List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders

Babe Ruth, the all-time leader in career slugging percentage.

In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats. Unlike batting average, slugging percentage gives more weight to extra-base hits with doubles, triples, and home runs, relative to singles. Walks are specifically excluded from this calculation, as a plate appearance that ends in a walk is not counted as an at bat.

Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career slugging percentage of .6897. Ted Williams (.6338), Lou Gehrig (.6324), Jimmie Foxx (.6093), Barry Bonds (.6069), and Hank Greenberg (.6050) are the only other players with a career slugging percentage over .600.

Key

RankRank amongst leaders in career slugging percentage. A blank field indicates a tie.
PlayerName of the player.
SLGTotal career slugging percentage.
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Denotes active player.[note 1]

List

Ted Williams, second all-time in career slugging percentage.
  • Stats updated as of the 2018 season.
Rank Player SLG
1 Babe Ruth * .6897
2 Ted Williams * .6338
3 Lou Gehrig * .6324
4 Jimmie Foxx * .6093
5 Barry Bonds .6069
6 Hank Greenberg * .6050
7 Mark McGwire .5882
8 Manny Ramirez .5854
9 Joe DiMaggio * .5788
10 Rogers Hornsby * .5765
11 Mike Trout .5734
12 Larry Walker .5652
13 Albert Belle .5638
14 Johnny Mize * .5620
15 Juan González .5607
16 Stan Musial * .5591
17 Willie Mays * .5575
18 Mickey Mantle * .5568
19 Frank Thomas * .5549
20 Hank Aaron * .5545
21 Albert Pujols .5543
22 Jim Thome * .5541
23 Vladimir Guerrero * .5525
24 David Ortiz .5515
25 Miguel Cabrera .5512
26 Alex Rodriguez .5502
27 Ralph Kiner * .5479
28 Giancarlo Stanton .5477
29 Carlos Delgado .5459
30 Mike Piazza * .5452
31 Hack Wilson * .5447
32 Chuck Klein * .5430
33 Jeff Bagwell * .5403
34 Duke Snider * .5397
35 Nolan Arenado .5391
Todd Helton .5391
37 Ken Griffey, Jr. * .5378
38 Frank Robinson * .5370
39 Lance Berkman .5369
40 Ryan Braun .5353
41 Al Simmons * .5349
42 Sammy Sosa .5338
43 J. D. Martinez .5337
44 Dick Allen .5336
Earl Averill * .5336
46 Mel Ott * .5331
47 Babe Herman .5319
Lefty O'Doul .5319
49 Paul Goldschmidt .5318
50 Ken Williams .5304
Rank Player SLG
51 Joey Votto .5296
52 Chipper Jones * .5293
53 Willie Stargell * .5286
54 Mike Schmidt * .5273
55 Jim Edmonds .5271
56 Chick Hafey * .5261
57 Mo Vaughn .5231
58 Wally Berger .5216
Hal Trosky .5216
60 Nomar Garciaparra .5206
61 Harry Heilmann * .5205
62 Dan Brouthers * .5201
63 Kevin Mitchell .5198
64 Khris Davis .5187
65 Nelson Cruz .5182
66 Charlie Keller .5177
67 Shoeless Joe Jackson .5174
68 Jason Giambi .5164
69 Moisés Alou .5157
Josh Hamilton .5157
71 José Abreu .5156
72 Edgar Martínez .5155
73 Ryan Howard .5152
74 Willie McCovey * .5147
75 José Canseco .5145
Rafael Palmeiro .5145
77 Gary Sheffield .5139
78 Bryce Harper .5121
79 Ty Cobb * .5120
80 Ellis Burks .5104
81 Matt Holliday .5102
82 Eddie Mathews * .5094
Mark Teixeira .5094
84 Fred McGriff .5091
85 Jeff Heath .5088
86 Harmon Killebrew * .5085
87 Josh Donaldson .5070
88 Richie Sexson .5069
89 Carlos González .5063
90 Bob Johnson .5059
Bill Terry * .5059
92 Prince Fielder .5056
93 Darryl Strawberry .5054
94 Sam Thompson * .5053
95 Ed Delahanty * .5051
96 Joe Medwick * .5045
97 Brian Giles .5024
Magglio Ordóñez .5024
99 Jim Rice * .5020
100 Dave Orr .5017

Notes

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

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