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Active Leaders & Records for Hits
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
Single-Season
Career
Active
Progressive
Year-by-Year Top-Tens
Yearly League
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Please note that our hit totals for several players differs from that recorded by the Elias Sports Bureau.
See this blog post explaining some of the discrepancies.
Statistic Description: Hits/Hits Allowed
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ichiro Suzuki (16, 42) | 3030 | L |
| 2. | Adrian Beltre (19, 37) | 2942 | R |
| 3. | Albert Pujols (16, 36) | 2825 | R |
| 4. | Carlos Beltran (19, 39) | 2617 | B |
| 5. | Miguel Cabrera (14, 33) | 2519 | R |
| 6. | Jimmy Rollins (17, 37) | 2455 | B |
| 7. | Robinson Cano (12, 33) | 2210 | L |
| 8. | A.J. Pierzynski (19, 39) | 2043 | L |
| 9. | Matt Holliday (13, 36) | 1995 | R |
| 10. | Jose Reyes (14, 33) | 1972 | B |
| 11. | Adrian Gonzalez (13, 34) | 1954 | L |
| 12. | Victor Martinez (14, 37) | 1936 | B |
| 13. | Carl Crawford (15, 34) | 1931 | L |
| 14. | Nick Markakis (11, 32) | 1889 | L |
| 15. | Brandon Phillips (15, 35) | 1863 | R |
| 16. | Joe Mauer (13, 33) | 1826 | L |
| 17. | Chase Utley (14, 37) | 1777 | L |
| David Wright (13, 33) | 1777 | R | |
| 19. | Jhonny Peralta (14, 34) | 1750 | R |
| 20. | Ian Kinsler (11, 34) | 1696 | R |
| 21. | Dustin Pedroia (11, 32) | 1683 | R |
| 22. | Hanley Ramirez (12, 32) | 1660 | R |
| 23. | Melky Cabrera (12, 31) | 1609 | B |
| 24. | Justin Morneau (14, 35) | 1603 | L |
| 25. | Ryan Braun (10, 32) | 1597 | R |
| 26. | Yadier Molina (13, 33) | 1593 | R |
| 27. | Coco Crisp (15, 36) | 1572 | B |
| 28. | Juan Uribe (16, 37) | 1568 | R |
| 29. | Curtis Granderson (13, 35) | 1564 | L |
| 30. | Marlon Byrd (15, 38) | 1534 | R |
| 31. | Hunter Pence (10, 33) | 1520 | R |
| 32. | Matt Kemp (11, 31) | 1513 | R |
| 33. | Ryan Zimmerman (12, 31) | 1505 | R |
| 34. | Aaron Hill (12, 34) | 1492 | R |
| 35. | Adam Jones (11, 30) | 1480 | R |
| 36. | Billy Butler (10, 30) | 1479 | R |
| 37. | Ryan Howard (13, 36) | 1475 | L |
| 38. | Howie Kendrick (11, 32) | 1465 | R |
| 39. | Edwin Encarnacion (12, 33) | 1439 | R |
| 40. | J.J. Hardy (12, 33) | 1433 | R |
| 41. | Omar Infante (15, 34) | 1427 | R |
| 42. | James Loney (11, 32) | 1425 | L |
| 43. | Jayson Werth (14, 37) | 1408 | R |
| 44. | Joey Votto (10, 32) | 1407 | L |
| 45. | Yunel Escobar (10, 33) | 1405 | R |
| 46. | Martin Prado (11, 32) | 1402 | R |
| 47. | Brian McCann (12, 32) | 1397 | L |
| 48. | Alexei Ramirez (9, 34) | 1387 | R |
| 49. | Jeff Francoeur (12, 32) | 1373 | R |
| 50. | Andre Ethier (11, 34) | 1359 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Hits | Bats |
| 51. | Nick Swisher (12, 35) | 1338 | B |
| 52. | Troy Tulowitzki (11, 31) | 1329 | R |
| 53. | Erick Aybar (11, 32) | 1324 | B |
| 54. | Justin Upton (10, 28) | 1315 | R |
| 55. | Jose Bautista (13, 35) | 1311 | R |
| Evan Longoria (9, 30) | 1311 | R | |
| 57. | Andrew McCutchen (8, 29) | 1304 | R |
| 58. | Nelson Cruz (12, 35) | 1287 | R |
| Ben Zobrist (11, 35) | 1287 | B | |
| 60. | Jacoby Ellsbury (10, 32) | 1282 | L |
| 61. | Shane Victorino (12, 35) | 1274 | R |
| 62. | Michael Bourn (11, 33) | 1272 | L |
| 63. | Elvis Andrus (8, 27) | 1266 | R |
| 64. | Melvin Upton (12, 31) | 1260 | R |
| 65. | Asdrubal Cabrera (10, 30) | 1253 | B |
| 66. | Denard Span (9, 32) | 1249 | L |
| 67. | Russell Martin (11, 33) | 1246 | R |
| 68. | Alex Gordon (10, 32) | 1238 | L |
| 69. | Shin-Soo Choo (12, 33) | 1206 | L |
| 70. | Chase Headley (10, 32) | 1191 | B |
| 71. | Adam Lind (11, 32) | 1166 | L |
| 72. | Jay Bruce (9, 29) | 1153 | L |
| 73. | Carlos Gonzalez (9, 30) | 1152 | L |
| 74. | Daniel Murphy (8, 31) | 1151 | L |
| 75. | Starlin Castro (7, 26) | 1147 | R |
| 76. | Angel Pagan (11, 34) | 1143 | B |
| 77. | Kelly Johnson (11, 34) | 1140 | L |
| 78. | Josh Hamilton (9, 35) | 1134 | L |
| 79. | Alcides Escobar (9, 29) | 1105 | R |
| 80. | Ian Desmond (8, 30) | 1095 | R |
| 81. | Stephen Drew (11, 33) | 1085 | L |
| 82. | Kurt Suzuki (10, 32) | 1071 | R |
| 83. | Mark Reynolds (10, 32) | 1070 | R |
| 84. | Rickie Weeks (13, 33) | 1066 | R |
| 85. | Pablo Sandoval (9, 29) | 1061 | B |
| 86. | Jose Altuve (6, 26) | 1046 | R |
| 87. | Mike Napoli (11, 34) | 1043 | R |
| 88. | Chris Young (11, 32) | 1033 | R |
| 89. | Kendrys Morales (10, 33) | 1014 | B |
| 90. | Gerardo Parra (8, 29) | 1013 | L |
| 91. | Buster Posey (8, 29) | 1005 | R |
| 92. | Carlos Gomez (10, 30) | 1003 | R |
| 93. | Dexter Fowler (9, 30) | 1001 | B |
| 94. | Rajai Davis (11, 35) | 983 | R |
| 95. | Austin Jackson (7, 29) | 971 | R |
| 96. | Brett Gardner (9, 32) | 950 | L |
| 97. | Freddie Freeman (7, 26) | 949 | L |
| Neil Walker (8, 30) | 949 | B | |
| 99. | Eric Hosmer (6, 26) | 940 | L |
| 100. | Miguel Montero (11, 32) | 933 | L |
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