MLB Saves Leaders 2026, With NUT Grades
2026 seasonBryan Baker (TB) and Cade Smith (CLE) shared the 2026 MLB lead in saves at 41 SV.
By NUT, the most productive of the top 10 was Mason Miller at +2.4 (#10 of 327 qualified pitchers); the least was Riley O'Brien at +0.2 (#156), ranked #3 by SV.
1 of the top 10 by SV also ranks in MLB's top 10 by NUT.
| # | Player | SV | Season NUT | Grade | NUT Rk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Baker TB | 41 | +0.8 | B | #79 |
| 1 | Cade Smith CLE | 41 | +1.7 | B | #24 |
| 3 | Mason Miller SD | 38 | +2.4 | A | #10 |
| 3 | Riley O'Brien STL | 38 | +0.2 | C | #156 |
| 5 | David Bednar NYY | 35 | +1.2 | B | #46 |
| 5 | Aroldis Chapman BOS | 35 | +1.0 | B | #61 |
| 5 | Louis Varland TOR | 35 | +2.1 | A | #12 |
| 8 | Raisel Iglesias ATL | 34 | +0.7 | B | #91 |
| 9 | Jhoan Duran PHI | 33 | +1.9 | A | #16 |
| 10 | Jacob Latz TEX | 30 | +1.1 | B | #53 |
| 10 | Trevor Megill MIL | 30 | +1.6 | B | #26 |
| 12 | Andrés Muñoz SEA | 28 | +0.5 | C | #116 |
| 13 | Josh Hader HOU | 26 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Emilio Pagán CIN | 25 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Tanner Scott LAD | 25 | +1.5 | B | #32 |
| 16 | Paul Sewald TOR | 24 | -0.6 | D | #271 |
| 17 | Yoendrys Gómez MIN | 22 | -0.2 | C | #225 |
| 17 | Kenley Jansen DET | 22 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Pete Fairbanks MIA | 19 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Mason Montgomery PIT | 18 | +1.4 | B | #35 |
| 21 | Hogan Harris ATH | 17 | +0.1 | C | #175 |
| 22 | Gregory Soto PIT | 16 | +0.6 | C | #103 |
| 22 | Devin Williams NYM | 16 | — | — | — |
| 24 | Jordan Romano COL | 15 | — | — | — |
| 25 | Lucas Erceg KC | 13 | — | — | — |
A dash means the player is below the NUT qualifying bar. NUT Rk is his rank among qualified pitchers by season NUT.
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How to read the SV leaders
The ranking is MLB's official saves leaderboard for the regular season, with qualifiers as MLB sets them. What is SV? Beside it is each player's season NUT — runs saved versus league ERA from FIP, divided by runs per win — where 0.0 is league average. Grades use the season scale: S is elite, C is around league average. Rankings by position are on Best by Position, and the full board, sortable by any stat, is on Stats.