List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders
On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging average.[1] The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important offensive skills, are represented.
Below is the list of the top 100 Major League Baseball players in career OPS with at least 3,000 career plate appearances.
Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career 1.1636 OPS. Ted Williams (1.1155), Lou Gehrig (1.0798), Oscar Charleston (1.0632), Barry Bonds (1.0512), Jimmie Foxx (1.0376), Turkey Stearnes (1.0340), Mule Suttles (1.0176), Hank Greenberg (1.0169), Rogers Hornsby (1.0103) and Mike Trout (1.0019) are the only other players with a career OPS over 1.0000.
Key[]
Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career OPS. A blank field indicates a tie. |
Player | Name of the player. |
OPS | Total career OPS. |
* | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
List[]
- Stats updated as of the end of the 2021 season.
Rank | Player | OPS |
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1 | Babe Ruth * | 1.1636 |
2 | Ted Williams * | 1.1155 |
3 | Lou Gehrig * | 1.0798 |
4 | Oscar Charleston * | 1.0632 |
5 | Barry Bonds | 1.0512 |
6 | Jimmie Foxx * | 1.0376 |
7 | Turkey Stearnes * | 1.0340 |
8 | Mule Suttles * | 1.0276 |
9 | Hank Greenberg * | 1.0169 |
10 | Rogers Hornsby * | 1.0103 |
11 | Mike Trout | 1.0019 |
12 | Manny Ramírez | .9960 |
13 | Mark McGwire | .9823 |
14 | Mickey Mantle * | .9773 |
15 | Joe DiMaggio * | .9771 |
16 | Stan Musial * | .9757 |
17 | Frank Thomas * | .9740 |
18 | Larry Walker * | .9654 |
19 | Jud Wilson * | .9618 |
20 | Johnny Mize * | .9591 |
21 | Jim Thome * | .9560 |
22 | Todd Helton | .9531 |
23 | Jeff Bagwell * | .9480 |
24 | Mel Ott * | .9471 |
25 | Ralph Kiner * | .9459 |
26 | Willie Wells * | .9455 |
27 | Lefty O'Doul | .9451 |
28 | Ty Cobb * | .9446 |
29 | Dan Brouthers * | .9435 |
30 | Lance Berkman | .9429 |
31 | Willie Mays * | .9414 |
32 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | .9401 |
33 | Hack Wilson * | .9399 |
34 | Joey Votto | .9367 |
35 | Albert Belle | .9333 |
Edgar Martínez * | .9333 | |
37 | Vladimir Guerrero * | .9312 |
38 | David Ortiz | .9310 |
39 | Chipper Jones * | .9304 |
40 | Harry Heilmann * | .9300 |
41 | Alex Rodriguez | .9299 |
42 | Carlos Delgado | .9293 |
43 | Hank Aaron * | .9285 |
44 | Earl Averill * | .9283 |
Tris Speaker * | .9283 | |
46 | Charlie Keller | .9276 |
47 | Frank Robinson * | .9259 |
48 | Ken Williams | .9238 |
49 | Chuck Klein * | .9218 |
50 | Mike Piazza * | .9217 |
Rank | Player | OPS |
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51 | Miguel Cabrera | .9196 |
52 | Duke Snider * | .9194 |
53 | Albert Pujols | .9187 |
54 | Ed Delahanty * | .9165 |
55 | Jason Giambi | .9157 |
56 | Bryce Harper | .9156 |
57 | Babe Herman | .9148 |
58 | Al Simmons * | .9147 |
59 | Dick Allen | .9117 |
60 | Paul Goldschmidt | .9106 |
61 | Mike Schmidt * | .9075 |
62 | Ken Griffey Jr. * | .9073 |
63 | Gary Sheffield | .9070 |
64 | Mo Vaughn | .9058 |
65 | Juan González | .9039 |
66 | Jim Edmonds | .9030 |
67 | Brian Giles | .9022 |
68 | Bill Joyce | .9020 |
69 | Giancarlo Stanton | .9012 |
70 | Bob Johnson | .8987 |
Bill Terry * | .8987 | |
72 | Chick Hafey * | .8980 |
73 | Mickey Cochrane * | .8970 |
74 | Freddie Freeman | .8925 |
Hal Trosky | .8925 | |
76 | Ryan Braun | .8906 |
77 | Mookie Betts | .8903 |
78 | Sam Thompson * | .8896 |
79 | Willie McCovey * | .8891 |
80 | Matt Holliday | .8889 |
81 | Willie Stargell * | .8887 |
82 | Billy Hamilton * | .8875 |
83 | Prince Fielder | .8873 |
84 | Jake Stenzel | .8868 |
85 | Goose Goslin * | .8867 |
86 | Jackie Robinson * | .8865 |
87 | Fred McGriff | .8860 |
88 | Larry Doby * | .8857 |
89 | Eddie Mathews * | .8855 |
90 | Rafael Palmeiro | .8852 |
91 | Moisés Alou | .8550 |
92 | Harmon Killebrew * | .8842 |
93 | Charlie Gehringer * | .8841 |
94 | Tim Salmon | .8836 |
95 | Roger Connor * | .8828 |
96 | George Selkirk | .8826 |
97 | Nomar Garciaparra | .8821 |
98 | J. D. Martinez | .8813 |
99 | Wally Berger | .8805 |
100 | Kris Bryant | .8803 |
Notes[]
- ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
External links[]
- "Career Leaders & Records for On-Base Plus Slugging". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ See www.baseballprospectus.com or rec.sport.baseball Archived 2010-08-10 at the Wayback Machine.
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