The 2001-02 National League rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, to determine what draft choices are used as compensation for free agents under the 1981, 1985 and 1996 strike settlements between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the major league clubs.

The rankings also are used to compare players. They combine statistics such as batting average, plate appearances, home runs and runs batted in for hitters, and starts, innings, earned-run average, saves and strikeouts for pitchers. The statistics used vary from position to position:

First basemen and outfielders
A Players
1 Todd Helton 99.200
2 Barry Bonds 96.774
3t Lance Berkman 95.806
3t Sammy Sosa 95.806
5 Luis Gonzalez 93.871
6t Chipper Jones 93.333
6t Albert Pujols 93.333
8 Vladimir Guerrero 93.226
9 Jeff Bagwell 92.800
10 Larry Walker 91.613
11 Brian Giles 90.430
12 Shawn Green 90.108
13 Gary Sheffield 87.957
14t Bobby Abreu 87.527
14t Jim Edmonds 87.527
16 Ryan Klesko 86.400
17 Moises Alou 81.505
18 Pat Burrell 79.355
19 Kevin Millar 78.495
20 Fred McGriff 78.400
21 J.D. Drew 78.280
22 Richie Sexson 76.800
23 Brian Jordan 73.978
24 Derrek Lee 73.600
25 Andruw Jones 73.226
26 Steve Finley 73.118
27 Mark Kotsay 72.903
28 Jeremy Giambi 66.989
29 Ken Griffey Jr. 66.237
30 Preston Wilson 64.731
31 Tino Martinez 64.000
32 Adam Dunn 63.871
33 Juan Pierre 63.333
34 Kenny Lofton 63.226
35 Reggie Sanders 62.581
36 Richard Hidalgo 61.720

B Players
37 Gabe Kapler 60.323
38 Todd Zeile 60.000
39 Jeromy Burnitz 59.570
40t Jay Payton 59.355
40t Craig Wilson 59.355
42 Sean Casey 59.200
43 Bubba Trammell 58.495
44t Mark Grace 58.400
44t Travis Lee 58.400
46 Austin Kearns 58.280
47 Erubiel Durazo 56.000
48 Juan Encarnacion 55.914
49 Geoff Jenkins 55.699
50 Ron Gant 54.409
51 Danny Bautista 53.763
52 Roger Cedeno 53.656
53 Matt Stairs 52.688
54 Greg Colbrunn 52.000
55 Ray Lankford 50.968
56 Daryle Ward 50.860
57 Brad Wilkerson 48.495
58 B.J. Surhoff 47.957
59 Armando Rios 47.527
60 Eli Marrero 46.882

C Players
61t Russell Branyan 46.452
61t Brian Buchanan 46.452
63 Troy O'Leary 46.129
64 Timo Perez 46.022
65 Orlando Merced 45.806
66t Matt Franco 45.600
66t Eric Karros 45.600
68 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 45.591
69 David Dellucci 44.946
70 Mo Vaughn 44.800
71 Dave Roberts 44.301
72 Jeffrey Hammonds 44.086

No Compensation
73 Doug Glanville 43.978
74 Mike Kinkade 43.871
75 Marquis Grissom 43.441
76t Marvin Benard 42.796
76t Quinton McCracken 42.796
78 Andres Galarraga 41.600
79 Rob Mackowiak 41.505
80t Julio Franco 40.800
80t Kevin Young 40.800
82 Eric Owens 40.215
83 J.T. Snow 39.200
84 Jason Lane 35.914
85 Brian L. Hunter 35.484
86 Gene Kingsale 35.161
87 Alex Sanchez 34.946
88 Dave Martinez 34.301
89 Wil Cordero 32.903
90 Dave Hansen 32.800
91 Angel Echevarria 32.366
92 Corey Patterson 31.828
93 Ricky Ledee 31.398
94 Darren Bragg 30.645
95 Joe McEwing 27.742
96 Jose Guillen 27.312
97 Tim Raines Sr. 27.097
98 Kerry Robinson 26.559
99 Wes Helms 25.600
100 Jason Michaels 24.731
101 Shawon Dunston 24.516
102 Adam Hyzdu 21.183
103 Tom Goodwin 20.645
104 Roosevelt Brown 20.000
105 Ryan Thompson 19.140
106 Reggie Taylor 18.710
107 Ruben Mateo 17.527
108 Damon Minor 16.000
109 Jolbert Cabrera 15.914
110 Tony Tarasco 14.516
111 Chad Hermansen 13.978
112 Eduardo Perez 13.226
113 Raul Gonzalez 13.118
114 Jack Cust 5.914
115 Matthew Cepicky 5.591
116 Alan Zinter 5.200
117 Trenidad Hubbard 4.194
118 Jorge Toca 3.600
119 Dave Hollins 3.200
120 Cory Aldridge 0.000

