# List of Major League Baseball career assists leaders

In baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is credited to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball (after it has been hit by the batter) prior to the recording of a putout, even if the contact was unintentional. For example, if a ball strikes a player's leg and bounces off him to another fielder, who tags the baserunner, the first player is credited with an assist. A fielder can receive a maximum of one assist per out recorded. An assist is also credited if a putout would have occurred, had another fielder not committed an error. For example, a shortstop might field a ground ball cleanly, but the first baseman might drop his throw. In this case, an error would be charged to the first baseman, and the shortstop would be credited with an assist.
Rabbit Maranville is the all-time leader with 8,967 career assists. Ozzie Smith (8,375), Cal Ripken Jr. (8,214), Bill Dahlen (8,138), Omar Vizquel (8,050), and Luis Aparicio (8,016) are the only other players to record more than 8,000 career assists.

## Key

| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career assists. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2025 As) | Number of recorded assists during the 2025 Major League Baseball season. |
| A | Total career assists. |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| Bold | Denotes active player. |

## List

* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | A |
| 1 | Rabbit Maranville* | 8,967 |
| 2 | Ozzie Smith* | 8,375 |
| 3 | Cal Ripken Jr.* | 8,214 |
| 4 | Bill Dahlen | 8,138 |
| 5 | Omar Vizquel | 8,050 |
| 6 | Luis Aparicio* | 8,016 |
| 7 | Eddie Collins* | 7,716 |
| 8 | Luke Appling* | 7,543 |
| 9 | Tommy Corcoran | 7,509 |
| 10 | Bobby Wallace* | 7,465 |
| 11 | Frankie Frisch* | 7,170 |
| 12 | Charlie Gehringer* | 7,091 |
| 13 | Dave Concepción | 7,024 |
| 14 | Joe Morgan* | 6,969 |
| 15 | Bid McPhee* | 6,923 |
| 16 | Larry Bowa | 6,864 |
| 17 | Rogers Hornsby* | 6,842 |
| 18 | Honus Wagner* | 6,782 |
| 19 | Bill Mazeroski* | 6,694 |
| 20 | Nap Lajoie* | 6,691 |
| 21 | Lou Whitaker | 6,653 |
| 22 | Ryne Sandberg* | 6,648 |
| 23 | Frank White | 6,629 |
| 24 | Derek Jeter* | 6,605 |
| 25 | Dave Bancroft* | 6,604 |
| 26 | Roberto Alomar* | 6,536 |
| 27 | Don Kessinger | 6,453 |
| 28 | George Davis* | 6,429 |
| 29 | Nellie Fox* | 6,385 |
| 30 | Dick Bartell | 6,348 |
| 31 | Willie Randolph | 6,339 |
| 32 | Roger Peckinpaugh | 6,338 |
| 33 | Herman Long | 6,335 |
| 34 | Bert Campaneris | 6,323 |
| 35 | Germany Smith | 6,304 |
| 36 | Donie Bush | 6,286 |
| 37 | Alan Trammell* | 6,265 |
| 38 | Chris Speier | 6,259 |
| 39 | Roy McMillan | 6,233 |
| 40 | Brooks Robinson* | 6,220 |
| 41 | Miguel Tejada | 6,193 |
| 42 | Jimmy Rollins | 6,139 |
| 43 | Pee Wee Reese* | 6,131 |
| 44 | Garry Templeton | 6,078 |
| 45 | Joe Cronin* | 6,052 |
| 46 | Jack Glasscock | 5,951 |
| | Joe Tinker* | 5,951 |
| 48 | Jeff Kent | 5,918 |
| 49 | Royce Clayton | 5,904 |
| 50 | Bobby Grich | 5,891 |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | A |
| 51 | Robinson Canó | 5,881 |
| 52 | Dick Groat | 5,864 |
| | Barry Larkin* | 5,864 |
| 54 | Mark Belanger | 5,831 |
| 55 | Billy Herman* | 5,823 |
| 56 | Bill Russell | 5,713 |
| 57 | Bobby Doerr* | 5,710 |
| 58 | Édgar Rentería | 5,706 |
| 59 | Alex Rodriguez | 5,681 |
| 60 | Craig Biggio* | 5,671 |
| 61 | Jay Bell | 5,609 |
| 62 | Mickey Doolan | 5,585 |
| 63 | Tony Fernández | 5,544 |
| 64 | Fred Pfeffer | 5,530 |
| 65 | Maury Wills | 5,512 |
| 66 | Ed Brinkman | 5,500 |
| 67 | Red Schoendienst* | 5,466 |
| 68 | Billy Jurges | 5,446 |
| 69 | Orlando Cabrera | 5,445 |
| 70 | Leo Cárdenas | 5,429 |
| 71 | Elvis Andrus | 5,419 |
| 72 | Monte Cross | 5,378 |
| 73 | Ozzie Guillén | 5,375 |
| 74 | Kid Gleason | 5,324 |
| 75 | George McBride | 5,316 |
| 76 | Alfredo Griffin | 5,309 |
| 77 | Graig Nettles | 5,295 |
| 78 | Art Fletcher | 5,254 |
| 79 | Del Pratt | 5,238 |
| 80 | Joe Sewell* | 5,230 |
| 81 | Ian Kinsler | 5,219 |
| 82 | Johnny Evers* | 5,215 |
| 83 | Mike Schmidt* | 5,193 |
| 84 | Adrián Beltré* | 5,187 |
| 85 | Travis Jackson* | 5,178 |
| 86 | Buddy Myer | 5,152 |
| 87 | Hughie Critz | 5,145 |
| 88 | Jimmy Dykes | 5,139 |
| 89 | Arky Vaughan* | 5,119 |
| 90 | Tim Foli | 5,108 |
| 91 | Everett Scott | 5,060 |
| 92 | John Montgomery Ward* | 5,050 |
| 93 | Buddy Bell | 5,009 |
| 94 | Mark Grudzielanek | 4,975 |
| 95 | Brandon Phillips | 4,971 |
| 96 | Toby Harrah | 4,965 |
| 97 | Claude Ritchey | 4,958 |
| 98 | Ed McKean | 4,945 |
| 99 | Tony Lazzeri* | 4,944 |
| 100 | Jim Gantner | 4,942 |

## By position
### Pitchers

The pitcher is the player who pitches the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, playing the most difficult and specialized position, and as such is regarded as being at the right end of the defensive spectrum. Pitchers play far less than players at other positions, generally appearing in only two or three games per week; only one pitcher in major league history has appeared in 100 games in a single season. There are many different types of pitchers, generally divided between starting pitchers and relief pitchers, which include the middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1.
Pitchers are most commonly credited with an assist when they field a ground ball batted back toward the mound and throw the ball either to the first baseman to retire the batter/runner or to another infielder to force out a runner, perhaps beginning a double play; of special importance are throws to the catcher if a runner is trying to reach home plate to score a run. Pitchers also earn assists on pickoff throws, by throwing to a base after catching a line drive in order to retire a runner before they can tag up, by throwing to a base to record an out on an appeal play, or in situations where they might deflect a ground ball before another defensive player successfully fields the ball. Pitchers generally record fewer assists than infielders or catchers due to the quick reaction time needed to field the ball after it is hit, as the pitcher is the closest player in front of the batter.
As strikeout totals have risen in baseball, the frequency of other defensive outs including ground outs has declined; as a result, assist totals for pitchers have likewise declined, and only one of the top 20 career leaders has been active since 1934; only five of the top 66 have been active since 1965. None of the top 87 single-season totals were recorded after 1918, and none of the top 477 have been recorded since 1944. Cy Young is the all-time leader in career assists as a pitcher with 2,014, over 500 more than any other pitcher. Clayton Kershaw, who had 376 assists through August 23, 2024 to place him tied for 376th all-time, is the leader among active players.
* Stats as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Throws | Assists as a pitcher | Assists as a pitcher | Assists as a pitcher | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Throws | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Cy Young* | R | 2,014 | 851 | 1,163 | |
| 2 | Christy Mathewson* | R | 1,503 | 0 | 1,503 | Holds the modern National League single-season record of 141 (set in 1908) |
| 3 | Grover Cleveland Alexander* | R | 1,419 | 0 | 1,419 | |
| 4 | Pud Galvin* | R | 1,404 | 0 | 1,205 | Includes 106 in American Association, 71 in Players' League, 22 in National Association; held major league record, 1886-1903; held the National League single-season record, 1884-1885 |
| 5 | Walter Johnson* | R | 1,351 | 1,351 | 0 | |
| 6 | Burleigh Grimes* | R | 1,252 | 7 | 1,245 | |
| 7 | George Mullin | R | 1,244 | 1,194 | 0 | Includes 50 in Federal League |
| 8 | Jack Quinn | R | 1,240 | 971 | 67 | Includes 202 in Federal League |
| 9 | Ed Walsh* | R | 1,207 | 1,200 | 7 | Holds the single-season record of 227 (set in 1907) |
| 10 | Eppa Rixey* | L | 1,195 | 0 | 1,195 | |
| 11 | Greg Maddux* | R | 1,194 | 0 | 1,194 | |
| 12 | John Clarkson* | R | 1,143 | 0 | 1,143 | Holds the National League single-season record of 174 (set in 1885) |
| 13 | Carl Mays | R | 1,138 | 823 | 315 | |
| 14 | Hooks Dauss | R | 1,128 | 1,128 | 0 | |
| 15 | Vic Willis* | R | 1,124 | 0 | 1,124 | |
| 16 | Red Faber* | R | 1,108 | 1,108 | 0 | |
| | Eddie Plank* | L | 1,108 | 1,050 | 0 | Includes 58 in Federal League; held record for left-handed pitchers, 1914-1931 |
| 18 | Tim Keefe* | R | 1,060 | 0 | 764 | Includes 235 in American Association, 61 in Players' League |
| 19 | Tony Mullane | R | 1,041 | 0 | 343 | Includes 698 in American Association |
| 20 | Kid Nichols* | R | 1,031 | 0 | 1,031 | |
| 21 | Tommy John | L | 1,028 | 758 | 270 | |
| 22 | Red Ames | R | 1,000 | 0 | 1,000 | |
| 23 | Warren Spahn* | L | 999 | 0 | 999 | |
| 24 | Eddie Cicotte | R | 998 | 998 | 0 | |
| 25 | Jack Powell | R | 967 | 640 | 327 | |
| 26 | Doc White | L | 966 | 811 | 155 | |
| 27 | Harry Howell | R | 965 | 876 | 89 | Held the American League single-season record, 1905-1907 |
| 28 | Al Orth | R | 957 | 588 | 369 | |
| 29 | Ted Lyons* | R | 943 | 943 | 0 | |
| 30 | Freddie Fitzsimmons | R | 942 | 0 | 942 | |
| | Charles Radbourn* | R | 942 | 0 | 843 | Includes 99 in Players' League |
| 32 | Chick Fraser | R | 939 | 91 | 848 | |
| 33 | Bill Doak | R | 934 | 0 | 934 | |
| 34 | Joe McGinnity* | R | 929 | 153 | 776 | Held the modern National League single-season record, 1904-1906 |
| 35 | Jim McCormick | R | 922 | 0 | 872 | Includes 50 in Union Association |
| 36 | Red Donahue | R | 903 | 445 | 458 | Held the American League single-season record, 1902-1904 |
| 37 | Tommy Bond | R | 896 | 0 | 607 | Includes 229 in National Association, 55 in Union Association, 5 in American Association; held major league record, 1879-1886; held the single-season record, 1878-1882; held the National League single-season record, 1878-1884 |
| 38 | Phil Niekro* | R | 878 | 105 | 773 | |
| 39 | Gaylord Perry* | R | 877 | 353 | 524 | |
| 40 | Sad Sam Jones | R | 874 | 874 | 0 | |
| | Amos Rusie* | R | 874 | 0 | 874 | |
| 42 | Clark Griffith* | R | 863 | 265 | 548 | Includes 50 in American Association |
| 43 | Tom Glavine* | L | 856 | 0 | 856 | |
| 44 | Howard Ehmke | R | 853 | 828 | 0 | Includes 25 in Federal League |
| 45 | Charlie Buffinton | R | 851 | 0 | 657 | Includes 117 in American Association, 77 in Players' League |
| | Stan Coveleski* | R | 851 | 851 | 0 | |
| 47 | Lee Meadows | R | 850 | 0 | 850 | |
| 48 | Addie Joss* | R | 846 | 846 | 0 | |
| 49 | Mordecai Brown* | R | 843 | 0 | 700 | Includes 143 in Federal League |
| 50 | Waite Hoyt* | R | 842 | 640 | 202 | |
| 51 | Jesse Tannehill | L | 840 | 430 | 410 | |
| 52 | Bullet Joe Bush | R | 839 | 814 | 25 | |
| 53 | Jack Chesbro* | R | 836 | 649 | 187 | Held the American League single-season record, 1904-1905 |
| 54 | Carl Hubbell* | L | 824 | 0 | 824 | |
| | Herb Pennock* | L | 824 | 824 | 0 | |
| 56 | Ed Reulbach | R | 814 | 0 | 724 | Includes 90 in Federal League |
| 57 | Eddie Rommel | R | 810 | 810 | 0 | |
| 58 | Charles Bender* | R | 808 | 702 | 61 | Includes 45 in Federal League |
| 59 | Bill Dinneen | R | 800 | 513 | 287 | |
| 60 | Bobby Mathews | R | 791 | 0 | 187 | Includes 339 in National Association, 265 in American Association |
| 61 | Dolf Luque | R | 786 | 0 | 786 | |
| 62 | Wilbur Cooper | L | 785 | 4 | 781 | |
| 63 | Frank Smith | R | 782 | 606 | 69 | Includes 107 in Federal League |
| 64 | Tom Zachary | L | 773 | 547 | 226 | |
| 65 | Brickyard Kennedy | R | 769 | 0 | 769 | |
| | Jim Whitney | R | 769 | 0 | 761 | Includes 8 in American Association |
| 67 | Dennis Martínez | R | 763 | 438 | 325 | |
| 68 | Willie Sudhoff | R | 762 | 399 | 363 | |
| 69 | Art Nehf | L | 749 | 0 | 749 | |
| 70 | Jesse Barnes | R | 748 | 0 | 748 | |
| 71 | Bucky Walters | R | 746 | 0 | 746 | |
| 72 | Gus Weyhing | R | 745 | 3 | 365 | Includes 322 in American Association, 55 in Players' League |
| 73 | Jim Kaat* | L | 744 | 641 | 103 | |
| 74 | Kenny Rogers | L | 743 | 724 | 19 | |
| 75 | Hippo Vaughn | L | 740 | 169 | 571 | |
| | Rube Waddell* | L | 740 | 607 | 133 | |
| 77 | Jack Taylor | R | 738 | 0 | 738 | |
| 78 | Mel Harder | R | 734 | 734 | 0 | |
| | Willis Hudlin | R | 734 | 732 | 2 | |
| 80 | Cy Falkenberg | R | 728 | 523 | 21 | Includes 184 in Federal League |
| 81 | Steve Carlton* | L | 724 | 31 | 693 | |
| | Claude Hendrix | R | 724 | 0 | 518 | Includes 206 in Federal League |
| 83 | Lefty Grove* | L | 722 | 722 | 0 | |
| | Adonis Terry | R | 722 | 0 | 350 | Includes 372 in American Association |
| 85 | Dutch Leonard | R | 719 | 417 | 302 | |
| 86 | Will White | R | 715 | 0 | 274 | Includes 441 in American Association; held the single-season record, 1882-1907 |
| 87 | Bob Lemon* | R | 709 | 709 | 0 | |
| 88 | Mickey Welch* | R | 705 | 0 | 705 | |
| 89 | Earl Whitehill | L | 701 | 687 | 14 | |
| 90 | Claude Osteen | L | 699 | 155 | 544 | |
| 91 | Rube Marquard* | L | 697 | 0 | 697 | |
| | Bob Shawkey | R | 697 | 697 | 0 | |
| 93 | Ed Willett | R | 695 | 602 | 0 | Includes 93 in Federal League |
| 94 | Theodore Breitenstein | L | 692 | 0 | 690 | Includes 2 in American Association |
| | Tom Seaver* | R | 692 | 99 | 593 | |
| 96 | Pink Hawley | R | 688 | 55 | 633 | |
| 97 | Don Drysdale* | R | 686 | 0 | 686 | |
| | Sherry Smith | L | 686 | 255 | 431 | |
| 99 | Bob Groom | R | 682 | 545 | 0 | Includes 137 in Federal League |
| 100 | Rube Benton | L | 680 | 0 | 680 | |

