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.

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"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'

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 (.4243) 11
Ferris Fain .424 (.4241) 12
Joe Jackson .423 (.4227) 13
Max Bishop .423 (.4227)  
Mickey Mantle .421 (.4205) 15
Mickey Cochrane .419 (.4192) 16
Frank Thomas .419 (.4191) 17
Dan Brouthers .418 (.4179) 18
Edgar Martinez .418 (.4178) 19
Stan Musial .417 (.4167) 20
Cupid Childs .416 (.4158) 21
Jesse Burkett .415 (.4151) 22
Wade Boggs .415 (.4150) 23
Todd Helton .414 (.4143) 24
Mel Ott .414 (.4140) 25
Roy Thomas .413 (.4135) 26
Mike Trout .412 (.4121) 27
Hank Greenberg .412 (.4118) 28
Ed Delahanty .411 (.4114) 29
Manny Ramirez .411 (.4106) 30
Charlie Keller .410 (.4099) 31
Eddie Stanky .410 (.4098) 32
Harry Heilmann .410 (.4095) 33
Joey Votto .409 (.4094) 34
Jackie Robinson .409 (.4089) 35
Roy Cullenbine .408 (.4082) 36
Jeff Bagwell .408 (.4076) 37
Denny Lyons .407 (.4074) 38
Riggs Stephenson .407 (.4065) 39
Lance Berkman .406 (.4060) 40
Arky Vaughan .406 (.4058) 41
Paul Waner .404 (.4043) 42
Charlie Gehringer .404 (.4036) 43
Joe Cunningham .403 (.4035) 44
Pete Browning .403 (.4028) 45
Lu Blue .402 (.4022) 46
Jim Thome .402 (.4019) 47
Joe Kelley .402 (.4017) 48
Rickey Henderson .401 (.4012) 49
Chipper Jones .401 (.4012)  
Larry Walker .400 (.4002) 51
Brian Giles .400 (.3998) 52
Luke Appling .399 (.3994) 53
Jason Giambi .399 (.3993) 54
Ross Youngs .399 (.3985) 55
Joe DiMaggio .398 (.3983) 56
Elmer Valo .398 (.3983)  
John Olerud .398 (.3980) 58
Ralph Kiner .398 (.3980)  
Elmer Smith .398 (.3976) 60
Johnny Mize .397 (.3971) 61
Earle Combs .397 (.3969) 62
John Kruk .397 (.3966) 63
Richie Ashburn .396 (.3964) 64
Cap Anson .396 (.3961) 65
Mike Hargrove .396 (.3958) 66
Hack Wilson .395 (.3951) 67
Bobby Abreu .395 (.3950) 68
Earl Averill .395 (.3947) 69
Johnny Pesky .394 (.3943) 70
Mark McGwire .394 (.3941) 71
Stan Hack .394 (.3940) 72
Eddie Yost .394 (.3940)  
Frank Chance .394 (.3937) 74
Ken Williams .393 (.3933) 75
Wally Schang .393 (.3931) 76
Gary Sheffield .393 (.3930) 77
Rod Carew .393 (.3930)  
Bob Johnson .393 (.3928) 79
Bill Terry .393 (.3927) 80
George Grantham .392 (.3924) 81
Honus Wagner .392 (.3922) 82
Tip O'Neill .392 (.3922)  
Joe Morgan .392 (.3921) 84
Jack Fournier .392 (.3921)  
Roger Connor .392 (.3918) 86
Joe Sewell .391 (.3909) 87
Bryce Harper .391 (.3906) 88
Augie Galan .390 (.3904) 89
Hughie Jennings .390 (.3902) 90
Dave Magadan .390 (.3902)  
Harlond Clift .390 (.3901) 92
Joe Cronin .390 (.3895) 93
Buddy Myer .389 (.3894) 94
Elmer Flick .389 (.3890) 95
Frank Robinson .389 (.3890)  
Mike Tiernan .389 (.3888) 97
Minnie Minoso .389 (.3885) 98
Dolph Camilli .388 (.3883) 99
Tony Gwynn .388 (.3882) 100
Paul Goldschmidt .388 (.3882)  
Freddie Freeman .388 (.3881) 102
Joe Mauer .388 (.3881)  
Mike Griffin .388 (.3881)  
Ken Singleton .388 (.3880) 105
Gene Tenace .388 (.3879) 106
Willie Keeler .388 (.3878) 107
Goose Goslin .387 (.3871) 108
Bernie Carbo .387 (.3868) 109
Rusty Greer .387 (.3867) 110
Barney McCosky .386 (.3864) 111
Kiki Cuyler .386 (.3863) 112
Roger Bresnahan .386 (.3862) 113
George Van Haltren .386 (.3859) 114
Gene Woodling .386 (.3859)  
Larry Doby .386 (.3859)  
Dummy Hoy .386 (.3858) 117
Mike Donlin .386 (.3856) 118
Fred Clarke .386 (.3855) 119
Earl Torgeson .385 (.3855)  
Tim Raines .385 (.3854) 121
Tim Salmon .385 (.3851) 122
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
Will Clark .384 (.3836) 129
Topsy Hartsel .384 (.3835) 130
Carlos Delgado .383 (.3834) 131
Dom DiMaggio .383 (.3833) 132
