Greatest Defensive Players in MLB History

The Top Ten
1 Ozzie Smith
2 Brooks Robinson

Greatest defensive player of all time, 16 Gold Gloves.

3 Willie Mays Willie Howard Mays, Jr., nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is an American former Major League Baseball center fielder who spent almost all of his 22-season career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets.

Won 12 Gold Gloves, starting with a Gold Glove in 1957, the first year Gold Gloves were awarded. Willie Mays was a rookie in 1951 before Gold Gloves existed.

4 Keith Hernandez
5 Roberto Alomar
6 Roberto Clemente Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
7 Ichiro Suzuki Ichiro Suzuki, often referred to mononymously as Ichiro, is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder.
8 Rey Ordonez

Greatest defensive player of all-time (3 gold gloves)

9 Omar Vizquel
10 Greg Maddux
The Contenders
11 Scott Rolen
12 Orlando Hudson
13 David Wright

2 gold gloves and counting

14 Cal Ripken Jr.
15 Luis Aparicio
16 Ken Griffey Jr. George Kenneth Griffey Jr. nicknamed "Junior" and "The Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball.
17 Joe Morgan
18 Mike Schmidt
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