### Catchers

The catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his/her turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home) umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to these primary duties, the catcher is also called upon to master many other skills in order to field the position well. The role of the catcher is similar to that of the wicket-keeper in cricket. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the catcher is assigned the number 2.
Catchers are most frequently credited with an assist when they throw out a runner attempting a stolen base, but other situations leading to an assist include bunts where the catcher fields the batted ball near home plate and throws out the batter at first base (or another runner), an uncaught third strike after which the catcher throws out the batter trying to reach first base, rundown plays in which a runner is stranded between bases, and throwing out runners who fail to tag up after a fly ball out. As the frequency of strikeouts has risen in baseball, the number of other fielding outs has declined; the rise of power-hitting has also led to a decline in more daring baserunning. Consequently, the list of career assist leaders is dominated by catchers from the dead-ball era prior to 1920, when runners made more aggressive attempts to advance around the bases in risky situations; none of the top 20 players were active after 1931, and only three players since 1950 have reached even 60% of the record. None of the top 65 single-season totals were recorded after 1920, and none of the top 340 were recorded after 1928; only 13 seasons of 100 assists have been recorded since 1945, peaking at 108, far short of the record of 238. As a result, both the career and single-season records are likely among Major League Baseball's most unbreakable records.
Deacon McGuire is the all-time leader with 1,860 career assists. Only 48 catchers have recorded 1,000 or more career assists.
* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Assists as catcher | Assists as catcher | Assists as catcher | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Deacon McGuire | 1,860 | 370 | 1,176 | Includes 314 in American Association |
| 2 | Ray Schalk* | 1,811 | 1,811 | 0 | |
| 3 | Steve O'Neill | 1,698 | 1,698 | 0 | |
| 4 | Red Dooin | 1,590 | 0 | 1,590 | |
| 5 | Charles Zimmer | 1,580 | 0 | 1,439 | Includes 141 in American Association; held NL record, 1898-1911; held single-season record, 1890-1903 |
| 6 | Johnny Kling | 1,554 | 0 | 1,554 | Held National League record, 1912-1915 |
| 7 | Ivey Wingo | 1,487 | 0 | 1,487 | |
| 8 | Wilbert Robinson* | 1,454 | 136 | 629 | Includes 689 in American Association |
| 9 | Bill Bergen | 1,444 | 0 | 1,444 | Held National League record, 1911-1912 |
| | Pop Snyder | 1,444 | 0 | 566 | Includes 713 in American Association, 149 in National Association, 16 in Players' League; held major league record, 1877-1901; held NL record, 1876-1883; held single-season record, 1876-1886 |
| 11 | Wally Schang | 1,420 | 1,420 | 0 | |
| 12 | Duke Farrell | 1,418 | 97 | 1,120 | Includes 132 in Players' League, 69 in American Association |
| 13 | George Gibson | 1,386 | 0 | 1,386 | |
| 14 | Oscar Stanage | 1,381 | 1,381 | 0 | Held American League record, 1918-1922; holds AL single-season record |
| 15 | Malachi Kittridge | 1,363 | 306 | 1,057 | |
| 16 | Lou Criger | 1,342 | 1,004 | 338 | Held American League record, 1903-1907, 1908-1909; held AL single-season record, 1903-1908 |
| 17 | Frank Snyder | 1,332 | 0 | 1,332 | |
| 18 | Bill Killefer | 1,319 | 145 | 1,174 | |
| 19 | Billy Sullivan | 1,314 | 1,217 | 97 | Held American League record, 1909–1918 |
| 20 | Jack Warner | 1,309 | 359 | 950 | |
| 21 | Gabby Hartnett* | 1,254 | 0 | 1,254 | |
| 22 | Bill Rariden | 1,231 | 0 | 778 | Includes 453 in Federal League; holds the single-season record of 238 (set in 1915) |
| 23 | Iván Rodríguez* | 1,227 | 1,066 | 161 | |
| 24 | Gary Carter* | 1,203 | 0 | 1,203 | |
| 25 | Roger Bresnahan* | 1,195 | 85 | 1,110 | |
| 26 | Bob Boone | 1,174 | 601 | 573 | |
| 27 | Muddy Ruel | 1,136 | 1,136 | 0 | |
| 28 | Rick Ferrell* | 1,127 | 1,127 | 0 | |
| 29 | Al López* | 1,115 | 28 | 1,087 | |
| 30 | Hank Severeid | 1,112 | 1,086 | 26 | |
| 31 | Heinie Peitz | 1,095 | 0 | 1,095 | |
| 32 | Eddie Ainsmith | 1,088 | 914 | 174 | |
| 33 | Luke Sewell | 1,084 | 1,084 | 0 | |
| 34 | Jack Clements | 1,082 | 0 | 1,050 | Includes 32 in Union Association |
| 35 | Frank Bowerman | 1,077 | 0 | 1,077 | |
| 36 | Silver Flint | 1,071 | 0 | 1,052 | Includes 19 in National Association; held National League record, 1883-1898 |
| 37 | Yadier Molina | 1,062 | 0 | 1,062 | |
| 38 | Otto Miller | 1,053 | 0 | 1,053 | |
| 39 | Charlie Bennett | 1,048 | 0 | 1,048 | |
| | Carlton Fisk* | 1,048 | 1,048 | 0 | |
| 41 | Tony Peña | 1,045 | 332 | 713 | |
| 42 | Cy Perkins | 1,037 | 1,037 | 0 | |
| 43 | Ed McFarland | 1,024 | 338 | 686 | |
| 44 | Buck Ewing* | 1,017 | 0 | 910 | Includes 107 in Players' League |
| 45 | Bill Holbert | 1,013 | 588 | 425 | |
| 46 | Jim Sundberg | 1,007 | 966 | 41 | |
| 47 | Doc Bushong | 1,001 | 0 | 506 | Includes 495 in American Association |
| 48 | Hank Gowdy | 1,000 | 0 | 1,000 | |
| 49 | Chief Meyers | 996 | 0 | 996 | |
| 50 | Pat Moran | 990 | 0 | 990 | Held single-season record, 1903-1914; holds NL single-season record |
| 51 | Jason Kendall | 989 | 207 | 782 | |
| 52 | Jack O'Connor | 987 | 160 | 503 | Includes 324 in American Association |
| 53 | Bob O'Farrell | 980 | 0 | 980 | |
| | Lance Parrish | 980 | 826 | 154 | |
| 55 | Jimmy Archer | 979 | 16 | 963 | |
| 56 | Ossee Schreckengost | 969 | 858 | 111 | Held American League record, 1907-1908 |
| 57 | Benito Santiago | 960 | 60 | 900 | |
| 58 | Brad Ausmus | 956 | 159 | 797 | |
| 59 | Bill Dickey* | 954 | 954 | 0 | |
| 60 | Russell Martin | 941 | 361 | 580 | |
| 61 | Jimmie Wilson | 931 | 0 | 931 | |
| 62 | Ted Simmons* | 915 | 144 | 771 | |
| 63 | Larry McLean | 905 | 0 | 905 | |
| 64 | Rollie Hemsley | 897 | 634 | 263 | |
| 65 | Connie Mack* | 864 | 0 | 724 | Includes 140 in Players' League; held NL single-season record, 1888-1890 |
| 66 | Joe Sugden | 861 | 401 | 460 | |
| 67 | Walter Schmidt | 858 | 0 | 858 | |
| 68 | King Kelly* | 857 | 0 | 692 | Includes 105 in American Association, 60 in the Players' League |
| 69 | Bill Carrigan | 854 | 854 | 0 | |
| 70 | Ed Sweeney | 852 | 835 | 17 | |
| 71 | Johnny Bench* | 850 | 0 | 850 | |
| 72 | Ernie Lombardi* | 845 | 0 | 845 | |
| 73 | Mickey Cochrane* | 840 | 840 | 0 | |
| 74 | Mike González | 838 | 0 | 838 | |
| 75 | John Henry | 826 | 38 | 788 | |
| 76 | Jocko Milligan | 825 | 0 | 154 | Includes 605 in American Association, 66 in the Players' League |
| 77 | A. J. Pierzynski | 823 | 694 | 129 | |
| 78 | Boileryard Clarke | 806 | 337 | 469 | |
| 79 | Gus Mancuso | 803 | 0 | 803 | |
| 80 | Yogi Berra* | 798 | 797 | 1 | |
| 81 | Art Wilson | 796 | 1 | 487 | Includes 308 in Federal League |
| 82 | Admiral Schlei | 792 | 0 | 792 | |
| 83 | Sam Agnew | 773 | 773 | 0 | |
| 84 | Rick Dempsey | 768 | 677 | 91 | |
| 85 | Pop Schriver | 764 | 0 | 760 | Includes 4 in American Association |
| 86 | Del Crandall | 759 | 15 | 744 | |
| 87 | Darrell Porter | 754 | 505 | 249 | |
| 88 | Zack Taylor | 752 | 2 | 750 | |
| 89 | Les Nunamaker | 745 | 745 | 0 | |
| 90 | Gabby Street | 744 | 673 | 71 | Held AL single-season record, 1909-1911 |
| 91 | Thurman Munson | 742 | 742 | 0 | |
| 92 | Mike Scioscia | 737 | 0 | 737 | |
| 93 | Mike Piazza* | 733 | 0 | 733 | |
| 94 | Val Picinich | 732 | 496 | 236 | |
| 95 | Brian McCann | 729 | 242 | 487 | |
| 96 | Doc Powers | 724 | 668 | 56 | Held American League record, 1901-1903; held AL single-season record, 1901-1903 |
| 97 | Bill Freehan | 721 | 721 | 0 | |
| 98 | Johnny Bassler | 708 | 708 | 0 | |
| 99 | Johnny Edwards | 703 | 0 | 703 | |
| 100 | John Grim | 696 | 0 | 658 | Includes 38 in American Association |
| | Jorge Posada | 696 | 696 | 0 | |