Mark Grace .383 (.3833)  
Ben Chapman .383 (.3832) 134
Babe Herman .383 (.3829) 135
Earl Sheely .383 (.3829)  
Mo Vaughn .383 (.3827) 137
Dixie Walker .383 (.3825) 138
Kevin Youkilis .382 (.3824) 139
George Gore .382 (.3822) 140
Miguel Cabrera .382 (.3822)  
Bill Dickey .382 (.3821) 142
Miller Huggins .382 (.3820) 143
Tommy Henrich .382 (.3819) 144
Prince Fielder .382 (.3817) 145
Enos Slaughter .382 (.3815) 146
Nap Lajoie .381 (.3811) 147
Bernie Williams .381 (.3809) 148
Merv Rettenmund .381 (.3805) 149
Sam Thompson .381 (.3805)  
George Harper .380 (.3804) 151
Lou Boudreau .380 (.3804)  
Mike Schmidt .380 (.3803) 153
Al Simmons .380 (.3798) 154
Tony Lazzeri .380 (.3798)  
Alvin Davis .380 (.3798)  
Duke Snider .380 (.3797) 157
Alex Rodriguez .380 (.3797)  
Henry Larkin .380 (.3797)  
David Ortiz .380 (.3795) 160
Gavvy Cravath .380 (.3795)  
Carl Yastrzemski .379 (.3795)  
George Sisler .379 (.3792) 163
Chuck Klein .379 (.3788) 164
Jack Clark .379 (.3788)  
Matt Holliday .379 (.3787) 166
Vladimir Guerrero .379 (.3786) 167
Dick Allen .378 (.3781) 168
Rube Bressler .378 (.3779) 169
Joe Judge .378 (.3778) 170
Rick Ferrell .378 (.3778)  
Chuck Knoblauch .378 (.3777) 172
Charlie Jamieson .378 (.3776) 173
David Justice .378 (.3776)  
Derek Jeter .377 (.3772) 175
Fred McGriff .377 (.3769) 176
Brett Butler .377 (.3769)  
Heinie Manush .377 (.3767) 178
Sid Gordon .377 (.3766) 179
Shin-Soo Choo .377 (.3765) 180
Mike Piazza .377 (.3765)  
Kip Selbach .376 (.3763) 182
Taffy Wright .376 (.3761) 183
David Wright .376 (.3761)  
Eddie Mathews .376 (.3761)  
Travis Hafner .376 (.3760) 186
Jim Edmonds .376 (.3759) 187
Billy Goodman .376 (.3758) 188
Christian Yelich .376 (.3757) 189
Harmon Killebrew .376 (.3756) 190
Al Kaline .376 (.3756)  
John Stone .376 (.3755) 192
Jimmy Ryan .375 (.3755)  
Kevin Seitzer .375 (.3754) 194
Pete Rose .375 (.3751) 195
Jimmy Sheckard .375 (.3749) 196
Bob Elliott .375 (.3747) 197
Lenny Dykstra .375 (.3745) 198
Pete Runnels .375 (.3745)  
Willie McCovey .374 (.3744) 200
Tony Phillips .374 (.3743) 201
Albert Pujols .374 (.3742) 202
Norm Cash .374 (.3741) 203
Jorge Posada .374 (.3740) 204
Hank Aaron .374 (.3739) 205
Sam Rice .374 (.3739)  
Curt Walker .374 (.3738) 207
Mookie Betts .373 (.3732) 208
Bob Nieman .373 (.3729) 209
Willie Randolph .373 (.3729)  
John Titus .373 (.3728) 211
Bill Mueller .373 (.3727) 212
Heinie Groh .373 (.3725) 213
Phil Cavarretta .372 (.3723) 214
Chick Hafey .372 (.3720) 215
Bibb Falk .372 (.3717) 216
Greg Gross .372 (.3717)  
Willie Kamm .372 (.3717)  
Kenny Lofton .372 (.3716) 219
Buster Posey .372 (.3716)  
Wally Moon .371 (.3715) 221
Lonnie Smith .371 (.3714) 222
Fred Tenney .371 (.3713) 223
Roberto Alomar .371 (.3712) 224
Kris Bryant .371 (.3712)  
Steve Braun .371 (.3711) 226
Hal Trosky .371 (.3707) 227
Sam West .371 (.3707)  
Rafael Palmeiro .371 (.3707)  
Barry Larkin .371 (.3705) 230
Bobby Grich .371 (.3705)  
Pinky Higgins .370 (.3705)  
John Cangelosi .370 (.3704) 233
Brian Downing .370 (.3703) 234
Ryan Klesko .370 (.3701) 235
Jeff Heath .370 (.3700) 236
Pedro Guerrero .370 (.3700)  
Dwight Evans .370 (.3699) 238
Cecil Travis .370 (.3697) 239
Bobby Veach .370 (.3696) 240
Ira Flagstead .370 (.3696)  
Gabby Hartnett .370 (.3696)  
Mike Stanley .370 (.3695) 243
Ken Griffey, Jr. .370 (.3695)  
Albert Belle .369 (.3695)  
Andrew McCutchen .369 (.3694) 246
Stan Spence .369 (.3694)  
Moises Alou .369 (.3693) 248
George Brett .369 (.3693)  
Jim Bottomley .369 (.3693)  
Rico Carty .369 (.3693)  
Lyn Lary .369 (.3692) 252
Phil Bradley .369 (.3691) 253
Joe Vosmik .369 (.3691)  
Paul Molitor .369 (.3691)  
