Dynasty First Base Rankings 2026

Updated August 21, 2026. As of today, the top three dynasty first basemen are Nick Kurtz (ATH), Ben Rice (NYY), and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (TOR). The top 63 first basemen for dynasty fantasy baseball, sliced directly from our hand-built staff dynasty board of 659 players — so every 1B rank below is consistent with where the player sits overall, not a separate list that drifts out of sync.

How We Rank First Basemen in Dynasty

First base skews older than any other position — deep in steady veteran bats but thin on youth. That makes the few young first basemen with real upside disproportionately valuable in dynasty, and it's why age sits next to every rank on this list. Players are valued on a multi-year window for 5x5 category leagues, with age, role security, and prospect upside weighed alongside current production. Prospects are ranked inline and flagged (P).

Top 50 Dynasty First Basemen 2026

1B Rank	Player	Team	Pos	Age	Overall	FRV
1	Nick Kurtz	ATH	1B	22	#4	82.2
2	Ben Rice	NYY	1B/C	26	#12	77.1
3	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B	26	#27	78.8
4	Sal Stewart	CIN	1B/3B	22	#36	65.7
5	Pete Alonso	BAL	1B	31	#50	69.5
6	Miguel Vargas	CWS	1B/3B	26	#52	54.8
7	Bryce Harper	PHI	1B	33	#56	72.1
8	Matt Olson	ATL	1B	31	#58	66.6
9	Samuel Basallo	BAL	C/1B	21	#60	67.0
10	Munetaka Murakami	CWS	1B/3B	25	#80	61.1
11	Alec Burleson	STL	1B/OF	27	#82	53.5
12	Rafael Devers	SF	1B	29	#85	69.8
13	Bryce Eldridge	SF	1B	21	#92	63.6
14	Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	36	#94	62.2
15	Jonathan Aranda	TB	1B	27	#103	58.1
16	Michael Busch	CHC	1B	28	#121	59.7
17	Cody Bellinger	NYY	OF/1B	30	#134	65.2
18	Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	1B/OF	24	#138	67.2
19	Josh Naylor	SEA	1B	28	#143	60.7
20	Isaac Paredes	HOU	3B/1B	26	#147	55.5
21	Vinnie Pasquantino	KC	1B	28	#161	60.5
22	Luis Garcia	NYY	1B/2B	25	#171	52.4
23	Willson Contreras	BOS	1B	33	#173	50.5
24	Charlie Condon (P)	COL	1B/OF	22	#179	51.9
25	Josué Briceño (P)	DET	C/1B	21	#191	51.3
26	Yandy Diaz	TB	1B	34	#195	50.2
27	Josiah Hartshorn (P)	CHC	1B/OF	19	#196	36.0
28	Spencer Steer	CIN	1B/OF	28	#199	50.7
29	Curtis Mead	BOS	1B/3B	25	#214	49.2
30	TJ Rumfield	COL	1B	26	#227	50.0
31	Edward Florentino (P)	PIT	OF/1B	19	#229	57.1
32	Ryan O'Hearn	PIT	1B/OF	32	#230	48.4
33	Spencer Torkelson	DET	1B	26	#256	55.3
34	Kyle Manzardo	CLE	1B	23	#288	53.2
35	Ralphy Velazquez (P)	CLE	1B	20	#304	53.5
36	Christian Walker	HOU	1B	34	#331	47.4
37	Luis Arraez	PHI	1B/2B	28	#334	51.9
38	Blaze Jordan	STL	1B/3B	23	#335	41.5
39	Luke Adams (P)	MIL	1B/3B	21	#341	42.5
40	Ernie Clement	TOR	1B/2B/3B/SS	29	#362	51.7
41	Coby Mayo	BAL	3B/1B	24	#363	53.6
42	Kody Clemens	MIN	1B/OF	29	#365	49.2
43	Gavin Sheets	SD	1B/OF	29	#396	42.6
44	Nolan Schanuel	LAA	1B	23	#428	53.9
45	Jake Burger	TEX	1B	29	#437	48.3
46	Mark Vientos	NYM	1B/3B	26	#447	50.9
47	Ty France	SD	1B/2B	31	#449	47.6
48	Jose Fernandez	ARI	1B/3B/SS	22	#452	50.0
49	Jake Bauers	MIL	1B/OF	30	#475	50.1
50	Spencer Horwitz	PIT	1B	28	#498	46.9

Every player links to a dedicated page with expert consensus ranks across dozens of sources, community FRV (FanRanked Value) ratings, trends, and staff commentary. For the full board with notes on every pick, see the staff dynasty rankings.