On Base Percentage All Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for On Base Percentage

The on base percentage statistic was originally created by Branch Rickey and Allan Roth in the 1950's as a means to measure the percentage of times a player reaches any base. It did not originally include the sacrifice fly denomination but when it was officially adapted in 1984 it appeared using the formula written above.

Note: 1,000 career games played & at-bats are needed to make this list of the one-thousand greatest on base percentage leaders, raw averages are presented in parenthesis to further distinguish the top one-hundred, and a bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"If I was being paid thirty thousand ($30,000.00) a year, the very least I could do was hit .400." - Hall of Famer Ted Williams

On Base Percentage All Time Leaders 'Top 1,000'
Name	OBP (Raw)	Rank
Ted Williams	.482 (.4817)	1
Babe Ruth	.474 (.4739)	2
John McGraw	.465 (.4655)	3
Billy Hamilton	.455 (.4552)	4
Lou Gehrig	.447 (.4474)	5
Barry Bonds	.444 (.4443)	6
Rogers Hornsby	.434 (.4337)	7
Ty Cobb	.433 (.4330)	8
Jimmie Foxx	.428 (.4283)	9
Tris Speaker	.428 (.4279)	10
Eddie Collins	.424 (.4244)	11
Ferris Fain	.424 (.4241)	12
Dan Brouthers	.423 (.4233)	13
Joe Jackson	.423 (.4227)	14
Max Bishop	.423 (.4227)
Todd Helton	.421 (.4213)	16
Mickey Mantle	.421 (.4205)	17
Albert Pujols	.420 (.4205)
Mickey Cochrane	.419 (.4192)	19
Frank Thomas	.419 (.4191)	20
Edgar Martinez	.418 (.4178)	21
Stan Musial	.417 (.4167)	22
Cupid Childs	.416 (.4158)	23
Jesse Burkett	.415 (.4151)	24
Wade Boggs	.415 (.4150)	25
Mel Ott	.414 (.4140)	26
Roy Thomas	.413 (.4135)	27
Denny Lyons	.413 (.4130)	28
Hank Greenberg	.412 (.4118)	29
Ed Delahanty	.411 (.4114)	30
Manny Ramirez	.411 (.4106)	31
Charlie Keller	.410 (.4099)	32
Eddie Stanky	.410 (.4098)	33
Harry Heilmann	.410 (.4095)	34
Lance Berkman	.409 (.4090)	35
Pete Browning	.409 (.4089)	36
Jackie Robinson	.409 (.4089)
Roy Cullenbine	.408 (.4082)	38
Jeff Bagwell	.408 (.4076)	39
Riggs Stephenson	.407 (.4065)	40
Arky Vaughan	.406 (.4058)	41
Paul Waner	.404 (.4043)	42
Jason Giambi	.404 (.4038)	43
Charlie Gehringer	.404 (.4036)	44
Joe Cunningham	.403 (.4035)	45
Jim Thome	.403 (.4029)	46
Lu Blue	.402 (.4022)	47
Chipper Jones	.402 (.4021)	48
Joe Kelley	.402 (.4017)	49
Rickey Henderson	.401 (.4012)	50
Larry Walker	.400 (.4002)	51
Brian Giles	.400 (.3998)	52
Luke Appling	.399 (.3994)	53
Elmer Smith	.399 (.3988)	54
Ross Youngs	.399 (.3985)	55
Tip O'Neill	.399 (.3985)
Joe DiMaggio	.398 (.3983)	57
Elmer Valo	.398 (.3983)
John Olerud	.398 (.3980)	59
Ralph Kiner	.398 (.3980)
Johnny Mize	.397 (.3971)	61
Bobby Abreu	.397 (.3970)	62
Roger Connor	.397 (.3970)
Earle Combs	.397 (.3969)	64
John Kruk	.397 (.3966)	65
Richie Ashburn	.396 (.3964)	66
Cap Anson	.396 (.3961)	67
Mike Hargrove	.396 (.3958)	68
Hack Wilson	.395 (.3951)	69
Miguel Cabrera	.395 (.3948)	70
Earl Averill	.395 (.3947)	71
Johnny Pesky	.394 (.3943)	72
Mark McGwire	.394 (.3941)	73
Stan Hack	.394 (.3940)	74
Eddie Yost	.394 (.3940)
Frank Chance	.394 (.3937)	76
Ken Williams	.393 (.3933)	77
Wally Schang	.393 (.3931)	78
Gary Sheffield	.393 (.3930)	79
Rod Carew	.393 (.3930)
Mike Griffin	.393 (.3930)
Bob Johnson	.393 (.3928)	82
Bill Terry	.393 (.3927)	83
George Grantham	.392 (.3924)	84
Joe Morgan	.392 (.3921)	85
Jack Fournier	.392 (.3921)
Mike Tiernan	.392 (.3917)	87
Honus Wagner	.391 (.3909)	88
Joe Sewell	.391 (.3909)
Augie Galan	.390 (.3904)	90
Hughie Jennings	.390 (.3902)	91
Dave Magadan	.390 (.3902)
Harlond Clift	.390 (.3901)	93
Joe Cronin	.390 (.3895)	94
Buddy Myer	.389 (.3894)	95
Elmer Flick	.389 (.3890)	96
Frank Robinson	.389 (.3890)
Minnie Minoso	.389 (.3885)	98
Dolph Camilli	.388 (.3883)	99
Tony Gwynn	.388 (.3882)	100
Ken Singleton	.388 (.3880)	101