Chick Stahl .369 (.3690) 256
Roy Johnson .369 (.3689) 257
Jackie Jensen .369 (.3689)  
Spud Davis .369 (.3689)  
Mickey Tettleton .369 (.3688) 260
Norm Siebern .369 (.3688)  
Edd Roush .369 (.3687) 262
Frankie Frisch .369 (.3687)  
Magglio Ordonez .369 (.3685) 264
Bob Fothergill .368 (.3684) 265
Oyster Burns .368 (.3683) 266
Danny Tartabull .368 (.3683)  
Buddy Lewis .368 (.3683)  
Gus Suhr .368 (.3682) 269
Fielder Jones .368 (.3682)  
Johnny Hopp .368 (.3679) 271
Harry Hooper .368 (.3679)  
Harry Rice .368 (.3679)  
Dale Mitchell .368 (.3679)  
Matt Lawton .368 (.3678) 275
Mike Greenwell .368 (.3678)  
Ron Hunt .368 (.3678)  
Luis Castillo .368 (.3676) 278
George Kell .367 (.3674) 279
Anthony Rendon .367 (.3674)  
Zack Wheat .367 (.3672) 281
Johnny Bates .367 (.3671) 282
Matt Carpenter .367 (.3670) 283
Billy Herman .367 (.3669) 284
Kent Hrbek .367 (.3669)  
Sean Casey .367 (.3668) 286
Bruce Campbell .367 (.3667) 287
Luis Gonzalez .367 (.3666) 288
Steve Kemp .367 (.3665) 289
Johnny Grubb .366 (.3663) 290
Jeff Cirillo .366 (.3661) 291
Reggie Smith .366 (.3660) 292
Tommy Holmes .366 (.3659) 293
Woody English .366 (.3659)  
Jason Kendall .366 (.3658) 295
Jason Thompson .366 (.3658)  
Pee Wee Reese .366 (.3657) 297
Mike Sweeney .366 (.3656) 298
George Burns .366 (.3655) 299
Jimmy Wynn .366 (.3655)  
Bill Madlock .365 (.3655)  
Dustin Pedroia .365 (.3654) 302
Bill North .365 (.3653) 303
Bill Nicholson .365 (.3651) 304
Jimmy Dykes .365 (.3651)  
Burt Shotton .365 (.3650) 306
Cy Williams .365 (.3649) 307
Joe Torre .365 (.3648) 308
Toby Harrah .365 (.3648)  
Derrek Lee .365 (.3647) 310
Floyd Robinson .365 (.3646) 311
Julio Franco .365 (.3646)  
Muddy Ruel .365 (.3645) 313
Ed McKean .364 (.3645)  
Scott Rolen .364 (.3645)  
Steve Brodie .364 (.3644) 316
Adam Dunn .364 (.3644)  
Taylor Douthit .364 (.3643) 318
Tommy McCarthy .364 (.3643)  
Tommy Tucker .364 (.3642) 320
Billy Werber .364 (.3641) 321
Milton Bradley .364 (.3641)  
Dan McGann .364 (.3641)  
Jack Tobin .364 (.3640) 324
Anthony Rizzo .364 (.3640)  
Vic Wertz .364 (.3640)  
Jose Altuve .364 (.3639) 327
Ray Lankford .364 (.3639)  
Gary Matthews .364 (.3638) 329
Art Devlin .364 (.3638)  
Sherry Magee .364 (.3637) 331
Trot Nixon .364 (.3637)  
Bob Watson .364 (.3635) 333
Wally Moses .364 (.3635)  
Justin Turner .363 (.3634) 335
Ellis Burks .363 (.3633) 336
Craig Biggio .363 (.3632) 337
Lou Whitaker .363 (.3630) 338
Home Run Baker .363 (.3628) 339
Paul O'Neill .363 (.3628)  
Johnny Temple .363 (.3628)  
Greg Luzinski .363 (.3626) 342
Rusty Staub .362 (.3625) 343
Ron Santo .362 (.3624) 344
Wally Joyner .362 (.3623) 345
King Kelly .362 (.3623)  
Whitey Witt .362 (.3623)  
Joe Medwick .362 (.3623)  
Rudy York .362 (.3622) 349
Brady Anderson .362 (.3621) 350
Robin Ventura .362 (.3621)  
Pie Traynor .362 (.3621)  
Ginger Beaumont .362 (.3621)  
Snuffy Stirnweiss .362 (.3620) 354
Fred Schulte .362 (.3619) 355
Rip Radcliff .362 (.3618) 356
Bobby Doerr .362 (.3617) 357
Sam Crawford .362 (.3616) 358
Smoky Burgess .362 (.3616)  
Don Buford .362 (.3615) 360
Nomar Garciaparra .361 (.3615)  
Scott Hatteberg .361 (.3614) 362
Billy Williams .361 (.3614)  
Eddie Joost .361 (.3614)  
Pat Burrell .361 (.3614)  
George Davis .361 (.3613) 366
Jake Beckley .361 (.3612) 367
Jose Bautista .361 (.3611) 368
Hal Morris .361 (.3610) 369
Darrell Evans .361 (.3609) 370
Max Carey .361 (.3609)  
Ray Boone .361 (.3608) 372
Harry Stovey .361 (.3608)  
Rick Monday .361 (.3607) 374
Troy Tulowitzki .361 (.3606) 375
Boog Powell .361 (.3605) 376
Jason Bay .361 (.3605)  
Fred Lynn .360 (.3605)  
Hanley Ramirez .360 (.3605)  
Jayson Werth .360 (.3604) 380
