League Leaders Who Led?

Most MLB League-Leading Seasons, All-Time

Every player ranked by how many times he finished first in a tracked MLB category, in any discipline. Seasons 1871–2025.

Babe Ruth has led MLB in a tracked category 81 times, more than any other player. That is across 12 categories in 17 seasons.

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# Player Titles Best in baseball Categories Seasons
1 Babe Ruth Babe Ruth 81 64 12 17
2 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 71 55 12 13
3 Ted Williams Ted Williams 68 43 10 13
4 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby 66 13 12 10
5 Willard Brown 62 1 12 9
6 Josh Gibson 60 13 12 12
7 Stan Musial Stan Musial 59 31 11 12
8 Honus Wagner Honus Wagner 56 26 11 12
9 Walter Johnson Walter Johnson 54 28 8 13
10 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers 44 34 11 12
11 Pete Alexander Pete Alexander 43 21 8 13
12 Oscar Charleston Oscar Charleston 43 8 13 10
13 Barry Bonds Barry Bonds 42 29 9 14
14 Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 37 27 8 11
15 Lefty Grove Lefty Grove 37 11 8 13
16 Warren Spahn Warren Spahn 36 22 7 13
17 Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig 34 22 12 10
18 Hank Aaron Hank Aaron 34 20 9 12
19 Bob Feller Bob Feller 33 17 8 8
20 Mike Schmidt Mike Schmidt 33 15 8 10
21 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes 32 32 11 5
22 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 32 25 7 13
23 Ray Brown 32 1 8 10
24 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie 31 25 10 7
25 Cy Young Cy Young 31 22 8 12
26 Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle 31 20 10 10
27 Willie Mays Willie Mays 31 20 11 12
28 Roger Clemens Roger Clemens 31 16 8 10
29 Willie Wells 30 0 12 7
30 Ed Delahanty Ed Delahanty 29 27 11 8
31 Sandy Koufax Sandy Koufax 29 23 8 7
32 Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx 29 18 9 7
33 Dazzy Vance Dazzy Vance 29 14 7 9
34 Buck Leonard 29 10 11 7
35 Carl Yastrzemski Carl Yastrzemski 29 10 11 7
36 Turkey Stearnes 29 1 11 13
37 Hilton Smith 28 7 9 8
38 Christy Mathewson Christy Mathewson 27 8 9 10
39 Chuck Klein Chuck Klein 26 6 11 5
40 Aaron Judge Aaron Judge 25 17 9 4
41 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton 24 19 7 9
42 Greg Maddux Greg Maddux 24 14 6 8
43 Rickey Henderson Rickey Henderson 24 14 6 12
44 Alex Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez 24 11 9 7
45 Satchel Paige Satchel Paige 24 11 8 10
46 Albert Pujols Albert Pujols 23 18 10 7
47 Justin Verlander Justin Verlander 23 17 8 7
48 Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw 23 15 8 7
49 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey 23 11 8 9
50 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 23 10 7 11
51 Cap Anson Cap Anson 22 16 8 12
52 Pedro Martinez Pedro Martinez 22 14 7 6
53 Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 22 11 7 9
54 Mel Ott Mel Ott 22 0 7 11
55 Ed Walsh Ed Walsh 21 16 8 7
56 Pete Rose Pete Rose 21 16 5 13
57 Tris Speaker Tris Speaker 21 14 8 9
58 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton 21 13 7 8
59 Mike Trout Mike Trout 21 11 8 8
60 Johnny Mize Johnny Mize 21 6 9 7
61 Bullet Rogan 21 4 10 7
62 Amos Rusie Amos Rusie 20 19 8 6
63 Wade Boggs Wade Boggs 20 18 7 6
64 Ralph Kiner Ralph Kiner 20 12 8 7
65 Gavvy Cravath Gavvy Cravath 20 9 9 7
66 Mule Suttles 20 3 12 6
67 George Brett George Brett 19 14 8 8
68 Miguel Cabrera Miguel Cabrera 19 14 8 7
69 Rube Waddell Rube Waddell 19 14 6 8
70 John Clarkson John Clarkson 19 10 9 6
71 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe 19 10 8 7
72 Cool Papa Bell Cool Papa Bell 19 2 5 10
73 Henry Kimbro 19 2 12 8
74 Robin Roberts Robin Roberts 18 18 6 7
75 Frank Robinson Frank Robinson 18 12 9 5
76 Rod Carew Rod Carew 18 10 6 7
77 Carl Hubbell Carl Hubbell 18 7 9 7
78 Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani 18 7 9 5
79 Jim LaMarque 18 0 8 4
80 Dizzy Dean Dizzy Dean 17 13 7 5
81 Hank Greenberg Hank Greenberg 17 13 8 7
82 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 17 12 8 6
83 Sam Thompson Sam Thompson 17 12 8 6
84 Joe McGinnity Joe McGinnity 17 10 7 8
85 Harmon Killebrew Harmon Killebrew 17 8 6 8
86 Joe Medwick Joe Medwick 17 4 10 5
87 Manny Ramirez Manny Ramirez 17 2 7 7
88 Mark McGwire Mark McGwire 16 14 6 7
89 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas 16 10 7 5
90 Tony Gwynn Tony Gwynn 16 10 4 8
91 Richie Ashburn Richie Ashburn 16 8 6 9
92 Johan Santana Johan Santana 16 6 6 5
93 Arky Vaughan Arky Vaughan 16 5 8 7
94 Dick Allen Dick Allen 16 5 9 5
95 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond 15 15 8 5
96 Roy Halladay Roy Halladay 15 11 5 8
97 Duke Snider Duke Snider 15 8 9 5
98 Sam Crawford Sam Crawford 15 7 6 10
99 Max Carey Max Carey 15 6 4 11
100 Joey Votto Joey Votto 15 5 5 8