NL Central by season · division · 2026
NL Central Standings 2026
National League Central, 2026: 5 teams and 801 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 176.0
- Runs / game
- 4.75
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 4.18
- FIP
- 4.22
- Home runs
- 948
Standings
Every column sorts.
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 101 | 59 | .631 | — | 823 | 612 | +211 | .632 | 108 | 3.52 | 49.6 |
| 2 |  Chicago Cubs | 88 | 73 | .547 | 13.5 | 844 | 701 | +143 | .584 | 111 | 4.13 | 35.0 |
| 3 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 79 | .506 | 20 | 760 | 733 | +27 | .517 | 102 | 4.19 | 42.7 |
| 4 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 83 | .481 | 24 | 714 | 740 | -26 | .484 | 97 | 4.22 | 31.4 |
| 5 |  Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 86 | .463 | 27 | 660 | 820 | -160 | .402 | 96 | 4.82 | 17.4 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pete Crow-Armstrong | 725 | 157 | 8.7 |
| 2 |  Elly De La Cruz | 627 | 151 | 6.8 |
| 3 |  Brice Turang | 672 | 129 | 5.4 |
| 4 |  Brandon Lowe | 652 | 121 | 4.5 |
| 5 |  Jake Bauers | 570 | 147 | 4.4 |
| 6 |  Alex Bregman | 697 | 123 | 4.2 |
| 7 |  Seiya Suzuki | 634 | 134 | 3.9 |
| 8 |  Alec Burleson | 666 | 129 | 3.8 |
| 9 |  Jackson Chourio | 565 | 128 | 3.7 |
| 10 |  William Contreras | 636 | 109 | 3.5 |
| 11 |  Jordan Walker | 659 | 126 | 3.5 |
| 12 |  Bryan Reynolds | 693 | 118 | 3.4 |
| 13 |  Garrett Mitchell | 525 | 116 | 3.3 |
| 14 |  JJ Wetherholt | 615 | 107 | 3.2 |
| 15 |  Nick Gonzales | 604 | 111 | 3.2 |