# List of Major League Baseball career games played as a right fielder leaders

Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested. In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, before a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as ex ante substitutes, whether or not they play; however, in Major League Baseball, the application of this statistic does not extend to consecutive games played streaks. A starting pitcher, then, may be credited with a game played even if he is not credited with a game started or an inning pitched. The right fielder (RF) is one of the three outfielders, the defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. The right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing toward the pitcher's mound. The outfielders must try to catch long fly balls before they hit the ground or to quickly catch or retrieve and return to the infield any other balls entering the outfield. The right fielder must also be adept at navigating the area of right field where the foul line approaches the corner of the playing field and the walls of the seating areas. Being the outfielder farthest from third base, the right fielder often has to make longer throws than the other outfielders to throw out runners advancing around the bases, so they often have the strongest or most accurate throwing arm. The right fielder normally plays behind the second baseman and first baseman, who play in or near the infield; unlike catchers and most infielders (excepting first basemen), who are virtually exclusively right-handed, right fielders can be either right- or left-handed. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the right fielder is assigned the number 9, the highest number.
Because game accounts and box scores often did not distinguish between the outfield positions, there has been some difficulty in determining precise defensive statistics before 1901; because of this, and because of the similarity in their roles, defensive statistics for the three positions are frequently combined. However, efforts to distinguish between the three positions regarding games played during this period and reconstruct the separate totals have been largely successful; players whose totals include pre-1901 games are notated in the table below. Roberto Clemente is the all-time leader in career games played as a right fielder with 2,305. Paul Waner (2,250), Harry Hooper (2,183), Hank Aaron (2,174), Mel Ott (2,161), Tony Gwynn (2,144), Dwight Evans (2,092), Nick Markakis (2,074), Al Kaline (2,031), Willie Keeler (2,019), and Sammy Sosa (2,015) are the only other players to appear in over 2,000 games in right field in their careers.

## Key

| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career games played. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2025 Gs) | Number of games played during the 2025 Major League Baseball season |
| MLB | Total career games played as a right fielder in Major League Baseball |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame |
| † | Denotes total including pre-1901 games |
| Bold | Denotes active player |

