For the 2024 year, Luis Gil led the league in walks given up with 66. Ranking in second place was Tyler Anderson*, collecting a free passes allowed total of 65. Recording a number of 61, Ronel Blanco ranked in the 3rd spot. Finishing out the top five were Dylan Cease (58) and the Freddy Peralta (58).
2024 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Luis Gil |
66 |
2nd |
Tyler Anderson* |
65 |
3rd |
Ronel Blanco |
61 |
4th |
Dylan Cease |
58 |
5th |
Freddy Peralta |
58 |
6th |
Michael Lorenzen |
58 |
7th |
Chris Bassitt |
57 |
8th |
Michael King |
57 |
9th |
Jose Quintana* |
57 |
10th |
Marcus Stroman |
57 |
11th |
Cal Quantrill |
57 |
12th |
Chris Flexen |
57 |
13th |
Spencer Arrighetti |
57 |
14th |
Cole Ragans* |
56 |
15th |
Kyle Gibson |
56 |
16th |
Trevor Rogers* |
56 |
17th |
MacKenzie Gore* |
55 |
18th |
Luis Severino |
54 |
19th |
Sean Manaea* |
54 |
20th |
Hunter Brown |
54 |
21st |
Frankie Montas |
54 |
22nd |
Hunter Greene |
53 |
23rd |
Brayan Bello |
53 |
24th |
Javier Assad |
53 |
25th |
Griffin Canning |
52 |
26th |
Andrew Abbott* |
52 |
27th |
Charlie Morton |
52 |
28th |
Max Fried* |
50 |
29th |
James Paxton* |
50 |
30th |
Dakota Hudson |
50 |
2023 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Blake Snell |
99 |
2nd |
Michael Kopech |
91 |
3rd |
Johan Oviedo |
83 |
4th |
Charlie Morton |
83 |
5th |
Josiah Gray |
80 |
6th |
Dylan Cease |
79 |
7th |
Kodai Senga |
77 |
8th |
Patrick Sandoval |
74 |
9th |
Lucas Giolito |
73 |
10th |
Ken Waldichuk |
71 |
11th |
Taijuan Walker |
71 |
12th |
Merrill Kelly |
69 |
13th |
Lance Lynn |
67 |
14th |
Edward Cabrera |
66 |
15th |
Jack Flaherty |
66 |
16th |
Corbin Burnes |
66 |
17th |
Tyler Anderson |
64 |
18th |
Bryce Elder |
63 |
19th |
Cristian Javier |
62 |
20th |
Reid Detmers |
60 |
21st |
Andrew Heaney |
60 |
22nd |
Alek Manoah |
59 |
23rd |
Chris Bassitt |
59 |
24th |
Rich Hill |
58 |
25th |
Tylor Megill |
58 |
26th |
Spencer Strider |
58 |
27th |
Luis Medina |
57 |
28th |
Touki Toussaint |
57 |
29th |
MacKenzie Gore |
57 |
30th |
Patrick Corbin |
57 |
2022 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Dylan Cease |
78 |
2nd |
Nick Pivetta |
73 |
3rd |
Martin Perez |
69 |
4th |
Framber Valdez |
67 |
5th |
Josiah Gray |
66 |
6th |
German Marquez |
63 |
7th |
Charlie Morton |
63 |
8th |
Kris Bubic |
63 |
9th |
Robbie Ray |
62 |
10th |
Dane Dunning |
62 |
11th |
Glenn Otto |
62 |
12th |
Merrill Kelly |
61 |
13th |
Lucas Giolito |
61 |
14th |
Dakota Hudson |
61 |
15th |
Mitch Keller |
60 |
16th |
Patrick Sandoval |
60 |
17th |
Eric Lauer |
59 |
18th |
James Kaprielian |
59 |
19th |
Yusei Kikuchi |
58 |
20th |
Ranger Suarez |
58 |
21st |
Erick Fedde |
58 |
22nd |
Chad Kuhl |
58 |
23rd |
Brad Keller |
57 |
24th |
Michael Kopech |
57 |
25th |
Adam Wainwright |
54 |
26th |
JT Brubaker |
54 |
27th |
Ian Anderson |
54 |
28th |
Pablo Lopez |
53 |
29th |
Kyle Freeland |
53 |
30th |
Kyle Wright |
53 |
2021 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Lance McCullers Jr. |