Gene Tenace	.388 (.3879)	102
Willie Keeler	.388 (.3878)	103
Matt Holliday	.388 (.3877)	104
Goose Goslin	.387 (.3871)	105
Bernie Carbo	.387 (.3868)	106
Rusty Greer	.387 (.3867)	107
George Gore	.386 (.3865)	108
Barney McCosky	.386 (.3864)	109
Kiki Cuyler	.386 (.3863)	110
Roger Bresnahan	.386 (.3862)	111
Alex Rodriguez	.386 (.3859)	112
Gene Woodling	.386 (.3859)
Larry Doby	.386 (.3859)
Dummy Hoy	.386 (.3858)	115
Mike Donlin	.386 (.3856)	116
Fred Clarke	.386 (.3855)	117
Earl Torgeson	.385 (.3855)
Tim Raines	.385 (.3854)	119
Henry Larkin	.385 (.3852)	120
Tim Salmon	.385 (.3851)	121
George Van Haltren	.385 (.3851)
Hugh Duffy	.384 (.3845)	123
Keith Hernandez	.384 (.3844)	124
Al Rosen	.384 (.3842)	125
Elbie Fletcher	.384 (.3839)	126
Willie Mays	.384 (.3839)
J.D. Drew	.384 (.3838)	128
Sam Thompson	.384 (.3836)	129
Will Clark	.384 (.3836)
Topsy Hartsel	.384 (.3835)	131
Carlos Delgado	.383 (.3834)	132
Dom DiMaggio	.383 (.3833)	133
Mark Grace	.383 (.3833)
Ben Chapman	.383 (.3832)	135
Babe Herman	.383 (.3829)	136
Derek Jeter	.383 (.3829)
Earl Sheely	.383 (.3829)
Travis Hafner	.383 (.3829)
Mo Vaughn	.383 (.3827)	140
Dixie Walker	.383 (.3825)	141
Bill Dickey	.382 (.3821)	142
Miller Huggins	.382 (.3820)	143
Tommy Henrich	.382 (.3819)	144
Enos Slaughter	.382 (.3815)	145
Bernie Williams	.381 (.3809)	146
Merv Rettenmund	.381 (.3805)	147
George Harper	.380 (.3804)	148
Lou Boudreau	.380 (.3804)
Mike Schmidt	.380 (.3803)	150
Nap Lajoie	.380 (.3801)	151
Tony Lazzeri	.380 (.3799)	152
Al Simmons	.380 (.3798)	153
Alvin Davis	.380 (.3798)
David Wright	.380 (.3798)
Duke Snider	.380 (.3797)	156
Gavvy Cravath	.380 (.3795)	157
Carl Yastrzemski	.379 (.3795)
George Sisler	.379 (.3792)	159
Chuck Klein	.379 (.3788)	160
Jack Clark	.379 (.3788)
Vladimir Guerrero	.379 (.3786)	162
David Ortiz	.378 (.3782)	163
Dick Allen	.378 (.3781)	164
Rube Bressler	.378 (.3779)	165
Joe Judge	.378 (.3778)	166
Rick Ferrell	.378 (.3778)
Chuck Knoblauch	.378 (.3777)	168
Charlie Jamieson	.378 (.3776)	169
David Justice	.378 (.3776)
Fred McGriff	.377 (.3769)	171
Brett Butler	.377 (.3769)
Chase Utley	.377 (.3768)	173
Heinie Manush	.377 (.3767)	174
Sid Gordon	.377 (.3766)	175
Mike Piazza	.377 (.3765)	176
Kip Selbach	.376 (.3763)	177
Taffy Wright	.376 (.3761)	178
Eddie Mathews	.376 (.3761)
Oyster Burns	.376 (.3760)	180
Jim Edmonds	.376 (.3759)	181
Billy Goodman	.376 (.3758)	182
Harmon Killebrew	.376 (.3756)	183
Al Kaline	.376 (.3756)
John Stone	.376 (.3755)	185
Kevin Seitzer	.375 (.3754)	186
Pete Rose	.375 (.3751)	187
Adrian Gonzalez	.375 (.3750)	188
Jimmy Sheckard	.375 (.3749)	189
Bob Elliott	.375 (.3747)	190
Lenny Dykstra	.375 (.3745)	191
Pete Runnels	.375 (.3745)
Willie McCovey	.374 (.3744)	193
Jimmy Ryan	.374 (.3744)
Tony Phillips	.374 (.3743)	195
Norm Cash	.374 (.3741)	196
Jorge Posada	.374 (.3740)	197
Hank Aaron	.374 (.3739)	198
Sam Rice	.374 (.3739)
Adam Dunn	.374 (.3738)	200
Curt Walker	.374 (.3738)
Bob Nieman	.373 (.3729)	202
Willie Randolph	.373 (.3729)
John Titus	.373 (.3728)	204
Bill Mueller	.373 (.3727)	205
Mark Teixeira	.373 (.3726)	206
Heinie Groh	.373 (.3725)	207
Phil Cavarretta	.372 (.3723)	208
Chick Hafey	.372 (.3720)	209
Bibb Falk	.372 (.3717)	210
Greg Gross	.372 (.3717)
Willie Kamm	.372 (.3717)
Kenny Lofton	.372 (.3716)	213
Wally Moon	.371 (.3715)	214
Lonnie Smith	.371 (.3714)	215
Fred Tenney	.371 (.3713)	216
Roberto Alomar	.371 (.3712)	217
Steve Braun	.371 (.3711)	218
Hal Trosky	.371 (.3708)	219
Sam West	.371 (.3707)	220
Rafael Palmeiro	.371 (.3707)
Barry Larkin	.371 (.3705)	222
Bobby Grich	.371 (.3705)
Pinky Higgins	.370 (.3705)
Victor Martinez	.370 (.3704)	225
John Cangelosi	.370 (.3704)
Brian Downing	.370 (.3703)	227
Ryan Klesko	.370 (.3701)	228
Jeff Heath	.370 (.3700)	229
Pedro Guerrero	.370 (.3700)