### First Basemen

First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team. A first baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fields the area nearest first base and is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the first baseman is assigned the number 3.
First basemen are most commonly credited with an assist when they field a ground ball and either throw the ball to the pitcher covering first base to retire the batter/runner or throw the ball to the shortstop covering the second base to force out a runner, perhaps beginning a double play. Other common ways in which first basemen gain an assist are by throwing out a runner attempting to reach third base or score, perhaps on a relay throw from the right fielder, throwing out a runner attempting to score on a squeeze play, rundown plays in which a runner is stranded between bases, throwing out a runner attempting to steal second base on a pickoff throw, and throwing to second base after catching a line drive to retire a runner before they can tag up. First basemen typically accumulate less than half as many assists as other infielders, partially because the ball is less frequently batted to the right side of the field, but also because in situations with a runner on first base, the first baseman will typically be stationed on or close to the bag to receiver a pickoff throw, reducing the area of the infield which they can easily cover. Because a right-handed first baseman needs to turn their body before throwing across the infield, left-handed first basemen are often preferred for defensive purposes; 10 of the top 14 career assist leaders are left-handed.
Eddie Murray is the all-time leader with 1,865 career assists. Only 60 first basemen have recorded 1,000 or more career assists, with Anthony Rizzo, Paul Goldschmidt and Freddie Freeman being the only active.
* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Assists as first baseman | Assists as first baseman | Assists as first baseman | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Eddie Murray* | 1,865 | 1,280 | 585 | |
| 2 | Joey Votto | 1,758 | 0 | 1,758 | |
| 3 | Todd Helton* | 1,726 | 0 | 1,726 | Held National League record, 2013-2022 |
| 4 | Jeff Bagwell* | 1,704 | 0 | 1,704 | Held National League record, 2004-2013 |
| 5 | Keith Hernandez | 1,682 | 20 | 1,662 | Held major league record, 1987–1992; held National League record, 1986-2003 |
| 6 | Mark Grace | 1,665 | 0 | 1,665 | Held National League record, 2003–2004; held NL single-season record, 1990-2009 |
| 7 | Albert Pujols | 1,634 | 438 | 1,196 | Holds the single-season record of 185 (set in 2009) |
| 8 | Rafael Palmeiro | 1,587 | 1,574 | 13 | |
| 9 | George Sisler* | 1,529 | 1,251 | 278 | Held major league record, 1929–1987; held American League record, 1924-1932 |
| 10 | Wally Joyner | 1,470 | 1,115 | 355 | |
| 11 | Mickey Vernon | 1,448 | 1,444 | 4 | Held American League record, 1955–2004; held the single-season record, 1949–1982; held AL single-season record, 1949-1985 |
| 12 | Fred McGriff* | 1,447 | 654 | 793 | |
| 13 | Anthony Rizzo (0) | 1,420 | 272 | 1,148 | |
| 14 | John Olerud | 1,418 | 1,077 | 341 | |
| 15 | Adrian Gonzalez | 1,391 | 241 | 1,150 | |
| 16 | Andres Galarraga | 1,376 | 17 | 1,359 | |
| 17 | Derrek Lee | 1,367 | 52 | 1,315 | |
| 18 | Fred Tenney | 1,363 | 0 | 1,363 | Held major league record, 1911–1929; held National League record, 1909–1986; held single-season record, 1905–1949; held NL single-season record, 1905-1982 |
| 19 | Eric Karros | 1,359 | 17 | 1,342 | |
| 20 | Bill Buckner | 1,351 | 529 | 822 | Held single-season record, 1982–2009; holds AL single-season record (184 in 1985); held NL single-season record, 1982-1986 |
| | Chris Chambliss | 1,351 | 828 | 523 | |
| 22 | Norm Cash | 1,317 | 1,317 | 0 | |
| 23 | Jake Beckley* | 1,316 | 0 | 1,258 | Includes 58 in Players' League; held major league record, 1901–1911; held NL record, 1902–1909; held single-season record, 1891-1905 |
| 24 | Joe Judge | 1,301 | 1,284 | 17 | Held American League record, 1932-1955 |
| 25 | Will Clark | 1,294 | 455 | 839 | |
| 26 | Ed Konetchy | 1,292 | 0 | 1,211 | Includes 81 in Federal League |
| 27 | Gil Hodges* | 1,281 | 0 | 1,281 | |
| 28 | Paul Goldschmidt (0) | 1,270 | 0 | 1,270 | |
| 29 | Stuffy McInnis | 1,238 | 1,013 | 225 | |
| 30 | Jimmie Foxx* | 1,222 | 1,171 | 51 | |
| | Freddie Freeman (0) | 1,222 | 0 | 1,222 | |
| | Willie McCovey* | 1,222 | 0 | 1,222 | |
| 33 | Charlie Grimm | 1,214 | 0 | 1,214 | |
| 34 | Joe Kuhel | 1,163 | 1,163 | 0 | |
| 35 | Tino Martinez | 1,159 | 988 | 171 | |
| 36 | Wally Pipp | 1,152 | 954 | 198 | |
| 37 | George Scott | 1,132 | 1,132 | 0 | |
| 38 | Jake Daubert | 1,128 | 0 | 1,128 | |
| 39 | Paul Konerko | 1,111 | 1,090 | 21 | |
| 40 | Bill Terry* | 1,108 | 0 | 1,108 | |
| 40 | Don Mattingly | 1,104 | 1,104 | 0 | |
| 42 | George Burns | 1,094 | 1,094 | 0 | |
| 43 | Lou Gehrig* | 1,087 | 1,087 | 0 | |
| 44 | Vic Power | 1,078 | 1,067 | 11 | |
| 45 | George McQuinn | 1,074 | 1,047 | 27 | |
| 46 | Carlos Delgado | 1,064 | 723 | 341 | |
| | Pete O'Brien | 1,064 | 1,064 | 0 | |
| 48 | Eric Hosmer | 1,058 | 649 | 409 | |
| 49 | Hal Chase | 1,049 | 708 | 220 | Includes 121 in Federal League |
| | Kent Hrbek | 1,049 | 1,049 | 0 | |
| 51 | Mark McGwire | 1,042 | 775 | 267 | |
| 52 | Johnny Mize* | 1,032 | 103 | 929 | |
| 53 | Steve Garvey | 1,026 | 0 | 1,026 | |
| 54 | Mike Hargrove | 1,022 | 1,005 | 17 | |
| 55 | Lu Blue | 1,016 | 1,016 | 0 | |
| | J. T. Snow | 1,016 | 289 | 727 | |
| 57 | Orlando Cepeda* | 1,012 | 0 | 1,012 | |
| 58 | Frank McCormick | 1,001 | 0 | 1,001 | |
| 59 | Cecil Cooper | 1,000 | 1,000 | 0 | |
| | Lyle Overbay | 1,000 | 619 | 381 | |
| 61 | Cap Anson* | 983 | 0 | 955 | Includes 28 in National Association; held major league record, 1884–1901; held NL record, 1885–1902; held the single-season record, 1881–1884, 1886–1888, 1889–1891; held NL single-season record, 1881–1888, 1889-1891 |
| 62 | Elbie Fletcher | 975 | 0 | 975 | |
| 63 | Mark Teixeira | 966 | 871 | 95 | |
| 64 | Rudy York | 963 | 963 | 0 | Held AL single-season record, 1942-1949 |
| 65 | Bill White | 960 | 0 | 960 | |
| 66 | Dolph Camilli | 957 | 44 | 913 | |
| 67 | Harry Davis | 950 | 842 | 108 | |
| 68 | Richie Sexson | 944 | 473 | 471 | |
| 69 | Tony Perez* | 936 | 125 | 811 | |
| 70 | Adam LaRoche | 935 | 33 | 902 | |
| 71 | Ferris Fain | 927 | 927 | 0 | |
| 72 | Justin Morneau | 921 | 789 | 132 | |
| 73 | Carlos Peña | 906 | 818 | 88 | |
| 74 | Bill Skowron | 903 | 869 | 34 | |
| 75 | Lee May | 894 | 241 | 653 | |
| 76 | Joe Adcock | 879 | 174 | 705 | |
| 77 | George Kelly* | 861 | 0 | 861 | |
| 78 | Boog Powell | 859 | 859 | 0 | |
| 79 | Roger Connor* | 857 | 0 | 777 | Includes 80 in the Players' League |
| 80 | Fred Merkle | 847 | 1 | 846 | |
| 81 | George Stovall | 846 | 689 | 0 | Includes 157 in Federal League |
| 82 | Fred Luderus | 843 | 0 | 843 | |
| 83 | Carlos Santana (0) | 834 | 650 | 184 | |
| 84 | Ryan Howard | 828 | 0 | 828 | |
| 85 | John Mayberry | 827 | 777 | 50 | |
| 86 | Donn Clendenon | 819 | 0 | 819 | |
| | Jason Thompson | 819 | 419 | 400 | |
| 88 | Jim Bottomley* | 814 | 59 | 755 | |
| | Earl Torgeson | 814 | 194 | 620 | |
| 90 | Ernie Banks* | 809 | 0 | 809 | |
| 91 | Ted Kluszewski | 799 | 57 | 742 | |
| | Willie Upshaw | 799 | 799 | 0 | |
| 93 | Dan McGann | 798 | 41 | 757 | |
| 94 | Jim Spencer | 797 | 797 | 0 | |
| 95 | Phil Cavarretta | 796 | 17 | 779 | |
| 96 | Brandon Belt | 794 | 7 | 787 | |
| 97 | Jack Fournier | 788 | 213 | 575 | |
| 98 | Sid Bream | 786 | 0 | 786 | Held NL single-season record, 1986-1990 |
| 99 | Ed Kranepool | 779 | 0 | 779 | |
| 100 | Rod Carew* | 774 | 774 | 0 | |

