MLB All-Time RBI Leaders

Baseball purists had mixed emotions when Barry Bonds passed Hank Aaron to become baseball’s all-time home run king. Aaron, after all, had compiled his numbers before steroids became all the rage, and Bonds and his churlish personality had few friends in or outside the game.

Quietly, Aaron has retained one of the baseball’s other high-regarded records, driving in more runs than any other man in big league history. Even if a team were to sign Bonds, he would need more than 300 RBI to catch Aaron — an unlikely prospect, to say the least.

As you might expect, a list of the Top 10 All-Time RBI leaders is going to include some familiar names, so here goes, with years played and total runs batted in:

1. Hank Aaron (1954-76) — 2,297

2. Babe Ruth (1914-35) — 2,213

3. Cap Anson (1871-97) — 2,076

4. Barry Bonds (1986-?) — 1,996

5. Lou Gehrig (1923-39) — 1,995

6. Stan Musial (1941-63) — 1,951

7. Ty Cobb (1905-28) — 1,938

8. Jimmie Foxx (1925-45) — 1,922

9. Eddie Murray (1977-97) — 1,917

10. Willie Mays (1951-73) — 1,903

Source: MLB.com