In the 2024 year, Elly De La Cruz was ahead of the pack in free passes with 13. Ranking in 2nd place was Jose Caballero, enjoying a walks total of 13. Sitting with a total of 12, Bobby Witt Jr. came in at the third position. Rounding out the top 5 were CJ Abrams (12) in addition to the Lane Thomas (12).
2024 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Elly De La Cruz |
13 |
2nd |
Jose Caballero |
13 |
3rd |
Bobby Witt Jr. |
12 |
4th |
CJ Abrams |
12 |
5th |
Lane Thomas |
12 |
6th |
Jo Adell |
10 |
7th |
Willi Castro |
8 |
8th |
Randy Arozarena |
8 |
9th |
Jazz Chisholm Jr. |
8 |
10th |
Zach Neto |
8 |
11th |
Ceddanne Rafaela |
8 |
12th |
Harrison Bader |
8 |
13th |
Jose Altuve |
7 |
14th |
Jacob Young |
7 |
15th |
Jose Siri |
7 |
16th |
Will Benson |
7 |
17th |
Luis Rengifo |
7 |
18th |
James Wood |
7 |
19th |
Will Benson |
7 |
20th |
Corbin Carroll |
6 |
21st |
Jeremy Pena |
6 |
22nd |
Ryan McMahon |
6 |
23rd |
Christopher Morel |
6 |
24th |
Brice Turang |
6 |
25th |
Cedric Mullins |
6 |
26th |
Connor Wong |
6 |
27th |
Nicky Lopez |
6 |
28th |
Dylan Moore |
6 |
29th |
Tyler Freeman |
6 |
30th |
Brayan Rocchio |
6 |
2023 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Juan Soto |
132 |
2nd |
Kyle Schwarber |
126 |
3rd |
Matt Olson |
104 |
4th |
Ian Happ |
99 |
5th |
Mookie Betts |
96 |
6th |
J.P. Crawford |
94 |
7th |
Nathaniel Lowe |
93 |
8th |
Alex Bregman |
92 |
9th |
Adley Rutschman |
92 |
10th |
Shohei Ohtani |
91 |
11th |
Aaron Judge |
88 |
12th |
Paul Goldschmidt |
87 |
13th |
Max Muncy |
85 |
14th |
Ronald Acuna Jr. |
80 |
15th |
Kyle Tucker |
80 |
16th |
Randy Arozarena |
80 |
17th |
Bryce Harper |
80 |
18th |
Christian Yelich |
78 |
19th |
Ryan Noda |
77 |
20th |
LaMonte Wade Jr. |
76 |
21st |
Ha-Seong Kim |
75 |
22nd |
Andrew McCutchen |
75 |
23rd |
Jack Suwinski |
75 |
24th |
Trent Grisham |
75 |
25th |
Brandon Nimmo |
74 |
26th |
Jose Ramirez |
73 |
27th |
Freddie Freeman |
72 |
28th |
Marcus Semien |
72 |
29th |
Lars Nootbaar |
72 |
30th |
Ketel Marte |
71 |
2022 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Juan Soto |
135 |
2nd |
Aaron Judge |
111 |
3rd |
Max Muncy |
90 |
4th |
Christian Yelich |
88 |
5th |
Alex Bregman |
87 |
6th |
Kyle Schwarber |
86 |
7th |
Freddie Freeman |
84 |
8th |
Jesse Winker |
84 |
9th |
Josh Bell |
81 |
10th |
Paul Goldschmidt |
79 |
11th |
Yandy Diaz |
78 |
12th |
Yordan Alvarez |
78 |
13th |
Matt Olson |
75 |
14th |
Jurickson Profar |
73 |
15th |
Eugenio Suarez |
73 |
16th |
Daniel Vogelbach |
73 |
17th |
Shohei Ohtani |
72 |
18th |
Rhys Hoskins |
72 |
19th |
Brandon Nimmo |
71 |
20th |
Carlos Santana |
71 |
21st |
Jake Cronenworth |
70 |
22nd |
Christian Walker |
69 |
23rd |
Jose Ramirez |
69 |
24th |
Matt Chapman |
68 |
25th |
J.P. Crawford |
68 |
26th |
Pete Alonso |
67 |
27th |
DJ LeMahieu |
67 |
28th |
Jose Altuve |
66 |
29th |
MJ Melendez |
66 |
30th |
Adley Rutschman |
65 |
2021 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Juan Soto |
145 |
2nd |
Joey Gallo |
111 |
3rd |
Bryce Harper |
100 |
4th |
