List of Major League Baseball career intentional bases on balls leaders explained

In baseball, an intentional base on balls, usually referred to as an intentional walk and denoted in baseball scorekeeping by IBB, is a base on balls (walk) issued to a batter by a pitcher with the intent of removing the batter's opportunity to swing at the pitched ball. A pitch that is intentionally thrown far outside the strike zone for this purpose is referred to as an intentional ball. Since the season, intentional bases on balls are issued to the hitter at the discretion of a manager.

Barry Bonds^[1] ^[2] is the all-time leader in intentional bases on balls with 688 career intentional walks. Bonds is the only player to be intentionally walked more than 400 times. Joey Votto is fifty-ninth all-time and the active leader with 147 career intentional bases on balls.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career intentional walks. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2024 IBBs)	Number of intentional walks hit during the 2024 Major League Baseball season.
IBB	Total career intentional walks
	denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	denotes active player.^[3]

List

Stats updated as of August 21, 2024.

Rank	Player (2024 IBBs)	IBB
1	Barry Bonds	688
2	Albert Pujols	316
3	Stan Musial	298
4	Hank Aaron	293
5	Willie McCovey	260
6	Vladimir Guerrero	250
7	Ken Griffey Jr.	246
8	Ted Williams	243
9	Miguel Cabrera	238
10	George Brett	229
11	Willie Stargell	227
12	Eddie Murray	222
13	Frank Robinson	218
14	Manny Ramirez	216
15	Willie Mays	214
16	David Ortiz	209
17	Tony Gwynn	203
18	Ernie Banks	202
19	Mike Schmidt	201
20	Rusty Staub	193
21	Carl Yastrzemski	190
22	Chili Davis	188
	Ted Simmons	188
24	Harold Baines	187
25	Carlos Delgado	186
26	Todd Helton	185
27	Billy Williams	182
28	Ichiro Suzuki	181
29	Wade Boggs	180
30	Chipper Jones	177
31	Jim Thome	173
32		172
	Dave Winfield	172
34	Fred McGriff	171
35	Dave Parker	170
36	Frank Thomas	168
37	Roberto Clemente	167
	Pete Rose	167
39	Prince Fielder	164
	Reggie Jackson	164
41	Lance Berkman	160
	Harmon Killebrew	160
43	Dale Murphy	159
44	Adrián González	158
45	John Olerud	157
46	Jeff Bagwell	155
	Will Clark	155
48	Orlando Cepeda	154
	Ryan Howard	154
	Duke Snider	154

Rank	Player (2024 IBBs)	IBB
	Sammy Sosa	154
52	Ernie Lombardi	153
53	Luis Gonzalez	150
	Mark McGwire	150
	Johnny Mize	150
	Tony Pérez	150
57	Mickey Mantle	148
	Tim Raines	148
59	Joey Votto	147
60	Mike Piazza	146
61	Joe Mauer	145
62	Rod Carew	144
	Garry Templeton	144
	Mo Vaughn	144
65	Andre Dawson	143
66	José Cruz	142
	Ted Kluszewski	142
	Eddie Mathews	142
69	Darrell Evans	141
70	Boog Powell	140
71	Dick Allen	138
72	Don Mattingly	136
73	Johnny Bench	135
	Frank Howard	135
75	Freddie Freeman (8)	134
76	Jimmie Foxx	133
	Al Kaline	133
78	Robin Ventura	132
79	Bill Nicholson	131
	Tony Oliva	131
	Darryl Strawberry	131
82	Bryce Harper (10)	130
	Keith Hernandez	130
	Gary Sheffield	130
85	Ron Fairly	129
	Al López	129
87	Bobby Bonilla	128
	Mel Ott	128
89	Jack Clark	127
	Joe Torre	127
91	Ken Singleton	125
92	Lou Brock	124
93	Leo Cárdenas	122
	Adam Dunn	122
95	Bill Madlock	121
96	Brooks Robinson	120
	Mike Trout (1)	120
98	Víctor Martínez	119
	Tim McCarver	119
	Al Oliver	119

External links

Web site: Career Leaders & Records for Intentional Bases on Balls. Baseball-Reference.com.

Notes and References

Web site: Barry Bonds Career Stats. Baseball Reference. August 1, 2021.
Web site: Barry Bonds Bio. Jensen. Don. Society For American Baseball Research. August 1, 2021.
A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.