Shannon Stewart .360 (.3604)  
Bruce Bochte .360 (.3603) 382
Billy Nash .360 (.3603)  
Ripper Collins .360 (.3603)  
Charlie Maxwell .360 (.3603)  
Ron Fairly .360 (.3603)  
Kevin Mitchell .360 (.3602) 387
Roy Campanella .360 (.3602)  
Dave Hansen .360 (.3602)  
Jim Russell .360 (.3602)  
Hideki Matsui .360 (.3602)  
Bob O'Farrell .360 (.3602)  
Darryl Hamilton .360 (.3601) 393
Willie Stargell .360 (.3601)  
Doug Mientkiewicz .360 (.3601)  
Mark Teixeira .360 (.3601)  
Roy White .360 (.3601)  
Cookie Lavagetto .360 (.3600) 398
Kirby Puckett .360 (.3599) 399
Red Rolfe .360 (.3599)  
Andre Thornton .360 (.3598) 401
Chili Davis .360 (.3598)  
Mark Loretta .360 (.3597) 403
Jim Gilliam .360 (.3597)  
John Mayberry .360 (.3597)  
Jose Offerman .360 (.3597)  
Jake Daubert .360 (.3596) 407
Sixto Lezcano .360 (.3596)  
John Valentin .360 (.3596)  
Victor Martinez .360 (.3595) 410
Jose Vidro .359 (.3595)  
Eddie Murray .359 (.3594) 412
Roberto Clemente .359 (.3593) 413
Rocky Colavito .359 (.3593)  
Lonny Frey .359 (.3592) 415
Bobby Avila .359 (.3592)  
Tom Daly .359 (.3592)  
David Segui .359 (.3591) 418
Bing Miller .359 (.3591)  
Lee Mazzilli .359 (.3590) 420
Gil Hodges .359 (.3590)  
Wally Berger .359 (.3589) 422
Joe Kuhel .359 (.3589)  
Eric Young .359 (.3588) 424
Ken Griffey .359 (.3587) 425
Mickey Vernon .359 (.3587)  
Amos Strunk .359 (.3587)  
Andre Ethier .359 (.3586) 428
Mule Haas .359 (.3586)  
Jay Buhner .359 (.3586)  
Eric Davis .359 (.3586)  
Billy Southworth .359 (.3585) 432
Josh Willingham .358 (.3583) 433
Don Mattingly .358 (.3583)  
Cliff Floyd .358 (.3583)  
Ryan Braun .358 (.3583)  
Ernie Lombardi .358 (.3582) 437
Ray Chapman .358 (.3581) 438
Chase Utley .358 (.3580) 439
Elliott Maddox .358 (.3580)  
Bobby Higginson .358 (.3580)  
Troy Glaus .358 (.3580)  
Kevin Millar .358 (.3579) 443
Dexter Fowler .358 (.3579)  
Adrian Gonzalez .358 (.3579)  
Bob Allison .358 (.3579)  
Josh Donaldson .358 (.3577) 447
Bill Dahlen .358 (.3577)  
Al Smith .358 (.3577)  
Joe Ferguson .358 (.3576) 450
Pepper Martin .358 (.3576)  
Bobby Bonilla .358 (.3576)  
Bip Roberts .358 (.3575) 453
Nick Markakis .357 (.3574) 454
J.T. Snow .357 (.3573) 455
Frank Demaree .357 (.3573)  
Bobby Murcer .357 (.3573)  
Marty McManus .357 (.3572) 458
Baby Doll Jacobson .357 (.3572)  
Brandon Belt .357 (.3572)  
Jim Delahanty .357 (.3572)  
Carlos May .357 (.3571) 462
Darren Daulton .357 (.3571)  
Edgardo Alfonzo .357 (.3569) 464
Larry Doyle .357 (.3569)  
George McQuinn .357 (.3569)  
Al Zarilla .357 (.3568) 467
Joe Gordon .357 (.3568)  
Nemo Leibold .357 (.3568)  
Frank Catalanotto .357 (.3567) 470
Ben Zobrist .357 (.3567)  
Sherm Lollar .357 (.3567)  
Harvey Kuenn .357 (.3566) 473
Gene Richards .357 (.3565) 474
Darryl Strawberry .357 (.3565)  
Oscar Gamble .356 (.3564) 476
Donie Bush .356 (.3562) 477
Johnny Evers .356 (.3561) 478
Gil McDougald .356 (.3560) 479
Bernie Friberg .356 (.3559) 480
Bob Meusel .356 (.3558) 481
Davy Jones .356 (.3558)  
Casey Stengel .356 (.3558)  
Dwayne Murphy .356 (.3558)  
Dan Driessen .356 (.3558)  
Carlos Santana .356 (.3557) 486
Harold Baines .356 (.3557)  
Reggie Jackson .356 (.3556) 488
Matt Stairs .356 (.3556)  
Leon Durham .356 (.3556)  
Jeff Kent .356 (.3555) 491
Debs Garms .355 (.3555)  
Xander Bogaerts .355 (.3554) 493
Dave Bancroft .355 (.3553) 494
Cliff Johnson .355 (.3553)  
Dick Bartell .355 (.3552) 496
Shawn Green .355 (.3552)  
Jeff Burroughs .355 (.3552)  
Michael Brantley .355 (.3550) 499
Vern Stephens .355 (.3550)  
Orlando Merced .355 (.3550)  
Johnny Briggs .355 (.3549) 502
Carlos Guillen .355 (.3549)  
Charlie Blackmon .355 (.3549)  
