Most Career Hits
This is a list of all time hits leaders between the major leagues, the minor leagues, and Nippon Pro Baseball. While it is believed this list is complete, it may be incomplete due to missing data.
Active players in bold
Player | Majors | Minors | Japan | Korea | Total |
Pete Rose | 4256 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 4683 |
Ty Cobb | 4191 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 4402 |
Ichiro Suzuki | 3089 | 0 | 1278 | 0 | 4367 |
Hank Aaron | 3771 | 324 | 0 | 0 | 4095 |
Jigger Statz | 737 | 3356 | 0 | 0 | 4093 |
Derek Jeter | 3465 | 554 | 0 | 0 | 4019 |
Julio Franco | 2586 | 980 | 286 | 156 | 4008 |
Stan Musial | 3630 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 4001 |
Tris Speaker | 3514 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 3906 |
Jake Beckley | 2934 | 972 | 0 | 0 | 3906 |
Sam Crawford | 2961 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 3824 |
Paul Waner | 3152 | 635 | 0 | 0 | 3787 |
Carl Yastrzemski | 3419 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 3782 |
Wade Boggs | 3010 | 724 | 0 | 0 | 3734 |
Spencer Harris | 94 | 3617 | 0 | 0 | 3711 |
Nap Lajoie | 3243 | 466 | 0 | 0 | 3709 |
Eddie Murray | 3255 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 3694 |
Honus Wagner | 3420 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 3682 |
Cal Ripken | 3184 | 463 | 0 | 0 | 3647 |
Rickey Henderson | 3055 | 589 | 0 | 0 | 3644 |
George Van Haltren | 2544 | 1045 | 0 | 0 | 3589 |
Albert Pujols | 3384 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 3538 |
Adrian Beltre | 3166 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 3529 |
Jesse Burkett | 2850 | 648 | 0 | 0 | 3498 |
Miguel Cabrera | 3088 | 409 | 0 | 0 | 3497 |
Harry Strohm | 0 | 3486 | 0 | 0 | 3486 |
George Brett | 3154 | 325 | 0 | 0 | 3479 |
Ed Hock | 1 | 3474 | 0 | 0 | 3475 |
Willie Mays | 3283 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 3462 |
Earl Sheely | 1340 | 2119 | 0 | 0 | 3459 |
George Whiteman | 70 | 3388 | 0 | 0 | 3458 |
Cap Anson | 3435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3435 |
Johnny Frederick | 954 | 2467 | 0 | 0 | 3421 |
Paul Molitor | 3319 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 3400 |
Note: Updated through end of 2022 season.
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