Ichiro Suzuki	.370 (.3699)	231
Dwight Evans	.370 (.3699)
Cecil Travis	.370 (.3697)	233
Bobby Veach	.370 (.3696)	234
Ira Flagstead	.370 (.3696)
Gabby Hartnett	.370 (.3696)
Mike Stanley	.370 (.3695)	237
Ken Griffey	.370 (.3695)
Ed McKean	.369 (.3695)
Albert Belle	.369 (.3695)
Stan Spence	.369 (.3694)	241
Moises Alou	.369 (.3693)	242
George Brett	.369 (.3693)
Jim Bottomley	.369 (.3693)
Rico Carty	.369 (.3693)
Lyn Lary	.369 (.3692)	246
Phil Bradley	.369 (.3691)	247
Joe Vosmik	.369 (.3691)
Paul Molitor	.369 (.3691)
Chick Stahl	.369 (.3690)	250
Roy Johnson	.369 (.3689)	251
Jackie Jensen	.369 (.3689)
Jason Bay	.369 (.3689)
Spud Davis	.369 (.3689)
Mickey Tettleton	.369 (.3688)	255
Norm Siebern	.369 (.3688)
Edd Roush	.369 (.3687)	257
Frankie Frisch	.369 (.3687)
Magglio Ordonez	.369 (.3685)	259
Bob Fothergill	.368 (.3684)	260
Danny Tartabull	.368 (.3683)	261
Buddy Lewis	.368 (.3683)
Gus Suhr	.368 (.3682)	263
Fielder Jones	.368 (.3682)
Ryan Howard	.368 (.3681)	265
Johnny Hopp	.368 (.3679)	266
Harry Hooper	.368 (.3679)
Harry Rice	.368 (.3679)
Dale Mitchell	.368 (.3679)
Matt Lawton	.368 (.3678)	270
Mike Greenwell	.368 (.3678)
Ron Hunt	.368 (.3678)
King Kelly	.368 (.3678)
Luis Castillo	.368 (.3676)	274
George Kell	.367 (.3674)	275
Zack Wheat	.367 (.3672)	276
Johnny Bates	.367 (.3671)	277
Billy Herman	.367 (.3669)	278
Kent Hrbek	.367 (.3669)
Sean Casey	.367 (.3668)	280
Tommy Tucker	.367 (.3667)	281
Bruce Campbell	.367 (.3667)
Luis Gonzalez	.367 (.3666)	283
Steve Kemp	.367 (.3665)	284
Johnny Grubb	.366 (.3663)	285
Scott Rolen	.366 (.3662)	286
Jeff Cirillo	.366 (.3661)	287
Billy Nash	.366 (.3661)
Harry Stovey	.366 (.3660)	289
Reggie Smith	.366 (.3660)
Tommy Holmes	.366 (.3659)	291
Woody English	.366 (.3659)
Jason Kendall	.366 (.3658)	293
Jason Thompson	.366 (.3658)
Pee Wee Reese	.366 (.3657)	295
Mike Sweeney	.366 (.3656)	296
George Burns	.366 (.3655)	297
Jimmy Wynn	.366 (.3655)
Bill Madlock	.365 (.3655)
Billy North	.365 (.3653)	300
Bill Nicholson	.365 (.3651)	301
Jimmy Dykes	.365 (.3651)
Burt Shotton	.365 (.3650)	303
Cy Williams	.365 (.3649)	304
Joe Torre	.365 (.3648)	305
Toby Harrah	.365 (.3648)
Derrek Lee	.365 (.3647)	307
Floyd Robinson	.365 (.3646)	308
Julio Franco	.365 (.3646)
Muddy Ruel	.365 (.3645)	310
Tommy McCarthy	.364 (.3645)
Steve Brodie	.364 (.3644)	312
Taylor Douthit	.364 (.3643)	313
Bill Werber	.364 (.3641)	314
Milton Bradley	.364 (.3641)
Dan McGann	.364 (.3641)
Jack Tobin	.364 (.3640)	317
Vic Wertz	.364 (.3640)
Ray Lankford	.364 (.3639)	319
Gary Matthews	.364 (.3638)	320
Art Devlin	.364 (.3638)
Sherry Magee	.364 (.3637)	322
Trot Nixon	.364 (.3637)
Bob Watson	.364 (.3635)	324
Wally Moses	.364 (.3635)
Ellis Burks	.363 (.3633)	326
Craig Biggio	.363 (.3632)	327
Hideki Matsui	.363 (.3632)
Lou Whitaker	.363 (.3630)	329
Paul Radford	.363 (.3629)	330
Frank Baker	.363 (.3628)	331
Paul O'Neill	.363 (.3628)
Johnny Temple	.363 (.3628)
Greg Luzinski	.363 (.3626)	334
Rusty Staub	.362 (.3625)	335
Ron Santo	.362 (.3624)	336
Wally Joyner	.362 (.3623)	337
Whitey Witt	.362 (.3623)
Joe Medwick	.362 (.3623)
Rudy York	.362 (.3622)	340
Brady Anderson	.362 (.3621)	341
Robin Ventura	.362 (.3621)
Snuffy Stirnweiss	.362 (.3621)
Pie Traynor	.362 (.3621)
Ginger Beaumont	.362 (.3621)
Fred Schulte	.362 (.3619)	346
Rip Radcliff	.362 (.3618)	347
Bobby Doerr	.362 (.3617)	348
Sam Crawford	.362 (.3616)	349
Smoky Burgess	.362 (.3616)
Don Buford	.362 (.3615)	351
Nomar Garciaparra	.361 (.3615)
Scott Hatteberg	.361 (.3614)	353
Billy Williams	.361 (.3614)
Eddie Joost	.361 (.3614)
Tom Daly	.361 (.3614)
Pat Burrell	.361 (.3614)
George Davis	.361 (.3613)	358
Jake Beckley	.361 (.3612)	359
Hal Morris	.361 (.3610)	360
Carlos Beltran	.361 (.3610)
Darrell Evans	.361 (.3609)	362
Max Carey	.361 (.3609)
Ray Boone	.361 (.3608)	364
