List of Major League Baseball career times on base leaders

In baseball statistics, the term times on base, also abbreviated as TOB, is the cumulative total number of times a batter has reached base as a result of hits, walks and hit by pitches. This statistic does not include times reaching first by way of error, dropped third strike, fielder's obstruction or a fielder's choice, making this statistic somewhat of a misnomer.

Pete Rose is the all-time leader, being on base 5,929 times in his career. Barry Bonds (5,599), Ty Cobb (5,532), Rickey Henderson (5,343), Carl Yastrzemski (5,304), Stan Musial (5,282), and Hank Aaron (5,205) are the only other players to be on base more than 5,000 times.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career times on base. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2020 TOB)	Number of times on base during the 2020 Major League Baseball season.
TOB	Total career times on base.
*	denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	denotes active player.[lower-alpha 1]

List

Rickey Henderson, 4th all-time in career times on base.

• Stats updated as of the 2020 season

Rank	Player (2020 TOB)	TOB
1	Pete Rose	5,929
2	Barry Bonds	5,599
3	Ty Cobb *	5,532
4	Rickey Henderson *	5,343
5	Carl Yastrzemski *	5,304
6	Stan Musial *	5,282
7	Hank Aaron *	5,205
8	Tris Speaker *	4,998
9	Babe Ruth *	4,978
10	Eddie Collins *	4,891
11	Willie Mays *	4,791
12	Derek Jeter *	4,717
13	Ted Williams *	4,714
14	Albert Pujols (44)	4,675
15	Mel Ott *	4,648
16	Alex Rodriguez	4,629
17	Eddie Murray *	4,606
18	Frank Robinson *	4,561
19	Honus Wagner *	4,508
20	Craig Biggio *	4,505
21	Paul Molitor *	4,460
	Rafael Palmeiro	4,460
23	Cap Anson *	4,451
24	Wade Boggs *	4,445
25	Joe Morgan *	4,422
26	Cal Ripken Jr. *	4,379
27	Dave Winfield *	4,351
28	Al Kaline *	4,339
29	Gary Sheffield	4,299
30	George Brett *	4,283
31	Paul Waner *	4,281
32	Lou Gehrig *	4,274
33	Chipper Jones *	4,256
34	Frank Thomas *	4,222
35	Ken Griffey Jr. *	4,174
36	Mickey Mantle *	4,161
37	Robin Yount *	4,156
38	Jim Thome *	4,144
39	Adrián Beltré	4,111
	Jimmie Foxx *	4,111
41	Rod Carew *	4,096
42	Miguel Cabrera (76)	4,089
43	Charlie Gehringer*	4,075
44	Luke Appling *	4,062
45	Reggie Jackson *	4,055
46	Rusty Staub	4,050
47	Rogers Hornsby *	4,016
48	Manny Ramirez	4,012
49	Bobby Abreu	3,979
50	Tim Raines *	3,977

Rank	Player (2020 TOB)	TOB
51	Tony Gwynn *	3,955
52	Jesse Burkett *	3,954
	Omar Vizquel	3,954
54	Harold Baines *	3,942
55	Todd Helton	3,911
56	Nap Lajoie *	3,893
57	Dwight Evans	3,890
58	Darrell Evans	3,863
59	Carlos Beltrán	3,860
60	Luis Gonzalez	3,857
61	Jeff Bagwell *	3,843
62	Fred McGriff	3,834
63	Lou Brock *	3,833
64	David Ortiz	3,829
65	Johnny Damon	3,822
66	Mike Schmidt *	3,820
67	Richie Ashburn *	3,815
68	Roberto Alomar *	3,806
69	Billy Williams *	3,799
70	Ichiro Suzuki	3,791
71	Eddie Mathews *	3,785
72	Max Carey *	3,782
73	Brooks Robinson *	3,761
74	Sam Rice *	3,751
75	Sam Crawford *	3,744
76	Goose Goslin *	3,739
77	Jake Beckley *	3,737
78	Fred Clarke *	3,707
79	Tony Pérez *	3,700
80	Harmon Killebrew *	3,693
81	Harry Hooper *	3,678
82	Bill Dahlen	3,665
83	Roberto Clemente *	3,656
84	Frankie Frisch *	3,639
85	Willie McCovey *	3,625
86	Edgar Martínez *	3,619
87	George Davis *	3,614
88	Zack Wheat *	3,611
89	John Olerud	3,602
90	Chili Davis	3,589
91	Lou Whitaker	3,586
92	Willie Keeler *	3,585
93	Eddie Yost	3,576
94	Al Simmons *	3,572
95	Ozzie Smith *	3,565
96	Jason Giambi	3,556
	Harry Heilmann	3,556
98	Mark Grace	3,554
99	Brett Butler	3,542
100	Julio Franco	3,541

Notes

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

References

• Career Leaders & Records for Times On Base at Baseball-Reference.com