It's here: The countdown of All-Time #MLBRank moves into the top 100 baseball players across all positions.
To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players, based on both peak performance and career value.
The top 100 will roll out this week. Here are Nos. 30-21.
So far, we released Nos. 100-91 | 90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 50-41 | 40-31.
We've also rolled out the top 10 players at each position: LHP | RHP | Catchers | Shortstops | Third basemen | Second basemen | First basemen | Left fielders | Center fielders | Right fielders
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All-Time #MLBRank: 30-21
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Jackie Robinson
Position(s)
Second base, first base
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1947-56)
Honors
Rookie of the Year (1947), MVP ('49), six-time All Star ('49-54), Hall of Fame ('62)
Championships
1 -- Brooklyn (1955)
Career stats
.311/.409/.474, OPS -- .883, Hits - 1,518, HRs -- 137, RBIs - 734
Did you know?
Robinson brought highly valuable skills to the major leagues when he broke the color barrier in 1947. He had six seasons with a .400 on-base percentage and five seasons with a .500 slugging percentage. Robinson's .409 career on-base percentage is the best by any Dodgers player who had at least 3,000 plate appearances for them. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Info
Johnny Bench
Position(s)
Catcher
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1967-83)
Honors
Rookie of the Year (1968), 10 Gold Gloves ('68-77), 14-time All-Star ('68-80, '83), two-time MVP ('70, '72), World Series MVP ('76), Hall of Fame ('89)
Championships
2 -- Cincinnati (1975-76)
Career stats
.267/.342/.476, OPS -- .817, Hits -- 2,048, HRs -- 389, RBIs -- 1,376
Did you know?
Bench was known for his offense and defense. He had 11 seasons of 20-plus HRs, tied with Mike Piazza for most all-time among catchers. He also won 10 Gold Gloves, the second-most among catchers (Ivan Rodriguez, 13). Bench was named NL MVP in 1970 at age 22, and is still the youngest ever to win that award. -- Jacob Nitzberg, ESPN Stats & Info
Christy Mathewson
Position(s)
Right-handed starter
Teams
New York Giants (1900-16), Cincinnati Reds ('16)
Honors
Hall of Fame (1936)
Championships
1 -- New York (1905)
Career stats
W-L: 373-188, 79 shutouts, 4,788.2 innings pitched, 2.13 ERA, 2,507 strikeouts, 1.058 WHIP
Did you know?
Mathewson ranks tied for third all-time in wins (373) and tied for eighth all-time in ERA (2.13), the only player to rank in the top 10 all-time in both. He won the World Series with the Giants in 1905, throwing three shutouts in the series. He was a member of the first Hall of Fame class in 1936. -- Nitzberg
Mike Schmidt
Position(s)
Third base
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1972-89)
Honors
12-time All-Star (1974, '76-77, '79-84, '86-87, '89), 10 Gold Gloves ('76-84, '86), World Series MVP ('80), three-time MVP ('80-81, '86), six Silver Sluggers ('80-84, '86), Hall of Fame ('95)
Championships
1 -- Philadelphia (1980)
Career stats
.267/.380/.527, OPS -- .908, Hits - 2,234, HRs -- 548, RBIs - 1,595
Did you know?
A three-time NL MVP, Schmidt won more Gold Gloves as a third baseman (10) than he did home run titles as a hitter (8). At the time of his retirement, Schmidt had the most career home runs of any infielder in baseball history (548), and still ranks third all-time. He led the NL in home runs and RBIs in the same season four times, and his career WAR of 106.5 ranks fourth among position players with careers of fewer than 20 years (behind Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle). -- David Sabino, ESPN Stats & Info
Clayton Kershaw
Position(s)
Left-handed starter
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (2008-present)
Honors
Six-time All-Star (2011-16), Gold Glove ('11), three Cy Youngs (2011, '13-14), MVP ('14)
Championships
None
Career stats*
W-L: 125-58, 15 shutouts, 1,732 innings pitched, 2.39 ERA, 1,891 strikeouts, 1.012 WHIP
*Stats through July 20, 2016
Did you know?
In 2014 Kershaw became the first National League pitcher to win the MVP and Cy Young awards in the same season since Bob Gibson in 1968. Kershaw's three Cy Young awards rank tied for fifth all-time and he's only 28 years old. He has the lowest ERA of any pitcher in his first nine seasons in the Live Ball Era. -- Marty Callinan, ESPN Stats & Info
Rogers Hornsby
Position(s)
Second base
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1915-26, '33), New York Giants ('27), Boston Braves ('28), Chicago Cubs ('29-32), St. Louis Browns ('33-37)
Honors
Two NL Triple Crowns (1922, '25), two-time NL MVP ('25, '29), Hall of Fame ('42)
Championships
1 -- St. Louis Cardinals (1926)
Career stats
.358/.434/.577, OPS -- 1.010, Hits -- 2,930, HRs -- 301, RBIs -- 1,584
Did you know?
