diff --git a/src/worker/core/player/checkJerseyNumberRetirement.ts b/src/worker/core/player/checkJerseyNumberRetirement.ts
index 3775df344..3541d24af 100644
--- a/src/worker/core/player/checkJerseyNumberRetirement.ts
+++ b/src/worker/core/player/checkJerseyNumberRetirement.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { bySport, isSport } from "../../../common";
-import type { Player, Team } from "../../../common/types";
-import { orderBy } from "../../../common/utils";
+import type { Player, PlayerStats, Team } from "../../../common/types";
+import { maxBy, orderBy } from "../../../common/utils";
 import { idb } from "../../db";
 import { g, local, logEvent, helpers } from "../../util";
 import { getThreshold } from "./madeHof.football";
@@ -37,26 +37,51 @@ export const getValueStatsRow = (ps: any) => {
 	});
 };
 
-export const getMostCommonPosition = (p: Player, tid: number) => {
-	const positionCounts = new Map<string, number>();
-	for (const pr of p.ratings) {
-		const ps = p.stats.find(ps => ps.season === pr.season && ps.tid === tid);
-		if (ps) {
-			const prevValue = positionCounts.get(pr.pos) ?? 0;
-			positionCounts.set(pr.pos, prevValue + 1);
+// Ideally p should be a Player object, but a processed player object works too if it's in the right format
+export const getBestPos = (
+	p: {
+		ratings: {
+			pos: string;
+			season: number;
+		}[];
+		stats: PlayerStats[];
+	},
+	tid: number | undefined,
+): string => {
+	const posBySeason: Record<number, string | undefined> = {};
+
+	for (const row of p.ratings) {
+		if (row.pos !== undefined && row.season !== undefined) {
+			posBySeason[row.season] = row.pos;
 		}
 	}
 
-	let maxValue = -Infinity;
-	let mostCommonPosition: string | undefined;
-	for (const [pos, value] of positionCounts) {
-		if (value > maxValue) {
-			maxValue = value;
-			mostCommonPosition = pos;
+	const posByEWA: Record<string, number> = {};
+	for (const ps of p.stats) {
+		if (ps.tid === tid || tid === undefined) {
+			const ewa = bySport({
+				baseball: ps.war,
+				basketball: ps.ewa,
+				football: ps.av,
+				hockey: ps.ps,
+			});
+			const pos = posBySeason[ps.season];
+			if (pos !== undefined) {
+				//console.log(ps.pos, ps)
+				if (posByEWA[pos] === undefined) {
+					posByEWA[pos] = ewa;
+				} else {
+					posByEWA[pos] += ewa;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return mostCommonPosition;
+	return (
+		maxBy(Object.entries(posByEWA), ([, ewa]) => ewa)?.[0] ??
+		p.ratings.at(-1)?.pos ??
+		"?"
+	);
 };
 
 // const posCounts = {};
@@ -74,7 +99,7 @@ export const getScore = (p: Player, tid: number) => {
 		baseball: 40,
 		basketball: 80,
 		football: (() => {
-			const mostCommonPosition = getMostCommonPosition(p, tid);
+			const mostCommonPosition = getBestPos(p, tid);
 
 			let threshold = getThreshold(mostCommonPosition);
 			if (threshold > 80) {
diff --git a/src/worker/util/processPlayersHallOfFame.ts b/src/worker/util/processPlayersHallOfFame.ts
index 894143d11..e13466f8b 100644
--- a/src/worker/util/processPlayersHallOfFame.ts
+++ b/src/worker/util/processPlayersHallOfFame.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const processPlayersHallOfFame = <
 
 		return {
 			...p,
-			bestPos: bestPos ?? "",
+			bestPos: bestPos ?? "?",
 			bestStats,
 			peakOvr,
 			legacyTid,
diff --git a/src/worker/views/playerStats.ts b/src/worker/views/playerStats.ts
index f5a98afc3..98aa11350 100644
--- a/src/worker/views/playerStats.ts
+++ b/src/worker/views/playerStats.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import {
 	PLAYER_STATS_TABLES,
 } from "../../common";
 import { idb } from "../db";
-import { g, processPlayersHallOfFame } from "../util";
+import { g } from "../util";
 import type {
 	UpdateEvents,
 	ViewInput,
 	PlayerStatType,
 } from "../../common/types";
 import addFirstNameShort from "../util/addFirstNameShort";
+import { getBestPos } from "../core/player/checkJerseyNumberRetirement";
 
 const updatePlayers = async (
 	inputs: ViewInput<"playerStats">,
@@ -210,8 +211,7 @@ const updatePlayers = async (
 
 		for (const p of players) {
 			if (inputs.season === "career") {
-				const { bestPos } = processPlayersHallOfFame([p])[0];
-				p.pos = bestPos;
+				p.pos = getBestPos(p, tid);
 			} else if (Array.isArray(p.ratings) && p.ratings.length > 0) {
 				p.pos = p.ratings.at(-1).pos;
 			} else if (p.ratings.pos !== undefined) {
diff --git a/src/worker/views/teamHistory.ts b/src/worker/views/teamHistory.ts
index a3728de80..b244e07b1 100644
--- a/src/worker/views/teamHistory.ts
+++ b/src/worker/views/teamHistory.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type {
 	TeamSeason,
 	Player,
 } from "../../common/types";
-import { getMostCommonPosition } from "../core/player/checkJerseyNumberRetirement";
+import { getBestPos } from "../core/player/checkJerseyNumberRetirement";
 import { bySport } from "../../common";
 import addFirstNameShort from "../util/addFirstNameShort";
 import { groupByUnique } from "../../common/utils";
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export const getHistory = async (
 			"awards",
 			"retirableJerseyNumbers",
 		],
-		ratings: ["pos"],
+		ratings: ["pos", "season"],
 		stats: ["season", "abbrev", ...stats],
 	});
 
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ export const getHistory = async (
 		).length;
 		delete p.awards;
 
-		// Handle case where ratings don't exist
-		p.pos = p.ratings.length > 0 ? p.ratings.at(-1).pos : "";
+		// undefined as 2nd argument because we have already filtered stats before getting here
+		p.pos = getBestPos(p, undefined);
+
 		delete p.ratings;
 		delete p.stats;
 	}
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ const updateTeamHistory = async (
 					if (p) {
 						firstName = p.firstName;
 						lastName = p.lastName;
-						pos = getMostCommonPosition(p, inputs.tid);
+						pos = getBestPos(p, inputs.tid);
 						for (const row of p.stats) {
 							if (row.tid === inputs.tid && row.season > lastSeasonWithTeam) {
 								lastSeasonWithTeam = row.season;