List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders

On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging average.^[1] The statistic reflects two important offensive skills: the ability of a player to get on base and to hit for power.

Babe Ruth, the all-time leader in OPS.

Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career 1.1636 OPS. Ted Williams (1.1155), Lou Gehrig (1.0798), Oscar Charleston (1.0632), Barry Bonds (1.0512), Jimmie Foxx (1.0376), Turkey Stearnes (1.0340), Mule Suttles (1.0176), Hank Greenberg (1.0169), and Rogers Hornsby (1.0103) are the only other players with a career OPS over 1.000.

Key

Rank	Among leaders in career OPS. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of the player.
OPS	Career OPS.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Active player.[note 1]

List

The top 100 Major League Baseball players in career OPS with at least 3,000 career plate appearances, as of August 12, 2025, are:

Aaron Judge, the active leader and 9th all-time in career OPS.

Rank	Player	OPS
1	Babe Ruth*	1.1636
2	Ted Williams*	1.1155
3	Lou Gehrig*	1.0798
4	Oscar Charleston*	1.0632
5	Barry Bonds	1.0512
6	Jimmie Foxx*	1.0376
7	Turkey Stearnes*	1.0340
8	Mule Suttles*	1.0299
9	Aaron Judge	1.0235
10	Hank Greenberg*	1.0169
11	Rogers Hornsby*	1.0103
12	Manny Ramirez	.9960
13	Mark McGwire	.9823
14	Mike Trout	.9820
15	Mickey Mantle*	.9773
16	Joe DiMaggio*	.9771
17	Stan Musial*	.9757
18	Frank Thomas*	.9740
19	Larry Walker*	.9654
20	Johnny Mize*	.9591
21	Jud Wilson*	.9577
22	Jim Thome*	.9560
23	Shohei Ohtani	.9551
24	Todd Helton*	.9531
25	Jeff Bagwell*	.9480
26	Mel Ott*	.9471
27	Ralph Kiner*	.9459
28	Lefty O'Doul	.9451
29	Ty Cobb*	.9445
30	Juan Soto	.9442
31	Dan Brouthers*	.9435
32	Lance Berkman	.9429
	Willie Wells*	.9429
34	Willie Mays*	.9402
35	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.9401
36	Hack Wilson*	.9399
37	Albert Belle	.9333
	Edgar Martínez*	.9333
39	Vladimir Guerrero*	.9312
40	David Ortiz*	.9310
41	Chipper Jones*	.9304
42	Harry Heilmann*	.9300
43	Alex Rodriguez	.9299
44	Carlos Delgado	.9293
45	Hank Aaron*	.9285
46	Earl Averill*	.9283
	Tris Speaker*	.9283
48	Charlie Keller	.9276
49	Frank Robinson*	.9259
50	Ken Williams	.9238

Rank	Player	OPS
51	Chuck Klein*	.9218
52	Mike Piazza*	.9217
53	Joey Votto	.9205
54	Duke Snider*	.9194
55	Albert Pujols	.9181
56	Ed Delahanty*	.9165
57	Jason Giambi	.9157
58	Babe Herman	.9148
59	Al Simmons*	.9147
60	Dick Allen*	.9117
61	Ronald Acuña Jr.	.9108
62	Bryce Harper	.9076
63	Mike Schmidt*	.9075
64	Ken Griffey Jr.*	.9073
65	Gary Sheffield	.9070
66	Mo Vaughn	.9058
67	Juan González	.9039
68	Jim Edmonds	.9030
69	Brian Giles	.9022
70	Bill Joyce	.9020
71	Miguel Cabrera	.9005
72	Bob Johnson	.8987
	Bill Terry*	.8987
74	Chick Hafey*	.8980
75	Mickey Cochrane*	.8970
	Freddie Freeman	.8970
77	Hal Trosky	.8925
78	Ryan Braun	.8906
79	Sam Thompson*	.8896
80	Willie McCovey*	.8891
81	Matt Holliday	.8889
82	Willie Stargell*	.8887
83	Larry Doby*	.8882
84	Billy Hamilton*	.8875
85	Prince Fielder	.8873
86	Jake Stenzel	.8868
87	Goose Goslin*	.8867
88	Jackie Robinson*	.8865
89	Fred McGriff*	.8860
90	Eddie Mathews*	.8855
91	Rafael Palmeiro	.8852
92	Moisés Alou	.8850
93	Paul Goldschmidt	.8846
94	Harmon Killebrew*	.8842
95	Charlie Gehringer*	.8841
96	Tim Salmon	.8836
97	Monte Irvin*	.8833
98	Roger Connor*	.8828
99	George Selkirk	.8826
100	Nomar Garciaparra	.8821

Notes

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