Larry Gardner .355 (.3549)  
Carl Furillo .355 (.3549)  
Ichiro Suzuki .355 (.3548) 507
Manny Mota .355 (.3548)  
Chet Lemon .355 (.3548)  
Ed Bailey .355 (.3546) 510
Kid Elberfeld .355 (.3546)  
Bid McPhee .355 (.3545) 512
José Ramírez .355 (.3545)  
Jose Cruz .354 (.3544) 514
Grady Hatton .354 (.3544)  
Billy Butler .354 (.3543) 516
Bill Doran .354 (.3541) 517
Paul Konerko .354 (.3541)  
Von Hayes .354 (.3541)  
Darrell Porter .354 (.3539) 520
Pat Kelly .354 (.3539)  
Roy Sievers .354 (.3538) 522
Rance Mulliniks .354 (.3537) 523
Ron Cey .354 (.3537)  
Jack Graney .354 (.3537)  
DJ LeMahieu .354 (.3536) 526
Jeff Blauser .354 (.3536)  
George Springer .354 (.3536)  
George Burns .354 (.3535) 529
Lloyd Waner .353 (.3535)  
Eddie Robinson .353 (.3534) 531
Red Smith .353 (.3534)  
Bobby Bonds .353 (.3534)  
Bob Bescher .353 (.3533) 534
Jim Dwyer .353 (.3532) 535
Tony Oliva .353 (.3531) 536
Richie Zisk .353 (.3529) 537
Jose Canseco .353 (.3527) 538
Ted Kluszewski .353 (.3527)  
Clyde Milan .353 (.3527)  
Hoot Evers .353 (.3527)  
Jerry Priddy .353 (.3526) 542
Dave Winfield .353 (.3526)  
Randy Velarde .352 (.3525) 544
Frank Howard .352 (.3524) 545
Sal Bando .352 (.3522) 546
Ival Goodman .352 (.3521) 547
Richie Hebner .352 (.3521)  
Steve Henderson .352 (.3521)  
Delino DeShields .352 (.3521)  
Ray Durham .352 (.3521)  
Bucky Harris .352 (.3520) 552
Johnny Damon .352 (.3519) 553
Jim Rice .352 (.3519)  
Jim O'Rourke .352 (.3518) 555
Ron Northey .352 (.3518)  
Ossie Bluege .352 (.3518)  
Odell Hale .352 (.3517) 558
Kirk Gibson .352 (.3516) 559
Jimmy Slagle .352 (.3515) 560
Alan Trammell .352 (.3515)  
Johnny Groth .352 (.3515)  
Bernard Gilkey .352 (.3515)  
Carlos Correa .351 (.3515)  
Freddie Lindstrom .351 (.3515)  
Billy Rogell .351 (.3514) 566
Lenny Green .351 (.3513) 567
Nick Swisher .351 (.3513)  
Paul Radford .351 (.3513)  
Jack Doyle .351 (.3513)  
David Freese .351 (.3512) 571
Bob Skinner .351 (.3512)  
Gary Roenicke .351 (.3511) 573
Walt Weiss .351 (.3511)  
Orlando Palmeiro .351 (.3511)  
Phil Rizzuto .351 (.3510) 576
Tommy Pham .351 (.3509) 577
Hal McRae .351 (.3509)  
Bill White .351 (.3509)  
John Vander Wal .351 (.3508) 580
Hank Gowdy .351 (.3508)  
Dmitri Young .351 (.3507) 582
Ken Oberkfell .351 (.3506) 583
Austin Kearns .351 (.3506)  
Robinson Cano .351 (.3505) 585
Wes Parker .351 (.3505)  
Carlos Beltran .350 (.3505)  
Tony Gonzalez .350 (.3504) 588
Andy Pafko .350 (.3504)  
Melvin Mora .350 (.3504)  
Carlos Ruiz .350 (.3503) 591
Wayne Garrett .350 (.3502) 592
Edwin Encarnacion .350 (.3500) 593
Orlando Cepeda .350 (.3499) 594
Dode Paskert .350 (.3498) 595
Andy High .350 (.3497) 596
J.D. Martinez .350 (.3497)  
Yunel Escobar .350 (.3496) 598
Jody Reed .349 (.3495) 599
Trea Turner .349 (.3495)  
Grady Sizemore .349 (.3494) 601
Jamey Carroll .349 (.3494)  
Cass Michaels .349 (.3494)  
David DeJesus .349 (.3494)  
Mark McLemore .349 (.3493) 605
Josh Hamilton .349 (.3493)  
Chone Figgins .349 (.3493)  
Mike Easler .349 (.3492) 608
Chad Curtis .349 (.3490) 609
Terry Puhl .349 (.3489) 610
Russell Martin .349 (.3489)  
Andy Van Slyke .349 (.3489)  
Davey Lopes .349 (.3489)  
Earl Battey .349 (.3488) 614
Jerry Mumphrey .349 (.3488)  
Steve O'Neill .349 (.3488)  
Willie Crawford .349 (.3487) 617
Bill Sweeney .349 (.3487)  
Wally Backman .349 (.3486) 619
Giancarlo Stanton .349 (.3486)  
Ken Boyer .349 (.3486)  
Johnny Wyrostek .349 (.3486)  
Fernando Vina .348 (.3485) 623
Irish Meusel .348 (.3484) 624
Don Mincher .348 (.3484)  
Butch Wynegar .348 (.3484)  
Dave Bergman .348 (.3482) 627
José Abreu .348 (.3482)  
Claude Ritchey .348 (.3481) 629
