List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders

This article is about the batting leaders. For the pitching leaders, see List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls allowed leaders.

Barry Bonds holds the record for being walked the most times in MLB history

The following table lists the top 100 career base on balls leaders in Major League Baseball history. Barry Bonds holds the record for most career walks drawn with 2,558. Ricky 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 Alex Rodriguez with 1,324.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career walks. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of player
BB	Total career walks drawn
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.

List

• Stats updated as of 2015 Major League Baseball season

Rank	Player	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	Jason Giambi	1,366
33	Rafael Palmeiro	1,353
34	Willie McCovey *	1,345

Rank	Player	BB
35	Todd Helton	1,335
36	Eddie Murray *	1,333
37	Tim Raines	1,330
38	Manny Ramirez	1,329
39	Alex Rodriguez	1,324
40	Tony Phillips	1,319
41	Adam Dunn	1,317
	Mark McGwire	1,317
43	Ken Griffey, Jr. *	1,312
44	Fred McGriff	1,305
45	Luke Appling *	1,302
46	Edgar Martínez	1,283
47	Al Kaline *	1,277
48	John Olerud	1,275
49	Ken Singleton	1,263
50	Jack Clark	1,262
51	Rusty Staub	1,255
52	Ty Cobb *	1,249
53	Willie Randolph	1,243
54	David Ortiz	1,239
55	Jimmy Wynn	1,224
56	Dave Winfield *	1,216
57	Pee Wee Reese *	1,210
58	Lance Berkman	1,201
59	Richie Ashburn *	1,198
60	Brian Downing	1,197
	Lou Whitaker	1,197
62	Chili Davis	1,194
63	Billy Hamilton *	1,189
64	Charlie Gehringer *	1,186
65	Brian Giles	1,183
66	Albert Pujols	1,165
67	Craig Biggio *	1,160
68	Donie Bush	1,158

Rank	Player	BB
69	Max Bishop	1,156
70	Luis Gonzalez	1,155
71	Toby Harrah	1,153
72	Harry Hooper *	1,136
73	Jimmy Sheckard	1,135
74	Brett Butler	1,129
	Cal Ripken, Jr. *	1,129
76	Carlos Delgado	1,109
77	Ron Santo *	1,108
78	George Brett *	1,096
79	Paul Molitor *	1,094
80	Lu Blue	1,092
	Stan Hack	1,092
82	Paul Waner *	1,091
83	Graig Nettles	1,088
84	Bobby Grich	1,087
85	Derek Jeter	1,082
86	Mark Grace	1,075
	Bob Johnson	1,075
	Robin Ventura	1,075
89	Ozzie Smith *	1,072
90	Harlond Clift	1,070
	Keith Hernandez	1,070
92	Bernie Williams	1,069
93	Bill Dahlen	1,064
94	Harold Baines	1,062
95	Joe Cronin *	1,059
96	Ron Fairly	1,052
97	Billy Williams *	1,045
98	Norm Cash	1,043
	Eddie Joost	1,043
100	Roy Thomas	1,042

See also

• Baseball statistics

External links

• Baseball Reference - Career Leaders & Records for Bases on Balls