Catchers
A Players
1 Paul Lo Duca 87.755
2 Mike Piazza 82.449
3 Damian Miller 80.408
4 Benito Santiago 76.939
5 Charles Johnson 75.102
6 Mike Lieberthal 72.653
7 Jason Kendall 72.449
8 Jason LaRue 68.571
9 Brad Ausmus 67.347
10 Javy Lopez 66.531
11 Michael Barrett 62.449

B Players
12 Mike Redmond 60.204
13 Mike Matheny 55.918
14 Sandy Alomar Jr. 55.714
15 Tom Lampkin 50.612
16 Brian Schneider 48.367
17 Wiki Gonzalez 47.755
18 Todd Hundley 47.347

C Players
19 Chad Kreuter 46.531
20 Henry Blanco 45.714
21 Kelly Stinnett 44.490
22 Joe Girardi 43.469

No Compensation
23 Gregg Zaun 43.265
24 Todd Pratt 41.633
25t Gary Bennett 41.224
25t Chad Moeller 41.224
27 Bobby Estalella 38.367
28 Yorvit Torrealba 37.755
29 Paul Bako 35.510
30 Ramon Castro 34.694
31 Robert Machado 34.286
32 Vance Wilson 28.776
33 Jorge Fabregas 23.265
34 Mike DiFelice 23.061
35 Keith Osik 18.163
36 Ryan Kellner 0.000

Second basemen, third basemen and shortstops
A Players
1 Rich Aurilia 92.547
2 Scott Rolen 92.063
3 Jeff Kent 88.776
4 Jose Vidro 87.245
5 Roberto Alomar 86.735
6 Mike Lowell 86.243
7 Todd Walker 84.949
8 Orlando Cabrera 82.298
9 Craig Biggio 81.122
10 Phil Nevin 80.423
11 Jose Hernandez 80.124
12 Jimmy Rollins 78.882
13 Alex Gonzalez 75.155
14 Edgar Renteria 74.845
15 Edgardo Alfonzo 73.016
16 Fernando Vina 72.959
17 Aaron Boone 71.958
18 Placido Polanco 71.429
19 Junior Spivey 68.878
20 Rafael Furcal 67.702
21 Craig Counsell 66.138
22 Aramis Ramirez 65.608
23 Mark Grudzielanek 64.286
24 Adrian Beltre 64.021

B Players
25 Luis Castillo 62.500
26 David Bell 60.847
27 Marlon Anderson 60.204
28 Bill Mueller 58.730
29 Julio Lugo 58.385
30 Geoff Blum 57.672
31 Matt Williams 57.143
32 Eric Young 56.633
33 Vinny Castilla 56.614
34 Deivi Cruz 55.901
35 Mark Loretta 53.968
36 Jay Bell 53.571
37 Tyler Houston 52.381
38 Juan Uribe 52.174
39 Tony Womack 51.553
40 Pokey Reese 51.020
41 Rey Ordonez 48.447

C Players
42 Barry Larkin 47.826
43 Mark DeRosa 46.584
44 Ron Belliard 46.429
45 Homer Bush 45.918
46 Marcus Giles 45.408
47 Mark Bellhorn 44.643
48 Tomas Perez 42.857
49 Jose Macias 42.328

No Compensation
50 Ramon E. Martinez 41.799
51 Jose Vizcaino 41.615
52 Jack Wilson 40.994
53 Alex Gonzalez 39.752
54 Abraham Nunez 39.541
55 Alex Cora 37.888
56 Jose Ortiz 37.755
57 Andy Fox 36.646
58t Chris Stynes 35.450
58t Fernando Tatis 35.450
60 Ramon Vazquez 34.694
61 Terry Shumpert 34.184
62 Mike Mordecai 33.069
63 Bobby Hill 31.888
64 Wilton Guerrero 29.847
65 Greg Norton 29.101
66 Keith Lockhart 28.571
67 Brent Butler 28.061
68 Lenny Harris 27.778
69 John Valentin 26.708
70 Miguel Cairo 26.455
71t Cesar Izturis 26.087
71t Jeff Reboulet 26.087
73 Alex Cintron 20.153
74 Pedro Feliz 17.989
75 Mike Benjamin 15.873
76 Pat Meares 15.306
77 Chris Donnels 14.815
78 Brandon Larson 11.640
79 Juan Castro 9.938
80 Julius Matos 5.867
81 Adam Everett 1.863