Buck Ewing .348 (.3481)  
Todd Walker .348 (.3480) 631
Jon Jay .348 (.3480)  
Ted Simmons .348 (.3479) 633
Yogi Berra .348 (.3478) 634
Joey Cora .348 (.3478)  
Irv Noren .348 (.3478)  
Alex Avila .348 (.3477) 637
Justin Morneau .348 (.3476) 638
Frank McCormick .348 (.3475) 639
Nellie Fox .347 (.3475)  
Bob Bailey .347 (.3474) 641
Al Bridwell .347 (.3474)  
Red Kress .347 (.3474)  
Jimmy Johnston .347 (.3474)  
Cy Seymour .347 (.3473) 645
Mike Jorgensen .347 (.3472) 646
Tony Fernandez .347 (.3472)  
Patsy Donovan .347 (.3472)  
Lyle Overbay .347 (.3471) 649
Andres Galarraga .347 (.3471)  
Denard Span .347 (.3471)  
Pete Fox .347 (.3470) 652
Josh Bell .347 (.3469) 653
Dusty Baker .347 (.3469)  
Tom Herr .347 (.3469)  
Larry Hisle .347 (.3469)  
Mack Jones .347 (.3469)  
Mark Sweeney .347 (.3469)  
Yasmani Grandal .347 (.3468) 659
Ken Caminiti .347 (.3468)  
Jeff Conine .347 (.3466) 661
Andy Seminick .347 (.3466)  
Willard Marshall .347 (.3466)  
Hank Sauer .347 (.3465) 664
Brian Roberts .347 (.3465)  
Cesar Cedeno .346 (.3465)  
Thurman Munson .346 (.3465)  
Matty McIntyre .346 (.3464) 668
Michael Young .346 (.3464)  
Carlos Pena .346 (.3464)  
Ed Konetchy .346 (.3462) 671
Mike Napoli .346 (.3462)  
Todd Zeile .346 (.3461) 673
Rick Miller .346 (.3461)  
Sam Mertes .346 (.3461)  
Buck Freeman .346 (.3460) 676
Luis Alicea .346 (.3460)  
Jack Clements .346 (.3460)  
Dale Murphy .346 (.3459) 679
Patsy Dougherty .346 (.3459)  
Robbie Grossman .346 (.3459)  
Mike Kreevich .346 (.3459)  
Carl Reynolds .346 (.3458) 683
Rafael Furcal .346 (.3458)  
Hank Bauer .346 (.3457) 685
Jose Oquendo .346 (.3455) 686
Curt Welch .345 (.3454) 687
Roger Maris .345 (.3454)  
Jim Ray Hart .345 (.3453) 689
David Eckstein .345 (.3452) 690
Chris Iannetta .345 (.3452)  
Del Pratt .345 (.3452)  
George Pinkney .345 (.3452)  
Pat Tabler .345 (.3451) 694
Cecil Fielder .345 (.3450) 695
Stan Javier .345 (.3448) 696
Bake McBride .345 (.3447) 697
Don Hoak .345 (.3447)  
Roy Smalley .345 (.3447)  
Jeromy Burnitz .345 (.3446) 700
Matty Alou .345 (.3445) 701
Carson Bigbee .345 (.3445)  
Elmer Smith .344 (.3445)  
Gregg Jefferies .344 (.3443) 704
Al Oliver .344 (.3442) 705
Tino Martinez .344 (.3442)  
Eddie Waitkus .344 (.3442)  
John Milner .344 (.3441) 708
Geoff Jenkins .344 (.3441)  
Jo-Jo Moore .344 (.3441)  
Gregg Zaun .344 (.3441)  
Jim Landis .344 (.3441)  
Mike Scioscia .344 (.3441)  
Michael Cuddyer .344 (.3440) 714
Phil Masi .344 (.3439) 715
Ryne Sandberg .344 (.3439)  
Rickie Weeks .344 (.3439)  
Seth Smith .344 (.3438) 718
Sammy Sosa .344 (.3438)  
Richie Sexson .344 (.3437) 720
Tito Francona .343 (.3435) 721
Ryan Howard .343 (.3435)  
Jimmy Collins .343 (.3435)  
Otis Nixon .343 (.3434) 724
Jay Bell .343 (.3434)  
Frankie Hayes .343 (.3434)  
Al Bumbry .343 (.3433) 727
Willie Jones .343 (.3432) 728
Juan Gonzalez .343 (.3432)  
Nolan Arenado .343 (.3432)  
Juan Pierre .343 (.3432)  
Ken Henderson .343 (.3431) 732
Nelson Cruz .343 (.3431)  
Carlos González .343 (.3431)  
Edgar Renteria .343 (.3430) 735
Amos Otis .343 (.3430)  
Tony Cuccinello .343 (.3430)  
Reggie Sanders .343 (.3430)  
Starling Marte .343 (.3429) 739
Dick McAuliffe .343 (.3429)  
Lorenzo Cain .343 (.3429)  
Randy Winn .343 (.3428) 742
Placido Polanco .343 (.3428)  
Carney Lansford .343 (.3427) 744
Sparky Adams .343 (.3427)  
Pinky Whitney .343 (.3426) 746
Lou Brock .343 (.3426)  
Stuffy McInnis .343 (.3426)  
Phil Nevin .343 (.3426)  
Denis Menke .343 (.3425) 750
Sam Chapman .342 (.3425)  
Chase Headley .342 (.3425)  
Luis Polonia .342 (.3425)  
Danny Litwhiler .342 (.3424) 754
Justin Upton .342 (.3424)  