### Second Basemen

In baseball and softball, the second baseman is a fielding position in the infield, commonly stationed between second and first base. The second baseman often possesses quick hands and feet, needs the ability to get rid of the ball quickly, and must be able to make the pivot on a double play. In addition, second basemen are almost always right-handed. Only four left-handed throwing players have appeared as second basemen in the major leagues since 1950; one of the four, Gonzalo Márquez, was listed as the second baseman in the starting lineup for two games in 1973, batting in the first inning, but was replaced before his team took the field on defense, and none of the other three players lasted even a complete inning at the position. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the second baseman is assigned the number 4.
Second basemen are most commonly credited with an assist when they field a ground ball and throw the ball either to the first baseman to retire the batter/runner or to the shortstop covering second base to force out a runner, perhaps beginning a double play. Other common ways in which second basemen gain an assist are by throwing out a runner attempting to reach third base or score, perhaps on a relay throw from the right fielder, rundown plays in which a runner is stranded between bases, throwing out a runner attempting to steal third base on a pickoff throw, and throwing to first or second base after catching a line drive in order to retire a runner before they can tag up. Second basemen and shortstops typically accumulate far more assists than players at other positions due to the frequency of ground balls to the middle infielders; the highest assist total in major league history was recorded by Frankie Frisch in 1927, with all but two of his 643 assists being gained at second base.
As strikeout totals have risen in baseball, the frequency of other defensive outs including ground outs has declined; as a result, assist totals for second basemen have likewise declined, and four of the top five career leaders began their careers prior to 1961. Through 2021, only six of the top 24 single-season totals have been recorded since 1938, only 13 of the top 64 since 1966, and only 14 of the top 192 since 1992. Eddie Collins is the all-time leader with 7,630 career assists; Charlie Gehringer (7,068) is the only other second baseman with over 7,000 career assists.
* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Assists as a second baseman | Assists as a second baseman | Assists as a second baseman | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Eddie Collins* | 7,630 | 7,630 | 0 | |
| 2 | Charlie Gehringer* | 7,068 | 7,068 | 0 | |
| 3 | Joe Morgan* | 6,967 | 229 | 6,738 | |
| 4 | Bid McPhee* | 6,919 | 0 | 4,007 | Includes 2,912 in American Association; held major league record, 1890-1925; held single-season record, 1886-1889, 1891-1892 |
| 5 | Bill Mazeroski* | 6,685 | 0 | 6,685 | Held National League record, 1969-1983 |
| 6 | Lou Whitaker | 6,653 | 6,653 | 0 | |
| 7 | Roberto Alomar* | 6,524 | 4,629 | 1,895 | |
| 8 | Nellie Fox* | 6,373 | 6,054 | 319 | |
| 9 | Ryne Sandberg* | 6,363 | 0 | 6,363 | |
| 10 | Willie Randolph | 6,336 | 5,614 | 722 | |
| 11 | Nap Lajoie* | 6,267 | 5,284 | 983 | Held American League record, 1910-1921; held AL single-season record, 1908-1930 |
| 12 | Frank White | 6,253 | 6,253 | 0 | |
| 13 | Frankie Frisch* | 6,026 | 0 | 6,026 | Held National League record, 1933-1969; holds the single-season record of 641 (set in 1927) |
| 14 | Robinson Canó | 5,876 | 5,586 | 290 | |
| 15 | Bobby Doerr* | 5,710 | 5,710 | 0 | |
| 16 | Billy Herman* | 5,681 | 0 | 5,681 | |
| 17 | Jeff Kent | 5,575 | 67 | 5,508 | |
| 18 | Craig Biggio* | 5,448 | 0 | 5,448 | |
| 19 | Bobby Grich | 5,381 | 5,381 | 0 | |
| 20 | Red Schoendienst * | 5,243 | 0 | 5,243 | |
| 21 | Ian Kinsler | 5,219 | 5,064 | 155 | |
| 22 | Rogers Hornsby* | 5,166 | 43 | 5,123 | |
| 23 | Hughie Critz | 5,138 | 0 | 5,138 | Held single-season record, 1926-1927 |
| 24 | Johnny Evers* | 5,124 | 3 | 5,121 | Held National League record, 1915-1933 |
| 25 | Fred Pfeffer | 5,108 | 0 | 4,721 | Includes 387 in Players' League; held National League record, 1891-1915; held single-season record, 1884-1886, 1889-1891; held NL single-season record, 1884-1887, 1888-1891 |
| 26 | Del Pratt | 5,075 | 5,075 | 0 | |
| 27 | Ray Durham | 4,926 | 3,130 | 1,796 | |
| 28 | Brandon Phillips | 4,925 | 432 | 4,493 | |
| 29 | Steve Sax | 4,805 | 1,773 | 3,032 | |
| 30 | Kid Gleason | 4,776 | 807 | 3,969 | Held American League record, 1901-1902; held AL single-season record, 1901-1902 |
| 31 | Joe Gordon* | 4,706 | 4,706 | 0 | |
| 32 | Manny Trillo | 4,699 | 329 | 4,370 | |
| 33 | Miller Huggins* | 4,697 | 0 | 4,697 | |
| 34 | Cupid Childs | 4,679 | 0 | 4,312 | Includes 367 in American Association |
| 35 | Larry Doyle | 4,655 | 0 | 4,655 | |
| 36 | Bret Boone | 4,589 | 2,071 | 2,518 | |
| 37 | Lou Bierbauer | 4,563 | 0 | 2,483 | Includes 1,612 in American Association, 468 in Players' League; held single-season record, 1892-1922 |
| 38 | Chase Utley | 4,535 | 0 | 4,535 | |
| 39 | Luis Castillo | 4,484 | 598 | 3,886 | |
| 40 | Claude Ritchey | 4,479 | 0 | 4,479 | |
| 41 | George Cutshaw | 4,473 | 540 | 3,933 | |
| 42 | Ski Melillo | 4,448 | 4,448 | 0 | Holds the American League single-season record (572 in 1930) |
| 43 | Tony Lazzeri* | 4,445 | 4,392 | 53 | |
| 44 | Glenn Hubbard | 4,444 | 399 | 4,045 | |
| 45 | Jim Gantner | 4,347 | 4,347 | 0 | |
| 46 | Jose Altuve (0) | 4,271 | 3,333 | 938 | |
| 47 | Bobby Lowe | 4,171 | 469 | 3,702 | |
| 48 | Julián Javier | 4,113 | 0 | 4,113 | |
| 49 | Buddy Myer | 4,068 | 4,068 | 0 | |
| 50 | Frank Bolling | 4,019 | 2,055 | 1,964 | |
| 51 | Dustin Pedroia | 4,004 | 4,004 | 0 | |
| 52 | Tom Herr | 3,999 | 195 | 3,804 | |
| 53 | Harold Reynolds | 3,932 | 3,932 | 0 | |
| 54 | Mark Ellis | 3,907 | 3,014 | 893 | |
| 55 | Tony Cuccinello | 3,891 | 10 | 3,881 | |
| 56 | Max Bishop | 3,850 | 3,850 | 0 | |
| 57 | Félix Millán | 3,846 | 0 | 3,846 | |
| 58 | Bucky Harris* | 3,842 | 3,842 | 0 | |
| 59 | Dave Cash | 3,841 | 0 | 3,841 | |
| 60 | Johnny Ray | 3,836 | 1,116 | 2,720 | |
| 61 | Davey Lopes | 3,829 | 651 | 3,178 | |
| 62 | Chuck Knoblauch | 3,821 | 3,821 | 0 | |
| 63 | Joe Quinn | 3,820 | 177 | 3,237 | Includes 406 in Players' League |
| 64 | Cookie Rojas | 3,819 | 2,099 | 1,720 | |
| 65 | Tony Taylor | 3,818 | 380 | 3,438 | |
| 66 | Delino DeShields | 3,817 | 503 | 3,314 | |
| 67 | Orlando Hudson | 3,809 | 1,879 | 1,930 | |
| 68 | Ted Sizemore | 3,761 | 107 | 3,654 | |
| 69 | Brian Roberts | 3,719 | 3,719 | 0 | |
| 70 | Glenn Beckert | 3,712 | 0 | 3,712 | |
| 71 | Robby Thompson | 3,704 | 0 | 3,704 | |
| 72 | Bill Wambsganss | 3,669 | 3,669 | 0 | |
| 73 | Tito Fuentes | 3,654 | 476 | 3,178 | |
| 74 | Bill Doran | 3,651 | 26 | 3,625 | |
| 75 | Aaron Hill | 3,620 | 2,284 | 1,336 | |
| 76 | Adam Kennedy | 3,600 | 2,861 | 739 | |
| 77 | Eric Young | 3,599 | 57 | 3,542 | |
| 78 | Otto Knabe | 3,583 | 0 | 2,930 | Includes 653 in Federal League |
| 79 | Jerry Priddy | 3,567 | 3,567 | 0 | |
| 80 | Don Blasingame | 3,550 | 902 | 2,648 | |
| 81 | Ron Hunt | 3,512 | 0 | 3,512 | |
| 82 | Jimmy Williams | 3,509 | 3,509 | 0 | Held American League record, 1908-1910; held AL single-season record, 1904-1908 |
| 83 | Dan Uggla | 3,472 | 0 | 3,472 | |
| 84 | Bobby Richardson | 3,445 | 3,445 | 0 | |
| 85 | Julio Cruz | 3,435 | 3,435 | 0 | |
| 86 | Bill Hallman | 3,399 | 0 | 2,954 | Includes 399 in American Association, 46 in Players' League |
| 87 | Mark McLemore | 3,392 | 3,338 | 54 | |
| 88 | Cub Stricker | 3,387 | 0 | 855 | Includes 2,179 in American Association, 353 in Players' League |
| 89 | Johnny Temple | 3,329 | 650 | 2,679 | |
| 90 | Jack Burdock | 3,322 | 0 | 2,745 | Includes 354 in National Association, 223 in American Association; held major league record, 1879-1890; held NL record, 1877-1889 |
| 91 | Damion Easley | 3,321 | 2,880 | 441 | |
| 92 | Jerry Remy | 3,241 | 3,241 | 0 | |
| 93 | Ronnie Belliard | 3,237 | 1,092 | 2,145 | |
| | Tommy Helms | 3,237 | 3 | 3,234 | |
| 95 | Juan Samuel | 3,228 | 73 | 3,155 | |
| 96 | Bobby Knoop | 3,218 | 3,218 | 0 | |
| 97 | Eddie Stanky | 3,215 | 0 | 3,215 | |
| 98 | Mickey Morandini | 3,202 | 92 | 3,110 | |
| 99 | Howie Kendrick | 3,197 | 2,696 | 501 | |
| | Ron Oester | 3,197 | 0 | 3,197 | |

