# List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders

A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls, and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08(a).
The following table lists the top 100 career base on balls leaders in Major League Baseball history. Since 2007, Barry Bonds holds the record for most career walks drawn with 2,558. Rickey Henderson (2,190), Babe Ruth (2,062), and Ted Williams (2,021) are the only other players to draw more than 2,000 walks in their careers. The active leader in walks is Carlos Santana with 1,278.

## Key

| Rank | Rank among players in career walks. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2025 BB) | Name (walks in 2025) |
| BB | Career walks |
| * | Elected to Hall of Fame |
| Bold | Active player |

## List

* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 BB) | BB |
| 1 | Barry Bonds | 2,558 |
| 2 | Rickey Henderson* | 2,190 |
| 3 | Babe Ruth* | 2,062 |
| 4 | Ted Williams* | 2,021 |
| 5 | Joe Morgan* | 1,865 |
| 6 | Carl Yastrzemski* | 1,845 |
| 7 | Jim Thome* | 1,747 |
| 8 | Mickey Mantle* | 1,733 |
| 9 | Mel Ott* | 1,708 |
| 10 | Frank Thomas* | 1,667 |
| 11 | Eddie Yost | 1,614 |
| 12 | Darrell Evans | 1,605 |
| 13 | Stan Musial* | 1,599 |
| 14 | Pete Rose | 1,566 |
| 15 | Harmon Killebrew* | 1,559 |
| 16 | Chipper Jones* | 1,512 |
| 17 | Lou Gehrig* | 1,508 |
| 18 | Mike Schmidt* | 1,507 |
| 19 | Eddie Collins* | 1,499 |
| 20 | Bobby Abreu | 1,476 |
| 21 | Gary Sheffield | 1,475 |
| 22 | Willie Mays* | 1,464 |
| 23 | Jimmie Foxx* | 1,452 |
| 24 | Eddie Mathews* | 1,444 |
| 25 | Frank Robinson* | 1,420 |
| 26 | Wade Boggs* | 1,412 |
| 27 | Hank Aaron* | 1,402 |
| 28 | Jeff Bagwell* | 1,401 |
| 29 | Dwight Evans | 1,391 |
| 30 | Tris Speaker* | 1,381 |
| 31 | Reggie Jackson* | 1,375 |
| 32 | Albert Pujols | 1,373 |
| 33 | Jason Giambi | 1,366 |
| 34 | Joey Votto | 1,365 |
| 35 | Rafael Palmeiro | 1,353 |
| 36 | Willie McCovey* | 1,345 |
| 37 | Alex Rodriguez | 1,338 |
| 38 | Todd Helton* | 1,335 |
| 39 | Eddie Murray* | 1,333 |
| 40 | Tim Raines* | 1,330 |
| 41 | Manny Ramirez | 1,329 |
| 42 | David Ortiz* | 1,319 |
| | Tony Phillips | 1,319 |
| 44 | Adam Dunn | 1,317 |
| | Mark McGwire | 1,317 |
| 46 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | 1,312 |
| 47 | Fred McGriff* | 1,305 |
| 48 | Luke Appling* | 1,302 |
| 49 | Edgar Martínez* | 1,283 |
| 50 | Carlos Santana (0) | 1,278 |
| Rank | Player (2025 BB) | BB |
| 51 | Al Kaline* | 1,277 |
| 52 | John Olerud | 1,275 |
| 53 | Ken Singleton | 1,263 |
| 54 | Jack Clark | 1,262 |
| 55 | Miguel Cabrera | 1,258 |
| 56 | Rusty Staub | 1,255 |
| 57 | Ty Cobb* | 1,249 |
| 58 | Willie Randolph | 1,243 |
| 59 | Jimmy Wynn | 1,224 |
| 60 | Dave Winfield* | 1,216 |
| 61 | Pee Wee Reese* | 1,210 |
| 62 | Lance Berkman | 1,201 |
| 63 | Richie Ashburn* | 1,198 |
| 64 | Brian Downing | 1,197 |
| | Lou Whitaker | 1,197 |
| 66 | Chili Davis | 1,194 |
| 67 | Billy Hamilton* | 1,189 |
| 68 | Charlie Gehringer* | 1,186 |
| 69 | Brian Giles | 1,183 |
| 70 | Craig Biggio* | 1,160 |
| 71 | Donie Bush | 1,158 |
| 72 | Max Bishop | 1,156 |
| 73 | Luis Gonzalez | 1,155 |
| 74 | Toby Harrah | 1,153 |
| 75 | Harry Hooper* | 1,136 |
| 76 | Jimmy Sheckard | 1,135 |
| 77 | Brett Butler | 1,129 |
| | Cal Ripken Jr.* | 1,129 |
| 79 | Andrew McCutchen (0) | 1,116 |
| 80 | Carlos Delgado | 1,109 |
| 81 | Ron Santo* | 1,108 |
| 82 | Jim Gilliam | 1,102 |
| 83 | George Brett* | 1,096 |
| 84 | Paul Molitor* | 1,094 |
| 85 | Lu Blue | 1,092 |
| | Stan Hack | 1,092 |
| 87 | Paul Waner* | 1,091 |
| 88 | Graig Nettles | 1,088 |
| 89 | Bobby Grich | 1,087 |
| 90 | Carlos Beltrán | 1,084 |
| 91 | Derek Jeter* | 1,082 |
| 92 | Mark Grace | 1,075 |
| | Bob Johnson | 1,075 |
| | Robin Ventura | 1,075 |
| 95 | Ozzie Smith* | 1,072 |
| 96 | Harlond Clift | 1,070 |
| | Keith Hernandez | 1,070 |
| 98 | Bernie Williams | 1,069 |
| 99 | Bill Dahlen | 1,064 |
| 100 | Harold Baines* | 1,062 |