Hornsby was a .358 career hitter, second only to Ty Cobb's .366 in major league history. In 1924, Hornsby hit .424, the second-highest average in a season in the modern era (since 1900). In total, Hornsby hit over .400 in 3 seasons, tied with Cobb for most all-time, and he also won two Triple Crowns (1922 and 1925). -- Nitzberg
Frank Robinson
Position(s)
Right field, first base
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1956-65), Baltimore Orioles ('66-71), Los Angeles Dodgers ('72), California Angles ('73-74), Cleveland Indians ('74-76)
Honors
NL Rookie of the Year (1956), NL Gold Glove ('58), NL MVP ('61), AL MVP ('66), AL Triple Crown ('66), World Series MVP ('66), eight-time NL All-Star ('56-57, '59*, '61-62*, '65), six-time AL All-Star ('66-67, '69-71, '74), All-Star MVP (1971), Hall of Fame ('82)
*played in two All-Star Games in '59 and'61
Championships
2 -- Baltimore (1966, '70)
Career stats
.294/.389/.537, OPS -- .926, Hits -- 2,943, HRs -- 586, RBI -- 1,812
Did you know?
Forty years after his retirement, Robinson still ranks in the top-10 in home runs and extra-base hits. Robinson was a fearless hitter, as evidenced by his 198 hit by pitches, fifth-most of any player whose career began in baseball's modern era. He led his league in being plunked seven times. He's the only player in major-league history to hit 20 home runs and be hit by 20 pitches in his debut season. -- Simon
Randy Johnson
Position(s)
Left-handed starter
Teams
Montreal Expos (1988-89) Seattle Mariners ('89-98), Houston Astros ('98), Arizona Diamondbacks ('99-2004, '07-08), New York Yankees ('05-06), San Francisco Giants ('09)
Honors
Five-time AL All-Star ('90, '93-95, '97), five-time NL All-Star ('99-2002, '04), AL Cy Young ('95), four NL Cy Youngs ('99-'02), World Series MVP ('01), Hall of Fame ('15)
Championships
1 - Arizona (2001)
Career stats
W-L: 303-166, 37 shutouts, 4,135.1 innings pitched, 3.29 ERA, 4,875 strikeouts, 1.171 WHIP, 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings (all-time leader)
Did you know?
Johnson ranks second all-time in Cy Young awards (5) and strikeouts (4,875). Johnson is one of three pitchers to win the Cy Young in both leagues, one of four to strike out 20 batters in 9 innings, and, in 2004, became the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game at age 40. -- Nitzberg
Rickey Henderson
Position(s)
Left field
Teams
Oakland A's (1979-84, '89-93, '94-95, '98), New York Yankees ('85-89), Toronto Blue Jays ('93), San Diego Padres ('96-97, '01), Anaheim Angels ('97), New York Mets ('99-2000), Seattle Mariners ('00), Boston Red Sox ('02), Los Angeles Dodgers ('03)
Honors
10-time AL All-Star (1980, '82-88, '90-91), AL Gold Glove ('81), three AL Silver Sluggers ('81, '85, '90), AL MVP ('90), Hall of Fame (2009)
Championships
2 -- Oakland (1989), Toronto ('93)
Career stats
.279/.401/.419, OPS -- .820, Hits -- 3,055, HRs -- 297, RBIs -- 1,115, Runs -- 2,295 (all-time leader), SB -- 1,406 (all-time leader)
Did you know?
Baseball's all-time stolen base leader and the only player ever with 3,000 hits and 2,000 walks, Henderson also scored more runs than any player ever. The all-time leader in leadoff home runs with 81, he's also the only player in baseball history to hit a home run in 25 seasons. --Dan Braunstein, ESPN Stats & Info
Alex Rodriguez
Position(s)
Shortstop, third base, designated hitter
Teams
Seattle Mariners (1994-2000), Texas Rangers ('01-03), New York Yankees ('04-13, '15-present)
Honors
14-time All-Star (1996-98, '00-08, '10-11), 10 Silver Sluggers ('96, '98-03, '05, '07-08), two Gold Gloves ('02-03), three-time MVP (2003, '05, '07)
Championships
1 -- New York (2009)
Career stats*
.295/.380/.551, OPS -- .931 Hits -- 3,113 HRs -- 696, RBIs -- 2,084
*Stats through July 20, 2016
Did you know?
A-Rod has had quite a knack for power in his career. Rodriguez's 15 seasons with at least 30 home runs match Hank Aaron for the most all-time. -- Bryan Holcomb, ESPN Stats & Info