Starting pitchers
A Players
1 Randy Johnson 99.119
2 Curt Schilling 98.638
3 Matt Morris 95.192
4 Greg Maddux 92.949
5 Wade Miller 91.667
6 Tom Glavine 89.824
7 Bartolo Colon 89.744
8 Kerry Wood 86.699
9 A.J. Burnett 85.737
10 Russ Ortiz 85.337
11 Hideo Nomo 84.856
12 Roy Oswalt 83.974
13 Jason Schmidt 83.654
14t Jon Lieber 82.853
14t Kevin Millwood 82.853
16 Javier Vazquez 82.452
17 Al Leiter 82.212
18 Randy Wolf 80.128
19 Woody Williams 79.006
20 Kirk Rueter 72.356
21 Ben Sheets 71.875
22 Jimmy Haynes 70.673
23 Odalis Perez 69.631
24t Tony J. Armas 69.071
24t Ryan Dempster 69.071
26 Rick Helling 68.429
27t Omar Daal 67.468
27t Elmer Dessens 67.468
29 Matt Clement 67.388
30 Brad Penny 67.147
31 Robert Person 66.667
32 Livan Hernandez 66.346

B Players
33 Steve Trachsel 65.224
34 Miguel Batista 64.263
35 Chuck Finley 63.141
36 Pedro Astacio 61.699
37 Kevin Brown 61.058
38 Kip Wells 60.497
39 Glendon Rusch 60.337
40 Vicente Padilla 59.776
41 Brian Lawrence 59.455
42 Jamey Wright 57.692
43 Shane Reynolds 54.647
44 Damian Moss 54.167
45t Denny Neagle 53.846
45t Julian Tavarez 53.846
47 Jason Jennings 52.724
48 Tomo Ohka 52.083
49 Shawn Estes 51.442
50 John Thomson 50.321
51 Mike Hampton 49.119
52 Jason Marquis 48.718
53 Kevin Jarvis 48.237

C Players
54 Jason Bere 48.077
55 Adam Eaton 47.356
56 Bobby J. Jones 47.115
57 Andy Ashby 45.272
58 Ryan Jensen 45.112
59 Kazuhisa Ishii 45.032
60 Andy Benes 44.551
61 Brian Tollberg 43.670
62 Brett Tomko 43.590
63 Carlos E. Hernandez 42.949

No Compensation
64 Brandon Duckworth 42.788
65 Mark Prior 42.628
66 Denny Stark 42.228
67 Josh Beckett 42.147
68 Chris Reitsma 42.067
69 Dave Mlicki 41.987
70 Josh Fogg 41.587
71 Brian Anderson 41.266
72 Jimmy Anderson 40.545
73 Kris Benson 40.304
74 Albie Lopez 39.583
75 Joey Hamilton 38.862
76 Jeff C. D'Amico 33.494
77 Peter Munro 32.853
78t Oliver Perez 31.891
78t David Williams 31.891
80 Carl Pavano 30.128
81 Jake Peavy 28.446
82t Bronson Arroyo 27.885
82t Joe Roa 27.885
84 Aaron Cook 27.163
85 Darren Dreifort 26.442
86 Alan Benes 26.202
87 Brian Moehler 24.279
88 Mike Bacsik Jr. 23.077
89 Brett Myers 22.115
90 Paul Rigdon 21.394
91 Scott Elarton 21.234
92 Kirk Saarloos 19.631
93 Troy Mattes 17.147
94 Garrett Stephenson 15.946
95 Nick Neugebauer 15.785
96 Brian Meadows 14.904
97 Pete Harnisch 12.660
98 Armando Reynoso 10.337
99 Todd Stottlemyre 8.413
100 Dennis Tankersley 7.452
101 Josh Pearce 3.766
102t Doug Brocail 1.522
102t Seth Etherton 1.522
102t Jeremy Lambert 1.522
102t Rob Ramsay 1.522

