List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders

In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats. Unlike batting average, slugging percentage gives more weight to extra-base hits with doubles, triples, and home runs, relative to singles. Plate appearances ending in walks are specifically excluded from this calculation, as an appearance that ends in a walk is not counted as an at-bat.

Babe Ruth, the all-time leader in career slugging percentage.

Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career slugging percentage of .6897. Ted Williams (.6338), Lou Gehrig (.6324), Mule Suttles (.6179), Turkey Stearnes (.6165), Oscar Charleston (.6145), Jimmie Foxx (.6093), Barry Bonds (.6069), and Hank Greenberg (.6050) are the only other players with a career slugging percentage over .600.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career slugging percentage. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of the player.
SLG	Total career slugging percentage.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.^[note 1]

List

 

Aaron Judge, the active leader and 12th all-time in career slugging percentage.

• Stats updated as of April 9, 2024.

Rank	Player	SLG
1	Babe Ruth*	.6897
2	Ted Williams*	.6338
3	Lou Gehrig*	.6324
4	Mule Suttles*	.6179
5	Turkey Stearnes*	.6165
6	Oscar Charleston*	.6145
7	Jimmie Foxx*	.6093
8	Barry Bonds	.6069
9	Hank Greenberg*	.6050
10	Mark McGwire	.5882
11	Manny Ramirez	.5854
12	Aaron Judge	.5840
13	Mike Trout	.5831
14	Joe DiMaggio*	.5788
15	Rogers Hornsby*	.5765
16	Larry Walker*	.5652
17	Albert Belle	.5638
18	Johnny Mize*	.5620
19	Juan González	.5607
20	Stan Musial*	.5591
21	Mickey Mantle*	.5568
22	Willie Mays*	.5566
23	Frank Thomas*	.5549
24	Hank Aaron*	.5545
25	Jim Thome*	.5541
26	Vladimir Guerrero*	.5525
27	David Ortiz*	.5515
28	Alex Rodriguez	.5502
29	Ralph Kiner*	.5479
30	Carlos Delgado	.5459
31	Mike Piazza*	.5452
32	Hack Wilson*	.5447
33	Albert Pujols	.5438
34	Chuck Klein*	.5430
35	Jeff Bagwell*	.5403
36	Duke Snider*	.5397
37	Todd Helton*	.5391
38	Ken Griffey Jr.*	.5378
39	Frank Robinson*	.5370
40	Lance Berkman	.5369
41	Willie Wells*	.5355
42	Al Simmons*	.5349
43	Sammy Sosa	.5338
44	Dick Allen	.5336
	Earl Averill*	.5336
46	Ronald Acuña Jr.	.5332
47	Mel Ott*	.5331
48	Ryan Braun	.5323
49	Babe Herman	.5319
	Lefty O'Doul	.5319

Rank	Player	SLG
51	Ken Williams	.5304
52	Chipper Jones*	.5293
53	Giancarlo Stanton	.5292
53	Mookie Betts	.5291
55	Willie Stargell*	.5286
56	Mike Schmidt*	.5273
57	Jim Edmonds	.5271
58	Chick Hafey*	.5261
59	Nolan Arenado	.5256
60	Juan Soto	.5244
61	J. D. Martinez	.5240
62	Jud Wilson*	.5237
63	Matt Olson	.5234
64	Mo Vaughn	.5231
65	Wally Berger	.5216
	Hal Trosky	.5216
67	Bryce Harper	.5212
68	Nomar Garciaparra	.5206
69	Harry Heilmann*	.5205
70	Dan Brouthers*	.5201
71	Kevin Mitchell	.5198
72	Miguel Cabrera	.5183
73	Charlie Keller	.5177
74	Paul Goldschmidt	.5175
75	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.5174
76	Jason Giambi	.5164
77	Moisés Alou	.5157
	Josh Hamilton	.5157
79	Edgar Martínez*	.5155
80	Ryan Howard	.5152
81	Willie McCovey*	.5147
82	José Canseco	.5145
	Rafael Palmeiro	.5145
84	Gary Sheffield	.5139
85	Freddie Freeman	.5137
86	Nelson Cruz	.5129
87	Ty Cobb*	.5117
88	Corey Seager	.5112
89	Joey Votto	.5110
90	Ellis Burks	.5104
91	Matt Holliday	.5102
92	Eddie Mathews*	.5094
	Mark Teixeira	.5094
94	Fred McGriff *	.5091
95	Jeff Heath	.5088
96	Rafael Devers	.5086
97	Harmon Killebrew*	.5085
98	Richie Sexson	.5069
99	Bob Johnson	.5059
	Bill Terry*	.5059

Notes

1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

Sources

• "Career Leaders & Records for Slugging %". Baseball-Reference.com.