Rick Monday	.361 (.3607)	365
Boog Powell	.361 (.3605)	366
Fred Lynn	.360 (.3605)
Shannon Stewart	.360 (.3604)	368
Bruce Bochte	.360 (.3603)	369
Ripper Collins	.360 (.3603)
Charlie Maxwell	.360 (.3603)
Ron Fairly	.360 (.3603)
Kevin Mitchell	.360 (.3602)	373
Roy Campanella	.360 (.3602)
Dave Hansen	.360 (.3602)
Jim Russell	.360 (.3602)
Bob O'Farrell	.360 (.3602)
Darryl Hamilton	.360 (.3601)	378
Willie Stargell	.360 (.3601)
Doug Mientkiewicz	.360 (.3601)
Roy White	.360 (.3601)
Nick Swisher	.360 (.3600)	382
Cookie Lavagetto	.360 (.3600)
Kirby Puckett	.360 (.3599)	384
Red Rolfe	.360 (.3599)
Andre Thornton	.360 (.3598)	386
Chili Davis	.360 (.3598)
Mark Loretta	.360 (.3597)	388
Jim Gilliam	.360 (.3597)
John Mayberry	.360 (.3597)
Jose Offerman	.360 (.3597)
Jake Daubert	.360 (.3596)	392
Sixto Lezcano	.360 (.3596)
John Valentin	.360 (.3596)
Jose Vidro	.359 (.3595)	395
Eddie Murray	.359 (.3594)	396
Roberto Clemente	.359 (.3593)	397
Rocky Colavito	.359 (.3593)
Lonny Frey	.359 (.3592)	399
Bobby Avila	.359 (.3592)
David Segui	.359 (.3591)	401
Bing Miller	.359 (.3591)
Lee Mazzilli	.359 (.3590)	403
Gil Hodges	.359 (.3590)
Wally Berger	.359 (.3589)	405
Joe Kuhel	.359 (.3589)
Eric Young	.359 (.3588)	407
Ken Griffey	.359 (.3587)	408
Mickey Vernon	.359 (.3587)
Amos Strunk	.359 (.3587)
Mule Haas	.359 (.3586)	411
Jay Buhner	.359 (.3586)
Eric Davis	.359 (.3586)
Billy Southworth	.359 (.3585)	414
Don Mattingly	.358 (.3583)	415
Cliff Floyd	.358 (.3583)
Bid McPhee	.358 (.3583)
Paul Konerko	.358 (.3583)
Ernie Lombardi	.358 (.3582)	419
Ray Chapman	.358 (.3581)	420
Elliott Maddox	.358 (.3580)	421
Bobby Higginson	.358 (.3580)
Troy Glaus	.358 (.3580)
Kevin Millar	.358 (.3579)	424
Bob Allison	.358 (.3579)
Bill Dahlen	.358 (.3577)	426
Al Smith	.358 (.3577)
Joe Ferguson	.358 (.3576)	428
Pepper Martin	.358 (.3576)
Bobby Bonilla	.358 (.3576)
Bip Roberts	.358 (.3575)	431
J.T. Snow	.357 (.3573)	432
Frank Demaree	.357 (.3573)
Bobby Murcer	.357 (.3573)
Marty McManus	.357 (.3572)	435
Baby Doll Jacobson	.357 (.3572)
Jim Delahanty	.357 (.3572)
Carlos May	.357 (.3571)	438
Darren Daulton	.357 (.3571)
Edgardo Alfonzo	.357 (.3569)	440
Larry Doyle	.357 (.3569)
Joe Gordon	.357 (.3569)
George McQuinn	.357 (.3569)
Al Zarilla	.357 (.3568)	444
Nemo Leibold	.357 (.3568)
Frank Catalanotto	.357 (.3567)	446
Sherm Lollar	.357 (.3567)
Harvey Kuenn	.357 (.3566)	448
Gene Richards	.357 (.3565)	449
Darryl Strawberry	.357 (.3565)
Oscar Gamble	.356 (.3564)	451
Donie Bush	.356 (.3562)	452
Johnny Evers	.356 (.3561)	453
Gil McDougald	.356 (.3560)	454
Bernie Friberg	.356 (.3559)	455
David DeJesus	.356 (.3558)	456
Bob Meusel	.356 (.3558)
Davy Jones	.356 (.3558)
Casey Stengel	.356 (.3558)
Jamey Carroll	.356 (.3558)
Dwayne Murphy	.356 (.3558)
Dan Driessen	.356 (.3558)
Harold Baines	.356 (.3557)	463
Reggie Jackson	.356 (.3556)	464
Matt Stairs	.356 (.3556)
Leon Durham	.356 (.3556)
Jeff Kent	.356 (.3555)	467
Debs Garms	.355 (.3555)
Dave Bancroft	.355 (.3553)	469
Cliff Johnson	.355 (.3553)
Dick Bartell	.355 (.3552)	471
Shawn Green	.355 (.3552)
Jeff Burroughs	.355 (.3552)
Vern Stephens	.355 (.3550)	474
Orlando Merced	.355 (.3550)
Johnny Briggs	.355 (.3549)	476
Carlos Guillen	.355 (.3549)
Larry Gardner	.355 (.3549)
Carl Furillo	.355 (.3549)
Manny Mota	.355 (.3548)	480
Chet Lemon	.355 (.3548)
Jim O'Rourke	.355 (.3548)
Ed Bailey	.355 (.3546)	483
Kid Elberfeld	.355 (.3546)
Jose Cruz	.354 (.3544)	485
Grady Hatton	.354 (.3544)
Bill Doran	.354 (.3541)	487
Von Hayes	.354 (.3541)
Lyle Overbay	.354 (.3540)	489
Darrell Porter	.354 (.3539)	490
Pat Kelly	.354 (.3539)
Roy Sievers	.354 (.3538)	492
Rance Mulliniks	.354 (.3537)	493
Ron Cey	.354 (.3537)
Jack Graney	.354 (.3537)
Jeff Blauser	.354 (.3536)	496
George Burns	.354 (.3535)	497
Lloyd Waner	.353 (.3535)
Eddie Robinson	.353 (.3534)	499