Ron LeFlore .342 (.3423) 756
Curt Flood .342 (.3423)  
Eric Chavez .342 (.3422) 758
Robin Yount .342 (.3422)  
Matt Joyce .342 (.3421) 760
Hank Severeid .342 (.3421)  
High Pockets Kelly .342 (.3421)  
Jacoby Ellsbury .342 (.3421)  
Hank Majeski .342 (.3420) 764
Heinie Peitz .342 (.3418) 765
Don Baylor .342 (.3417) 766
Johnny Bench .342 (.3416) 767
Gary Redus .342 (.3416)  
Aubrey Huff .342 (.3416)  
Brett Gardner .342 (.3416)  
Max Flack .342 (.3416)  
Craig Counsell .342 (.3416)  
Marco Scutaro .342 (.3416)  
Frank Baumholtz .342 (.3416)  
Whitey Lockman .342 (.3416)  
Mike Lowell .342 (.3415) 776
Jim Eisenreich .341 (.3415)  
Dave Martinez .341 (.3414) 778
Deacon White .341 (.3414)  
Francisco Lindor .341 (.3414)  
Daniel Murphy .341 (.3413) 781
Paul Schaal .341 (.3413)  
Aramis Ramirez .341 (.3412) 783
Wally Pipp .341 (.3412)  
Duff Cooley .341 (.3411) 785
Charlie Grimm .341 (.3411)  
Birdie Tebbetts .341 (.3410) 787
Tony Perez .341 (.3410)  
Ryan Zimmerman .341 (.3409) 789
George Case .341 (.3408) 790
Hardy Richardson .341 (.3408)  
Dale Long .341 (.3407) 792
Jason Varitek .341 (.3407)  
César Hernández .341 (.3407)  
Dick Hoblitzell .341 (.3407)  
Carl Everett .341 (.3407)  
Carlton Fisk .341 (.3407)  
Frankie Crosetti .341 (.3407)  
Buddy Bell .341 (.3405) 799
Bill Spiers .341 (.3405)  
Orlando Hudson .341 (.3405)  
Paul Sorrento .340 (.3405)  
Davey Johnson .340 (.3403) 803
Joe Stripp .340 (.3403)  
Doc Cramer .340 (.3402) 805
Cal Ripken, Jr. .340 (.3402)  
Ray Schalk .340 (.3402)  
Leon Wagner .340 (.3402)  
Bob Horner .340 (.3400) 809
Tommy Leach .340 (.3399) 810
Mark DeRosa .340 (.3399)  
Ron Hassey .340 (.3399)  
Del Ennis .340 (.3398) 813
Bill Freehan .340 (.3397) 814
Roger Cedeno .340 (.3397)  
Mike Mitchell .340 (.3397)  
Tom Haller .340 (.3397)  
Howard Johnson .340 (.3396) 818
Miguel Montero .340 (.3396)  
Deacon McGuire .340 (.3396)  
Bobby Adams .340 (.3396)  
Solly Hofman .340 (.3396)  
Shane Victorino .340 (.3396)  
Fred Luderus .340 (.3395) 824
Joe Randa .339 (.3394) 825
Jason Heyward .339 (.3393) 826
Lee Lacy .339 (.3393)  
Adrián Beltré .339 (.3393)  
Michael Tucker .339 (.3393)  
Cleon Jones .339 (.3393)  
Scott Podsednik .339 (.3392) 831
Chief Zimmer .339 (.3392)  
Tilly Walker .339 (.3391) 833
Manny Machado .339 (.3391)  
Tony Clark .339 (.3391)  
Ralph Young .339 (.3390) 836
Jack Smith .339 (.3390)  
Carlos Lee .339 (.3390)  
Dave Parker .339 (.3389) 839
Marv Owen .339 (.3388) 840
Ralph Garr .339 (.3387) 841
Al Martin .339 (.3387)  
Greg Norton .339 (.3387)  
Denny Walling .339 (.3386) 844
Milt Stock .339 (.3385) 845
Tony Bernazard .339 (.3385)  
George Foster .338 (.3385)  
Ricky Gutierrez .338 (.3384) 848
Gregor Blanco .338 (.3383) 849
David Dellucci .338 (.3383)  
Paul Hines .338 (.3383)  
Neil Walker .338 (.3382) 852
Tommy Harper .338 (.3382)  
Alex Gordon .338 (.3382)  
Jermaine Dye .338 (.3381) 855
Dave Collins .338 (.3380) 856
Mickey Morandini .338 (.3380)  
Mike Cameron .338 (.3380)  
Duke Farrell .338 (.3378) 859
Greg Brock .338 (.3378)  
Jim Fregosi .338 (.3377) 861
Ronnie Belliard .338 (.3377)  
Ken Keltner .338 (.3377)  
Don Slaught .338 (.3377)  
Andruw Jones .337 (.3375) 865
Ozzie Smith .337 (.3375)  
Roberto Kelly .337 (.3374) 867
José Cruz .337 (.3373) 868
John Lowenstein .337 (.3373)  
Hans Lobert .337 (.3373)  
Curtis Granderson .337 (.3372) 871
Howie Kendrick .337 (.3372)  
Red Schoendienst .337 (.3371) 873
Paul Lo Duca .337 (.3371)  
Mike Lieberthal .337 (.3370) 875
Javy Lopez .337 (.3370)  
Brian McCann .337 (.3369) 877
Matt Kemp .337 (.3369)  
Tim McCarver .337 (.3369)  
Joe Adcock .337 (.3369)  
