League Leaders Who Led?

MLB Single-Season Outfield Range Factor Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

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The MLB single-season outfield range factor record is 3.85, set by Johnny Ryan in 1874. It has stood for 152 years. The mark has been raised 2 times since 1871.

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Record Holders

3 marks since 1871
Year Player OF RF Stood for
1874 Johnny Ryan Johnny Ryan 3.85 still standing
1872 Ed Mincher 3.73 2 years
1871 John Hatfield John Hatfield 3.38 1 year

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

157 seasons
Year Leader OF RF
2025 Brenton Doyle 2.91
2024 Brenton Doyle 2.97
2023 Brenton Doyle 3.06
2022 Alek Thomas 2.81
2021 Michael Taylor 2.60
2020 Ramon Laureano 2.76
2019 Mike Trout 2.45
2018 Adam Engel 2.57
2017 Lorenzo Cain 2.89
2016 Ender Inciarte 2.83
2015 Lorenzo Cain 2.90
2014 Leonys Martin 2.80
2013 Coco Crisp 2.81
2012 Denard Span 2.76
2011 Andrew McCutchen 2.73
2010 Adam Jones 2.91
2009 Adam Jones 3.03
2008 Carlos Gomez 2.95
2007 Coco Crisp 2.88
2006 Carlos Beltran 2.72
2005 Jeremy Reed 2.85
2004 Rocco Baldelli 2.85
2003 Mike Cameron 3.32
2002 Darin Erstad 3.24
2001 Torii Hunter 3.22
2000 Richard Hidalgo 2.88
1999 Andruw Jones 3.12
1998 Brian Hunter 2.86
1997 Mike Cameron 3.03
1996 Ken Griffey 2.81
1995 Bernie Williams 3.01
1994 Lance Johnson 3.09
1993 Lance Johnson 2.97
1992 Otis Nixon 3.05
1991 Devon White 2.87
1990 Lenny Dykstra 2.99
1989 Gerald Young 2.99
1988 Devon White 3.20
1987 Eric Davis 3.05
1986 Gary Pettis 3.08
1985 Rickey Henderson 3.16
1984 Kirby Puckett 3.55
1983 Dwayne Murphy 3.00
1982 Dwayne Murphy 3.17
1981 Andre Dawson 3.27
1980 Dwayne Murphy 3.29
1979 Garry Maddox 3.19
1978 Rick Bosetti 3.22
1977 Chet Lemon 3.52
1976 Garry Maddox 3.13
1975 Bill North 3.12
1974 Bill North 3.23
1973 Bill North 3.21
1972 Dusty Baker 2.86
1971 Amos Otis 2.88
1970 Paul Blair 2.95
1969 Paul Blair 2.81
1968 Curt Flood 2.66
1967 Paul Blair 2.62
1966 Willie Mays 2.52
1965 Jim Wynn 2.55
1964 Willie Davis 2.68
1963 Don Lock 2.68
1962 Bill Bruton 2.75
1961 Jim Landis 2.86
1960 Jim Piersall 2.69
1959 Bill Virdon 2.92
1958 Richie Ashburn 3.31
1957 Richie Ashburn 3.33
1956 Richie Ashburn 3.34
1955 Bill Tuttle 2.95
1954 Richie Ashburn 3.24
1953 Jim Busby 3.31
1952 Jim Busby 3.31
1951 Richie Ashburn 3.59
1950 Sam Chapman 3.14
1949 Richie Ashburn 3.42
1948 Dom DiMaggio 3.33
1947 Dom DiMaggio 3.22
1946 Wally Judnich 3.03
1945 Carden Gillenwater 3.39
1944 Thurman Tucker 3.55
1943 Thurman Tucker 3.13
1942 Dom DiMaggio 3.03
1941 Sam Chapman 3.10
1940 Mike Kreevich 3.06
1939 Mike Kreevich 3.14
1938 Mike Kreevich 3.04
1937 Sam West 3.00
1937 Mike Kreevich 3.00
1936 Terry Moore 3.25
1935 Sam West 3.38
1934 Kiddo Davis 3.13
1933 Ray Brown 3.14
1932 Lloyd Waner 3.32
1931 Lloyd Waner 3.29
1930 Tom Oliver 3.16
1929 Fred Schulte 3.22
1928 Taylor Douthit 3.62
1927 Taylor Douthit 3.23
1926 Taylor Douthit 3.29
1926 Cando López 3.29
1925 Ira Flagstead 3.15
1924 Baby Doll Jacobson 3.26
1923 Max Carey 3.12
1922 Max Carey 3.04
1921 Max Carey 3.21
1920 Sam Rice 3.12
1919 Tris Speaker 2.99
1918 Max Carey 3.05
1917 Max Carey 3.06
1916 Max Carey 2.93
1915 Sherry Magee 2.68
1914 Tris Speaker 2.90
1913 Dode Paskert 2.91
1912 Tris Speaker 2.66
1911 Ty Cobb 2.74
1910 Tommy Leach 2.79
1909 Tommy Leach 2.50
1908 Roy Thomas 2.70
1907 Tommy Leach 2.69
1906 Roy Thomas 2.48
1905 Roy Thomas 2.72
1904 Cy Seymour 2.52
1903 Roy Thomas 2.59
1902 Fielder Jones 2.58
1901 Jimmy Sheckard 2.50
1900 Fred Clarke 2.61
1899 Jimmy Slagle 2.93
1898 Kip Selbach 2.63
1897 Billy Hoy 2.88
1896 Ed Delahanty 2.83
1895 Mike Griffin 2.88
1894 Billy Hamilton 2.92
1893 Tom Brown 3.10
1892 Jimmy McAleer 2.58
1891 Mike Griffin 2.87
1890 Mike Griffin 2.70
1889 Jimmy Ryan 2.72
1888 Billy Sunday 2.70
1887 Curt Welch 2.97
1886 Dick Johnston 2.50
1885 Jim Fogarty 2.88
1884 Jim Fogarty 2.63
1883 Ned Hanlon 2.54
1882 Ned Hanlon 2.60
1881 Hardy Richardson 2.84
1880 Patrick Gillespie 2.43
1879 Mike Mansell 3.21
1878 Abner Dalrymple 2.28
1877 Charley Jones 3.19
1876 Fred Treacey 3.70
1875 Count Gedney 3.12
1874 Johnny Ryan 3.85 new record
1873 Count Gedney 3.68
1872 Ed Mincher 3.73 new record
1871 John Hatfield 3.38 new record