Career Leaders for Total Bases

A single equals one, a double equals two, a triple equals three and a home run equals four. Total them together over the course of a career and you will be included on this chart of all time total base leaders; however, you will need over four-thousand to even break into the top fifty.

The players listed below are true franchise players who have had a full career, an ability to hit virtually anything at anytime, and are Baseball Almanac's top one-hundred (100) all-time total base leaders. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"I don't deserve such a salary." - Hall of Famer Al Kaline (22nd Overall Total Bases Leader)
Total Bases
All Time Leaders

'Top 100'

Hank Aaron 6,856 1
Stan Musial 6,134 2
Willie Mays 6,066 3
Barry Bonds 5,976 4
Ty Cobb 5,854 5
Babe Ruth 5,793 6
Pete Rose 5,752 7
Carl Yastrzemski 5,539 8
Eddie Murray 5,397 9
Rafael Palmeiro 5,388 10
Frank Robinson 5,373 11
Dave Winfield 5,221 12
Cal Ripken, Jr. 5,168 13
Tris Speaker 5,101 14
Ken Griffey, Jr. 5,090 15
Lou Gehrig 5,060 16
George Brett 5,044 17
Mel Ott 5,041 18
Jimmie Foxx 4,956 19
Ted Williams 4,884 20
Honus Wagner 4,862 21
Paul Molitor 4,854 22
Al Kaline 4,852 23
Reggie Jackson 4,834 24
Andre Dawson 4,787 25
Robin Yount 4,730 26
Rogers Hornsby 4,712 27
Craig Biggio 4,711 28
Ernie Banks 4,706 29
Sammy Sosa 4,704 30
Al Simmons 4,685 31
Gary Sheffield 4,616 32
Harold Baines 4,604 33
Billy Williams 4,599 34
Rickey Henderson 4,588 35
Frank Thomas 4,550 36
Alex Rodriguez 4,543 37
Tony Perez 4,532 38
Manny Ramirez 4,516 39
Mickey Mantle 4,511 40
Roberto Clemente 4,492 41
Paul Waner 4,478 42
Nap Lajoie 4,474 43
Fred McGriff 4,458 44
Dave Parker 4,405 45
Mike Schmidt 4,404 46
Luis Gonzalez 4,385 47
Eddie Mathews 4,349 48
Sam Crawford 4,328 49
Goose Goslin 4,325 50
Brooks Robinson 4,270 51
Eddie Collins 4,268 52
Vada Pinson 4,264 53
Tony Gwynn 4,259 54
Charlie Gehringer 4,257 55
Jeff Kent 4,246 56
Lou Brock 4,238 57
Dwight Evans 4,230 58
Willie McCovey 4,219 59
Jeff Bagwell 4,213 60
Willie Stargell 4,190 61
Rusty Staub 4,185 62
Steve Finley 4,157 63
Jake Beckley 4,147 64
Harmon Killebrew 4,143 65
Jim Rice 4,129 66
Jim Thome 4,116 67
Ivan Rodriguez 4,110 68
Zack Wheat 4,100 69
Al Oliver 4,083 70
Wade Boggs 4,064 71
Cap Anson 4,062 72
Harry Heilmann 4,053 73
Andres Galarraga 4,038 74
Chipper Jones 4,020 75
Roberto Alomar 4,018 76
Carlton Fisk 3,999 77
Rod Carew 3,998 78
Joe Morgan 3,962 79
Orlando Cepeda 3,959 80
Sam Rice 3,955 81
Joe DiMaggio 3,948 82
Steve Garvey 3,941 83
Frankie Frisch 3,937 84
Carlos Delgado 3,927 85
Chili Davis 3,914 86
Joe Carter 3,910 87
Larry Walker 3,904 88
Gary Gaetti 3,881 89
George Sisler 3,871 90
Darrell Evans 3,866 91
Duke Snider 3,865 92
Joe Medwick 3,852 93
Bill Buckner 3,833 94
Vladimir Guerrero 3,802 95
Ted Simmons 3,793 96
Ed Delahanty 3,791 97
Roger Connor 3,788 98
Ryne Sandberg 3,787 99
Graig Nettles 3,779 100
Ron Santo 3,779  
Current Through 2008 Season


Hank Aaron had fifteen (15) seasons where he collected more than three-hundred (300+) total bases — the most seasons by any player.

Did you know that Lou Gehrig had five (5) seasons where he collected more than four-hundred (400+) total bases — the most seasons by any player?

On July 31, 1954, Joe Adcock accomplished a famous first by collecting an all time record of eighteen (18) total bases during a single game; one double and four (4) home runs.