### Third Basemen

Third base, or 3B, is the third of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team. A third baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fields the area nearest third base, and is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the third baseman is assigned the number 5. The third baseman requires good reflexes in reacting to batted balls, often being the closest infielder (roughly 90–120 feet) to the batter. The third base position requires a strong and accurate arm, as the third baseman often makes long throws to first base. The third baseman sometimes must throw quickly to second base in time to start a double play, and must also field fly balls in both fair and foul territory.
Third basemen are most commonly credited with an assist when they field a ground ball and throw the ball either to the first baseman to retire the batter/runner or to the second baseman to force out a runner, perhaps beginning a double play. Other common ways in which third basemen gain an assist are by throwing out a runner attempting to score (perhaps on a squeeze play), perhaps on a relay throw from the left fielder, rundown plays in which a runner is stranded between bases, throwing out a runner attempting to steal home on a pickoff throw, and throwing to first or second base after catching a line drive in order to retire a runner before they can tag up. Third basemen typically accumulate fewer assists than second basemen or shortstops due to the frequency of ground balls to the middle infielders, but far more than players at other positions.
Because the physical demands of playing third base historically hindered players from having long careers at the position, all but three of the 25 third basemen with the longest careers have reached the major leagues since 1943; even as increasing strikeouts in baseball have reduced the frequency of other defensive outs including ground outs, longer seasons and careers in recent decades have more than compensated for the difference. The top 15 leaders in career assists at third base all reached the major leagues after 1950, and all but nine of the top 62 single-season totals have been recorded since 1957. Brooks Robinson is the all-time leader in career assists as a third baseman with 6,205, which was 1,624 more than any other player at the time of his retirement; he remains the only third baseman with more than 6,000 career assists.
* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Assists as third baseman | Assists as third baseman | Assists as third baseman | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Brooks Robinson* | 6,205 | 6,205 | 0 | Held the single-season record, 1967-1971 (tie) |
| 2 | Graig Nettles | 5,279 | 4,616 | 663 | Holds the single-season record of 412 (set in 1971) |
| 3 | Adrián Beltré* | 5,182 | 3,365 | 1,817 | |
| 4 | Mike Schmidt* | 5,045 | 0 | 5,045 | Holds the National League single-season record (404 in 1974) |
| 5 | Buddy Bell | 4,925 | 4,151 | 774 | |
| 6 | Ron Santo* | 4,581 | 49 | 4,532 | Held National League record, 1973-1987; held NL single-season record, 1966-1974 |
| 7 | Gary Gaetti | 4,531 | 3,703 | 828 | |
| 8 | Eddie Mathews* | 4,322 | 38 | 4,284 | Held major league record, 1965-1971; held National League record, 1964-1973 |
| 9 | Wade Boggs* | 4,246 | 4,246 | 0 | |
| 10 | Aurelio Rodriguez | 4,150 | 4,022 | 128 | |
| 11 | Scott Rolen* | 4,081 | 385 | 3,696 | |
| 12 | Ron Cey | 4,018 | 3 | 4,015 | |
| 13 | Tim Wallach | 3,992 | 85 | 3,907 | |
| 14 | Terry Pendleton | 3,891 | 33 | 3,858 | |
| 15 | Sal Bando | 3,720 | 3,720 | 0 | |
| 16 | Lave Cross | 3,715 | 1,609 | 2,057 | Includes 49 in American Association; held major league record, 1906-1965 |
| 17 | Jimmy Collins* | 3,702 | 1,974 | 1,728 | Held American League record, 1901-1902; held AL single-season record, 1901-1902 |
| 18 | George Brett* | 3,674 | 3,674 | 0 | |
| 19 | Eddie Yost | 3,659 | 3,659 | 0 | Held American League record, 1960-1969 |
| 20 | Ken Boyer | 3,652 | 74 | 3,578 | |
| 21 | Aramis Ramírez | 3,627 | 0 | 3,627 | |
| 22 | Robin Ventura | 3,552 | 2,695 | 857 | |
| 23 | Arlie Latham | 3,546 | 0 | 1,544 | Includes 1,883 in American Association, 119 in Players' League; held major league record, 1891-1906; held single-season record, 1884-1886, 1891-1892; held NL single-season record, 1891-1892 |
| 24 | Nolan Arenado (0) | 3,543 | 0 | 3,543 | |
| 25 | Pie Traynor* | 3,521 | 0 | 3,521 | Held National League record, 1932-1964 |
| 26 | Stan Hack | 3,494 | 0 | 3,494 | |
| 27 | Chipper Jones* | 3,447 | 0 | 3,447 | |
| 28 | Larry Gardner | 3,408 | 3,408 | 0 | Held American League record, 1921-1960 |
| 29 | Matt Williams | 3,376 | 301 | 3,075 | |
| 30 | Willie Kamm | 3,345 | 3,345 | 0 | |
| 31 | George Kell* | 3,303 | 3,303 | 0 | |
| 32 | Evan Longoria | 3,297 | 2,440 | 857 | |
| 33 | Harlond Clift | 3,262 | 3,262 | 0 | Held the single-season record, 1937-1971 |
| 34 | Vinny Castilla | 3,261 | 230 | 3,031 | |
| 35 | Pinky Higgins | 3,258 | 3,258 | 0 | |
| 36 | Clete Boyer | 3,218 | 2,193 | 1,025 | |
| 37 | Doug DeCinces | 3,215 | 3,208 | 7 | |
| 38 | Home Run Baker* | 3,155 | 3,155 | 0 | Held American League record, 1918-1920 |
| 39 | Ken Caminiti | 3,127 | 99 | 3,028 | |
| 40 | Darrell Evans | 3,123 | 38 | 3,085 | |
| 41 | Billy Nash | 3,122 | 0 | 2,728 | Includes 307 in Players' League, 87 in American Association; held National League record, 1895-1910 |
| 42 | Ken Keltner | 3,070 | 3,070 | 0 | |
| 43 | Ossie Bluege | 3,040 | 3,040 | 0 | |
| 44 | Jimmy Austin | 2,949 | 2,949 | 0 | Held American League record, 1920-1921 |
| 45 | David Wright | 2,946 | 0 | 2,946 | |
| 46 | Bill Bradley | 2,943 | 2,489 | 359 | Includes 95 in Federal League; held American League record, 1903-1918 |
| 47 | Willie Jones | 2,934 | 10 | 2,924 | |
| 48 | Kyle Seager | 2,930 | 2,930 | 0 | |
| 49 | Billy Shindle | 2,891 | 0 | 2,226 | Includes 663 in American Association, 2 in Players' League; held single-season record, 1888-1890, 1892-1916; held NL single-season record, 1892-1966 |
| 50 | Doug Rader | 2,887 | 103 | 2,784 | |
| 51 | Frank Malzone | 2,884 | 2,884 | 0 | |
| 52 | Harry Steinfeldt | 2,805 | 0 | 2,805 | Held National League record, 1910-1932 |
| 53 | Carney Lansford | 2,799 | 2,799 | 0 | |
| 54 | Bob Elliott | 2,744 | 197 | 2,547 | |
| 55 | Eric Chavez | 2,732 | 2,618 | 114 | |
| 56 | Ken McMullen | 2,731 | 2,523 | 208 | |
| 57 | Todd Zeile | 2,724 | 490 | 2,234 | |
| 58 | Mike Lowell | 2,688 | 980 | 1,708 | |
| 59 | Manny Machado (0) | 2,640 | 1,478 | 1,162 | |
| | Pinky Whitney | 2,640 | 0 | 2,640 | |
| 61 | Heinie Groh | 2,554 | 0 | 2,554 | |
| 62 | Bill Madlock | 2,546 | 33 | 2,513 | |
| 63 | Jeff Cirillo | 2,545 | 1,124 | 1,421 | |
| 64 | Travis Fryman | 2,530 | 2,530 | 0 | |
| 65 | Milt Stock | 2,508 | 0 | 2,508 | |
| 66 | Troy Glaus | 2,505 | 1,909 | 596 | |
| 67 | Joe Randa | 2,489 | 1,947 | 542 | |
| 68 | Art Devlin | 2,481 | 0 | 2,481 | |
| 69 | Charlie Hayes | 2,480 | 447 | 2,033 | |
| 70 | Ken Reitz | 2,477 | 0 | 2,477 | |
| 71 | Billy Werber | 2,415 | 1,337 | 1,078 | |
| 72 | Jimmy Dykes | 2,403 | 2,403 | 0 | |
| 73 | Eddie Foster | 2,384 | 2,384 | 0 | |
| 74 | Mike Mowrey | 2,363 | 0 | 2,095 | Includes 268 in Federal League |
| 75 | Richie Hebner | 2,346 | 49 | 2,297 | |
| 76 | Jerry Denny | 2,338 | 0 | 2,338 | Held major league record, 1890-1891; held National League record, 1888-1895; held NL single-season record, 1886-1887 |
| 77 | Josh Donaldson | 2,336 | 2,001 | 335 | |
| 78 | Don Hoak | 2,331 | 0 | 2,331 | |
| 79 | Steve Buechele | 2,281 | 1,506 | 775 | |
| 80 | Bob Bailey | 2,262 | 2 | 2,260 | |
| 81 | Bobby Byrne | 2,221 | 0 | 2,221 | |
| 82 | Brandon Inge | 2,189 | 2,164 | 25 | |
| 83 | Doc Casey | 2,184 | 633 | 1,551 | Held American League record, 1902-1903 |
| 84 | Ryan Zimmerman | 2,181 | 0 | 2,181 | |
| 85 | Red Smith | 2,136 | 0 | 2,136 | |
| 86 | Denny Lyons | 2,130 | 0 | 929 | Includes 1,201 in American Association |
| 87 | Red Rolfe | 2,128 | 2,128 | 0 | |
| 88 | Tommy Leach | 2,127 | 0 | 2,127 | |
| 89 | Mike Pagliarulo | 2,119 | 1,836 | 283 | |
| 90 | Eugenio Suárez (0) | 2,089 | 495 | 1,594 | |
| 91 | Chase Headley | 2,078 | 865 | 1,213 | |
| 92 | Alex Rodriguez | 2,076 | 2,076 | 0 | |
| 93 | Don Money | 2,061 | 1,379 | 682 | |
| 94 | Brook Jacoby | 2,058 | 2,052 | 6 | |
| 95 | Mike Moustakas | 2,046 | 1,694 | 352 | |
| 96 | Bill Melton | 2,045 | 2,045 | 0 | |
| 97 | George Pinkney | 2,042 | 0 | 923 | Includes 1,119 in American Association |
| 98 | Paul Schaal | 2,038 | 2,038 | 0 | |
| 99 | Ken Oberkfell | 1,996 | 0 | 1,996 | |
| 100 | Hick Carpenter | 1,991 | 0 | 328 | Includes 1,663 in American Association; held major league record, 1888-1890 |

### Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is a baseball or softball fielding position in the infield, commonly stationed between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. Defensive specialists mostly fill the position, so shortstops are generally relatively poor batters who typically hit lower in the batting order. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the shortstop is assigned the number 6.
Shortstops are most commonly credited with an assist when they field a ground ball and throw the ball either to the first baseman to retire the batter/runner, or to the second baseman or third baseman to force out a runner, perhaps beginning a double play. Other common ways in which shortstops gain an assist are by throwing out a runner attempting to score, perhaps on a relay throw from the left fielder, rundown plays in which a runner is stranded between bases, throwing out a runner attempting to steal third base on a pickoff throw, and throwing to second or third base after catching a line drive in order to retire a runner before they can tag up. Second basemen and shortstops typically accumulate far more assists than players at other positions due to the frequency of ground balls to the middle infielders; the top six major league players in career assists were all primarily shortstops, and 7,354 of Rabbit Maranville's record 8,967 career assists were earned as a shortstop.
As strikeout totals have risen in baseball, the frequency of other defensive outs including ground outs has declined; as a result, assist totals for shortstops have likewise declined, and only two of the top seven career leaders have been active since 1973. Through 2022, none of the top 21 single-season totals have been recorded since 1988, and only five of the top 120 since 1993. Ozzie Smith is the all-time leader in career assists as a shortstop with 8,375, the most by any player in major league history at any single position. Luis Aparicio (8,016) is the only other shortstop to record more than 8,000 career assists.
* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2024 As) | Assists as a shortstop | Assists as a shortstop | Assists as a shortstop | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2024 As) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Ozzie Smith* | 8,375 | 0 | 8,375 | Holds the single-season record of 621 (set in 1980) |
| 2 | Luis Aparicio* | 8,016 | 8,016 | 0 | Held major league record, 1972-1994 |
| 3 | Omar Vizquel | 7,676 | 6,237 | 1,439 | |
| 4 | Bill Dahlen | 7,505 | 0 | 7,505 | Held major league record, 1908-1972; held National League record, 1905-1993 |
| 5 | Rabbit Maranville* | 7,354 | 0 | 7,354 | Held single-season record, 1914-1920 |
| 6 | Luke Appling* | 7,218 | 7,218 | 0 | Held American League record, 1947-1971 |
| 7 | Tommy Corcoran | 7,123 | 0 | 6,245 | Includes 444 in Players' League, 434 in American Association; held major league record, 1904-1908; held single-season record, 1898-1906 (tie) |
| 8 | Cal Ripken Jr.* | 6,977 | 6,977 | 0 | Holds the American League single-season record (583 in 1984) |
| 9 | Larry Bowa | 6,857 | 0 | 6,857 | |
| 10 | Derek Jeter* | 6,605 | 6,605 | 0 | |
| 11 | Dave Concepción | 6,594 | 0 | 6,594 | |
| 12 | Dave Bancroft* | 6,561 | 0 | 6,561 | Held single-season record, 1920-1924 |
| 13 | Roger Peckinpaugh | 6,337 | 6,337 | 0 | Held American League record, 1926-1947 |
| 14 | Bobby Wallace* | 6,303 | 4,895 | 1,408 | Held American League record, 1908-1909, 1910-1918 |
| 15 | Don Kessinger | 6,212 | 462 | 5,750 | |
| 16 | Roy McMillan | 6,191 | 0 | 6,191 | |
| 17 | Alan Trammell* | 6,172 | 6,172 | 0 | |
| 18 | Germany Smith | 6,166 | 0 | 4,086 | Includes 1,992 in American Association, 88 in Union Association; held major league record, 1897-1904; held single-season record, 1885-1886, 1892-1906; held NL single-season record, 1891-1908 |
| 19 | Bert Campaneris | 6,160 | 6,160 | 0 | |
| 20 | Jimmy Rollins | 6,139 | 86 | 6,053 | |
| 21 | Herman Long | 6,137 | 167 | 5,491 | Includes 479 in American Association |
| 22 | Donie Bush | 6,119 | 6,119 | 0 | Held American League record, 1918-1926 |
| 23 | Garry Templeton | 6,041 | 0 | 6,041 | |
| | Honus Wagner* | 6,041 | 0 | 6,041 | |
| 25 | Royce Clayton | 5,902 | 1,807 | 4,095 | |
| 26 | Pee Wee Reese* | 5,891 | 0 | 5,891 | |
| 27 | Barry Larkin* | 5,858 | 0 | 5,858 | |
| 28 | Joe Tinker* | 5,856 | 0 | 5,411 | Includes 445 in Federal League; held single-season record, 1908-1914 (tie) |
| 29 | Joe Cronin* | 5,814 | 5,799 | 15 | |
| 30 | Dick Groat | 5,811 | 0 | 5,811 | |
| 31 | Miguel Tejada | 5,804 | 4,615 | 1,189 | |
| 32 | Mark Belanger | 5,786 | 5,724 | 62 | |
| 33 | Chris Speier | 5,781 | 28 | 5,753 | |
| 34 | Édgar Rentería | 5,701 | 763 | 4,938 | |
| 35 | Jack Glasscock | 5,632 | 0 | 5,525 | Includes 107 in Union Association; held major league record, 1887-1897; held National League record, 1885-1905; held single-season record, 1887-1889; held NL single-season record, 1885-1890 |
| 36 | Dick Bartell | 5,590 | 405 | 5,185 | |
| 37 | Bill Russell | 5,546 | 0 | 5,546 | |
| 38 | Ed Brinkman | 5,466 | 5,397 | 69 | |
| 39 | Monte Cross | 5,375 | 2,118 | 3,257 | |
| 40 | Ozzie Guillén | 5,335 | 5,038 | 297 | |
| 41 | Leo Cárdenas | 5,303 | 2,153 | 3,150 | Held American League single-season record, 1969-1979 (tie) |
| 42 | Mickey Doolin | 5,290 | 0 | 4,333 | Includes 957 in Federal League |
| 43 | Elvis Andrus | 5,276 | 5,276 | 0 | |
| 44 | George McBride | 5,274 | 4,671 | 603 | |
| 45 | Alfredo Griffin | 5,186 | 3,858 | 1,328 | |
| 46 | Art Fletcher | 5,134 | 0 | 5,134 | |
| 47 | Orlando Cabrera | 5,097 | 2,190 | 2,907 | |
| 48 | Everett Scott | 5,053 | 5,047 | 6 | |
| 49 | Billy Jurges | 4,959 | 0 | 4,959 | |
| 50 | Greg Gagne | 4,930 | 4,168 | 762 | |
| 51 | Ed McKean | 4,854 | 0 | 4,263 | Includes 591 in American Association |
| 52 | Marty Marion | 4,829 | 138 | 4,691 | |
| 53 | Tim Foli | 4,804 | 765 | 4,039 | |
| | Maury Wills | 4,804 | 0 | 4,804 | |
| 55 | George Davis* | 4,794 | 2,467 | 2,327 | Held American League single-season record, 1904-1905 |
| | Robin Yount* | 4,794 | 4,794 | 0 | |
| 57 | Freddie Patek | 4,786 | 4,011 | 775 | |
| 58 | Arky Vaughan* | 4,780 | 0 | 4,780 | |
| 59 | Lou Boudreau* | 4,760 | 4,760 | 0 | |
| 60 | Rafael Furcal | 4,678 | 0 | 4,678 | |
| 61 | Phil Rizzuto* | 4,666 | 4,666 | 0 | |
| 62 | Travis Jackson* | 4,636 | 0 | 4,636 | |
| 63 | Jay Bell | 4,595 | 706 | 3,889 | |
| 64 | Tony Fernández | 4,511 | 3,499 | 1,012 | |
| 65 | Eddie Miller | 4,500 | 0 | 4,500 | |
| 66 | Frankie Crosetti | 4,484 | 4,484 | 0 | |
| 67 | Leo Durocher* | 4,431 | 395 | 4,036 | |
| 68 | Mike Bordick | 4,410 | 4,270 | 140 | |
| 69 | Brandon Crawford (0) | 4,407 | 0 | 4,407 | |
| 70 | Johnny Logan | 4,397 | 0 | 4,397 | |
| 71 | José Reyes | 4,363 | 788 | 3,575 | |
| 72 | J. J. Hardy | 4,340 | 2,845 | 1,495 | |
| 73 | Bucky Dent | 4,332 | 4,332 | 0 | |
| 74 | Bones Ely | 4,328 | 506 | 3,699 | Includes 123 in American Association |
| 75 | Wally Gerber | 4,319 | 4,199 | 120 | |
| 76 | Álex González | 4,271 | 705 | 3,566 | |
| 77 | Jim Fregosi | 4,169 | 4,114 | 55 | |
| 78 | Alvin Dark | 4,168 | 0 | 4,168 | |
| 79 | Vern Stephens | 4,150 | 4,150 | 0 | |
| 80 | Jhonny Peralta | 4,123 | 3,267 | 856 | |
| 81 | Jack Wilson | 4,059 | 310 | 3,749 | |
| 82 | Iván DeJesús | 4,036 | 21 | 4,015 | |
| 83 | Walt Weiss | 4,007 | 1,398 | 2,609 | |
| 84 | Rafael Ramírez | 3,978 | 0 | 3,978 | |
| 85 | Bud Harrelson | 3,975 | 220 | 3,755 | |
| 86 | Joe Sewell* | 3,933 | 3,933 | 0 | |
| 87 | Alcides Escobar | 3,919 | 3,256 | 663 | |
| 88 | Troy Tulowitzki | 3,889 | 681 | 3,208 | |
| 89 | Billy Rogell | 3,886 | 3,875 | 11 | |
| 90 | Dick Schofield | 3,873 | 3,473 | 400 | |
| 91 | Rick Burleson | 3,871 | 3,871 | 0 | |
| 92 | Eddie Joost | 3,844 | 2,781 | 1,063 | |
| 93 | Spike Owen | 3,814 | 2,410 | 1,404 | |
| 94 | Freddy Parent | 3,788 | 3,788 | 0 | Held American League record, 1902-1908, 1909-1910; held AL single-season record, 1902-1904 |
| 95 | Shawon Dunston | 3,731 | 21 | 3,710 | |
| 96 | Zoilo Versalles | 3,645 | 3,205 | 440 | |
| 97 | Doc Lavan | 3,628 | 1,899 | 1,729 | |
| 98 | Chico Carrasquel | 3,619 | 3,619 | 0 | |
| 99 | Alex Rodriguez | 3,605 | 3,605 | 0 | |
| 100 | José Valentín | 3,565 | 2,979 | 586 | |

