# List of Major League Baseball career at bat leaders

In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance no matter what happens during his turn at bat. A batter is not credited with an at bat if he:
* Receives a base on balls (BB).
* Is hit by a pitch (HBP).
* Hits a sacrifice fly or a sacrifice bunt (also known as sacrifice hit).
* Is awarded first base due to interference or obstruction, usually by the catcher.
* Is replaced by another hitter before his at bat is completed, in which case the plate appearance and any related statistics go to the pinch hitter (unless he is replaced with two strikes and his replacement completes a strikeout, in which case the at bat and strikeout are still charged to the first batter).
At bats are used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. A player can only qualify for the season-ending rankings in these categories if he accumulates 502 plate appearances during the season.
Pete Rose is the all-time leader in at bats with 14,053, and the only player in MLB history with more than 13,000 at bats. Only 30 MLB players have reached 10,000 career at bats. As of September 22, 2024, no active players are in the top 100 of career at-bats. The active leader is Andrew McCutchen in 169th with 7,862.

## Key

| Rank | Rank among leaders in career at-bats. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2025 ABs) | Name (at-bats in 2025) |
| AB | Career at-bats |
| * | Elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| Bold | Active player. |

## List

* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 ABs) | AB |
| 1 | Pete Rose | 14,053 |
| 2 | Hank Aaron* | 12,364 |
| 3 | Carl Yastrzemski* | 11,988 |
| 4 | Cal Ripken Jr.* | 11,551 |
| 5 | Ty Cobb* | 11,440 |
| 6 | Albert Pujols | 11,421 |
| 7 | Eddie Murray* | 11,336 |
| 8 | Derek Jeter* | 11,195 |
| 9 | Adrián Beltré* | 11,068 |
| 10 | Robin Yount* | 11,008 |
| 11 | Dave Winfield* | 11,003 |
| 12 | Stan Musial* | 10,972 |
| 13 | Rickey Henderson* | 10,961 |
| 14 | Willie Mays* | 10,881 |
| 15 | Craig Biggio* | 10,876 |
| 16 | Paul Molitor* | 10,835 |
| 17 | Brooks Robinson* | 10,654 |
| 18 | Omar Vizquel | 10,586 |
| 19 | Alex Rodriguez | 10,566 |
| 20 | Rafael Palmeiro | 10,472 |
| 21 | Honus Wagner* | 10,439 |
| 22 | Miguel Cabrera | 10,356 |
| 23 | George Brett* | 10,349 |
| 24 | Lou Brock* | 10,332 |
| 25 | Cap Anson* | 10,281 |
| 26 | Luis Aparicio* | 10,230 |
| 27 | Tris Speaker* | 10,195 |
| 28 | Al Kaline* | 10,116 |
| 29 | Rabbit Maranville* | 10,078 |
| 30 | Frank Robinson* | 10,006 |
| 31 | Eddie Collins* | 9,949 |
| 32 | Ichiro Suzuki* | 9,934 |
| 33 | Andre Dawson* | 9,927 |
| 34 | Harold Baines* | 9,908 |
| 35 | Reggie Jackson* | 9,864 |
| 36 | Barry Bonds | 9,847 |
| 37 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | 9,801 |
| 38 | Tony Pérez* | 9,778 |
| 39 | Carlos Beltrán | 9,768 |
| 40 | Johnny Damon | 9,736 |
| 41 | Rusty Staub | 9,720 |
| 42 | Vada Pinson | 9,645 |
| 43 | Iván Rodríguez* | 9,592 |
| 44 | Nap Lajoie* | 9,589 |
| 45 | Sam Crawford* | 9,570 |
| 46 | Jake Beckley* | 9,551 |
| 47 | Paul Waner* | 9,459 |
| 48 | Mel Ott* | 9,456 |
| 49 | Roberto Clemente* | 9,454 |
| 50 | Ernie Banks* | 9,421 |
| Rank | Player (2025 ABs) | AB |
| 51 | Bill Buckner | 9,397 |
| | Steve Finley | 9,397 |
| 53 | Ozzie Smith* | 9,396 |
| 54 | Max Carey* | 9,363 |
| 55 | Dave Parker* | 9,358 |
| 56 | Billy Williams* | 9,350 |
| 57 | Rod Carew* | 9,315 |
| 58 | Jimmy Rollins | 9,294 |
| 59 | Tony Gwynn* | 9,288 |
| 60 | Joe Morgan* | 9,277 |
| 61 | Sam Rice* | 9,269 |
| 62 | Nellie Fox* | 9,232 |
| 63 | Gary Sheffield | 9,217 |
| 64 | Wade Boggs* | 9,180 |
| 65 | Willie Davis | 9,174 |
| 66 | Luis Gonzalez | 9,157 |
| 67 | Doc Cramer | 9,140 |
| 68 | Frankie Frisch* | 9,112 |
| 69 | Zach Wheat* | 9,106 |
| 70 | Lave Cross | 9,084 |
| 71 | Roberto Alomar* | 9,073 |
| 72 | Al Oliver | 9,049 |
| 73 | George Davis* | 9,045 |
| 74 | Bill Dahlen | 9,036 |
| 75 | Dwight Evans | 8,996 |
| 76 | Buddy Bell | 8,995 |
| 77 | Graig Nettles | 8,986 |
| 78 | Chipper Jones* | 8,984 |
| 79 | Darrell Evans | 8,973 |
| 80 | Gary Gaetti | 8,951 |
| 81 | Tim Raines* | 8,872 |
| 82 | Charlie Gehringer* | 8,860 |
| 83 | Torii Hunter | 8,857 |
| 84 | Luke Appling* | 8,856 |
| 85 | Steve Garvey | 8,835 |
| 86 | Tommy Corcoran | 8,824 |
| 87 | Sammy Sosa | 8,813 |
| 88 | Harry Hooper* | 8,785 |
| 89 | Robinson Canó | 8,773 |
| 90 | Al Simmons* | 8,759 |
| 91 | Fred McGriff* | 8,757 |
| 92 | Carlton Fisk* | 8,756 |
| 93 | Mickey Vernon | 8,731 |
| 94 | Dave Concepcion | 8,723 |
| 95 | Bert Campaneris | 8,684 |
| 96 | Ted Simmons* | 8,680 |
| 97 | Julio Franco | 8,677 |
| 98 | Chili Davis | 8,673 |
| 99 | Goose Goslin* | 8,656 |
| 100 | Garret Anderson | 8,640 |
| | David Ortiz* | 8,640 |