List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders

In baseball statistics, a stolen base is credited to a baserunner when he successfully advances to the next base while the pitcher is throwing the ball to home plate. Under Rule 5.06 of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Official Rules, a runner acquires the right to an unoccupied base when he touches it before he is out. Such a play is considered a stolen base when they reach that base unaided by another event, including a hit, putout, or error, under Rule 9.07. Stolen bases were more common in baseball's dead-ball era, when teams relied more on stolen bases and hit and run plays than on home runs.

Rickey Henderson holds the MLB career stolen base record with 1,406. He is the only MLB player to steal 1,000 bases. Following Henderson is Lou Brock with 938 stolen bases; Billy Hamilton is third on the all-time steals listing. Hamilton's career steals total varies by source, but all sources place him third on the list above Ty Cobb (897), Tim Raines (808), Vince Coleman (752), Arlie Latham (742), Eddie Collins (741), Max Carey (738), and Honus Wagner (723), who are the only other players to have stolen at least 700 bases. Coleman is the leader for retired players who are not members of the Hall of Fame.

Brock held the all-time career stolen bases before being surpassed by Henderson in 1991. Brock had held the record since 1977. Before Brock, Hamilton held the record for eighty-one years, from 1897 to 1977. Before that, Latham held the record from 1887 to 1896. Latham was also the first player to collect 300 career stolen bases. With Kenny Lofton's retirement in 2007, 2008 was the first season since 1967 in which no active player had more than 500 career stolen bases. Between 2008 and 2010, no active player had more than 500 stolen bases until Juan Pierre collected his 500th stolen base on August 5, 2010. He was the leader in stolen bases for active players until his retirement at the end of the 2013 season. Since Ichiro Suzuki retired early in the 2019 season, no active player has topped 400 steals. As of July 22, 2026, there is one active player is in the list of top 100 base stealers. The active leader in stolen bases is Starling Marte who is tied for 100th all-time with 363.

Key Rank Rank amongst leaders in career stolen bases. A blank field indicates a tie. Player Name of player. SB Total career stolen bases.*denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. denotes active player.

List

Stats updated as of July 22, 2026. RankPlayerSB1Rickey Henderson*1,4062Lou Brock*9383Billy Hamilton*9124Ty Cobb*8925Tim Raines*8086Vince Coleman7527Eddie Collins*7458Arlie Latham7399Max Carey*73810Honus Wagner*72211Joe Morgan*68912Willie Wilson66813Tom Brown65714Bert Campaneris64915Kenny Lofton62216Otis Nixon62017George Davis*61618Juan Pierre61419Dummy Hoy59420Maury Wills58621George Van Haltren58322Ozzie Smith*58023Hugh Duffy*57424Bid McPhee*56825Brett Butler55826Davey Lopes55727Cesar Cedeño55028Bill Dahlen54729John Ward*54030Herman Long53631Patsy Donovan51832José Reyes51733Jack Doyle51634Barry Bonds51435Ichiro Suzuki*509Harry Stovey50937Luis Aparicio*506Fred Clarke*50639Paul Molitor*50440Willie Keeler*495Clyde Milan49542Omar Moreno48743Carl Crawford48044Roberto Alomar*47445Mike Griffin47346Jimmy Rollins47047Tommy McCarthy*46848Jimmy Sheckard465Eric Young46550Delino DeShields463 RankPlayerSB51Bobby Bonds46152Ed Delahanty*455Ron LeFlore45554Curt Welch45355Steve Sax44456Joe Kelley*44357Sherry Magee44158John McGraw*43659Tris Speaker*43260Marquis Grissom42961Bob Bescher428Mike Tiernan42863Charlie Comiskey*419Frankie Frisch* 41965Jimmy Ryan41866Rajai Davis41567Craig Biggio*41468Johnny Damon408Tommy Harper40870Chuck Knoblauch40771Donie Bush404Omar Vizquel40473Frank Chance*40174Bobby Abreu40075Bill Lange39976Willie Davis39877Sam Mertes396Juan Samuel39679Dave Collins395Billy North39581Jesse Burkett*38982Tommy Corcoran38783Tom Daly385Freddie Patek38585George Burns383Hugh Nicol38387Fred Pfeffer38288Walt Wilmot38189Nap Lajoie*38090Barry Larkin*37991Harry Hooper*375George Sisler*37593Jack Glasscock37294Luis Castillo370Lonnie Smith37096Tom Goodwin36997King Kelly*36898Sam Crawford*366Tommy Dowd366100Hal Chase363Starling Marte (2)363Tony Womack363

References

External links All-time stolen base leaders at Baseball-Reference.com