Johnny Damon	.353 (.3534)
Red Smith	.353 (.3534)
Bobby Bonds	.353 (.3534)
Bob Bescher	.353 (.3533)	503
Jim Dwyer	.353 (.3532)	504
Tony Oliva	.353 (.3531)	505
Richie Zisk	.353 (.3529)	506
Justin Morneau	.353 (.3528)	507
Brian Roberts	.353 (.3528)
George Pinkney	.353 (.3528)
Jose Canseco	.353 (.3527)	510
Ted Kluszewski	.353 (.3527)
Clyde Milan	.353 (.3527)
Hoot Evers	.353 (.3527)
Jerry Priddy	.353 (.3526)	514
Dave Winfield	.353 (.3526)
Randy Velarde	.352 (.3525)	516
Frank Howard	.352 (.3524)	517
Sal Bando	.352 (.3522)	518
Chone Figgins	.352 (.3522)
Ival Goodman	.352 (.3521)	520
Richie Hebner	.352 (.3521)
Steve Henderson	.352 (.3521)
Delino DeShields	.352 (.3521)
Ray Durham	.352 (.3521)
Bucky Harris	.352 (.3520)	525
Jim Rice	.352 (.3519)	526
Carlos Pena	.352 (.3519)
Ron Northey	.352 (.3518)	528
Ossie Bluege	.352 (.3518)
Odell Hale	.352 (.3517)	530
Kirk Gibson	.352 (.3516)	531
Jimmy Slagle	.352 (.3515)	532
Alan Trammell	.352 (.3515)
Johnny Groth	.352 (.3515)
Bernard Gilkey	.352 (.3515)
Buck Ewing	.351 (.3515)
Freddie Lindstrom	.351 (.3515)
Billy Rogell	.351 (.3514)	538
Lenny Green	.351 (.3513)	539
Jack Doyle	.351 (.3513)
Bob Skinner	.351 (.3512)	541
Gary Roenicke	.351 (.3511)	542
Walt Weiss	.351 (.3511)
Orlando Palmeiro	.351 (.3511)
Phil Rizzuto	.351 (.3510)	545
Hal McRae	.351 (.3509)	546
Bill White	.351 (.3509)
John Vander Wal	.351 (.3508)	548
Hank Gowdy	.351 (.3508)
Dmitri Young	.351 (.3507)	550
Ken Oberkfell	.351 (.3506)	551
Wes Parker	.351 (.3505)	552
Tony Gonzalez	.350 (.3504)	553
Austin Kearns	.350 (.3504)
Andy Pafko	.350 (.3504)
Melvin Mora	.350 (.3504)
Wayne Garrett	.350 (.3502)	557
Michael Young	.350 (.3500)	558
Orlando Cepeda	.350 (.3499)	559
Dode Paskert	.350 (.3498)	560
Andy High	.350 (.3497)	561
Jody Reed	.349 (.3495)	562
Cass Michaels	.349 (.3494)	563
Mark McLemore	.349 (.3493)	564
Mike Easler	.349 (.3492)	565
Chad Curtis	.349 (.3490)	566
Terry Puhl	.349 (.3489)	567
Andy Van Slyke	.349 (.3489)
Davey Lopes	.349 (.3489)
Earl Battey	.349 (.3488)	570
Jerry Mumphrey	.349 (.3488)
Steve O'Neill	.349 (.3488)
Curt Welch	.349 (.3487)	573
Willie Crawford	.349 (.3487)
Bill Sweeney	.349 (.3487)
Wally Backman	.349 (.3486)	576
Ken Boyer	.349 (.3486)
Johnny Wyrostek	.349 (.3486)
Fernando Vina	.348 (.3485)	579
Irish Meusel	.348 (.3484)	580
Don Mincher	.348 (.3484)
Butch Wynegar	.348 (.3484)
Dave Bergman	.348 (.3482)	583
Claude Ritchey	.348 (.3481)	584
Todd Walker	.348 (.3480)	585
Rafael Furcal	.348 (.3480)
Ted Simmons	.348 (.3479)	587
Yogi Berra	.348 (.3478)	588
Joey Cora	.348 (.3478)
Irv Noren	.348 (.3478)
Frank McCormick	.348 (.3475)	591
Nellie Fox	.347 (.3475)
Bob Bailey	.347 (.3474)	593
Al Bridwell	.347 (.3474)
Red Kress	.347 (.3474)
Jimmy Johnston	.347 (.3474)
Cy Seymour	.347 (.3473)	597
Mike Jorgensen	.347 (.3472)	598
Tony Fernandez	.347 (.3472)
Patsy Donovan	.347 (.3472)
Jack Clements	.347 (.3472)
Andres Galarraga	.347 (.3471)	602
Robinson Cano	.347 (.3470)	603
Pete Fox	.347 (.3470)
Dusty Baker	.347 (.3469)	605
Tom Herr	.347 (.3469)
Larry Hisle	.347 (.3469)
Mack Jones	.347 (.3469)
Mark Sweeney	.347 (.3469)
Ken Caminiti	.347 (.3468)	610
Jeff Conine	.347 (.3466)	611
Andy Seminick	.347 (.3466)
Willard Marshall	.347 (.3466)
Hank Sauer	.347 (.3465)	614
Cesar Cedeno	.346 (.3465)
Thurman Munson	.346 (.3465)
Matty McIntyre	.346 (.3464)	617
Ed Konetchy	.346 (.3462)	618
Todd Zeile	.346 (.3461)	619
Rick Miller	.346 (.3461)
Sam Mertes	.346 (.3461)
Placido Polanco	.346 (.3460)	622
Buck Freeman	.346 (.3460)
Luis Alicea	.346 (.3460)
Dale Murphy	.346 (.3459)	625
Patsy Dougherty	.346 (.3459)
Mike Kreevich	.346 (.3459)
Carl Reynolds	.346 (.3458)	628
Hank Bauer	.346 (.3457)	629
Jose Oquendo	.346 (.3455)	630
Roger Maris	.345 (.3454)	631
Jim Ray Hart	.345 (.3453)	632
Juan Pierre	.345 (.3453)
