All-Time MLB Third Base Fielding Percentage Leaders

Mike Lowell is the all-time MLB leader in third base fielding percentage with .974, 1 point clear of Nolan Arenado (.973). He did it in 13 seasons, from 1998 to 2010. The top ten runs from .974 down to .968.

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 Mike Lowell 1998–2010 · 13 seasons

.974 Third Base Fielding Percentage .001 clear of Nolan Arenado

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#	Player	Seasons	3B FPCT	G	PO	A	E
1	Mike Lowell	1998–2010 (13)	.974	1,474	1,140	2,688	101
2	Nolan Arenado	2013–2025 (13)	.973	1,731	1,170	3,750	137
3	Brooks Robinson	1955–1977 (23)	.971	2,870	2,697	6,205	263
4	Matt Chapman	2017–2025 (9)	.971	1,142	1,016	2,206	98
5	Eric Chavez	1998–2014 (16)	.970	1,402	1,035	2,732	116
6	Ken Reitz	1972–1982 (11)	.970	1,321	996	2,477	109
7	Anthony Rendon	2013–2024 (12)	.969	1,008	707	1,666	76
8	George Kell	1943–1957 (15)	.969	1,692	1,825	3,303	166
9	SB Steve Buechele	1985–1995 (11)	.968	1,269	895	2,281	104
10	Don Money	1970–1983 (14)	.968	1,025	897	2,061	97
11	Alex Bregman	2016–2025 (10)	.968	1,108	776	1,951	90
12	Scott Rolen	1996–2012 (17)	.968	2,023	1,478	4,081	186
13	Don Wert	1963–1971 (9)	.968	1,043	914	1,987	97
14	Manny Machado	2012–2025 (14)	.968	1,534	1,154	2,870	135
15	Willie Kamm	1923–1935 (13)	.967	1,674	2,151	3,345	185
16	Heinie Groh	1912–1927 (15)	.967	1,299	1,456	2,554	136
17	JC Jeff Cirillo	1994–2007 (14)	.967	1,403	943	2,545	119
18	Evan Longoria	2008–2023 (16)	.966	1,826	1,305	3,297	160
19	Kyle Seager	2011–2021 (11)	.966	1,427	945	2,930	135
20	Carney Lansford	1978–1992 (15)	.966	1,720	1,382	2,799	148
21	Clete Boyer	1955–1971 (16)	.965	1,439	1,470	3,218	168
22	Gary Gaetti	1981–1999 (19)	.965	2,282	1,699	4,531	224
23	TF Travis Fryman	1990–2002 (13)	.965	1,359	872	2,530	123
24	Vinny Castilla	1992–2006 (14)	.965	1,656	1,156	3,261	161
25	Alex Rodriguez	2004–2016 (12)	.965	1,194	750	2,076	103
26	Ken Oberkfell	1978–1991 (14)	.965	1,046	627	1,996	96
27	Ken Keltner	1937–1950 (13)	.965	1,500	1,576	3,070	171
28	Todd Frazier	2011–2021 (11)	.964	1,069	687	1,889	96
29	Jim Davenport	1958–1970 (13)	.964	1,130	863	1,816	100
30	Buddy Bell	1972–1989 (18)	.964	2,183	1,798	4,925	254
31	Aurelio Rodriguez	1967–1983 (17)	.964	1,983	1,529	4,150	215
32	MW Matt Williams	1987–2003 (17)	.964	1,743	1,293	3,376	177
33	Jose Ramirez	2013–2025 (12)	.964	1,185	825	1,946	105
34	Pedro Feliz	2000–2010 (11)	.963	1,001	610	1,788	92
35	Chase Headley	2007–2018 (12)	.963	1,123	703	2,078	107
36	Willie Jones	1947–1961 (15)	.963	1,614	2,045	2,934	192
37	Eugenio Suarez	2014–2025 (12)	.963	1,367	929	2,335	126
38	Toby Harrah	1971–1984 (13)	.963	1,099	781	1,942	106
39	Joe Randa	1995–2006 (12)	.962	1,362	1,005	2,489	137
40	Wade Boggs	1982–1999 (18)	.962	2,215	1,550	4,246	229
41	Brandon Inge	2004–2013 (10)	.962	1,083	851	2,189	121
42	Pinky Whitney	1928–1939 (12)	.962	1,358	1,455	2,640	164
43	Ron Cey	1972–1987 (16)	.961	1,989	1,500	4,018	223
44	Ken McMullen	1963–1977 (15)	.961	1,318	1,259	2,731	162
45	Graig Nettles	1968–1988 (21)	.961	2,412	1,898	5,279	295
46	Mike Moustakas	2011–2023 (13)	.960	1,165	832	2,046	120
47	Bob Aspromonte	1960–1971 (12)	.960	1,094	1,025	1,879	121
48	Adrian Beltre	1998–2018 (21)	.960	2,759	2,194	5,182	311
49	Tim Wallach	1981–1996 (16)	.959	2,054	1,662	3,992	240
50	Sal Bando	1966–1981 (16)	.959	1,896	1,647	3,720	228

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