List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders
In baseball statistics, total bases 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 or advancing further after the hit does not increase the player's 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, Stan Musial, and Willie Mays are the only other players with at least 6,000 career total bases.
As through the 2025 season, there is only one active player in the top 100 for career total bases. Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is the active leader in career total bases and 79th overall with 4,145.
List
- Stats updated through the end of the 2025 season.
| Rank | Player | TB |
| 1 | Hank Aaron* | 6,856 |
| 2 | Albert Pujols | 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 | Miguel Cabrera | 5,368 |
| 15 | Adrián Beltré* | 5,309 |
| 16 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | 5,271 |
| 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 Ramirez | 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 |
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