David Eckstein	.345 (.3452)	634
Del Pratt	.345 (.3452)
Pat Tabler	.345 (.3451)	636
Cecil Fielder	.345 (.3450)	637
Orlando Hudson	.345 (.3449)	638
Stan Javier	.345 (.3448)	639
Bake McBride	.345 (.3447)	640
Don Hoak	.345 (.3447)
Roy Smalley	.345 (.3447)
Jeromy Burnitz	.345 (.3446)	643
Matty Alou	.345 (.3445)	644
Carson Bigbee	.345 (.3445)
Elmer Smith	.344 (.3445)
Deacon White	.344 (.3444)	647
Gregg Jefferies	.344 (.3443)	648
Al Oliver	.344 (.3442)	649
Tino Martinez	.344 (.3442)
Eddie Waitkus	.344 (.3442)
Hardy Richardson	.344 (.3442)
John Milner	.344 (.3441)	653
Geoff Jenkins	.344 (.3441)
Jo-Jo Moore	.344 (.3441)
Gregg Zaun	.344 (.3441)
Jim Landis	.344 (.3441)
Mike Scioscia	.344 (.3441)
Phil Masi	.344 (.3439)	659
Ryne Sandberg	.344 (.3439)
Sammy Sosa	.344 (.3438)	661
Richie Sexson	.344 (.3437)	662
Tito Francona	.343 (.3435)	663
Jimmy Collins	.343 (.3435)
Otis Nixon	.343 (.3434)	665
Jay Bell	.343 (.3434)
Frankie Hayes	.343 (.3434)
Al Bumbry	.343 (.3433)	668
Willie Jones	.343 (.3432)	669
Juan Gonzalez	.343 (.3432)
Ken Henderson	.343 (.3431)	671
Paul Hines	.343 (.3431)
Edgar Renteria	.343 (.3430)	673
Amos Otis	.343 (.3430)
Tony Cuccinello	.343 (.3430)
Reggie Sanders	.343 (.3430)
Dick McAuliffe	.343 (.3429)	677
Randy Winn	.343 (.3428)	678
Michael Cuddyer	.343 (.3428)
Carney Lansford	.343 (.3427)	680
Sparky Adams	.343 (.3427)
Pinky Whitney	.343 (.3426)	682
Lou Brock	.343 (.3426)
Stuffy McInnis	.343 (.3426)
Phil Nevin	.343 (.3426)
Denis Menke	.343 (.3425)	686
Sam Chapman	.342 (.3425)
Luis Polonia	.342 (.3425)
Danny Litwhiler	.342 (.3424)	689
Ron LeFlore	.342 (.3423)	690
Eric Chavez	.342 (.3423)
Curt Flood	.342 (.3423)
Robin Yount	.342 (.3422)	693
Hank Severeid	.342 (.3421)	694
George Kelly	.342 (.3421)
Hank Majeski	.342 (.3420)	696
Aramis Ramirez	.342 (.3419)	697
Raul Ibanez	.342 (.3419)
Heinie Peitz	.342 (.3418)	699
Aubrey Huff	.342 (.3418)
Don Baylor	.342 (.3417)	701
Johnny Bench	.342 (.3416)	702
Gary Redus	.342 (.3416)
Max Flack	.342 (.3416)
Craig Counsell	.342 (.3416)
Frank Baumholtz	.342 (.3416)
Whitey Lockman	.342 (.3416)
Mike Lowell	.342 (.3415)	708
Jim Eisenreich	.341 (.3415)
Mark DeRosa	.341 (.3414)	710
Dave Martinez	.341 (.3414)
Birdie Tebbetts	.341 (.3413)	712
Paul Schaal	.341 (.3413)
Wally Pipp	.341 (.3412)	714
Duff Cooley	.341 (.3411)	715
Charlie Grimm	.341 (.3411)
Tony Perez	.341 (.3410)	717
George Case	.341 (.3408)	718
Jose Reyes	.341 (.3408)
Dale Long	.341 (.3407)	720
Jason Varitek	.341 (.3407)
Dick Hoblitzell	.341 (.3407)
Carl Everett	.341 (.3407)
Carlton Fisk	.341 (.3407)
Deacon McGuire	.341 (.3407)
Frankie Crosetti	.341 (.3407)
Buddy Bell	.341 (.3405)	727
Bill Spiers	.341 (.3405)
Paul Sorrento	.340 (.3405)
Charlie Bennett	.340 (.3404)	730
Joe Stripp	.340 (.3404)
Davey Johnson	.340 (.3403)	732
Doc Cramer	.340 (.3402)	733
Cal Ripken, Jr.	.340 (.3402)
Ray Schalk	.340 (.3402)
Leon Wagner	.340 (.3402)
Bob Horner	.340 (.3400)	737
Scott Podsednik	.340 (.3400)
Tommy Leach	.340 (.3399)	739
Ron Hassey	.340 (.3399)
Del Ennis	.340 (.3398)	741
Bill Freehan	.340 (.3397)	742
Terry Moore	.340 (.3397)
Chief Zimmer	.340 (.3397)
Roger Cedeno	.340 (.3397)
Mike Mitchell	.340 (.3397)
Tom Haller	.340 (.3397)
Howard Johnson	.340 (.3396)	748
Bobby Adams	.340 (.3396)
Solly Hofman	.340 (.3396)
Fred Luderus	.340 (.3395)	751
Joe Randa	.339 (.3394)	752
Lee Lacy	.339 (.3393)	753
Michael Tucker	.339 (.3393)
Cleon Jones	.339 (.3393)
Carlos Lee	.339 (.3393)
Marlon Byrd	.339 (.3392)	757
Tilly Walker	.339 (.3391)	758
Tony Clark	.339 (.3391)
Ralph Young	.339 (.3390)	760
Jack Smith	.339 (.3390)
Dave Parker	.339 (.3389)	762
Marv Owen	.339 (.3388)	763
Andruw Jones	.339 (.3388)
Ralph Garr	.339 (.3387)	765
Al Martin	.339 (.3387)
Greg Norton	.339 (.3387)
Denny Walling	.339 (.3386)	768
Milt Stock	.339 (.3385)	769