### Left Fielders

The left fielder (LF) is one of the three outfielders, the defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing toward the pitcher's mound. The outfielders have to 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 left fielder must also be adept at navigating the area of left field where the foul line approaches the corner of the playing field and the walls of the seating areas. Being the outfielder closest to third base, the left fielder generally does not have to throw as far as the other outfielders to throw out runners advancing around the bases, so they often do not have the strongest throwing arm, but their throws need to be accurate. The left fielder normally plays behind the third baseman and shortstop, who play in or near the infield; unlike catchers and most infielders (excepting first basemen), who are virtually exclusively right-handed, left fielders can be either right- or left-handed. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the left fielder is assigned the number 7.
Left fielders are most commonly credited with an assist when they throw the ball to an infielder who tags a runner attempting to advance on the basepaths, even on a caught fly ball that results in an out (see tag up); of special importance are throws to the catcher if the runner is trying to reach home plate to score a run, perhaps on a sacrifice fly. Left fielders will often record assists by throwing out runners who try to advance farther than the batter, such as going from first to third base on a single, or batter/runners who try to stretch a hit into a longer one. Left fielders also earn assists on relay throws to infielders after particularly deep fly balls, by throwing to a base to record an out on an appeal play, or in situations where they might deflect a fly ball before another defensive player makes the catch. Outfielders record far fewer assists than other players due to the difficulty of making an accurate throw in time to retire a runner from a great distance; middle infielders routinely record more assists in a single season than outfielders do in their entire careers. Assists are an important statistic for outfielders, giving a greater indication about an outfielder's throwing arm than assists by infielders do. In recent years, some sabermetricians have begun referring to assists by outfielders as baserunner kills.
The list of career leaders is dominated by players from the 1890s through 1920s, including the dead-ball era, due to that period's emphasis on more aggressive baserunning. Only four of the top 14 players were active after 1932 and only two of them after 1945. Only two of the top 34 single-season totals were recorded after 1924, and only one after 1936; only seven of the top 68 have been recorded since 1944. Because game accounts and box scores often did not distinguish between the outfield positions, there has been some difficulty in determining precise defensive statistics prior to 1901; because of this, and because of the similarity in their roles, defensive statistics for the three positions are frequently combined. Although efforts to distinguish between the three positions regarding games played during this period and reconstruct the separate totals have been largely successful, separate assist totals are unavailable; players whose totals are missing the figures for pre-1901 games are notated in the table below. Jimmy Sheckard is the all-time leader in career assists as a left fielder with 243; this total does not included his assists during the first four years of his career from 1897 through 1900, when he is believed to have played 168 games in left field. Zack Wheat (231) and Duffy Lewis (209) are the only other players credited with more than 200 career assists after 1900. Eddie Rosario, who had 53 assists through the 2024 season to place him tied for 117th all-time, is the leader among active players.
* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Assists as a left fielder | Assists as a left fielder | Assists as a left fielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Jimmy Sheckard † | 243 | 0 | 243 | Holds the single-season record of 36 (set in 1903) |
| 2 | Zack Wheat* | 231 | 8 | 223 | |
| 3 | Duffy Lewis | 209 | 209 | 0 | Holds the American League single-season record (30 in 1910; later tied) |
| 4 | Bobby Veach | 199 | 199 | 0 | |
| 5 | Bob Johnson | 182 | 182 | 0 | |
| 6 | Goose Goslin* | 181 | 181 | 0 | |
| 7 | Carl Yastrzemski* | 177 | 177 | 0 | |
| 8 | Barry Bonds | 158 | 0 | 158 | |
| 9 | Charlie Jamieson | 150 | 150 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ken Williams | 146 | 136 | 10 | |
| 11 | Jack Graney | 143 | 143 | 0 | |
| 12 | George Burns | 137 | 0 | 137 | |
| | Fred Clarke* † | 137 | 0 | 137 | |
| 14 | Sherry Magee | 133 | 0 | 133 | |
| 15 | Jim Rice* | 132 | 132 | 0 | |
| 16 | Joe Medwick* | 129 | 0 | 129 | |
| | Minnie Miñoso* | 129 | 127 | 2 | Negro League totals unavailable |
| 18 | Ted Williams* | 126 | 126 | 0 | |
| 19 | Rickey Henderson* | 124 | 111 | 13 | |
| 20 | Tim Raines* | 123 | 46 | 77 | |
| 21 | Carson Bigbee | 122 | 0 | 122 | |
| 22 | Patsy Dougherty | 119 | 119 | 0 | Held American League record, 1907-1914 |
| | Bibb Falk | 119 | 119 | 0 | |
| 24 | Bob Bescher | 118 | 0 | 118 | |
| 25 | Billy Williams* | 116 | 0 | 116 | |
| 26 | Al Simmons* | 114 | 107 | 7 | |
| 27 | Matty McIntyre | 111 | 111 | 0 | Held American League record, 1906-1907; held AL single-season record, 1906-1910 |
| 28 | Luis Gonzalez | 110 | 9 | 101 | |
| 29 | Gary Matthews | 107 | 0 | 107 | |
| 30 | Lou Brock* | 106 | 0 | 106 | |
| 31 | Tilly Walker | 105 | 105 | 0 | Holds the American League single-season record (30 in 1914; tie) |
| 32 | Bernard Gilkey | 102 | 1 | 101 | |
| | Alex Gordon | 102 | 102 | 0 | |
| 34 | Del Ennis | 101 | 2 | 99 | |
| 35 | Topsy Hartsel † | 100 | 85 | 15 | |
| | Jo-Jo Moore | 100 | 0 | 100 | |
| 37 | Carlos Lee | 99 | 50 | 49 | |
| 38 | Irish Meusel | 98 | 0 | 98 | |
| 39 | Max Carey* | 97 | 0 | 97 | |
| | George Foster | 97 | 2 | 95 | |
| 41 | Alfonso Soriano | 96 | 5 | 91 | |
| | Willie Stargell* | 96 | 0 | 96 | |
| 43 | Les Mann | 95 | 0 | 83 | Includes 12 in Federal League |
| 44 | Pat Burrell | 92 | 0 | 92 | |
| | Hank Sauer | 92 | 0 | 92 | |
| 46 | Joe Vosmik | 90 | 89 | 1 | |
| 47 | Vince Coleman | 89 | 20 | 69 | |
| | José Cruz | 89 | 0 | 89 | |
| | Sam Mertes † | 89 | 24 | 65 | Held American League record, 1902-1903; held the single-season record, 1902-1903; held AL single-season record, 1902-1906 |
| 50 | Raúl Ibañez | 85 | 67 | 18 | |
| | Lonnie Smith | 85 | 18 | 67 | |
| 52 | Lou Piniella | 84 | 84 | 0 | |
| 53 | Mike Greenwell | 83 | 83 | 0 | |
| 54 | Ben Oglivie | 82 | 82 | 0 | |
| 55 | Garret Anderson | 81 | 76 | 5 | |
| 56 | Jesse Burkett* † | 80 | 63 | 17 | Held American League record, 1903-1906; held AL single-season record, 1904-1906 (tie) |
| | Roy White | 80 | 80 | 0 | |
| 58 | Rube Ellis | 78 | 0 | 78 | |
| | Gene Woodling | 78 | 78 | 0 | |
| 60 | Gus Zernial | 77 | 77 | 0 | |
| 61 | Babe Ruth* | 76 | 75 | 1 | |
| | Burt Shotton | 76 | 56 | 20 | |
| 63 | Bobby Higginson | 75 | 75 | 0 | |
| 64 | George Bell | 74 | 68 | 6 | |
| | Geoff Jenkins | 74 | 0 | 74 | |
| | Howie Shanks | 74 | 74 | 0 | |
| 67 | Ralph Kiner* | 73 | 2 | 71 | |
| | Heinie Manush* | 73 | 73 | 0 | |
| 69 | George Stone | 72 | 72 | 0 | |
| 70 | Steve Henderson | 71 | 23 | 48 | |
| 71 | Cliff Floyd | 70 | 1 | 69 | |
| | Chick Hafey* | 70 | 0 | 70 | |
| 73 | Davy Jones | 69 | 57 | 0 | Includes 12 in Federal League |
| 74 | Ryan Braun | 68 | 0 | 68 | |
| | Melky Cabrera | 68 | 59 | 9 | |
| | Matt Holliday | 68 | 6 | 62 | |
| 77 | Kevin McReynolds | 67 | 8 | 59 | |
| | Bob Meusel | 67 | 62 | 5 | |
| | Moose Solters | 67 | 67 | 0 | |
| 80 | Greg Luzinski | 66 | 0 | 66 | |
| | Mike Menosky | 66 | 65 | 0 | Includes 1 in Federal League |
| | Bob Skinner | 66 | 0 | 66 | |
| | B. J. Surhoff | 66 | 57 | 9 | |
| 84 | Jason Bay | 65 | 21 | 44 | |
| | Pat Duncan | 65 | 0 | 65 | |
| | Augie Galan | 65 | 0 | 65 | |
| | Jeffrey Leonard | 65 | 6 | 59 | |
| | Austin McHenry | 65 | 0 | 65 | |
| | Luis Polonia | 65 | 65 | 0 | |
| 90 | Dusty Baker | 64 | 5 | 59 | |
| | Manny Ramirez | 64 | 58 | 6 | |
| | Greg Vaughn | 64 | 42 | 22 | |
| 93 | Albert Belle | 63 | 63 | 0 | |
| | Jeff Heath | 63 | 57 | 6 | |
| | Riggs Stephenson | 63 | 0 | 63 | |
| 96 | Dan Gladden | 62 | 62 | 0 | |
| 97 | Gary Ward | 61 | 61 | 0 | |
| 98 | Tommy Davis | 59 | 14 | 45 | |
| | Carlos May | 59 | 59 | 0 | |
| | Frank Robinson* | 59 | 6 | 53 | |

### Center Fielders

The center fielder (CF) is one of the three outfielders, the defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. Center field is the area of the outfield directly in front of a person standing at home plate and facing beyond the pitcher's mound. The outfielders have to 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. Generally having the most territory to cover, the center fielder is usually the fastest of the three outfielders, although this can also depend on the relative strength of their throwing arms and the configuration of their home field, due to the deepest part of center field being the farthest point from the infield and home plate. The center fielder normally plays behind the shortstop and second baseman, who play in or near the infield; unlike catchers and most infielders (excepting first basemen), who are virtually exclusively right-handed, center fielders can be either right- or left-handed. In the scoring system used to record defensive plays, the center fielder is assigned the number 8.
Center fielders are most commonly credited with an assist when they throw the ball to an infielder who tags a runner attempting to advance on the basepaths, even on a caught fly ball that results in an out (see tag up); of special importance are throws to the catcher if the runner is trying to reach home plate to score a run, perhaps on a sacrifice fly. Center fielders will often record assists by throwing out runners who try to advance farther than the batter, such as going from first to third base on a single, or batter/runners who try to stretch a hit into a longer one. Center fielders also earn assists on relay throws to infielders after particularly deep fly balls, by throwing to a base to record an out on an appeal play, or in situations where they might deflect a fly ball before another defensive player makes the catch. Outfielders record far fewer assists than other players due to the difficulty of making an accurate throw in time to retire a runner from a great distance; middle infielders routinely record more assists in a single season than outfielders do in their entire careers. Assists are an important statistic for outfielders, giving a greater indication about an outfielder's throwing arm than assists by infielders do. In recent years, some sabermetricians have begun referring to assists by outfielders as baserunner kills.
The list of career leaders is dominated by players from the 1890s through 1920s, including the dead-ball era, due to that period's emphasis on more aggressive baserunning. The top six players were all active throughout the years from 1913 to 1921; only 11 of the top 37 players were active after 1953, and only six of them after 1984. Only six of the top 73 single-season totals were recorded after 1925, and only one after 1945; only nine of the top 163 have been recorded since 1955. 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. Although efforts to distinguish between the three positions regarding games played during this period and reconstruct the separate totals have been largely successful, separate assist totals are unavailable; players whose totals are missing the figures for pre-1901 games are notated in the table below. Tris Speaker is the all-time leader in career assists as a center fielder with 448, 173 more than any other player, and nearly two and a half times as many as any player active after 1931. Speaker also holds the single-season record of 35, which he accomplished twice; no player since 1955 has had more than 20, likely putting both of his marks among Major League Baseball's most unbreakable records. Andrew McCutchen, who had 63 assists through the 2024 season to place him tied for 107th all-time, is the leader among active players.
* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Assists as a center fielder | Assists as a center fielder | Assists as a center fielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Tris Speaker* | 448 | 448 | 0 | Holds the modern single-season record of 35 (set in 1909 & 1912) |
| 2 | Ty Cobb* | 275 | 275 | 0 | |
| 3 | Clyde Milan | 244 | 244 | 0 | |
| 4 | Max Carey* | 215 | 0 | 215 | |
| 5 | Edd Roush* | 207 | 0 | 187 | Includes 20 in Federal League |
| 6 | Dode Paskert | 206 | 0 | 206 | Held modern National League record, 1917-1927 |
| 7 | Willie Mays* | 188 | 0 | 188 | |
| 8 | Doc Cramer | 155 | 155 | 0 | |
| 9 | Richie Ashburn* | 154 | 0 | 154 | |
| 10 | Cy Williams | 151 | 0 | 151 | |
| 11 | Cy Seymour † | 149 | 0 | 149 | Held modern major league record, 1909-1913; held modern National League record, 1909-1917 |
| 12 | Hy Myers | 148 | 0 | 148 | |
| 13 | Dom DiMaggio | 143 | 143 | 0 | |
| 14 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | 141 | 108 | 33 | |
| 15 | Sam West | 139 | 139 | 0 | |
| 16 | Kenny Lofton | 138 | 110 | 28 | |
| 17 | Ginger Beaumont † | 136 | 0 | 136 | Held modern NL single-season record, 1907-1911 |
| 18 | Roy Thomas † | 135 | 0 | 135 | Held modern major league record, 1906-1909; held modern National League record, 1902-1909; held modern NL single-season record, 1902-1907 |
| | Lloyd Waner* | 135 | 0 | 135 | |
| 20 | Willie Davis | 134 | 1 | 133 | |
| 21 | Joe DiMaggio* | 133 | 133 | 0 | |
| 22 | Fielder Jones † | 129 | 129 | 0 | Held American League record, 1907-1913 |
| 23 | Steve Finley | 127 | 6 | 121 | |
| 24 | Vince DiMaggio | 123 | 0 | 123 | |
| 25 | Tommy Leach † | 122 | 0 | 122 | |
| 26 | Happy Felsch | 119 | 119 | 0 | |
| 27 | Amos Otis | 118 | 115 | 3 | |
| 28 | Joe Birmingham | 117 | 117 | 0 | |
| 29 | Jim Edmonds | 116 | 37 | 79 | |
| | Rebel Oakes | 116 | 0 | 81 | Includes 35 in Federal League |
| 31 | Amos Strunk | 115 | 115 | 0 | |
| 32 | Vada Pinson | 114 | 13 | 101 | |
| 33 | Kirby Puckett* | 110 | 110 | 0 | |
| 34 | Benny Kauff | 109 | 0 | 66 | Includes 43 in Federal League |
| 35 | Earl Averill* | 108 | 106 | 2 | |
| | Carlos Beltrán | 108 | 61 | 47 | |
| | Fred Snodgrass | 108 | 0 | 108 | Holds the modern NL single-season record of 31 (set in 1911) |
| 38 | Brett Butler | 106 | 40 | 66 | |
| | Curt Flood | 106 | 0 | 106 | |
| 40 | Paul Blair | 104 | 103 | 1 | |
| | Mickey Mantle* | 104 | 104 | 0 | |
| 42 | Jimmy Barrett † | 101 | 101 | 0 | Held modern major league record, 1901-1906; held American League record, 1901-1907; held the AL single-season record, 1901-1909 |
| | Andruw Jones | 101 | 0 | 101 | |
| 44 | Ray Powell | 100 | 0 | 100 | |
| 45 | Terry Moore | 99 | 0 | 99 | |
| | Duke Snider* | 99 | 0 | 99 | |
| | Tilly Walker | 99 | 99 | 0 | |
| 48 | Bill Bruton | 98 | 19 | 79 | |
| 49 | Adam Jones | 96 | 96 | 0 | |
| | Fred Lynn | 96 | 96 | 0 | |
| | Bill Virdon | 96 | 0 | 96 | |
| 52 | Nemo Leibold | 92 | 92 | 0 | |
| | Bill Tuttle | 92 | 92 | 0 | |
| 54 | Sam Chapman | 91 | 91 | 0 | |
| | Ira Flagstead | 91 | 89 | 2 | |
| | Garry Maddox | 91 | 0 | 91 | |
| 57 | Del Unser | 90 | 44 | 46 | |
| 58 | Johnny Bates | 89 | 0 | 85 | Includes 4 in Federal League |
| | Marquis Grissom | 89 | 7 | 82 | |
| 60 | Mickey Rivers | 88 | 88 | 0 | |
| 61 | César Cedeño | 87 | 0 | 87 | |
| | Johnny Mostil | 87 | 87 | 0 | |
| 63 | Mike Kreevich | 86 | 85 | 1 | |
| | Willie McGee | 86 | 6 | 80 | |
| 65 | Chet Lemon | 85 | 85 | 0 | |
| 66 | Solly Hofman | 84 | 2 | 74 | Includes 8 in Federal League |
| 67 | Danny Hoffman | 83 | 83 | 0 | |
| 68 | Burt Shotton | 82 | 81 | 1 | |
| | Devon White | 82 | 63 | 19 | |
| 70 | Omar Moreno | 81 | 11 | 70 | |
| | Jigger Statz | 81 | 0 | 81 | |
| 72 | Ping Bodie | 79 | 79 | 0 | |
| | Torii Hunter | 79 | 79 | 0 | |
| | Homer Smoot | 79 | 0 | 79 | |
| 75 | Chick Stahl † | 78 | 78 | 0 | |
| | Jimmy Wynn | 78 | 0 | 78 | |
| 77 | Dave Henderson | 77 | 76 | 1 | |
| | Bobby Thomson | 77 | 1 | 76 | |
| 79 | Larry Doby* | 76 | 76 | 0 | Negro League totals unavailable |
| | Dwayne Murphy | 76 | 75 | 1 | |
| | Sam Rice* | 76 | 76 | 0 | |
| | Stan Spence | 76 | 76 | 0 | |
| 83 | Johnny Groth | 75 | 75 | 0 | |
| | Andy Van Slyke | 75 | 2 | 73 | |
| 85 | Baby Doll Jacobson | 74 | 74 | 0 | |
| | Andy Pafko | 74 | 0 | 74 | |
| | Fred Schulte | 74 | 73 | 1 | |
| 88 | Rick Monday | 73 | 34 | 39 | |
| 89 | Ethan Allen | 72 | 7 | 65 | |
| | Mike Cameron | 72 | 35 | 37 | |
| | Emmet Heidrick † | 72 | 57 | 15 | |
| 92 | B. J. Upton | 71 | 52 | 19 | |
| 93 | Andre Dawson* | 70 | 0 | 70 | |
| | Lance Johnson | 70 | 45 | 25 | |
| 95 | Oscar Charleston* | 69 | 0 | 0 | Includes 45 in Negro National League (first), 17 in Eastern Colored League, 7 in American Negro League (incomplete) |
| | Hack Wilson* | 69 | 0 | 69 | |
| 97 | Mark Kotsay | 68 | 29 | 39 | |
| | Jack Smith | 68 | 0 | 68 | |
| 99 | Ron LeFlore | 66 | 66 | 0 | |
| 100 | Earle Combs* | 65 | 65 | 0 | |
| | Carlos Gómez | 65 | 27 | 38 | |
| | Rick Manning | 65 | 65 | 0 | |

