All-Time MLB First Base Fielding Percentage Leaders

Paul Goldschmidt is the all-time MLB leader in first base fielding percentage with .997. He did it in 15 seasons, from 2011 to 2025. The top ten runs from .997 down to .996.

Career rate stats are limited to players with 1,000+ games at the position, the usual bar for all-time rate leaderboards. That is a raw total rather than a share of the schedule, so it falls unevenly across eras. Negro League seasons ran roughly 25 to 70 games against 154 or more in the American and National Leagues, and exactly one Negro League fielder reaches 1,000 games at a single position. The outfield is also one position here rather than three: the source splits left, centre and right into a file this site does not load, so an outfield board mixes the three corners together. Show all players

All-time MLB leader Paul Goldschmidt 2011–2025 · 15 seasons

.997 First Base Fielding Percentage Tied with Travis Lee

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#	Player	Seasons	1B FPCT	G	PO	A	E
1	Paul Goldschmidt	2011–2025 (15)	.997	1,984	16,304	1,354	59
2	TL Travis Lee	1998–2006 (9)	.997	1,018	8,112	584	29
3	Mark Teixeira	2003–2016 (14)	.997	1,769	14,942	966	55
4	Todd Helton	1997–2013 (17)	.996	2,178	18,889	1,726	79
5	Justin Morneau	2003–2015 (13)	.996	1,324	11,239	921	49
6	Steve Garvey	1972–1987 (16)	.996	2,059	18,844	1,026	81
7	Freddie Freeman	2010–2025 (16)	.996	2,152	16,733	1,313	76
8	Don Mattingly	1982–1995 (14)	.996	1,634	14,148	1,104	64
9	Justin Smoak	2010–2020 (11)	.996	1,163	8,972	510	40
10	Mitch Moreland	2010–2021 (12)	.996	1,045	7,452	566	34
11	Wes Parker	1964–1972 (9)	.996	1,108	9,640	695	45
12	J. T. Snow	1992–2006 (15)	.996	1,656	12,855	1,016	63
13	John Olerud	1989–2005 (17)	.995	2,053	16,165	1,418	82
14	Adrian Gonzalez	2004–2018 (15)	.995	1,836	14,962	1,391	76
15	Sean Casey	1997–2008 (12)	.995	1,313	10,875	558	53
16	DS David Segui	1990–2004 (15)	.995	1,120	8,477	766	43
17	Anthony Rizzo	2011–2024 (14)	.995	1,699	13,128	1,420	69
18	Paul Konerko	1997–2014 (18)	.995	1,904	15,936	1,111	83
19	Tino Martinez	1990–2005 (16)	.995	1,869	15,001	1,159	80
20	Dan Driessen	1973–1987 (15)	.995	1,375	10,863	732	58
21	Jim Spencer	1968–1982 (15)	.995	1,221	9,898	797	55
22	Matt Olson	2016–2025 (10)	.995	1,196	9,160	771	51
23	Frank McCormick	1934–1948 (13)	.995	1,448	13,798	1,001	78
24	Lyle Overbay	2003–2014 (12)	.995	1,435	11,755	1,000	68
25	Chris Davis	2008–2020 (13)	.995	1,147	9,204	573	52
26	Mark Grace	1988–2003 (16)	.995	2,162	18,503	1,665	110
27	Adam LaRoche	2004–2015 (12)	.995	1,468	12,072	935	70
28	Wally Joyner	1986–2001 (16)	.994	1,913	16,081	1,470	99
29	Rafael Palmeiro	1987–2005 (19)	.994	2,139	17,738	1,587	111
30	Richie Sexson	1997–2008 (12)	.994	1,198	9,689	944	61
31	Keith Hernandez	1974–1990 (17)	.994	2,014	17,909	1,682	115
32	Vic Power	1954–1965 (12)	.994	1,304	10,141	1,078	66
33	Kent Hrbek	1981–1994 (14)	.994	1,609	13,725	1,049	87
34	Joe Adcock	1950–1966 (16)	.994	1,501	13,006	879	83
35	Carlos Santana	2011–2025 (15)	.994	1,485	11,220	888	72
36	Derrek Lee	1997–2011 (15)	.994	1,901	14,910	1,367	98
37	Carlos Peña	2001–2014 (14)	.994	1,379	10,900	906	71
38	Brandon Belt	2011–2023 (13)	.994	1,221	9,211	794	60
39	Eric Hosmer	2011–2023 (13)	.994	1,622	12,554	1,058	84
40	Miguel Cabrera	2008–2023 (13)	.994	1,196	9,410	753	62
41	Albert Pujols	2001–2022 (22)	.994	2,026	17,049	1,634	116
42	John Mayberry	1968–1982 (14)	.994	1,478	13,169	827	88
43	Pete O'Brien	1982–1993 (12)	.994	1,377	11,651	1,064	79
44	Ernie Banks	1961–1971 (11)	.994	1,259	12,005	809	80
45	MJ Mike Jorgensen	1968–1985 (17)	.994	1,052	6,529	537	44
46	Lee May	1966–1982 (17)	.994	1,507	12,885	894	88
47	Ed Kranepool	1962–1979 (18)	.994	1,304	10,492	779	72
48	Joey Votto	2007–2023 (17)	.994	1,970	14,722	1,758	106
49	Jim Thome	1997–2012 (12)	.994	1,106	9,165	709	64
50	Mark McGwire	1987–2001 (15)	.993	1,763	14,451	1,042	103

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