Sports1919–2024
MLB Career Home Run Leaders
Baseball's home run record is a century-long argument about eras. Babe Ruth turns the category into a spectacle, Hank Aaron grinds past him, Barry Bonds detonates the modern record, and the late-career chasers settle into a dense pack below 700.
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Source: Baseball-Reference career home run leaders Season-end cumulative home run totals for selected leaders, reconstructed from career logs. illustrative data Updated 2026-07-05
The race in numbers
2lead changes
105years covered
12contenders
Babe Ruthlongest reign — 55 yrs at #1
Final standings · 2024
- 1Barry Bonds762 HR
- 2Hank Aaron755 HR
- 3Babe Ruth714 HR
- 4Albert Pujols703 HR
- 5Alex Rodriguez696 HR