76 |
2nd |
Luis Castillo |
75 |
3rd |
Zach Davies |
75 |
4th |
John Gant |
71 |
5th |
Blake Snell |
69 |
6th |
Dylan Cease |
68 |
7th |
Nick Pivetta |
65 |
8th |
Tyler Mahle |
64 |
9th |
German Marquez |
64 |
10th |
Kyle Gibson |
64 |
11th |
Adrian Houser |
64 |
12th |
Brad Keller |
64 |
13th |
Caleb Smith |
63 |
14th |
Yusei Kikuchi |
62 |
15th |
Garrett Richards |
60 |
16th |
Patrick Corbin |
60 |
17th |
Dallas Keuchel |
59 |
18th |
Kris Bubic |
59 |
19th |
Charlie Morton |
58 |
20th |
Jon Gray |
58 |
21st |
Triston McKenzie |
58 |
22nd |
Framber Valdez |
58 |
23rd |
Frankie Montas |
57 |
24th |
Wil Crowe |
57 |
25th |
Jorge Lopez |
56 |
26th |
Jordan Lyles |
56 |
27th |
Freddy Peralta |
56 |
28th |
Rich Hill |
55 |
29th |
Taijuan Walker |
55 |
30th |
Jon Lester |
55 |
2020 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Robbie Ray |
45 |
2nd |
Dylan Cease |
34 |
3rd |
Justin Dunn |
31 |
4th |
Kyle Gibson |
30 |
5th |
Spencer Turnbull |
29 |
6th |
Lucas Giolito |
28 |
7th |
Martin Perez |
28 |
8th |
Chad Kuhl |
28 |
9th |
Carlos Carrasco |
27 |
10th |
Jose Berrios |
26 |
11th |
Johnny Cueto |
26 |
12th |
Sonny Gray |
26 |
13th |
Ryan Castellani |
26 |
14th |
Tyler Anderson |
25 |
15th |
Lance Lynn |
25 |
16th |
German Marquez |
25 |
17th |
Zac Gallen |
25 |
18th |
Logan Webb |
24 |
19th |
Corbin Burnes |
24 |
20th |
Luis Castillo |
24 |
21st |
David Peterson |
24 |
22nd |
Kyle Wright |
24 |
23rd |
Kyle Freeland |
23 |
24th |
Jordan Lyles |
23 |
25th |
Aaron Nola |
23 |
26th |
Max Scherzer |
23 |
27th |
Brady Singer |
23 |
28th |
Griffin Canning |
23 |
29th |
Frankie Montas |
23 |
30th |
Tanner Roark |
23 |
2019 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Dakota Hudson |
86 |
2nd |
Robbie Ray |
84 |
3rd |
Julio Teheran |
83 |
4th |
Trevor Bauer |
82 |
5th |
Sandy Alcantara |
81 |
6th |
Aaron Nola |
80 |
7th |
Luis Castillo |
79 |
8th |
Eduardo Rodriguez |
75 |
9th |
Patrick Corbin |
70 |
10th |
Brad Keller |
70 |
11th |
Mike Minor |
68 |
12th |
Sonny Gray |
68 |
13th |
Aaron Sanchez |
68 |
14th |
Martin Perez |
67 |
15th |
Reynaldo Lopez |
65 |
16th |
Adam Wainwright |
64 |
17th |
Jason Vargas |
63 |
18th |
Wade Miley |
61 |
19th |
Trent Thornton |
61 |
20th |
Caleb Smith |
60 |
21st |
Lance Lynn |
59 |
22nd |
Spencer Turnbull |
59 |
23rd |
Andrew Cashner |
58 |
24th |
Marcus Stroman |
58 |
25th |
Jakob Junis |
58 |
26th |
Dylan Bundy |
58 |
27th |
Anibal Sanchez |
58 |
28th |
Charlie Morton |
57 |
29th |
Merrill Kelly |
57 |
30th |
Lucas Giolito |
57 |
2018 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Tyler Chatwood |
95 |
2nd |
Lucas Giolito |
90 |
3rd |
Julio Teheran |
84 |
4th |
Zack Godley |
81 |
5th |
Sean Newcomb |
81 |
6th |
Gio Gonzalez |
80 |
7th |
Kyle Gibson |
79 |
8th |
James Shields |
78 |
9th |
Lance Lynn |
76 |
10th |
Reynaldo Lopez |
75 |
11th |
Francisco Liriano |
73 |
12th |
Jhoulys Chacin |
71 |
13th |
Kyle Freeland |
70 |
14th |
Jake Odorizzi |
70 |
15th |
Danny Duffy |
70 |
16th |
Robbie Ray |
70 |
17th |
