With Willie Mays dead, is his godson, Barry Bonds, the greatest living baseball player?

Some of it might be attributed to the naturally elevated status given the recently deceased, but all week Willie Mays has been described as indisputably the greatest living baseball player. Position players jumping to the top of their lists include all-time stolen base and runs scored king Rickey Henderson, the inimitable outfielder Ken Griffey Jr., and slugging third baseman Mike Schmidt. Some fans consider Ken Griffey Jr. to be the greatest living ballplayer now that Willie Mays has died. Sorted by Baseball Reference’s Wins Above Replacement and age THE BLEMISHED Barry Bonds, 162.8, 59 Roger Clemens, 139.2, 61 Alex Rodriguez, 117.6, 48 Pete Rose, 79.5, 83 THE PITCHERS Greg Maddux, 106.6, 58 Randy Johnson, 101.1, 60 Steve Carlton, 90.2, 79 Pedro Martinez, 83.9, 52 Nolan Ryan, 81.3, 77 Sandy Koufax, 48.9, 88 POSITION PLAYERS Rickey Henderson, 111.1, 65 Mike Schmidt, 106.9, 74 Albert Pujols, 101.4, 44 Carl Yastrzemski, 96.5, 84 Cal Ripken Jr., 95.9, 63 Adrian Beltre, 93.5, 45 George Brett, 88.6, 71 Ken Griffey Jr., 83.8, 54 Johnny Bench, 75.1, 76 Reggie Jackson, 74.0, 78 Derek Jeter, 71.3, 49 Ichiro Suzuki, 60.0, 50 ACTIVE PLAYERS Mike Trout, 86.2, 32 Justin Verlander, 81.4, 41 Clayton Kershaw, 79.7, 36 Mookie Betts, 68.8, 31 Shohei Ohtani, 38.5, 29 OLDEST LIVING HALL OF FAMERS Luis Aparicio, 90 years old Sandy Koufax, 88 Bill Mazeroski, 87 Orlando Cepeda, 86 Juan Marichal, 86 Billy Williams, 86 Tony Oliva, 85 Jim Kaat, 85 Carl Yastrzemski, 84 Tony Perez, 82 Ferguson Jenkins, 81