Robbie Grossman |
98 |
5th |
Shohei Ohtani |
96 |
6th |
Matt Olson |
88 |
7th |
Yasmani Grandal |
87 |
8th |
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. |
86 |
9th |
Carlos Santana |
86 |
10th |
Freddie Freeman |
85 |
11th |
Yoan Moncada |
84 |
12th |
Max Muncy |
83 |
13th |
Andrew McCutchen |
81 |
14th |
Nathaniel Lowe |
80 |
15th |
Matt Chapman |
80 |
16th |
Tommy Pham |
78 |
17th |
Mark Canha |
77 |
18th |
Joey Votto |
77 |
19th |
Bryan Reynolds |
75 |
20th |
Aaron Judge |
75 |
21st |
Carlos Correa |
75 |
22nd |
Josh Donaldson |
74 |
23rd |
DJ LeMahieu |
73 |
24th |
Jose Ramirez |
72 |
25th |
Jonathan India |
71 |
26th |
Christian Yelich |
70 |
27th |
Yandy Diaz |
69 |
28th |
Brandon Lowe |
68 |
29th |
Mookie Betts |
68 |
30th |
Paul Goldschmidt |
67 |
2020 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Bryce Harper |
49 |
2nd |
Carlos Santana |
47 |
3rd |
Christian Yelich |
46 |
4th |
Freddie Freeman |
45 |
5th |
Cavan Biggio |
41 |
6th |
Aaron Hicks |
41 |
7th |
Juan Soto |
41 |
8th |
Max Muncy |
39 |
9th |
Marcell Ozuna |
38 |
10th |
Anthony Rendon |
38 |
11th |
Ronald Acuna Jr. |
38 |
12th |
Mark Canha |
37 |
13th |
Paul Goldschmidt |
37 |
14th |
Joey Votto |
37 |
15th |
Mike Trout |
35 |
16th |
Matt Olson |
34 |
17th |
Kyle Lewis |
34 |
18th |
Brandon Nimmo |
33 |
19th |
Kyle Seager |
32 |
20th |
Trent Grisham |
31 |
21st |
Jose Ramirez |
31 |
22nd |
J.D. Davis |
31 |
23rd |
Kyle Schwarber |
30 |
24th |
Ian Happ |
30 |
25th |
Eugenio Suarez |
30 |
26th |
Cody Bellinger |
30 |
27th |
Mike Yastrzemski |
30 |
28th |
Brandon Belt |
30 |
29th |
Jason Heyward |
30 |
30th |
Yasmani Grandal |
30 |
2019 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Alex Bregman |
119 |
2nd |
Rhys Hoskins |
116 |
3rd |
Mike Trout |
110 |
4th |
Yasmani Grandal |
109 |
5th |
Carlos Santana |
108 |
6th |
Juan Soto |
108 |
7th |
Josh Donaldson |
100 |
8th |
Bryce Harper |
99 |
9th |
Mookie Betts |
97 |
10th |
Cody Bellinger |
95 |
11th |
Daniel Vogelbach |
92 |
12th |
Max Muncy |
90 |
13th |
Marcus Semien |
87 |
14th |
Freddie Freeman |
87 |
15th |
Michael Conforto |
84 |
16th |
Brandon Belt |
83 |
17th |
Tommy Pham |
81 |
18th |
Anthony Rendon |
80 |
19th |
Christian Yelich |
80 |
20th |
Justin Smoak |
79 |
21st |
Paul Goldschmidt |
78 |
22nd |
Shin-Soo Choo |
78 |
23rd |
Ronald Acuna Jr. |
76 |
24th |
Xander Bogaerts |
76 |
25th |
Joey Votto |
76 |
26th |
Dexter Fowler |
74 |
27th |
Kris Bryant |
74 |
28th |
Josh Bell |
74 |
29th |
Jorge Soler |
73 |
30th |
Matt Chapman |
73 |
2018 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Bryce Harper |
130 |
2nd |
Mike Trout |
122 |
3rd |
Carlos Santana |
110 |
4th |
Joey Votto |
108 |
5th |
Jose Ramirez |
106 |
6th |
Matt Carpenter |
102 |
7th |
Alex Bregman |
96 |
8th |
Cesar Hernandez |
95 |
9th |
Andrew McCutchen |
95 |
10th |
Shin-Soo Choo |
92 |
11th |
Paul Goldschmidt |
90 |
12th |
Aaron Hicks |
90 |
13th |
Rhys Hoskins |
87 |
14th |
Michael Conforto |
84 |
15th |
Justin Smoak |
83 |
16th |
Mookie Betts |
81 |
17th |
