MLB Single-Season Shortstop Assists Record Progression

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

The MLB single-season shortstop assists record is 621, set by Ozzie Smith in 1980. It has stood for 46 years. The mark has been raised 16 times since 1871.

Record Holders

17 marks since 1871

Year	Player	SS A	Stood for
1980	Ozzie Smith	621	still standing
1924	Glenn Wright	601	56 years
1920	Dave Bancroft	598	4 years
1914	Rabbit Maranville	574	6 years
1906	Terry Turner	570	8 years
1892	Germany Smith	561	14 years
1889	Ollie Beard	537	3 years
1887	Jack Glasscock	493	2 years
1886	Frank Fennelly	485	1 year
1885	Germany Smith	455	1 year
1884	Billy Geer	398	1 year
1880	Arthur Irwin	339	4 years
1879	George Wright	319	1 year
1875	Dickey Pearce	262	4 years
1873	George Wright	247	2 years
1872	George Wright	193	1 year
1871	Davy Force	159	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	SS A
2025	Willy Adames	398
2024	Ezequiel Tovar	435
2023	Francisco Lindor	396
2022	Jorge Mateo	417
2021	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	436
2020	Trevor Story	161
2019	Marcus Semien	436
2018	Marcus Semien	458
2017	Elvis Andrus	493
2016	Marcus Semien	477
2015	Elvis Andrus	516
2014	Alexei Ramirez	486
2013	Andrelton Simmons	499
2012	J. J. Hardy	529
2011	Alcides Escobar	459
2010	Alexei Ramirez	499
2009	Miguel Tejada	475
2008	Orlando Cabrera	472
2007	Troy Tulowitzki	561
2006	Rafael Furcal	492
2006	Michael Young	492
2005	Jack Wilson	523
2004	Miguel Tejada	526
2003	Miguel Tejada	490
2002	Miguel Tejada	504
2002	Juan Uribe	504
2001	Orlando Cabrera	514
2000	Neifi Perez	523
1999	Mike Bordick	511
1998	Neifi Perez	516
1997	Derek Jeter	457
1996	Jay Bell	478
1995	John Valentin	414
1994	Jay Bell	380
1993	Jay Bell	527
1992	Jay Bell	526
1991	Cal Ripken	528
1990	Tony Fernandez	480
1989	Cal Ripken	531
1988	Ozzie Guillen	570
1987	Ozzie Smith	516
1986	Cal Ripken	482
1985	Ozzie Smith	549
1984	Cal Ripken	583
1983	Cal Ripken	534
1982	Ozzie Smith	535
1981	Ozzie Smith	422
1980	Ozzie Smith	621	new record
1979	Roy Smalley	572
1978	Ivan de Jesus	558
1977	Ivan de Jesus	595
1976	Mark Belanger	545
1975	Bucky Dent	543
1974	Mark Belanger	552
1973	Bill Russell	560
1972	Chris Speier	517
1971	Larry Bowa	560
1970	Ed Brinkman	569
1969	Leo Cardenas	570
1968	Don Kessinger	573
1967	Gene Alley	500
1966	Jim Fregosi	531
1965	Maury Wills	535
1964	Ron Hansen	514
1963	Ron Hansen	483
1962	Dick Groat	521
1961	Roy McMillan	496
1960	Luis Aparicio	551
1959	Ernie Banks	519
1958	Johnny Logan	481
1957	Luis Aparicio	449
1956	Roy McMillan	511
1955	Johnny Logan	511
1954	Harvey Kuenn	496
1953	Roy McMillan	519
1952	Roy McMillan	495
1951	Chico Carrasquel	477
1950	Roy Smalley	541
1949	Vern Stephens	508
1948	Vern Stephens	540
1947	Vern Stephens	494
1946	Luke Appling	505
1945	Buddy Kerr	515
1944	Eddie Miller	544
1943	Whitey Wietelmann	581
1942	Pee Wee Reese	482
1941	Marty Marion	489
1940	Arky Vaughan	542
1939	Arky Vaughan	531
1938	Arky Vaughan	507
1937	Luke Appling	541
1936	Dick Bartell	559
1935	Luke Appling	556
1934	Billy Rogell	518
1933	Luke Appling	534
1932	Dick Bartell	529
1931	Hal Rhyne	502
1930	Tommy Thevenow	554
1929	Travis Jackson	552
1928	Travis Jackson	547
1927	Joe Sewell	480
1926	Tommy Thevenow	597
1925	Glenn Wright	530
1924	Glenn Wright	601	new record
1923	Roger Peckinpaugh	510
1922	Dave Bancroft	579
1921	Dave Bancroft	546
1920	Dave Bancroft	598	new record
1919	Art Fletcher	521
1918	Art Fletcher	484
1917	Art Fletcher	565
1916	Rabbit Maranville	515
1915	Art Fletcher	544
1914	Rabbit Maranville	574	new record
1913	Buck Weaver	520
1912	Donie Bush	547
1911	Donie Bush	556
1910	George McBride	518
1909	Donie Bush	567
1908	Joe Tinker	570
1907	Bobby Wallace	517
1906	Terry Turner	570	new record
1905	Tommy Corcoran	531
1904	George Davis	514
1903	Bill Dahlen	477
1902	Freddy Parent	492
1901	Bobby Wallace	542
1900	Bill Dahlen	517
1899	Monte Cross	529
1898	Tommy Corcoran	561
1897	Monte Cross	516
1896	Gene DeMontreville	479
1895	Bill Dahlen	527
1894	Germany Smith	513
1893	Germany Smith	500
1892	Germany Smith	561	new record
1891	Germany Smith	507
1890	Bob Allen	500
1889	Ollie Beard	537	new record
1888	Frank Fennelly	463
1887	Jack Glasscock	493	new record
1886	Frank Fennelly	485	new record
1885	Germany Smith	455	new record
1884	Billy Geer	398	new record
1883	Sadie Houck	328
1882	Jack Glasscock	311
1881	Jack Glasscock	274
1880	Arthur Irwin	339	new record
1879	George Wright	319	new record
1878	Bob Ferguson	226
1877	John Peters	215
1876	George Wright	251
1875	Dickey Pearce	262	new record
1874	Dickey Pearce	204
1873	George Wright	247	new record
1872	George Wright	193	new record
1871	Davy Force	159	new record