### Right Fielders

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.
Right fielders are most commonly credited with an assist when they throw the ball to an infielder who tags a runner attempting to advance on the basepaths, even on a caught fly ball that results in an out (see tag up); of special importance are throws to the catcher if the runner is trying to reach home plate to score a run, perhaps on a sacrifice fly. Right fielders will often record assists by throwing out runners who try to advance farther than the batter, such as going from first to third base on a single, or batter/runners who try to stretch a hit into a longer one. Right fielders also earn assists on relay throws to infielders after particularly deep fly balls, by throwing to a base to record an out on an appeal play, or in situations where they might deflect a fly ball before another defensive player makes the catch. Outfielders record far fewer assists than other players due to the difficulty of making an accurate throw in time to retire a runner from a great distance; middle infielders routinely record more assists in a single season than outfielders do in their entire careers. Assists are an important statistic for outfielders, giving a greater indication about an outfielder's throwing arm than assists by infielders do. In recent years, some sabermetricians have begun referring to assists by outfielders as baserunner kills.
The list of career leaders is dominated by players from the 1890s through 1920s, including the dead-ball era, due to that period's emphasis on more aggressive baserunning. Eight of the top nine players were active before 1930; only six of the top 19 players were active after 1950, none of them after 1992. Only 15 of the top 102 single-season totals were recorded after 1936, and only four after 1978; only 16 of the top 268 have been recorded since 1990. 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. Although efforts to distinguish between the three positions regarding games played during this period and reconstruct the separate totals have been largely successful, separate assist totals are unavailable; players whose totals are missing the figures for pre-1901 games are notated in the table below. Harry Hooper is the all-time leader in career assists as a right fielder with 333; he is the only right fielder with more than 300 career assists. Jason Heyward, who had 69 assists through the 2024 season to place him tied for 110th all-time, is the leader among active players.
* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | Assists as a right fielder | Assists as a right fielder | Assists as a right fielder | Other leagues, notes |
| Rank | Player (2025 As) | MLB | American League | National League | Other leagues, notes |
| 1 | Harry Hooper* | 333 | 333 | 0 | |
| 2 | Roberto Clemente* | 255 | 0 | 255 | |
| 3 | Mel Ott* | 235 | 0 | 235 | Held modern National League record, 1946-1970 |
| | Paul Waner* | 235 | 0 | 235 | Held modern National League record, 1937-1970 |
| 5 | Sam Crawford* † | 195 | 152 | 43 | Held modern major league record, 1905-1909, 1914-1918; held American League record, 1906-1907, 1911-1915 |
| 6 | Sam Rice* | 192 | 192 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ross Youngs* | 185 | 0 | 185 | Held modern National League record, 1926-1937 |
| 8 | Tommy Griffith | 182 | 0 | 182 | Held modern National League record, 1925-1926 |
| 9 | John Titus | 180 | 0 | 180 | Held modern major league record, 1909-1914; held modern National League record, 1907-1925 |
| 10 | Hank Aaron* | 179 | 0 | 179 | |
| 11 | Chuck Klein* | 174 | 0 | 174 | Holds the modern single-season record of 41 (set in 1930) |
| 12 | Harry Heilmann* | 173 | 157 | 16 | Holds the American League single-season record (31 in 1924) |
| 13 | Johnny Callison | 159 | 6 | 153 | |
| | Rusty Staub | 159 | 10 | 149 | |
| 15 | Gavvy Cravath | 158 | 3 | 155 | |
| 16 | Dwight Evans | 155 | 155 | 0 | |
| 17 | Jesse Barfield | 154 | 154 | 0 | |
| 18 | Max Flack | 153 | 0 | 137 | Includes 16 in Federal League |
| 19 | Jack Tobin | 151 | 102 | 0 | Includes 49 in Federal League |
| 20 | Larry Walker* | 150 | 0 | 150 | |
| 21 | Tony Gwynn* | 148 | 0 | 148 | |
| 22 | Al Kaline* | 146 | 146 | 0 | |
| 23 | Mike Mitchell | 145 | 0 | 145 | Held the modern single-season record, 1907-1930 |
| 24 | Chief Wilson | 143 | 0 | 143 | |
| 25 | Dave Parker* | 136 | 0 | 136 | |
| | Frank Schulte | 136 | 9 | 127 | |
| 27 | Wally Moses | 134 | 134 | 0 | |
| 28 | Bobby Abreu | 130 | 38 | 92 | |
| 29 | Jeff Francoeur | 128 | 38 | 90 | |
| | Dave Winfield* | 128 | 51 | 77 | |
| 31 | Sammy Sosa | 127 | 23 | 104 | |
| 32 | Vladimir Guerrero* | 126 | 42 | 84 | |
| | Reggie Jackson* | 126 | 126 | 0 | |
| 34 | Shano Collins | 120 | 120 | 0 | |
| | Red Murray | 120 | 0 | 120 | |
| | Curt Walker | 120 | 0 | 120 | |
| 37 | Nick Markakis | 119 | 92 | 27 | |
| | Casey Stengel* | 119 | 0 | 119 | |
| 39 | Enos Slaughter* | 118 | 6 | 112 | |
| 40 | Willie Keeler* † | 117 | 86 | 31 | |
| 41 | Carl Furillo | 115 | 0 | 115 | |
| 42 | Babe Ruth* | 114 | 114 | 0 | |
| 43 | Bill Nicholson | 112 | 0 | 112 | |
| 44 | Steve Evans | 111 | 0 | 81 | Includes 30 in Federal League |
| | Dixie Walker | 111 | 11 | 100 | |
| 46 | Elmer Flick* † | 110 | 87 | 23 | Held modern major league record, 1901-1902; held American League record, 1905-1906, 1907-1911; held the modern single-season record, 1901-1902 |
| 47 | Bobby Bonds | 108 | 47 | 61 | |
| | Magglio Ordóñez | 108 | 108 | 0 | |
| 49 | Paul O'Neill | 105 | 53 | 52 | |
| 50 | Bruce Campbell | 104 | 104 | 0 | |
| | Kiki Cuyler* | 104 | 0 | 104 | |
| | Cliff Heathcote | 104 | 0 | 104 | |
| 53 | Jackie Jensen | 103 | 103 | 0 | |
| | Raúl Mondesí | 103 | 37 | 66 | |
| 55 | Al Cowens | 102 | 102 | 0 | |
| 56 | Willard Marshall | 100 | 1 | 99 | |
| | Tim Salmon | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| | Ichiro Suzuki* | 100 | 97 | 3 | |
| 59 | Tom Brunansky | 99 | 81 | 18 | |
| 60 | Harry Lumley | 98 | 0 | 98 | |
| | Rubén Sierra | 98 | 97 | 1 | |
| 62 | Ty Cobb* | 96 | 96 | 0 | Held American League single-season record, 1907-1924 |
| | Jermaine Dye | 96 | 94 | 2 | |
| | Gene Moore | 96 | 19 | 77 | |
| 65 | George Browne | 95 | 6 | 89 | |
| | Jay Buhner | 95 | 95 | 0 | |
| | José Guillén | 95 | 40 | 55 | |
| | Billy Southworth* | 95 | 1 | 94 | |
| | Glenn Wilson | 95 | 15 | 80 | |
| 70 | Jay Bruce | 94 | 4 | 90 | |
| | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 94 | 94 | 0 | |
| 72 | Sixto Lezcano | 93 | 61 | 32 | |
| 73 | Jack Clark | 91 | 1 | 90 | |
| 74 | Babe Herman | 90 | 0 | 90 | |
| | Hunter Pence | 90 | 0 | 90 | |
| 76 | José Bautista | 88 | 79 | 9 | |
| 77 | Rocky Colavito | 87 | 87 | 0 | |
| | Tommy Henrich | 87 | 87 | 0 | |
| 79 | Hank Bauer | 86 | 86 | 0 | |
| 80 | Bob Meusel | 84 | 83 | 1 | |
| 81 | Jeromy Burnitz | 83 | 13 | 70 | |
| | Shawn Green | 83 | 43 | 40 | |
| | Cory Snyder | 83 | 65 | 18 | |
| 84 | Wally Post | 82 | 0 | 82 | |
| 85 | Socks Seybold † | 81 | 81 | 0 | |
| | Elmer Smith | 81 | 78 | 3 | |
| | Ellis Valentine | 81 | 5 | 76 | |
| 88 | Patsy Donovan † | 80 | 15 | 65 | Held modern major league record, 1902-1905; held modern National League record, 1902-1906; held the modern single-season record, 1902-1907 |
| 89 | Pete Fox | 79 | 79 | 0 | |
| | Danny Moeller | 79 | 78 | 1 | |
| 91 | Andre Dawson* | 77 | 0 | 77 | |
| | Braggo Roth | 77 | 77 | 0 | |
| 93 | Cozy Dolan † | 76 | 0 | 76 | Held modern National League record, 1906-1907 |
| | Doc Gessler | 76 | 68 | 8 | |
| | Darryl Strawberry | 76 | 3 | 73 | |
| 96 | Danny Murphy † | 75 | 67 | 0 | Includes 8 in Federal League |
| | Ron Northey | 75 | 1 | 74 | |
| 98 | Dante Bichette | 74 | 32 | 42 | |
| | George Harper | 74 | 7 | 67 | |
| 100 | Ival Goodman | 73 | 0 | 73 | |
| | Gary Sheffield | 73 | 17 | 56 | |