League Leaders Who Led?

MLB Single-Season On-Base Plus Slug. Record Progression

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

All-time career leaders →

The MLB single-season on-base plus slug. record is 1.474, set by Josh Gibson in 1937. It has stood for 88 years. The mark has been raised 4 times since 1871.

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Record Holders

5 marks since 1871
Year Player OPS Stood for
1937 Josh Gibson 1.474 still standing
1929 Charlie Smith 1.424 8 years
1928 Ángel Alfonso 1.420 1 year
1920 Babe Ruth Babe Ruth 1.382 8 years
1871 Levi Meyerle 1.200 49 years

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

155 seasons
Year Leader OPS
2025 Aaron Judge 1.144
2024 Aaron Judge 1.159
2023 Shohei Ohtani 1.066
2022 Aaron Judge 1.111
2021 Bryce Harper 1.044
2020 Juan Soto 1.185
2019 Christian Yelich 1.100
2018 Mike Trout 1.088
2017 Mike Trout 1.071
2016 David Ortiz 1.021
2015 Bryce Harper 1.109
2014 Victor Martinez .974
2013 Miguel Cabrera 1.078
2012 Miguel Cabrera .999
2011 Jose Bautista 1.056
2010 Josh Hamilton 1.044
2009 Albert Pujols 1.101
2008 Albert Pujols 1.115
2007 Alex Rodriguez 1.067
2006 Albert Pujols 1.102
2005 Derrek Lee 1.080
2004 Barry Bonds 1.422
2003 Barry Bonds 1.278
2002 Barry Bonds 1.381
2001 Barry Bonds 1.379
2000 Todd Helton 1.162
1999 Larry Walker 1.168
1998 Mark McGwire 1.222
1997 Larry Walker 1.172
1996 Mark McGwire 1.198
1995 Edgar Martinez 1.107
1994 Frank Thomas 1.217
1993 Barry Bonds 1.136
1992 Barry Bonds 1.080
1991 Frank Thomas 1.006
1990 Rickey Henderson 1.016
1989 Kevin Mitchell 1.023
1988 Wade Boggs .965
1987 Jack Clark 1.056
1986 Don Mattingly .967
1985 George Brett 1.022
1984 Dwight Evans .920
1983 George Brett .947
1982 Robin Yount .957
1981 Mike Schmidt 1.080
1980 George Brett 1.118
1979 Fred Lynn 1.059
1978 Dave Parker .979
1977 Rod Carew 1.019
1976 Joe Morgan 1.020
1975 Joe Morgan .974
1974 Willie Stargell .944
1973 Willie Stargell 1.038
1972 Dick Allen 1.023
1971 Hank Aaron 1.079
1970 Willie McCovey 1.056
1969 Willie McCovey 1.108
1968 Willie McCovey .923
1967 Carl Yastrzemski 1.040
1966 Frank Robinson 1.048
1965 Willie Mays 1.043
1964 Mickey Mantle 1.015
1963 Hank Aaron .977
1962 Frank Robinson 1.045
1961 Norm Cash 1.148
1960 Frank Robinson 1.002
1959 Hank Aaron 1.037
1958 Ted Williams 1.042
1957 Ted Williams 1.257
1956 Mickey Mantle 1.169
1955 Willie Mays 1.059
1954 Ted Williams 1.148
1953 Duke Snider 1.046
1952 Stan Musial .970
1951 Ralph Kiner 1.079
1950 Stan Musial 1.034
1949 Ted Williams 1.141
1948 Stan Musial 1.152
1947 Ted Williams 1.133
1946 Ted Williams 1.164
1945 Josh Gibson 1.055
1944 Buck Leonard 1.068
1943 Josh Gibson 1.435
1942 Ted Williams 1.147
1941 Ted Williams 1.287
1940 Buck Leonard 1.129
1939 Jimmie Foxx 1.158
1938 Buck Leonard 1.239
1937 Josh Gibson 1.474 new record
1936 Lou Gehrig 1.174
1935 Arky Vaughan 1.098
1934 Lou Gehrig 1.172
1933 Josh Gibson 1.178
1932 Jimmie Foxx 1.218
1931 Babe Ruth 1.195
1930 Babe Ruth 1.225
1929 Charlie Smith 1.424 new record
1928 Ángel Alfonso 1.420 new record
1927 Babe Ruth 1.258
1926 Mule Suttles 1.349
1925 Oscar Charleston 1.299
1924 Oscar Charleston 1.260
1923 Babe Ruth 1.309
1922 Rogers Hornsby 1.181
1921 Babe Ruth 1.359
1920 Babe Ruth 1.382 new record
1919 Babe Ruth 1.114
1918 Ty Cobb .955
1917 Ty Cobb 1.014
1916 Tris Speaker .972
1915 Ty Cobb .973
1914 Benny Kauff .981
1913 Shoeless Joe Jackson 1.011
1912 Ty Cobb 1.040
1911 Ty Cobb 1.088
1910 Ty Cobb 1.004
1909 Ty Cobb .947
1908 Honus Wagner .957
1907 Honus Wagner .921
1906 George Stone .918
1905 Cy Seymour .988
1904 Nap Lajoie .959
1903 Fred Clarke .946
1902 Ed Delahanty 1.043
1901 Nap Lajoie 1.106
1900 Honus Wagner 1.007
1899 Ed Delahanty 1.046
1898 Billy Hamilton .933
1897 Willie Keeler 1.003
1896 Ed Delahanty 1.103
1895 Ed Delahanty 1.117
1894 Hugh Duffy 1.196
1893 Billy Hamilton 1.014
1892 Dan Brouthers .911
1891 Dan Brouthers .983
1890 Roger Connor .998
1889 Dan Brouthers .969
1888 Cap Anson .899
1887 Tip O'Neill 1.180
1886 Dan Brouthers 1.026
1885 Dan Brouthers .951
1884 Fred Dunlap 1.069
1883 Dan Brouthers .969
1882 Dan Brouthers .950
1881 Cap Anson .952
1880 George Gore .862
1879 John O'Rourke .877
1878 Paul Hines .849
1877 Deacon White .950
1876 Ross Barnes 1.052
1875 Cal McVey .873
1874 Levi Meyerle .889
1873 Ross Barnes 1.080
1872 Ross Barnes 1.035
1871 Levi Meyerle 1.200 new record