List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders

In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats. Unlike batting average, slugging percentage gives more weight to extra-base hits with doubles, triples, and home runs, relative to singles. Plate appearances ending in walks are specifically excluded from this calculation, as an appearance that ends in a walk is not counted as an at-bat.

Among players with at least 3000 plate appearances, Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career slugging percentage of .6897. Ted Williams (.6338), Lou Gehrig (.6324), Mule Suttles (.6179), Turkey Stearnes (.6165), Oscar Charleston (.6145), Jimmie Foxx (.6093), Barry Bonds (.6069), and Hank Greenberg (.6050) are the only other players with a career slugging percentage over .600. With the inclusion of Negro league players in MLB statistics, Josh Gibson becomes the career slugging percentage leader with an SLG of .718.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career slugging percentage. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of the player.
SLG	Total career slugging percentage.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.^{[note 1]}

List

Stats updated as of September 19, 2024.

Rank	Player	SLG
1	Babe Ruth*	.6897
2	Ted Williams*	.6338
3	Lou Gehrig*	.6324
4	Mule Suttles*	.6179
5	Turkey Stearnes*	.6165
6	Oscar Charleston*	.6145
7	Jimmie Foxx*	.6093
8	Barry Bonds	.6069
9	Hank Greenberg*	.6050
10	Aaron Judge	.6015
11	Mark McGwire	.5882
12	Manny Ramirez	.5854
13	Mike Trout	.5808
14	Joe DiMaggio*	.5788
15	Rogers Hornsby*	.5765
16	Shohei Ohtani	.5704
17	Larry Walker*	.5652
18	Albert Belle	.5638
19	Johnny Mize*	.5620
20	Juan González	.5607
21	Stan Musial*	.5591
22	Mickey Mantle*	.5568
23	Willie Mays*	.5566
24	Frank Thomas*	.5549
25	Hank Aaron*	.5545
26	Jim Thome*	.5541
27	Vladimir Guerrero*	.5525
28	David Ortiz*	.5515
29	Alex Rodriguez	.5502
30	Ralph Kiner*	.5479
31	Carlos Delgado	.5459
32	Mike Piazza*	.5452
33	Hack Wilson*	.5447
34	Albert Pujols	.5438
35	Chuck Klein*	.5430
36	Jeff Bagwell*	.5403
37	Duke Snider*	.5397
38	Todd Helton*	.5391
39	Ken Griffey Jr.*	.5378
40	Frank Robinson*	.5370
41	Lance Berkman	.5369
42	Willie Wells*	.5355
43	Al Simmons*	.5349
44	Sammy Sosa	.5338
45	Dick Allen	.5336
	Earl Averill*	.5336
47	Mel Ott*	.5331
48	Juan Soto	.5329
49	Ryan Braun	.5323
50	Babe Herman	.5319

Rank	Player	SLG
	Lefty O'Doul	.5319
52	Ken Williams	.5304
53	Chipper Jones*	.5293
54	Willie Stargell*	.5286
55	Mike Schmidt*	.5273
56	Jim Edmonds	.5271
57	Chick Hafey*	.5261
58	Giancarlo Stanton	.5252
59	Ronald Acuña Jr.	.5248
60	Mookie Betts	.5242
61	Jud Wilson*	.5237
62	Mo Vaughn	.5231
63	Bryce Harper	.5223
64	Wally Berger	.5216
	Hal Trosky	.5216
66	Nomar Garciaparra	.5206
67	Harry Heilmann*	.5205
68	Dan Brouthers*	.5201
69	Kevin Mitchell	.5198
70	Miguel Cabrera	.5183
71	Pete Alonso	.5182
72	Charlie Keller	.5177
73	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.5174
74	Jason Giambi	.5164
75	J. D. Martinez	.5162
76	Nolan Arenado	.5159
77	Moisés Alou	.5157
	Josh Hamilton	.5157
79	Edgar Martínez*	.5155
80	Ryan Howard	.5152
81	Willie McCovey*	.5147
82	José Canseco	.5145
	Rafael Palmeiro	.5145
84	Gary Sheffield	.5139
85	Nelson Cruz	.5129
86	Matt Olson	.5124
87	Freddie Freeman	.5119
88	Ty Cobb*	.5117
89	Corey Seager	.5116
90	Joey Votto	.5110
91	Rafael Devers	.5108
92	Paul Goldschmidt	.5107
93	Ellis Burks	.5104
94	Matt Holliday	.5102
95	Eddie Mathews*	.5094
	Mark Teixeira	.5094
97	Fred McGriff *	.5091
98	Jeff Heath	.5088
99	Harmon Killebrew*	.5085
100	Richie Sexson	.5069

Notes

^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

Sources

"Career Leaders & Records for Slugging %". Baseball-Reference.com.

Major League Baseball records

Baseball statistics (types of records)

General

Batting
leaders

Career	Batting average Hits 3,000 club Progressive At bats Singles Doubles Triples Home runs 500 club 600 club Progressive Pitchers Extra base hits RBIs Walks Intentional On-base percentage Slugging percentage OPS Times on base Total bases HBP Strikeouts Plate appearances Games played
Annual	Batting average Doubles Triples Home runs RBI
Season	Batting average Triples Home run Progressive Doubles
Game	Home runs Game Inning Hitting for the cycle Grand slams RBI Game Inning Hits
Misc	Consecutive game hitting streak Hits Home runs Doubles Triples RBIs

Baserunning
leaders

Career	Runs Stolen bases
Annual	Runs Stolen bases
Game	Runs
Misc	Runs Stolen bases

Pitching
leaders

Career	Wins 300 club Losses Games started Games finished Innings pitched Strikeouts 3,000 club Hold Saves 300 club Complete games Shutouts ERA WHIP Walks Hit batsmen Wild pitches Batters faced
Annual	Wins Saves Shutouts Strikeouts ERA
Season	Wins Losses
Game	No-hitters Perfect games Strikeouts Game Inning Immaculate innings
Misc	Wins

Fielding
leaders

Career	Games played P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Putouts P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Assists P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Double plays P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Errors P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Passed balls
Annual	Putouts Assists Errors