New York Yankees Batting Average Leaders

Babe Ruth holds the Yankees career record with .349 batting average. The single-season record is .393, by Babe Ruth in 1923.

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game with the club, a career 3,000+ plate appearances with the club.

All-time Yankees leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	AVG	G
1	Babe Ruth	1920–1934	.349	2,084
2	Lou Gehrig	1923–1939	.340	2,164
3	Earle Combs	1924–1935	.325	1,455
4	Joe DiMaggio	1936–1951	.325	1,736
5	Bill Dickey	1928–1946	.313	1,789
6	Bob Meusel	1920–1929	.311	1,294
7	DJ Derek Jeter	1995–2014	.310	2,747
8	Robinson Cano	2005–2013	.309	1,374
9	Don Mattingly	1982–1995	.307	1,785
10	Ben Chapman	1930–1936	.305	910
11	PO Paul O'Neill	1993–2001	.303	1,254
12	Mickey Mantle	1951–1968	.298	2,401
13	Bernie Williams	1991–2006	.297	2,076
14	Lou Piniella	1974–1984	.295	1,037
15	Bill Skowron	1954–1962	.294	1,087
16	Willie Keeler	1903–1909	.294	873
17	Aaron Judge	2016–2025	.294	1,145
18	Tony Lazzeri	1926–1937	.293	1,659
19	Hideki Matsui	2003–2009	.292	916
20	Thurman Munson	1969–1979	.292	1,423
21	George Selkirk	1934–1942	.290	846
22	Dave Winfield	1981–1990	.290	1,172
23	Red Rolfe	1931–1942	.289	1,175
24	Charlie Keller	1939–1952	.286	1,066
25	Joe Dugan	1922–1928	.286	785

Single-season Yankees records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	AVG	G
1	Babe Ruth	1923	.393	152
2	Joe DiMaggio	1939	.381	120
3	Lou Gehrig	1930	.379	154
4	Babe Ruth	1924	.378	153
5	Babe Ruth	1921	.378	152
6	Babe Ruth	1920	.376	142
7	Lou Gehrig	1928	.374	154
8	Lou Gehrig	1927	.373	155
9	Babe Ruth	1931	.373	145
10	Babe Ruth	1926	.372	152
11	Mickey Mantle	1957	.365	144
12	DJ LeMahieu	2020	.364	50
13	Lou Gehrig	1934	.363	154
14	Babe Ruth	1930	.359	145
15	PO Paul O'Neill	1994	.359	103
16	Joe DiMaggio	1941	.357	139
17	Earle Combs	1927	.357	152
18	Babe Ruth	1927	.356	151
19	Lou Gehrig	1936	.354	155
19	Tony Lazzeri	1929	.354	147
21	Mickey Mantle	1956	.353	150
22	Joe DiMaggio	1940	.352	132
23	Don Mattingly	1986	.352	162
24	Lou Gehrig	1937	.352	157
25	DJ Derek Jeter	1999	.349	158