SABR Defensive Index: Final 2025 rankings

November 2, 2025/by wpadmin

Here are the final SABR Defensive Index™ rankings for the 2025 season among positional qualifiers for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award.

The SDI is used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™, presented by SABR. The SABR Defensive Index accounts for approximately 25 percent of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process which are added to the votes from the managers and coaches.

Mauricio Dubón of the Houston Astros and Javier Sanoja of the Miami Marlins were the 2025 Gold Glove Super Utility Award winners.

Click here to view the full list of 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners

To learn more about the SABR Defensive Index, visit SABR.org/SDI.

Scroll down to see AL and NL individual leaders, or click a link below to see SDI leaders as ranked by position:

AL: P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF
NL: P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF

2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners are listed in bold.

AL Overall Leaders (Top 25 Fielders)

Player	Team	Position	SDI
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF	14.9
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	CF	13.5
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	RF	12.1
Maikel Garcia	KCR	3B	11.7
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	10.8
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	LF	10.8
Julio Rodríguez	SEA	CF	9.2
Taylor Walls	TBR	SS	9.0
Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	SS	9.0
Carlos Narváez	BOS	C	8.9
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	8.8
Ernie Clement	TOR	3B	8.6
Dillon Dingler	DET	C	8.4
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	8.3
Carlos Santana	CLE	1B	7.8
Jeremy Peña	HOU	SS	7.5
Kyle Isbel	KCR	CF	7.1
Wyatt Langford	TEX	LF	6.8
Max Fried	NYY	P	6.6
Mauricio Dubón	HOU	2B	6.3
Ty France	MIN/TOR	1B	5.8
Cam Smith	HOU	RF	5.6
Adolis García	TEX	RF	5.1
Luis Rengifo	LAA	2B	5.0
Cody Bellinger	NYY	LF	4.8

NL Overall Leaders (Top 25 Fielders)

Player	Team	Position	SDI
Patrick Bailey	SFG	C	17.4
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP	RF	16.3
Ke’Bryan Hayes	CIN/PIT	3B	16.1
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	14.2
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B	12.3
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	CF	9.8
Luis Torrens	NYM	C	9.4
Ian Happ	CHC	LF	9.1
Sal Frelick	MIL	RF	9.0
Jacob Young	WSN	CF	8.6
Corbin Carroll	ARI	RF	7.7
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B	7.1
Tyrone Taylor	NYM	CF	7.1
Xavier Edwards	MIA	2B	6.8
Nick Allen	ATL	SS	6.6
Mookie Betts	LAD	SS	6.6
Sean Murphy	ATL	C	6.6
Pedro Pagés	STL	C	6.4
Victor Scott II	STL	CF	6.3
Matt Shaw	CHC	3B	5.4
Masyn Winn	STL	SS	5.3
Henry Davis	PIT	C	5.2
Ryan McMahon	COL	3B	4.9
Logan Webb	SFG	P	4.8
Carson Kelly	CHC	C	4.6

AL leaders, by position

(2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award qualifiers)

Pitchers

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Max Fried	NYY	P	6.6
Luis Severino	ATH	P	4.0
Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	P	3.2
Jacob deGrom	TEX	P	2.6
Tarik Skubal	DET	P	2.1
Dean Kremer	BAL	P	1.7
Ryan Pepiot	TBR	P	1.6
Bryan Woo	SEA	P	1.5
Kevin Gausman	TOR	P	1.4
José Soriano	LAA	P	1.3
Gavin Williams	CLE	P	1.1
Jack Flaherty	DET	P	1.0
Hunter Brown	HOU	P	0.8
Zack Littell	TBR	P	0.7
Brayan Bello	BOS	P	0.6
José Berríos	TOR	P	0.6
Michael Wacha	KCR	P	0.4
Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	P	0.3
Shane Baz	TBR	P	-0.4
Will Warren	NYY	P	-0.6
Tanner Bibee	CLE	P	-0.7
Kyle Hendricks	LAA	P	-0.8
Carlos Rodón	NYY	P	-0.8
Chris Bassitt	TOR	P	-1.5
Garrett Crochet	BOS	P	-1.5
Joe Ryan	MIN	P	-1.9
Jeffrey Springs	ATH	P	-2.1
Luis Castillo	SEA	P	-3.0
Framber Valdez	HOU	P	-3.6

