Head to head · Career batting

Nolan Arenado vs Manny Machado

In 2026 Nolan Arenado has been worth 2.2 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

Manny Machado SD

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	Manny Machado
G	1,936	2,052
PA	8,113	8,872
H	2,057	2,197
2B	430	418
3B	35	18
HR	383	399
RBI	1,270	1,235
BB	629	739
SO	1,214	1,577
SB	35	118
AVG	.280	.274
SLG	.505	.480
WAR	50.5	52.3

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Nolan Arenado	Manny Machado
G	152	158
PA	599	677
H	136	128
HR	30	30
RBI	86	91
SB	4	5
AVG	.255	.217
OBP	.331	.303
SLG	.475	.407
OPS	.806	.711
ISO	.220	.190
BB%	8.7%	11.2%
K%	20.0%	21.3%
wOBA	.350	.312
wRC+	123	99
WAR	3.9	1.7

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	Manny Machado
G	8	57
PA	35	243
H	5	49
HR	1	13
RBI	3	32
BB	0	18
SO	9	60
SB	0	1
AVG	.152	.222
OBP	.143	.282
SLG	.242	.439
OPS	.385	.721

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

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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.