The Arizona Diamondbacks have 4 finalists for the 2026 National League Rawlings Gold Glove Awards®, recognizing the best defensive players as voted on by managers and coaches, with C Gabriel Moreno (third nomination), RF Corbin Carroll (second) SS Geraldo Perdomo (first), and UTL Ildemaro Vargas (first).
The winners will be unveiled Sunday, Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m. AZ / 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The D-backs’ 4 finalists are tied for the club’s second-highest total (also: 2022), behind the franchise-best 5 finalists in 2019 and 2024, while the 4 position-player finalists are tied for the most in franchise history with 2022 and 2024.
- 2019 – 5 finalists, 3 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, RHP Mike Leake, 1B Christian Walker, SS Nick Ahmed and LF David Peralta
- 2024 – 5 finalists, 1 winner: 1B Christian Walker, C Gabriel Moreno, 2B Ketel Marte, LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., RF Jake McCarthy
- 2022 – 4 finalists, 1 winner: 1B Christian Walker, CF Alek Thomas, RF Daulton Varsho, UTL Daulton Varsho
The D-backs have had multiple winners 6 times in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2019 and 2023, including a franchise-best 3 winners in 2019, in addition to single winners in 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2022 and 2024 (full list at bottom).
- 2013 – 2 winners: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, RF Gerardo Parra
- 2015 – 2 winners: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, CF A.J. Pollock
- 2017 – 2 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, 1B Paul Goldschmidt
- 2018 – 2 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, SS Nick Ahmed
- 2019 – 3 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, SS Nick Ahmed, LF David Peralta
- 2023 – 2 winners: C Gabriel Moreno, 1B Christian Walker
C | Gabriel Moreno | 2023 Gold Glove Winner | Third Career Nomination (2023, ’24, ‘26)
- Caught 104 games (99 starts)…1 of 9 MLB catchers to make 95+ catching starts.
- Caught 14 runners stealing in 56 attempts.
- Led the team with a .996 fielding pct. (.99598), ahead of Ildemaro Vargas (.996, .99571).
- Led MLB catchers and tied for eighth among all position players with a 2.0 defensive bWAR.
- Led NL catchers, finished second among MLB catchers (Dillon Dingler/DET/15) and tied for eighth among NL position players with 14 Defensive Runs Saved.
- Second among MLB catchers (min. 90 games caught) with 3 errors and .996 fielding percentage, behind William Contreras/MIL (0/1.000).
- Tied for second among NL catchers with 5 catcher framing runs (also: Joe Mack/MIA, Luis Torrens/NYM, Hunter Feduccia/TB-LAD and Patrick Bailey/SF-CLE), behind Daniel Susac/SF (6).
- Fourth among all catchers and 16th among all position players with a .996 fielding pct.
RF | Corbin Carroll | Second Career Nomination (2025, ‘26)
- Gold Glove finalist for the second straight year.
- Led MLB right fielders and tied for ninth among MLB outfielders with 10 Outs Above Average.
- Led MLB right fielders and ranked seventh among MLB outfielders with 351 putouts.
- Tied for first among MLB right fielders (min. 100 GS in RF) with 1 fielding/non-throwing error, with Seiya Suzuki/CHC (1).
- Second among MLB right fielders with 152 starts, behind Wilyer Abreu/BOS (153) and ahead of Jordan Walker/STL (148), Kyle Tucker/LAD (147) and Brandon Nimmo/TEX (145).
- Tied for first among NL right fielders with 152 games played with Kyle Tucker/LAD (152).
- Second among NL right fielders, behind Seiya Suzuki/CHC (14), and tied for fourth among all right fielders with 12 Defensive Runs Saved.
SS | Geraldo Perdomo | First Career Nomination (2026)
- Led MLB shortstops with 157 games played and 248 putouts.
- Led NL shortstops with 362 assists and ranked second among MLB shortstops, behind Gunnar Henderson/BAL (367).
- Tied for second among MLB shortstops (min. 100 GS at SS) with 8 errors with Dansby Swanson/CHC (8), behind Andrés Giménez/TOR (7).
- Fourth among MLB shortstops and tied for ninth among all position players with 13 Fielding Run Value [source: Baseball Savant].
- Tied for fifth among MLB shortstops and tied for eighth among all position players with 16 Outs Above Average [source: Baseball Savant].
- Second among NL shortstops with 8 Defensive Runs Saved, behind Masyn Winn/STL (10).
UTL | Ildemaro Vargas | First Career Nomination (2026)
- Made 74 appearances (53 starts) at first base, 56 (48 starts) at second, 9 (1 start) at third, 8 at DH, 5 (2 starts) at shortstop and 2 in left field.
- Made 100+ infield starts (104) for the first time in his career.
- Posted a career-best .996 overall fielding pct. [min. 100.0 innings] in a career-high 997.2 innings.
- Second on the team with a .996 fielding pct. (.99571), behind Gabriel Moreno (.996, .99598).
- 20th among all position players with a .996 fielding pct.
- Tied for third among MLB infielders (min. 100 G) with 3 errors (also: Ketel Marte/AZ and 6 others), behind Freddie Freeman/LAD (1) and JJ Wetherholt/STL (2).
- 1 of 5 MLB infielders (min. 100 G) to not commit a throwing error with Freddie Freeman/LAD, Willson Contreras/BOS, Munetaka Murakami/CWS and Matt McLain/CIN.
- Sixth among NL infielders and 10th in the Majors (min. 100 G) with a .996 fielding pct. …in the NL, trailed Freddie Freeman/LAD (.999), Michael Busch/CHC (.997), Ty France/SD (.997), JJ Wetherholt/STL (.996) and Sal Stewart/CIN (.996).
- Third among NL first basemen with 7 Defensive Runs Saved, behind Ty France/SD (15) and Matt Olson/ATL (11).
D-BACKS ALL-TIME GOLD GLOVE FINALISTS & WINNERS*
*Winners only from 1998-2010. Finalists were introduced in 2011.
- 1999 – 1 winner: OF Steve Finley
- 2000 – 1 winner: OF Steve Finley
- 2006 – 1 winner: 2B Orlando Hudson
- 2007 – 1 winner: 2B Orlando Hudson
- 2011 – 2 finalists, 1 winner: RF Gerardo Parra, CF Chris Young
- 2012 – 2 finalists: C Miguel Montero, 2B Aaron Hill
- 2013 – 3 finalists, 2 winners: LHP Patrick Corbin, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, RF Gerardo Parra
- 2014 – 1 finalist: RF Gerardo Parra
- 2015 – 2 finalists, 2 winners: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, CF A.J. Pollock
- 2016 – 3 finalists: RHP Zack Greinke, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, 2B Jean Segura
- 2017 – 2 finalists, 2 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, 1B Paul Goldschmidt
- 2018 – 3 finalists, 2 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, SS Nick Ahmed, RF Jon Jay
- 2019 – 5 finalists, 3 winners: RHP Zack Greinke, RHP Mike Leake, 1B Christian Walker, SS Nick Ahmed and LF David Peralta
- 2021 – 1 finalist, 1 winner: LF David Peralta
- 2022 – 4 finalists, 1 winner: 1B Christian Walker, CF Alek Thomas, RF Daulton Varsho, UTL Daulton Varsho
- 2023 – 3 finalists, 2 winners: C Gabriel Moreno, 1B Christian Walker, CF Alek Thomas
- 2024 – 5 finalists, 1 winner: 1B Christian Walker, C Gabriel Moreno, 2B Ketel Marte, LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., RF Jake McCarthy