List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders

In baseball statistics, total bases (TB) is the number of bases a player has gained with hits. It is a weighted sum for which the weight value is 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run. Only bases attained from hits count toward this total. Reaching base by other means (such as a base on balls) or advancing further after the hit (such as when a subsequent batter gets a hit) does not increase the player's total bases.

Hank Aaron, the all-time leader in total bases

The total bases divided by the number of at bats is the player's slugging average.

Hank Aaron is the career leader in total bases with 6,856. Albert Pujols (6,211), Stan Musial (6,134), and Willie Mays (6,080) are the only other players with at least 6,000 career total bases.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career total bases. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2022 TBs)	Number of total bases during the 2022 Major League Baseball season
TB	Total career total bases
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.^[a]

List

 

Miguel Cabrera, the active leader in career total bases and 16th all-time

• Stats updated as through the 2022 season.

Rank	Player (2022 TBs)	TB
1	Hank Aaron *	6,856
2	Albert Pujols (169)	6,211
3	Stan Musial *	6,134
4	Willie Mays *	6,080
5	Barry Bonds	5,976
6	Ty Cobb *	5,854
7	Alex Rodriguez	5,813
8	Babe Ruth *	5,793
9	Pete Rose	5,752
10	Carl Yastrzemski *	5,539
11	Eddie Murray *	5,397
12	Rafael Palmeiro	5,388
13	Frank Robinson *	5,373
14	Adrián Beltré	5,309
15	Ken Griffey Jr. *	5,271
16	Miguel Cabrera (126)	5,250
17	Dave Winfield *	5,221
18	Cal Ripken Jr. *	5,168
19	Tris Speaker *	5,101
20	Lou Gehrig *	5,060
21	George Brett *	5,044
22	Mel Ott *	5,041
23	Jimmie Foxx *	4,956
24	Derek Jeter *	4,921
25	Ted Williams *	4,884
26	Honus Wagner *	4,870
27	Paul Molitor *	4,854
28	Al Kaline *	4,852
29	Reggie Jackson *	4,834
30	Manny Ramírez	4,826
31	Andre Dawson *	4,787
32	David Ortiz *	4,765
33	Chipper Jones *	4,755
34	Carlos Beltrán	4,751
35	Gary Sheffield	4,737
36	Robin Yount *	4,730
37	Rogers Hornsby *	4,712
38	Craig Biggio *	4,711
39	Ernie Banks *	4,706
40	Sammy Sosa	4,704
41	Al Simmons *	4,685
42	Jim Thome *	4,667
43	Harold Baines *	4,604
44	Billy Williams *	4,599
45	Cap Anson *	4,592
46	Rickey Henderson *	4,588
47	Frank Thomas *	4,550
48	Tony Pérez *	4,532
49	Mickey Mantle *	4,511
50	Vladimir Guerrero *	4,506

Rank	Player (2022 TBs)	TB
51	Roberto Clemente *	4,492
52	Paul Waner *	4,478
53	Nap Lajoie *	4,472
54	Fred McGriff *	4,458
55	Iván Rodríguez *	4,451
56	Dave Parker	4,405
57	Mike Schmidt *	4,404
58	Luis Gonzalez	4,385
59	Eddie Mathews *	4,349
60	Sam Crawford *	4,328
61	Goose Goslin *	4,325
62	Todd Helton	4,292
63	Robinson Canó (19)	4,282
64	Brooks Robinson *	4,270
65	Eddie Collins *	4,268
66	Vada Pinson	4,264
67	Tony Gwynn *	4,259
68	Charlie Gehringer *	4,257
69	Jeff Kent	4,246
70	Lou Brock *	4,238
71	Dwight Evans	4,230
72	Willie McCovey *	4,219
73	Johnny Damon	4,214
74	Jeff Bagwell *	4,213
75	Willie Stargell *	4,190
76	Rusty Staub	4,185
77	Jake Beckley *	4,160
78	Steve Finley	4,157
79	Harmon Killebrew *	4,143
80	Jim Rice *	4,129
81	Zack Wheat *	4,100
82	Torii Hunter	4,087
83	Paul Konerko	4,083
	Al Oliver	4,083
85	Wade Boggs *	4,064
86	Harry Heilmann *	4,053
87	Andrés Galarraga	4,038
88	Bobby Abreu	4,026
89	Roberto Alomar *	4,018
90	Aramis Ramírez	4,004
91	Carlton Fisk *	3,999
92	Rod Carew *	3,998
93	Ichiro Suzuki	3,994
94	Garret Anderson	3,984
95	Carlos Delgado	3,976
96	Joe Morgan *	3,962
97	Orlando Cepeda *	3,959
98	Sam Rice *	3,955
99	Joe DiMaggio *	3,948
100	Steve Garvey	3,941

Notes

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

External links

• Baseball Reference – Career Leaders & Records for Total Bases