MLB Hitter Walks Leaders

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