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.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2025/26 revision of our top 50 Tampa Bay Rays.

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

1.  Advanced Statistics.

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

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Rays finished fourth in the American League East with a 77-85 record.  As this is a young franchise that constantly overhauls talent, there were new entrants and multiple elevations on this year’s list, especially with the new algorithm.

As always, we present our top five, which saw a change due to the new algorithm.

1. Evan Longoria
2. Carl Crawford
3. Ben Zobrist
4. David Price
5. Kevin Kiermaier

You can find the entire list here.

Infielder Yandy Diaz moved up two spots from #10 to #8.

Pitcher Drew Rasmussen makes his first appearance, skyrocketing to #18.  We admittedly failed to rank him last year.

Notably, Pitcher Shane McLanahan, who missed 2024 and 2025 but returned in 2026, fell by one spot to #21.

Infielder Taylor Walls had a huge jump, moving from #45 to #29.

Pitcher Zack Littell, who was traded to the Cincinnati Reds during the 2025 campaign, debuts at #49.

Greg Vaughn and Steven Souza Jr. fell off the list.

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