Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  We are pleased to present our pre-2026 revision of our top 50 Pittsburgh Pirates.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Duration and Impact.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the Major League Baseball.

3.  Advanced Statistics.

4.  Playoff performance.

5. Their respective legacy on the team.

6. How successful the team was when he was there.

7. Respecting the era in which they played.

Criteria 1-4 will make up the lion’s share of the algorithm.  Please note that we have implemented this for the first time.  This has changed the rankings all throughout the board.

Last year, the Pirates finished last in the National League Central, winning only 71 games.  There were no new entrants, and only one active player was on the list.  Of note, Paul Skenes was very close to breaking the top 50 despite the brevity of his career.

As always, we present our top five, which remains unchanged.

1. Honus Wagner
2. Roberto Clemente
3. Paul Waner
4. Willie Stargell
5. Arky Vaughan

You can find the entire list here.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.