Brandon Nimmo |
80 |
18th |
Max Muncy |
79 |
19th |
Juan Soto |
79 |
20th |
Jed Lowrie |
78 |
21st |
Travis Shaw |
78 |
22nd |
Kyle Schwarber |
78 |
23rd |
Josh Bell |
77 |
24th |
Freddie Freeman |
76 |
25th |
Aaron Judge |
76 |
26th |
Joey Gallo |
74 |
27th |
Nolan Arenado |
73 |
28th |
Justin Bour |
73 |
29th |
Nick Markakis |
72 |
30th |
Yasmani Grandal |
72 |
2017 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Joey Votto |
134 |
2nd |
Aaron Judge |
127 |
3rd |
Matt Carpenter |
109 |
4th |
Edwin Encarnacion |
104 |
5th |
Kris Bryant |
95 |
6th |
Paul Goldschmidt |
94 |
7th |
Mike Trout |
94 |
8th |
Anthony Rizzo |
91 |
9th |
Carlos Santana |
88 |
10th |
Jake Lamb |
87 |
11th |
Giancarlo Stanton |
85 |
12th |
Jose Bautista |
84 |
13th |
Eugenio Suarez |
84 |
14th |
Steven Souza Jr. |
84 |
15th |
Anthony Rendon |
84 |
16th |
Todd Frazier |
83 |
17th |
Logan Morrison |
81 |
18th |
Christian Yelich |
80 |
19th |
Brian Dozier |
78 |
20th |
Mookie Betts |
77 |
21st |
Shin-Soo Choo |
77 |
22nd |
Josh Donaldson |
76 |
23rd |
Joey Gallo |
75 |
24th |
Eric Thames |
75 |
25th |
Justin Upton |
74 |
26th |
Justin Smoak |
73 |
27th |
Andrew McCutchen |
73 |
28th |
Khris Davis |
73 |
29th |
Jed Lowrie |
73 |
30th |
Domingo Santana |
73 |
2016 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Mike Trout |
116 |
2nd |
Paul Goldschmidt |
110 |
3rd |
Josh Donaldson |
109 |
4th |
Joey Votto |
108 |
5th |
Bryce Harper |
108 |
6th |
Brandon Belt |
104 |
7th |
Carlos Santana |
99 |
8th |
Ben Zobrist |
96 |
9th |
Freddie Freeman |
89 |
10th |
George Springer |
88 |
11th |
Chris Davis |
88 |
12th |
Edwin Encarnacion |
87 |
13th |
Jose Bautista |
87 |
14th |
Matt Carpenter |
81 |
15th |
David Ortiz |
80 |
16th |
Jonathan Villar |
79 |
17th |
Joe Mauer |
79 |
18th |
Dexter Fowler |
79 |
19th |
Mike Napoli |
78 |
20th |
Chris Carter |
76 |
21st |
Miguel Cabrera |
75 |
22nd |
Kris Bryant |
75 |
23rd |
Carlos Correa |
75 |
24th |
Anthony Rizzo |
74 |
25th |
Curtis Granderson |
74 |
26th |
Christian Yelich |
72 |
27th |
Nick Markakis |
71 |
28th |
Jayson Werth |
71 |
29th |
Brett Gardner |
70 |
30th |
Kyle Seager |
69 |
2015 MLB Hitter Walks Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Joey Votto |
143 |
2nd |
Bryce Harper |
124 |
3rd |
Paul Goldschmidt |
118 |
4th |
Jose Bautista |
110 |
5th |
Carlos Santana |
108 |
6th |
Andrew McCutchen |
98 |
7th |
Mike Trout |
92 |
8th |
Joc Pederson |
92 |
9th |
Curtis Granderson |
91 |
10th |
Chris Davis |
84 |
11th |
Dexter Fowler |
84 |
12th |
Alex Rodriguez |
84 |
13th |
Matt Carpenter |
81 |
14th |
Anthony Rizzo |
78 |
15th |
Kris Bryant |
77 |
16th |
Edwin Encarnacion |
77 |
17th |
David Ortiz |
77 |
18th |
Miguel Cabrera |
77 |
19th |
Shin-Soo Choo |
76 |
20th |
Josh Donaldson |
73 |
21st |
Manny Machado |
70 |
22nd |
Nick Markakis |
70 |
23rd |
Brett Gardner |
68 |
24th |
Justin Upton |
68 |
25th |
Joe Mauer |
67 |
26th |
Adam Lind |
66 |
27th |
Lucas Duda |
66 |
28th |
Yasmani Grandal |
65 |
29th |
Prince Fielder |
64 |
30th |
Adrian Gonzalez |
62 |