Ranking the top 10 catchers in MLB for 2025

There's a youth movement taking place behind the plate. 

While a few veteran mainstays remain among the top hitting catchers in the game, it's the burgeoning number of standouts at the position who are about to enter their prime that makes it a particularly exciting one to track. 

Each of the top three, four of the top five and seven of the top 10 players on our list below are 28 or younger. All of them have already demonstrated the production necessary to garner their placement in our rankings, but the best is likely still ahead for many of the players on this list.

Our eight-part position series continues with the top 10 catchers entering the 2025 season.

2024 stats: .229/.322/.395, 13 HR, 105 wRC+, 3.4 fWAR 
2025 ZiPS: .229/.312/.401, 15 HR, 104 wRC+, 2.4 fWAR 

Wells demonstrated solid plate discipline and pop and was one of MLB's best framers behind the plate while finishing third in Rookie of the Year voting last year[]. Much like Bailey, he'll have to avoid another late-season slide to climb higher on this list, but his left-handed power at Yankee Stadium offers enough intrigue to creep into the top 10.

2024 stats: .234/.298/.339, 8 HR, 81 wRC+, 4.3 fWAR 
2025 ZiPS: .235/.301/.366, 10 HR, 89 wRC+, 3.5 fWAR

After two big-league seasons, Bailey has been a below league-average bat but also the best defensive catcher in the game.  His expected offensive stats are better than what he has produced, and if he can avoid the second-half slump that has plagued him at the plate in his first two seasons, he will be one of the most valuable catchers in the sport.

2024 stats: .266/.353/.380, 5 HR, 107 wRC+, 2.5 fWAR
2025 ZiPS: .285/.358/.409, 7 HR, 114 wRC+, 3.5 fWAR

After bursting onto the scene with a Gold Glove season in 2023,