Relief pitchers
A Players
1 Octavio Dotel 92.343
2 Byung-Hyun Kim 92.278
3 Robb Nen 89.293
4 Billy Wagner 88.903
5 John Smoltz 86.632
6 Jason Isringhausen 85.204
7 Mike Remlinger 84.977
8 Felix Rodriguez 84.945
9 Armando Benitez 82.576
10 Steve Kline 80.240
11 Eric Gagne 79.234
12 Trevor Hoffman 78.650
13 Vladimir Nunez 76.639
14 Jose Mesa 76.411
15 Paul Quantrill 76.379
16 Scott Stewart 75.827
17t Mike Timlin 75.243
17t David Weathers 75.243
19 Paul Shuey 73.037
20 Tim Worrell 72.713
21 Scott Strickland 72.421
22 Tom Gordon 71.707
23 Braden Looper 70.928
24t Giovanni Carrara 70.701
24t Mike DeJean 70.701
26 Jay Witasick 70.247
27 Danny Graves 70.084
28 Dave Veres 69.371
29 Steve Reed 69.306
30 Scott Williamson 68.916
31 Jose Jimenez 68.592
32 Luis Vizcaino 67.878
33 Kyle Farnsworth 67.067
34 Jeff Fassero 66.807
35 Chad Fox 66.742
36 Justin Speier 66.645
37 Mark Guthrie 65.639
38 Scott Sullivan 65.461
39 Dan Plesac 64.374
40 Rick White 64.309
41 Terry Adams 63.595

B Players
42 Scott Sauerbeck 63.400
43 Mike Williams 63.335
44 Darren Holmes 61.681
45 Ray King 61.064
46 Chris Hammond 60.870
47 Gabe White 59.117
48 Antonio Alfonseca 58.955
49 Todd Jones 58.825
50 Kerry Ligtenberg 58.241
51 Joey Eischen 58.177
52 Brian Boehringer 58.079
53 Nelson Cruz 57.787
54 Mike Crudale 57.365
55 Curtis Leskanic 57.236
56 Matt Herges 56.522
57 Joe Borowski 56.100
58 Pedro Borbon Jr. 55.808
59 Armando Almanza 55.613
60 Graeme Lloyd 54.445
61 Jim Brower 53.569
62 Mike Matthews 53.277
63 Ricky Bottalico 53.115
64 Jayson Durocher 53.050
65 Masato Yoshii 52.920
66 John Riedling 52.661
67 Grant Roberts 51.979
68 Mike Myers 50.227

C Players
69 Bruce Chen 50.000
70 Mike Koplove 49.351
71 Mike Lincoln 48.832
72 John Franco 48.799
73 Jason Christiansen 48.735
74 Ron Villone 48.280
75 Greg Swindell 47.729
76 Juan Cruz 47.664
77 Jeremy Fikac 47.258
78 Rheal Cormier 46.853
79 Jesse Orosco 46.398
80 Mike Fetters 46.204
81 Clay Condrey 45.587

No Compensation
82 Valerio De Los Santos 45.133
83 David Coggin 44.484
84 Jose Cabrera 44.225
85 Al Reyes 43.056
86 Carlos Silva 42.862
87 Guillermo Mota 42.602
88 Tim Spooneybarger 42.278
89 Luther Hackman 41.272
90 Ricky Stone 40.850
91 Matt Mantei 40.688
92 Joe Beimel 40.655
93 Britt Reames 40.363
94 Jose Nunez 40.201
95 Chad Zerbe 40.055
96 Dan Smith 39.909
97 Turk Wendell 39.779
98 Brian Fuentes 39.601
99 Zach Day 38.936
100 Michael Tejera 38.449
101 Kevin Walker 37.962
102 Nelson Figueroa 37.427
103 Kane Davis 35.788
104t Carlos Almanzar 35.594
104t Scott Eyre 35.594
106 Jaime Cerda 35.513
107 Blaine Neal 35.188
108 T.J. Tucker 31.765
109 Luis Pineda 30.500
110 Jose Rijo 30.013
111 Brandon Villafuerte 29.494
112 Mike Holtz 26.703
113 Shane Nance 26.314
114 Jose Silva 25.308
115 Victor Santos 25.178
116 Jonathan Johnson 24.027
117 Matt DeWitt 24.010
118 Mike Morgan 23.751
119 Will Cunnane 21.285
120 Kent Mercker 20.539
121 Dave Pember 17.975
122 Oswaldo Mairena 17.813
123 Manny Aybar 16.645
124 Eddie Oropesa 14.958
125 Benito Baez 14.049
126 Will Ohman 12.914
127 Toby Borland 12.297
128 Bobby M. Jones 9.409
129 Mike Bynum 9.085
130 Donovan Osborne 7.236
131 Andrew Lorraine 6.376
132 Mark Corey 6.035
133 Doug Nickle 5.451
134 John Foster 4.672
135 Francis Beltran 4.364