Tony Bernazard	.339 (.3385)
George Foster	.338 (.3385)
Marco Scutaro	.338 (.3384)	772
Ricky Gutierrez	.338 (.3384)
David Dellucci	.338 (.3383)	774
Tommy Harper	.338 (.3382)	775
Jermaine Dye	.338 (.3381)	776
Dave Collins	.338 (.3380)	777
Mickey Morandini	.338 (.3380)
Mike Cameron	.338 (.3380)
Duke Farrell	.338 (.3378)	780
Greg Brock	.338 (.3378)
Jim Fregosi	.338 (.3377)	782
Ronnie Belliard	.338 (.3377)
Ken Keltner	.338 (.3377)
Don Slaught	.338 (.3377)
Ozzie Smith	.337 (.3375)	786
Roberto Kelly	.337 (.3374)	787
Jack Glasscock	.337 (.3374)
Jose Cruz, Jr.	.337 (.3373)	789
Omar Vizquel	.337 (.3373)
John Lowenstein	.337 (.3373)
Hans Lobert	.337 (.3373)
Red Schoendienst	.337 (.3371)	793
Paul Lo Duca	.337 (.3371)
Mike Lieberthal	.337 (.3370)	795
Javy Lopez	.337 (.3370)
Tim McCarver	.337 (.3369)	797
Joe Adcock	.337 (.3369)
Charlie Hemphill	.337 (.3369)
Adam LaRoche	.337 (.3368)	800
Carmelo Martinez	.337 (.3368)
Wes Covington	.337 (.3368)
Greg Vaughn	.337 (.3367)	803
Connie Ryan	.337 (.3367)
Jimmy Williams	.337 (.3367)
Cecil Cooper	.337 (.3366)	806
Wayne Gross	.337 (.3366)
Bill Melton	.337 (.3366)
Travis Lee	.337 (.3366)
Tom Brown	.337 (.3365)	810
Travis Jackson	.337 (.3365)
Danny Murphy	.336 (.3364)	812
Warren Cromartie	.336 (.3364)
Rondell White	.336 (.3364)
Casey Blake	.336 (.3363)	815
Pete O'Brien	.336 (.3363)
Jack Rothrock	.336 (.3363)
Jimmie Wilson	.336 (.3362)	818
Roger Peckinpaugh	.336 (.3361)	819
Peanuts Lowrey	.336 (.3361)
Miguel Tejada	.336 (.3361)
Tim Teufel	.336 (.3361)
Dante Bichette	.336 (.3361)
Ben Oglivie	.336 (.3360)	824
Sid Bream	.336 (.3359)	825
Travis Fryman	.336 (.3359)
Derek Bell	.336 (.3358)	827
Darin Erstad	.336 (.3358)
Ron Gant	.336 (.3357)	829
Lou Finney	.336 (.3356)	830
Ethan Allen	.336 (.3356)
Mike Tresh	.335 (.3355)	832
Jesse Barfield	.335 (.3354)	833
Milt Thompson	.335 (.3354)
Cesar Tovar	.335 (.3354)
Willie Upshaw	.335 (.3353)	836
Ping Bodie	.335 (.3352)	837
Herman Long	.335 (.3351)	838
Jason Michaels	.335 (.3351)
Keith Moreland	.335 (.3351)
Harry Davis	.335 (.3351)
Gary Carter	.335 (.3347)	842
Eric Hinske	.335 (.3347)
Steve Sax	.335 (.3347)
Tom Tresh	.335 (.3346)	845
Aaron Ward	.335 (.3346)
Jim Hickman	.335 (.3346)
Mark Kotsay	.335 (.3345)	848
Arlie Latham	.334 (.3344)	849
Jorge Orta	.334 (.3343)	850
Mike Mowrey	.334 (.3343)
Glenn Myatt	.334 (.3342)	852
Chris Chambliss	.334 (.3341)	853
Dave Cash	.334 (.3340)	854
Randy Bush	.334 (.3339)	855
Jeff Reed	.334 (.3339)
Brook Jacoby	.334 (.3339)
Lance Johnson	.334 (.3337)	858
Bill Tuttle	.334 (.3336)	859
Val Picinich	.334 (.3335)	860
Ivan Rodriguez	.334 (.3335)
Dave Philley	.334 (.3335)
Cliff Heathcote	.333 (.3334)	863
Brian Jordan	.333 (.3333)	864
Jim Northrup	.333 (.3333)
Danny O'Connell	.333 (.3333)
Jack McCarthy	.333 (.3332)	867
Doggie Miller	.333 (.3332)
Willie McGee	.333 (.3330)	869
Felipe Lopez	.333 (.3330)
Carl Crawford	.333 (.3329)	871
Johnny Ray	.333 (.3329)
Chico Carrasquel	.333 (.3328)	873
Julio Lugo	.333 (.3328)
Gene Moore	.333 (.3327)	875
George Scott	.333 (.3327)
Al Dark	.333 (.3327)
Gerald Perry	.333 (.3327)
Wayne Causey	.333 (.3326)	879
Duffy Lewis	.333 (.3326)
Jose Cardenal	.333 (.3326)
Lou Piniella	.333 (.3325)	882
Willie Horton	.332 (.3324)	883
Torii Hunter	.332 (.3324)
Rico Petrocelli	.332 (.3324)
Glenn Davis	.332 (.3323)	886
Les Mann	.332 (.3323)
Chuck Hinton	.332 (.3323)
Steve Finley	.332 (.3322)	889
Bill Skowron	.332 (.3322)
Ned Williamson	.332 (.3322)
Walker Cooper	.332 (.3321)	892
Bobby Thomson	.332 (.3320)	893
Gary Pettis	.332 (.3320)
Scott Fletcher	.332 (.3320)
Brent Mayne	.332 (.3319)	896
B.J. Surhoff	.332 (.3319)
Sam Wise	.332 (.3319)
Troy O'Leary	.332 (.3319)
Jimmy Piersall	.332 (.3319)
Gary Matthews	.332 (.3319)
Lloyd Moseby	.332 (.3318)	902
Wildfire Schulte	.332 (.3318)