## List

* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 Gs) | Games as a right fielder | Games as a right fielder | Games as a right fielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 Gs) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Roberto Clemente* | 2,305 | 0 | 2,305 | |
| 2 | Paul Waner* | 2,250 | 0 | 2,250 | Held major league record, 1943–1972; held National League record, 1936–1972 |
| 3 | Harry Hooper* | 2,183 | 2,183 | 0 | Held major league record, 1924–1943 |
| 4 | Hank Aaron* | 2,174 | 0 | 2,174 | |
| 5 | Mel Ott* | 2,161 | 0 | 2,161 | |
| 6 | Tony Gwynn* | 2,144 | 0 | 2,144 | |
| 7 | Dwight Evans | 2,092 | 2,092 | 0 | |
| 8 | Nick Markakis | 2,074 | 1,325 | 749 | |
| 9 | Al Kaline* | 2,031 | 2,031 | 0 | |
| 10 | Sammy Sosa | 2,015 | 346 | 1,669 | |
| 11 | Bobby Abreu | 1,990 | 594 | 1,396 | |
| 12 | Ichiro Suzuki* | 1,970 | 1,827 | 143 | |
| 13 | Reggie Jackson* | 1,942 | 1,942 | 0 | |
| 14 | Dave Winfield* | 1,883 | 1,000 | 883 | |
| 15 | Paul O'Neill | 1,848 | 1,163 | 685 | |
| 16 | Dave Parker* | 1,792 | 1 | 1,791 | |
| 17 | Larry Walker* | 1,718 | 0 | 1,718 | |
| 18 | Magglio Ordóñez | 1,713 | 1,713 | 0 | |
| 19 | Sam Crawford* † | 1,675 | 1,415 | 260 | Held American League record, 1912–1920 |
| 20 | Jermaine Dye | 1,671 | 1,600 | 71 | |
| 21 | Sam Rice* | 1,649 | 1,649 | 0 | |
| 22 | Shawn Green | 1,630 | 569 | 1,061 | |
| 23 | Vladimir Guerrero* | 1,605 | 615 | 990 | |
| | Rusty Staub | 1,605 | 137 | 1,468 | |
| 25 | Jason Heyward (0) | 1,603 | 16 | 1,587 | |
| 26 | Wally Moses | 1,587 | 1,587 | 0 | |
| 27 | Johnny Callison | 1,577 | 106 | 1,471 | |
| 28 | Tom Brunansky | 1,569 | 1,254 | 315 | |
| 29 | Enos Slaughter* | 1,540 | 196 | 1,344 | |
| 30 | Harry Heilmann* | 1,525 | 1,419 | 106 | |
| 31 | Bobby Bonds | 1,474 | 586 | 888 | |
| 32 | Bill Nicholson | 1,442 | 1 | 1,441 | |
| 33 | Jay Bruce | 1,437 | 65 | 1,372 | |
| 34 | Rubén Sierra | 1,425 | 1,413 | 12 | |
| 35 | Hunter Pence | 1,420 | 8 | 1,412 | |
| 36 | Carl Furillo | 1,409 | 0 | 1,409 | |
| 37 | Jeromy Burnitz | 1,365 | 153 | 1,212 | |
| 38 | Jay Buhner | 1,357 | 1,357 | 0 | |
| 39 | Jesse Barfield | 1,339 | 1,339 | 0 | |
| 40 | Raúl Mondesí | 1,325 | 463 | 862 | |
| 41 | Tommy Griffith | 1,319 | 0 | 1,319 | |
| 42 | Ken Singleton | 1,311 | 865 | 446 | |
| 43 | Darryl Strawberry | 1,308 | 18 | 1,290 | |
| 44 | Chuck Klein* | 1,307 | 0 | 1,307 | |
| 45 | Al Cowens | 1,292 | 1,292 | 0 | |
| 46 | Jeff Francoeur | 1,290 | 365 | 925 | |
| 47 | Hank Bauer | 1,289 | 1,289 | 0 | |
| 48 | Rocky Colavito | 1,282 | 1,269 | 13 | |
| 49 | Andre Dawson* | 1,281 | 20 | 1,261 | |
| 50 | Frank Robinson* | 1,270 | 648 | 622 | |
| 51 | J. D. Drew | 1,268 | 579 | 689 | |
| 52 | Tim Salmon | 1,263 | 1,263 | 0 | |
| 53 | Alex Ríos | 1,250 | 1,250 | 0 | |
| 54 | José Guillén | 1,211 | 522 | 689 | |
| 55 | Jackie Jensen | 1,205 | 1,205 | 0 | |
| | John Titus | 1,205 | 0 | 1,205 | |
| 57 | Dixie Walker | 1,202 | 169 | 1,033 | |
| 58 | Ross Youngs* | 1,192 | 0 | 1,192 | |
| 59 | Frank Schulte | 1,186 | 60 | 1,126 | |
| 60 | Pete Fox | 1,167 | 1,167 | 0 | |
| 61 | Bruce Campbell | 1,166 | 1,166 | 0 | |
| 62 | Reggie Sanders | 1,165 | 82 | 1,083 | |
| 63 | Gary Sheffield | 1,160 | 295 | 865 | |
| 64 | Roger Maris | 1,151 | 949 | 202 | |
| 65 | Max Flack | 1,146 | 0 | 1,044 | Includes 102 in Federal League |
| 66 | Tony Oliva* | 1,137 | 1,137 | 0 | |
| 67 | Babe Ruth* | 1,128 | 1,124 | 4 | |
| | Jack Tobin | 1,128 | 888 | 0 | Includes 240 in Federal League |
| 69 | Curt Walker | 1,123 | 0 | 1,123 | |
| 70 | Josh Reddick | 1,108 | 1,030 | 78 | |
| 71 | Kole Calhoun | 1,107 | 1,020 | 87 | |
| 72 | Willie Keeler* † | 1,102 | 844 | 258 | Held major league record, 1906–1924 |
| 73 | Claudell Washington | 1,096 | 450 | 646 | |
| 74 | José Bautista | 1,071 | 957 | 114 | |
| 75 | Giancarlo Stanton (0) | 1,063 | 121 | 942 | |
| 75 | Sixto Lezcano | 1,061 | 692 | 369 | |
| 77 | Don Mueller | 1,046 | 43 | 1,003 | |
| 78 | Harold Baines* | 1,042 | 1,042 | 0 | |
| 79 | Mookie Betts (0) | 1,021 | 585 | 436 | |
| 80 | Jayson Werth | 1,020 | 29 | 991 | |
| 81 | Jack Clark | 1,013 | 14 | 999 | |
| 82 | Chief Wilson | 1,005 | 0 | 1,005 | |
| 83 | Babe Herman | 994 | 0 | 994 | |
| 84 | Bing Miller | 992 | 992 | 0 | |
| | Ken Griffey | 990 | 113 | 877 | |
| 86 | Trot Nixon | 961 | 956 | 5 | |
| 87 | Elmer Valo | 957 | 843 | 114 | |
| 88 | Gavvy Cravath | 955 | 16 | 939 | |
| 89 | Kevin Bass | 954 | 62 | 892 | |
| 90 | Shin-Soo Choo | 947 | 947 | 0 | |
| | Bryce Harper (0) | 947 | 0 | 947 | |
| 92 | Brian Jordan | 945 | 44 | 901 | |
| 93 | Glenn Wilson | 940 | 222 | 718 | |
| 94 | Shano Collins | 936 | 936 | 0 | |
| 95 | Elmer Flick* † | 927 | 789 | 138 | |
| | Max Kepler (0) | 927 | 927 | 0 | |
| 97 | Andre Ethier | 922 | 0 | 922 | |
| 98 | Nick Castellanos (0) | 918 | 252 | 666 | |
| 99 | Ollie Brown | 911 | 69 | 842 | |
| 100 | Dante Bichette | 908 | 319 | 589 | |

