | WAR elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| Kenny Lofton | 1991 | 42.5 |
| Curt Schilling | 1992 | 36.3 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2006 | 33.1 |
| Ken Caminiti | 1994 | 17.4 |
| Freddy García | 1998 | 15.6 |
| Jed Lowrie | 2013 | 13.0 |
| Ramón Laureano | 2017 | 9.2 |
| Patrick Sandoval | 2018 | 8.9 |