List of players with the most major league baseball home runs

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The list of players with the most home runs in Major League Baseball provides an overview of the professional baseball players who have made at least 500 home runs in the American professional league. The official name for this list is the 500 Home Run Club . Babe Ruth was the first player to hit his 500th home run on August 11, 1929.

500 Home Run Club

Fat written players are still active, fat- written teams select the team with which the player concerned scored the 500th home run. (As of August 6, 2016)

rank player HRs Date HR 500 Date HR 600 Date HR 700 Teams MLB career
1 Barry Bonds 762 04/17/2001 08/09/2002 09/17/2004 Pittsburgh Pirates , San Francisco Giants 1986-2007
2 Hank Aaron 755 07/04/1968 04/27/1971 07/21/1973 Atlanta Braves , Milwaukee Brewers 1954-1976
3 Babe Ruth 714 08/11/1929 08/21/1931 07/13/1934 Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees , Atlanta Braves 1914-1936
4th Alex Rodríguez 696 08/04/2007 08/04/2010 Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees since 1994
5 Willie Mays 660 09/13/1965 09/22/1969 San Francisco Giants , New York Mets 1951-1973
6th Albert Pujols 633 04/22/2014 06/03/2017 St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim since 2001
7th Ken Griffey Jr. 630 06/20/2004 06/09/2008 Seattle Mariners , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago White Sox 1989-2010
8th Jim Thome 612 09/16/2007 08/15/2011 Cleveland Indians (1991-2002), Philadelphia Phillies (2003-2005), Chicago White Sox (2006-2009), Los Angeles Dodgers (2009), Minnesota Twins (2010-2011), Cleveland Indians (2011), Philadelphia Phillies (2012 ), Baltimore Orioles (2012) 1991-2012
9 Sammy Sosa 609 04/04/2003 06/20/2007 Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs , Baltimore Orioles , Texas Rangers 1989-2005, 2007
10 Frank Robinson 586 09/13/1971 Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles , Los Angeles Dodgers , Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim , Cleveland Indians 1956-1976
11 Mark McGwire 583 08/05/1999 Oakland Athletics , St. Louis Cardinals 1986-2001
12 Harmon Killebrew 573 08/10/1971 Minnesota Twins , Kansas City Royals 1954-1975
13 Rafael Palmeiro 569 05/11/2003 Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers 1986-2005
14th Reggie Jackson 563 09/17/1984 Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1967-1987
15th Manny Ramirez 555 05/31/2008 Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox , Los Angeles Dodgers 1993-2011
16 Mike Schmidt 548 04/18/1987 Philadelphia Phillies 1972-1989
17th Mickey Mantle 536 05/14/1967 New York Yankees 1951-1968
18th Jimmie Foxx 534 09/24/1940 Philadelphia Athletics , Boston Red Sox , Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies
19th David Ortiz 528 09/12/2015 Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox since 1997
20th Willie McCovey 521 06/30/1978 San Francisco Giants , San Diego Padres , Oakland Athletics 1959-1980
Frank Thomas 521 06/28/2007 Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays 1990-2008
Ted Williams 521 06/17/1960 Boston Red Sox 1939-1942, 1946-1960
23 Ernie Banks 512 05/12/1970 Chicago Cubs 1953-1971
Eddie Mathews 512 07/14/1967 Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros , Detroit Tigers 1952-1968
25th Mel Ott 511 08/01/1945 New York Giants 1926-1947
26th Gary Sheffield 509 04/17/2009 Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, LA Angels, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets 1988-2009
27 Eddie Murray 504 09/06/1996 Baltimore Orioles , Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1977-1997

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