## Other Hall of Famers

| Player | Games as a right fielder | Games as a right fielder | Games as a right fielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Player | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| Casey Stengel* | 899 | 0 | 899 | |
| Kiki Cuyler* | 816 | 0 | 816 | |
| Billy Southworth* | 808 | 4 | 804 | |
| Stan Musial* | 783 | 0 | 783 | |
| King Kelly* † | 742 | 0 | 733 | Includes 5 in American Association, 4 in Players' League; held National League record, 1889–1891 |
| Ty Cobb * | 709 | 709 | 0 | |
| Tommy McCarthy* † | 647 | 0 | 178 | Includes in 462 in American Association, 7 in Union Association |
| Hugh Duffy* † | 437 | 0 | 199 | Includes 120 in the Players' League, 118 in American Association |
| Billy Williams* | 381 | 0 | 381 | |
| Duke Snider* | 293 | 0 | 293 | |
| Kirby Puckett* | 276 | 276 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner* † | 272 | 0 | 272 | |
| Lou Brock* | 242 | 0 | 242 | |
| Ken Griffey Jr.* | 231 | 6 | 225 | |
| Jim O'Rourke* † | 217 | 0 | 95 | Includes 22 in National Association, 100 in Players' League |
| Goose Goslin* | 173 | 173 | 0 | |
| Ted Williams* | 169 | 169 | 0 | |
| Billy Hamilton* † | 163 | 0 | 1 | Includes in 162 in American Association |
| Heinie Manush* | 154 | 19 | 135 | |
| Hack Wilson* | 149 | 0 | 149 | |
| Mickey Mantle* | 147 | 147 | 0 | |
| Max Carey* | 145 | 0 | 145 | |
| Cristóbal Torriente* | 143 | 0 | 0 | Includes 143 in Negro National League (first) (incomplete) |
| Monte Irvin* | 127 | 0 | 105 | Includes 22 in Negro National League (second) (incomplete) |
| Chick Hafey* | 122 | 0 | 122 | |
| Jesse Burkett* † | 115 | 0 | 115 | |
| Larry Doby* | 105 | 105 | 0 | Negro League totals unavailable |
| John Montgomery Ward* † | 100 | 0 | 100 | |
| Freddie Lindstrom* | 75 | 0 | 75 | |
| Frank Chance* † | 65 | 0 | 65 | |
| Pete Hill* | 52 | 0 | 0 | Includes 50 in Negro National League (first), 2 in Eastern Colored League (incomplete) |
| Jud Wilson* | 47 | 0 | 0 | Includes 23 in Eastern Colored League, 17 in Negro National League (second), 7 in American Negro League (incomplete) |
| Joe Medwick* | 43 | 0 | 43 | |
| Ed Delahanty* † | 39 | 20 | 16 | Includes 3 in the Players' League |
| Lloyd Waner* | 33 | 0 | 33 | |
| Willard Brown* | 23 | 17 | 0 | Includes 6 in Negro American League (incomplete) |
| Todd Helton* | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joe Mauer* | 2 | 2 | 0 | |