Top 500 home run hitters of all time
In the sport of Major League Baseball, a home run is the act of hitting the ball in such a manner, whether out of the park or in (see inside the park home run), that allows the batter to safely reach home and score.
Hank Aaron has done it the most times, 755, and Babe Ruth has done it the second most times, 714. Gaining on Ruth, however, is the active leader, Barry Bonds, who hit his 700th homer on September 17, 2004. Along with the three of them, Willie Mays (660 HRs) is the only other to have hit more than 600. In 2004, Ken Griffey Jr. became the 20th to have hit 500 (see 500 home run club), and Jim Thome and Gary Sheffield became the 37th and 38th to hit 400. Tino and Edgar Martinez (not related) became the 99th and 100th to pass 300, also in 2004. Four other players reached 300 homers later in 2004.
200 players have hit 228 or more home runs, while to be at 300th, you would need 175 home runs. To be the 400th best of all-time, you would need 142. The 500th most prolific career home run hitter, however only has 21 less, at 121.
See also: 500 home run club
The list
Listed are the top 140+ home run hitters of all-time:
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| Rank
| Player (2004 HRs)
| Home Runs
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| 81
| Hank Greenberg
| 331
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| 82
| Mo Vaughn (0)
| 328
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| 83
| Willie Horton
| 325
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| 84
| Gary Carter
| 324
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| Lance Parrish
| 324
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| 86
| Ron Gant (0)
| 321
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| 87
| Tino Martinez (21)
| 320
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| 88
| Cecil Fielder
| 319
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| 89
| Roy Sievers
| 318
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| 90
| George Brett
| 317
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| 91
| Ron Cey
| 316
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| 92
| Reggie Smith
| 314
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| 93
| Jay Buhner
| 310
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| 94
| Chipper Jones (29)
| 309
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| Greg Luzinski
| 309
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| Al Simmons
| 309
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| 97
| Edgar Martinez (11)
| 308
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| 98
| Fred Lynn
| 306
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| 99
| David Justice
| 305
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| 100
| Jim Edmonds (42)
| 302
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| 101
| Vinny Castilla (33)
| 301
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| Rogers Hornsby
| 301
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| Ruben Sierra (16)
| 301
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| 104
| Chuck Klein
| 300
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| 105
| Rickey Henderson (0)
| 297
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| Jeff Kent (22)
| 297
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| 107
| Robin Ventura (5)
| 294
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| 108
| Kent Hrbek
| 293
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| 109
| Luis Gonzalez (17)
| 292
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| Rusty Staub
| 292
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| 111
| Jimmy Wynn
| 291
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| 112
| Tim Salmon (2)
| 290
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| 113
| Del Ennis
| 288
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| Hank Sauer
| 288
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| Bob Johnson
| 288
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| 116
| Bobby Bonilla
| 287
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| 117
| Frank Thomas1
| 286
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| 118
| Eric Karros (2)
| 284
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| Will Clark
| 284
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| 120
| Steve Finley (34)
| 283
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| 121
| Ryne Sandberg
| 282
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| Eric Davis
| 282
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| Ken Boyer
| 282
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| 124
| Paul O'Neill
| 281
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| 125
| Jason Giambi (11)
| 280
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| 126
| Shawn Green (26)
| 279
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| Ted Kluszewski
| 279
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| 128
| Rudy York
| 277
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| 129
| Dean Palmer (0)
| 275
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| Brian Downing
| 275
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| Roger Maris
| 275
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| 132
| Moises Alou (35)
| 274
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| Dante Bichette
| 274
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| 134
| Jeromy Burnitz (36)
| 273
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| 135
| Steve Garvey
| 272
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| 136
| Tom Brunansky
| 271
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| Reggie Sanders (22)
| 271
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| George Scott
| 271
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| 139
| Brooks Robinson
| 268
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| Joe Morgan
| 268
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| Gorman Thomas
| 268
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| 142
| Raul Mondesi (3)
| 267
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| George Hendrick
| 267
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| 144
| Vladimir Guerrero (32)
| 266
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This list is incomplete. You can help BambooWeb by . The players' home runs totals are accurate through games of September 17, 2004. Eventually it should include all of the top 500 home run hitters of all time.
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| bold indicates still active
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| 1-- There have been two players named Frank Thomas. The active player has played since 1990 with the White Sox. The earlier player with 286 HRs played from 1951 to 1966 with the Pirates, Reds, Cubs, Braves, Mets, Phillies and Colt .45s (now Astros).
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| <i>other active players with 200 home runs: </i>Bernie Williams (18), 259; Ryan Klesko (9), 254; Todd Zeile (8), 252; Todd Helton (30), 249; Andruw Jones (28), 249; Ivan Rodriguez (18), 249; John Olerud (6), 247; Bret Boone (22), 243; Ray Lankford (5), 237; Javy Lopez (19), 233; Craig Biggio (22), 232; Brian Giles (23), 231; Scott Rolen (33), 225; Marquis Grissom (20), 223; Jose Valentin (26) 222; Benito Santiago (6), 217; Roberto Alomar (4), 210; Tony Batista (28), 210; Garret Anderson (13), 206; Todd Hundley (0), 202; Richie Sexson (9), 200.
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| <i>other active players with 20+ home runs in 2004: </i>Miguel Tejada (27), 183; José Cruz, Jr. (20), 174; Phil Nevin (25), 173; Paul Konerko (38), 167; Bobby Abreu (29), 165; Eric Chavez (28), 162; Derrek Lee (31), 161; Mike Sweeney (22), 161; Mike Cameron (29), 160; Jermaine Dye (20), 158; Albert Pujols (44), 158; Richard Hidalgo (25), 155; Lance Berkman (27), 153; Derek Jeter (21), 148; Carlos Lee (26), 147; Carlos Beltran (38), 146; Geoff Jenkins (24), 146; Adrian Beltre (45), 142; Mike Lowell (25), 133; J.D. Drew (31), 127; David Ortiz (37), 126; Pat Burrell (23), 126; Alfonso Soriano (28), 126; Matt Lawton (20), 125; Aramis Ramirez (33), 123; Torii Hunter (20), 116; Adam Dunn (42), 114; Jose Guillen (27), 110; Sean Casey (24), 109; Jacque Jones (22), 107; Corey Koskie (22), 98; Aubrey Huff (26), 95; Erubiel Durazo (22), 90; Melvin Mora (25), 74; Craig Wilson (27), 74; Alex S. Gonzalez (20), 73; Brad Wilkerson (29), 69; Hank Blalock (31), 63; Mark Teixeira (37), 63; Carlos Peña (22), 62; Corey Patterson (23), 56; Michael Young (20), 54; Carlos Guillen (20), 49; Casey Blake (26), 45; Pedro Feliz (20), 45; Travis Hafner (28), 43; Hideki Matusi (26), 42; Miguel Cabrera (29), 41; Kevin Mench (23), 40; Aaron Rowand (20), 37; Wily Mo Peña (24), 30; Victor Martinez (23), 25; Bobby Crosby (20), 20.
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