Charlie Hemphill .337 (.3369)  
Carmelo Martinez .337 (.3368) 882
Wes Covington .337 (.3368)  
Ian Kinsler .337 (.3368)  
Greg Vaughn .337 (.3367) 885
Connie Ryan .337 (.3367)  
Jimmy Williams .337 (.3367)  
Cecil Cooper .337 (.3366) 888
Terry Moore .337 (.3366)  
Wayne Gross .337 (.3366)  
Skip Schumaker .337 (.3366)  
Bill Melton .337 (.3366)  
Travis Lee .337 (.3366)  
Travis Jackson .337 (.3365) 894
Danny Murphy .336 (.3364) 895
Warren Cromartie .336 (.3364)  
Rondell White .336 (.3364)  
Omar Vizquel .336 (.3364)  
Casey Blake .336 (.3363) 899
Pete O'Brien .336 (.3363)  
James Loney .336 (.3363)  
Jack Rothrock .336 (.3363)  
Jimmie Wilson .336 (.3362) 903
Joc Pederson .336 (.3361) 904
Roger Peckinpaugh .336 (.3361)  
Peanuts Lowrey .336 (.3361)  
Tim Teufel .336 (.3361)  
Dante Bichette .336 (.3361)  
Adam LaRoche .336 (.3360) 909
Ben Oglivie .336 (.3360)  
Sid Bream .336 (.3359) 911
Travis Fryman .336 (.3359)  
Derek Bell .336 (.3358) 913
Miguel Tejada .336 (.3358)  
Darin Erstad .336 (.3358)  
Charlie Bennett .336 (.3357) 916
Ron Gant .336 (.3357)  
Dan Uggla .336 (.3356) 918
Lou Finney .336 (.3356)  
Ethan Allen .336 (.3356)  
Mike Tresh .335 (.3355) 921
Jesse Barfield .335 (.3354) 922
Milt Thompson .335 (.3354)  
Raul Ibanez .335 (.3354)  
Cesar Tovar .335 (.3354)  
Willie Upshaw .335 (.3353) 926
Ping Bodie .335 (.3352) 927
Eric Hosmer .335 (.3352)  
Jonathan Lucroy .335 (.3352)  
Herman Long .335 (.3351) 930
Jason Michaels .335 (.3351)  
Keith Moreland .335 (.3351)  
Harry Davis .335 (.3351)  
Reed Johnson .335 (.3350) 934
Tom Brown .335 (.3350)  
Martin Prado .335 (.3349) 936
Gary Carter .335 (.3347) 937
David Peralta .335 (.3347)  
Steve Sax .335 (.3347)  
Tom Tresh .335 (.3346) 940
Aaron Ward .335 (.3346)  
Jim Hickman .335 (.3346)  
Jorge Orta .334 (.3343) 943
Jose Reyes .334 (.3343)  
Mike Mowrey .334 (.3343)  
Glenn Myatt .334 (.3342) 946
Melky Cabrera .334 (.3341) 947
Chris Chambliss .334 (.3341)  
Dave Cash .334 (.3340) 949
Randy Bush .334 (.3339) 950
Jeff Reed .334 (.3339)  
Brook Jacoby .334 (.3339)  
Jack Glasscock .334 (.3338) 953
Lance Johnson .334 (.3337) 954
Hunter Pence .334 (.3336) 955
Bill Tuttle .334 (.3336)  
Val Picinich .334 (.3335) 957
Ivan Rodriguez .334 (.3335)  
Dave Philley .334 (.3335)  
David Murphy .333 (.3334) 960
Cliff Heathcote .333 (.3334)  
Jason Kipnis .333 (.3334)  
Brian Jordan .333 (.3333) 963
Jim Northrup .333 (.3333)  
Danny O'Connell .333 (.3333)  
Austin Jackson .333 (.3332) 966
Jack McCarthy .333 (.3332)  
Jonny Gomes .333 (.3332)  
Willie McGee .333 (.3330) 969
Felipe Lopez .333 (.3330)  
Evan Longoria .333 (.3330)  
Johnny Ray .333 (.3329) 972
Chico Carrasquel .333 (.3328) 973
Julio Lugo .333 (.3328)  
Gene Moore .333 (.3327) 975
George Scott .333 (.3327)  
Alvin Dark .333 (.3327)  
Gerald Perry .333 (.3327)  
Wayne Causey .333 (.3326) 979
Duffy Lewis .333 (.3326)  
Jose Cardenal .333 (.3326)  
Lou Piniella .333 (.3325) 982
Eugenio Suárez .332 (.3325)  
Yonder Alonso .332 (.3325)  
Willie Horton .332 (.3324) 985
Rico Petrocelli .332 (.3324)  
Glenn Davis .332 (.3323) 987
Les Mann .332 (.3323)  
Chuck Hinton .332 (.3323)  
Mark Kotsay .332 (.3322) 990
Steve Finley .332 (.3322)  
Bill Skowron .332 (.3322)  
Walker Cooper .332 (.3321) 993
Bobby Thomson .332 (.3320) 994
Gary Pettis .332 (.3320)  
Scott Fletcher .332 (.3320)  
Brent Mayne .332 (.3319) 997
B.J. Surhoff .332 (.3319)  
Troy O'Leary .332 (.3319)  
Jim Piersall .332 (.3319) 1000
Nate McLouth .332 (.3319)  
Gary Matthews .332 (.3319)  
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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.