Head to head · Career batting

Nolan Arenado vs Aaron Judge

In 2026 Nolan Arenado has been worth 2.3 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Two of the 25 most valuable batting careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.

Nolan Arenado AZ

Aaron Judge NYY

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the season table.
Statistic	Nolan Arenado	Aaron Judge
G	1,936	1,209
PA	8,113	5,287
H	2,057	1,262
2B	430	213
3B	35	7
HR	383	386
RBI	1,270	871
BB	629	860
SO	1,214	1,454
SB	35	70
AVG	.280	.291
SLG	.505	.610
WAR	50.5	58.6

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Nolan Arenado	Aaron Judge
G	152	66
PA	599	285
H	136	57
HR	30	18
RBI	86	41
SB	4	5
AVG	.255	.241
OBP	.331	.360
SLG	.475	.511
OPS	.806	.871
ISO	.220	.270
BB%	8.7%	15.1%
K%	20.0%	29.8%
wOBA	.350	.374
wRC+	123	134
WAR	3.9	1.6

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Nolan Arenado	Aaron Judge
G	8	65
PA	35	293
H	5	58
HR	1	17
RBI	3	41
BB	0	40
SO	9	91
SB	0	5
AVG	.152	.236
OBP	.143	.346
SLG	.242	.476
OPS	.385	.822

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

Nolan Arenado vs

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.