Jose Quintana |
68 |
18th |
Mike Foltynewicz |
68 |
19th |
Derek Holland |
67 |
20th |
Mike Clevinger |
67 |
21st |
Cole Hamels |
65 |
22nd |
Andrew Cashner |
65 |
23rd |
Gerrit Cole |
64 |
24th |
Jon Lester |
64 |
25th |
Blake Snell |
64 |
26th |
Charlie Morton |
64 |
27th |
Tyson Ross |
62 |
28th |
Jose Berrios |
61 |
29th |
Hector Santiago |
60 |
30th |
Carlos Martinez |
60 |
2017 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Wade Miley |
93 |
2nd |
Gio Gonzalez |
79 |
3rd |
Lance Lynn |
78 |
4th |
Tyler Chatwood |
77 |
5th |
Derek Holland |
75 |
6th |
Justin Verlander |
72 |
7th |
Jhoulys Chacin |
72 |
8th |
Julio Teheran |
72 |
9th |
Chad Kuhl |
72 |
10th |
Kevin Gausman |
71 |
11th |
Marco Estrada |
71 |
12th |
Carlos Martinez |
71 |
13th |
Robbie Ray |
71 |
14th |
Drew Pomeranz |
69 |
15th |
Rafael Montero |
67 |
16th |
Matt Moore |
67 |
17th |
R.A. Dickey |
67 |
18th |
Luis Perdomo |
65 |
19th |
Jose Urena |
64 |
20th |
Tanner Roark |
64 |
21st |
Andrew Cashner |
64 |
22nd |
Jaime Garcia |
64 |
23rd |
Kyle Freeland |
63 |
24th |
Martin Perez |
63 |
25th |
Ariel Miranda |
63 |
26th |
Mike Pelfrey |
62 |
27th |
Marcus Stroman |
62 |
28th |
Mike Fiers |
62 |
29th |
Patrick Corbin |
61 |
30th |
Ervin Santana |
61 |
2016 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Jimmy Nelson |
86 |
2nd |
Francisco Liriano |
85 |
3rd |
Brandon Finnegan |
84 |
4th |
Tom Koehler |
83 |
5th |
James Shields |
82 |
6th |
Hector Santiago |
79 |
7th |
Yordano Ventura |
78 |
8th |
Cole Hamels |
77 |
9th |
Edinson Volquez |
76 |
10th |
Martin Perez |
76 |
11th |
Jake Arrieta |
76 |
12th |
Tanner Roark |
73 |
13th |
Dan Straily |
73 |
14th |
Matt Moore |
72 |
15th |
Ubaldo Jimenez |
72 |
16th |
Robbie Ray |
71 |
17th |
Trevor Bauer |
70 |
18th |
Carlos Martinez |
70 |
19th |
Tyler Chatwood |
70 |
20th |
Chris Archer |
67 |
21st |
Archie Bradley |
67 |
22nd |
Patrick Corbin |
66 |
23rd |
Ian Kennedy |
66 |
24th |
Chris Tillman |
66 |
25th |
Drew Pomeranz |
65 |
26th |
CC Sabathia |
65 |
27th |
Marco Estrada |
65 |
28th |
Felix Hernandez |
65 |
29th |
R.A. Dickey |
63 |
30th |
Aaron Sanchez |
63 |
2015 MLB Walks Allowed Leaders
BB Rank |
Team |
BB |
1st |
Tyson Ross |
84 |
2nd |
James Shields |
81 |
3rd |
Trevor Bauer |
79 |
4th |
Tom Koehler |
77 |
5th |
Garrett Richards |
76 |
6th |
Shelby Miller |
73 |
7th |
Julio Teheran |
73 |
8th |
Edinson Volquez |
72 |
9th |
Hector Santiago |
71 |
10th |
Carlos Rodon |
71 |
11th |
Francisco Liriano |
70 |
12th |
Gio Gonzalez |
69 |
13th |
Yovani Gallardo |
68 |
14th |
Ubaldo Jimenez |
68 |
15th |
Lance Lynn |
68 |
16th |
Alfredo Simon |
68 |
17th |
Chris Archer |
66 |
18th |
Andrew Cashner |
66 |
19th |
Kyle Gibson |
65 |
20th |
Jimmy Nelson |
65 |
21st |
Jorge De La Rosa |
65 |
22nd |
Wade Miley |
64 |
23rd |
Mike Fiers |
64 |
24th |
Chris Heston |
64 |
25th |
Chris Tillman |
64 |
26th |
Rubby De La Rosa |
63 |
27th |
Carlos Martinez |
63 |
28th |
Cole Hamels |
62 |
29th |
R.A. Dickey |
61 |
30th |
Jeff Locke |
60 |