Jim Lemon	.332 (.3318)
Mark Grudzielanek	.332 (.3317)	905
Carlos Baerga	.332 (.3317)
Tom Goodwin	.332 (.3317)
Bobby Wallace	.332 (.3316)	908
Patsy Tebeau	.332 (.3316)
Dick Siebert	.332 (.3315)	910
Jeff Reboulet	.332 (.3315)
Johnny Callison	.331 (.3314)	912
Frank LaPorte	.331 (.3313)	913
Woodie Held	.331 (.3312)	914
Gee Walker	.331 (.3310)	915
Jimmy Wolf	.331 (.3309)	916
Fred Merkle	.331 (.3309)
Charlie Hickman	.331 (.3308)	918
Raul Mondesi	.331 (.3306)	919
Heinie Zimmerman	.331 (.3306)
Mark Ellis	.331 (.3305)	921
Brian McRae	.331 (.3305)
Gates Brown	.330 (.3303)	923
Jhonny Peralta	.330 (.3302)	924
Ruppert Jones	.330 (.3301)	925
Aaron Rowand	.330 (.3301)
Maury Wills	.330 (.3301)
Gus Bell	.330 (.3301)
Wil Cordero	.330 (.3301)
Ernie Banks	.330 (.3300)	930
Dick Groat	.330 (.3300)
Hector Lopez	.330 (.3299)	932
Ramon Hernandez	.330 (.3298)	933
Harry Steinfeldt	.330 (.3298)
Charles Johnson	.330 (.3297)	935
Ed Charles	.330 (.3297)
Coco Crisp	.330 (.3297)
Johnny Logan	.330 (.3296)	938
Mitch Webster	.330 (.3296)
Willie Harris	.330 (.3296)
Robby Thompson	.329 (.3294)	941
Gabe Kapler	.329 (.3294)
Steve Garvey	.329 (.3294)
Babe Dahlgren	.329 (.3294)
George Wood	.329 (.3293)	945
Joel Youngblood	.329 (.3293)
Lave Cross	.329 (.3293)
Graig Nettles	.329 (.3293)
Eddie Foster	.329 (.3293)
Doug DeCinces	.329 (.3292)	950
George Hendrick	.329 (.3292)
Jimmy Rollins	.329 (.3292)
Gus Zernial	.329 (.3291)	953
Don Blasingame	.329 (.3290)	954
Scott Spiezio	.329 (.3289)	955
Tommy Davis	.329 (.3289)
Johnny Cooney	.329 (.3288)	957
Buck Herzog	.329 (.3288)
John Anderson	.329 (.3288)
Damion Easley	.329 (.3287)	960
Brian Harper	.329 (.3287)
Adrian Beltre	.329 (.3287)
Jerry Lynch	.329 (.3287)
Preston Wilson	.329 (.3286)	964
Jay Johnstone	.329 (.3286)
Russell Branyan	.329 (.3285)	966
Tommy Griffith	.328 (.3284)	967
Rich Aurilia	.328 (.3284)
Sam Mele	.328 (.3284)
Rich Rollins	.328 (.3284)
Bill Wambsganss	.328 (.3284)
Donn Clendenon	.328 (.3284)
Todd Hollandsworth	.328 (.3283)	973
Rick Burleson	.328 (.3282)	974
Glenn Wright	.328 (.3281)	975
Gus Mancuso	.328 (.3281)
Gary Ward	.328 (.3280)	977
John Reilly	.328 (.3278)	978
Kevin McReynolds	.328 (.3278)
Glenn Hubbard	.328 (.3278)
Bill Bruton	.328 (.3278)
Myril Hoag	.328 (.3278)
Felipe Alou	.328 (.3277)	983
Jim Rivera	.328 (.3277)
Don Money	.328 (.3276)	985
Bud Harrelson	.327 (.3274)	986
Daryl Spencer	.327 (.3274)
Mickey Rivers	.327 (.3273)	988
Jerry Remy	.327 (.3272)	989
Tom Brunansky	.327 (.3272)
Willie Montanez	.327 (.3272)
Vada Pinson	.327 (.3270)	992
Chick Gandil	.327 (.3270)
Harold Reynolds	.327 (.3269)	994
Ed Kirkpatrick	.327 (.3268)	995
Chris Speier	.327 (.3268)
Juan Beniquez	.327 (.3267)	997
Lee Thomas	.327 (.3267)
Roy Hartzell	.327 (.3266)	999
Jim Sundberg	.327 (.3265)	1000
Name	OBP (Raw)	Rank
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Ted Williams set the original Major League "standard" / record for highest on base percentage during a single season with .551 during 1941, a record broken by Barry Bonds during the 2002 season (.582) then shattered in 2004 (.609).

You can learn how to calculate on base percentage today by visiting our statistics section and with that formula, and knowing that it takes at least one-thousand (1,000) games played, easily determine how Brian Giles, Bobby Abreu and Vladimir Guerrero recently made the top 1000.

Did you know that Wade Boggs had five consecutive seasons, 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989, during his career where he led the American League in on-base percentage setting the American League record? Click here to see the National League / Major League OBP record holder and try to make a guess as to who it is before you click the link.

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