Catchers

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	10.8
Carlos Narváez	BOS	C	8.9
Dillon Dingler	DET	C	8.4
Freddy Fermin	KCR	C	4.1
Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	2.5
Austin Wells	NYY	C	1.4
Bo Naylor	CLE	C	0.1
Danny Jansen	TBR	C	-0.8
Yainer Diaz	HOU	C	-1.1
Jonah Heim	TEX	C	-2.6
Shea Langeliers	ATH	C	-5.7
Salvador Perez	KCR	C	-6.0
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	C	-6.2
Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	C	-8.3

First base

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Carlos Santana	CLE	1B	7.8
Ty France	MIN/TOR	1B	5.8
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	3.6
Jonathan Aranda	TBR	1B	1.6
Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	1B	0.7
Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	0.3
Vinnie Pasquantino	KCR	1B	-0.4
Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	-1.0
Christian Walker	HOU	1B	-2.7
Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	-5.0

Second base

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	8.3
Mauricio Dubón	HOU	2B	6.3
Luis Rengifo	LAA	2B	5.0
Andrés Giménez	TOR	2B	4.8
Daniel Schneemann	CLE	2B	3.8
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	2B	3.7
Luis Urías	ATH	2B	-0.7
Jonathan India	KCR	2B	-1.7
Gleyber Torres	DET	2B	-2.1
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	-3.7
Lenyn Sosa	CHW	2B	-5.4
Jackson Holliday	BAL	2B	-8.8
Brandon Lowe	TBR	2B	-9.3

Third base

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Maikel Garcia	KCR	3B	11.7
Ernie Clement	TOR	3B	8.6
Ramón Urías	BAL/HOU	3B	4.8
Alex Bregman	BOS	3B	3.2
José Ramírez	CLE	3B	2.2
Josh Jung	TEX	3B	0.8
Addison Barger	TOR	3B	-0.2
Zach McKinstry	DET	3B	-2.5
Junior Caminero	TBR	3B	-3.4
Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B	-4.8
Miguel Vargas	CHW	3B	-6.1

Shortstop

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Taylor Walls	TBR	SS	9.0
Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	SS	9.0
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	8.8
Jeremy Peña	HOU	SS	7.5
José Caballero	NYY/TBR	SS	3.5
Zach Neto	LAA	SS	2.9
Anthony Volpe	NYY	SS	2.8
Gabriel Arias	CLE	SS	1.6
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	SS	1.4
Chase Meidroth	CHW	SS	-1.0
Josh Smith	TEX	SS	-1.6
J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	-2.0
Brayan Rocchio	CLE	SS	-3.3
Brooks Lee	MIN	SS	-5.6
Jacob Wilson	ATH	SS	-5.9
Trevor Story	BOS	SS	-7.6
Carlos Correa	HOU/MIN	SS	-8.6
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	-10.8

Left field

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF	14.9
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	LF	10.8
Wyatt Langford	TEX	LF	6.8
Cody Bellinger	NYY	LF	4.8
Harrison Bader	MIN	LF	4.6
Riley Greene	DET	LF	1.2
Willi Castro	MIN	LF	1.0
Jarren Duran	BOS	LF	0.5
Jake Mangum	TBR	LF	-0.4
Taylor Ward	LAA	LF	-1.8
Randy Arozarena	SEA	LF	-2.5
Chandler Simpson	TBR	LF	-2.6
Jasson Domínguez	NYY	LF	-5.0

Center field

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	CF	13.5
Julio Rodríguez	SEA	CF	9.2
Kyle Isbel	KCR	CF	7.1
Luis Robert Jr.	CHW	CF	3.1
Jake Meyers	HOU	CF	2.0
Javier Báez	DET	CF	1.6
Byron Buxton	MIN	CF	-4.6
Angel Martínez	CLE	CF	-4.7
Cedric Mullins	BAL	CF	-8.3
Trent Grisham	NYY	CF	-9.2
Jo Adell	LAA	CF	-10.5

Right field

Player	Team	Pos	SDI
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	RF	12.1
Cam Smith	HOU	RF	5.6
Adolis García	TEX	RF	5.1
Nathan Lukes	TOR	RF	4.4
Lawrence Butler	ATH	RF	2.4
Ramón Laureano	BAL	RF	1.9
Nolan Jones	CLE	RF	0.4
Josh Lowe	TBR	RF	0.2

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NL leaders, by position