+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Statistic Description: Defensive Games PlayedGames played at this position.
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding), 200 stolen base attempts (catchers) or 80 stolen base attempts (baserunners only since 1951) or 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brooks Robinson+ (23) | 2870 | R |
| 2. | Graig Nettles (22) | 2412 | R |
| 3. | Gary Gaetti (20) | 2282 | R |
| 4. | Wade Boggs+ (18) | 2215 | R |
| 5. | Mike Schmidt+ (18) | 2212 | R |
| 6. | Buddy Bell (18) | 2183 | R |
| 7. | Eddie Mathews+ (17) | 2181 | R |
| 8. | Ron Santo+ (15) | 2130 | R |
| 9. | Adrian Beltre (15, 33) | 2059 | R |
| 10. | Tim Wallach (17) | 2054 | R |
| 11. | Scott Rolen (17, 37) | 2023 | R |
| 12. | Eddie Yost (18) | 2008 | R |
| 13. | Chipper Jones (19, 40) | 1992 | R |
| 14. | Ron Cey (17) | 1989 | R |
| 15. | Aurelio Rodriguez (17) | 1983 | R |
| 16. | Sal Bando (16) | 1896 | R |
| 17. | Robin Ventura (16) | 1887 | R |
| 18. | Pie Traynor+ (17) | 1863 | R |
| 19. | Stan Hack (16) | 1836 | R |
| 20. | Ken Boyer (15) | 1785 | R |
| Terry Pendleton (15) | 1785 | R | |
| 22. | Aramis Ramirez (15, 34) | 1784 | R |
| 23. | Pinky Higgins (14) | 1768 | R |
| 24. | Matt Williams (17) | 1743 | R |
| 25. | Lave Cross (21) | 1724 | R |
| 26. | Carney Lansford (15) | 1720 | R |
| 27. | George Brett+ (21) | 1692 | R |
| George Kell+ (15) | 1692 | R | |
| 29. | Jimmy Collins+ (14) | 1683 | R |
| 30. | Ken Caminiti (15) | 1676 | R |
| 31. | Willie Kamm (13) | 1674 | R |
| 32. | Vinny Castilla (16) | 1656 | R |
| Larry Gardner (17) | 1656 | R | |
| 34. | Willie Jones (15) | 1614 | R |
| 35. | Arlie Latham (17) | 1573 | R |
| 36. | Harlond Clift (12) | 1550 | R |
| 37. | Home Run Baker+ (13) | 1548 | R |
| 38. | Doug DeCinces (15) | 1543 | R |
| 39. | Ken Keltner (13) | 1500 | R |
| 40. | Todd Zeile (16) | 1498 | R |
| 41. | Ossie Bluege (18) | 1487 | R |
| 42. | Mike Lowell (13) | 1474 | R |
| 43. | Billy Nash (15) | 1465 | R |
| 44. | Darrell Evans (21) | 1442 | R |
| 45. | Bill Madlock (15) | 1440 | R |
| 46. | Clete Boyer (16) | 1439 | R |
| 47. | Jimmy Austin (18) | 1431 | R |
| 48. | Jeff Cirillo (14) | 1403 | R |
| 49. | Bill Bradley (14) | 1390 | R |
| 50. | Harry Steinfeldt (14) | 1387 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 51. | Frank Malzone (12) | 1370 | R |
| 52. | Bob Elliott (15) | 1365 | R |
| 53. | Joe Randa (12) | 1362 | R |
| 54. | Travis Fryman (13) | 1359 | R |
| 55. | Pinky Whitney (12) | 1358 | R |
| 56. | Doug Rader (11) | 1349 | R |
| Milt Stock (14) | 1349 | R | |
| 58. | Eric Chavez (15, 34) | 1339 | R |
| 59. | Troy Glaus (13) | 1337 | R |
| 60. | Charlie Hayes (14) | 1328 | R |
| 61. | Ken Reitz (11) | 1321 | R |
| 62. | Ken McMullen (16) | 1318 | R |
| 63. | Heinie Groh (16) | 1299 | R |
| 64. | Billy Shindle (13) | 1274 | R |
| 65. | Steve Buechele (11) | 1269 | R |
| 66. | Richie Hebner (18) | 1262 | R |
| 67. | Jimmy Dykes (22) | 1257 | R |
| 68. | David Wright (9, 29) | 1253 | R |
| 69. | Don Hoak (11) | 1199 | R |
| 70. | Mike Mowrey (13) | 1196 | R |
| 71. | Bob Bailey (17) | 1194 | R |
| 72. | Art Devlin (10) | 1192 | R |
| 73. | Mike Pagliarulo (11) | 1179 | R |
| 74. | Brook Jacoby (11) | 1166 | R |
| 75. | Dean Palmer (14) | 1162 | R |
| Alex Rodriguez (19, 36) | 1162 | R | |
| 77. | Eddie Foster (13) | 1161 | R |
| 78. | Bobby Byrne (11) | 1147 | R |
| 79. | Billy Werber (11) | 1143 | R |
| 80. | Jim Davenport (13) | 1130 | R |
| 81. | Bill Mueller (11) | 1128 | R |
| 82. | Jerry Denny (13) | 1109 | R |
| 83. | Doc Casey (10) | 1100 | R |
| 84. | Toby Harrah (17) | 1099 | R |
| 85. | Bob Aspromonte (13) | 1094 | R |
| 86. | Denny Lyons (13) | 1085 | R |
| 87. | Red Rolfe (10) | 1084 | R |
| 88. | Brandon Inge (12, 35) | 1073 | R |
| 89. | Tom Brookens (12) | 1065 | R |
| 90. | George Pinkney (10) | 1061 | R |
| 91. | Hick Carpenter (12) | 1059 | L |
| 92. | Paul Schaal (11) | 1053 | R |
| 93. | Kevin Seitzer (12) | 1051 | R |
| 94. | Red Smith (9) | 1050 | R |
| 95. | Joe Dugan (14) | 1048 | R |
| 96. | Ken Oberkfell (16) | 1046 | R |
| 97. | Don Wert (9) | 1043 | R |
| 98. | Howard Johnson (14) | 1031 | R |
| 99. | Don Money (16) | 1025 | R |
| 100. | Ray Knight (13) | 1021 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| Larry Parrish (15) | 1021 | R | |
| 102. | Ed Sprague (11) | 1019 | R |
| 103. | Pedro Feliz (11) | 1001 | R |
| 104. | Hans Lobert (14) | 1000 | R |
| 105. | David Bell (12) | 986 | R |
| 106. | Bill Coughlin (9) | 983 | R |
| Joe Mulvey (12) | 983 | R | |
| 108. | Jim Tabor (9) | 980 | R |
| 109. | Max Alvis (9) | 971 | R |
| 110. | Ryan Zimmerman (8, 27) | 969 | R |
| 111. | Bobby Bonilla (16) | 957 | R |
| 112. | Grady Hatton (12) | 956 | R |
| 113. | Tommy Leach (19) | 955 | R |
| 114. | Aaron Boone (12) | 951 | R |
| 115. | Heinie Zimmerman (13) | 945 | R |
| 116. | Ed Charles (8) | 942 | R |
| 117. | Scott Brosius (11) | 934 | R |
| 118. | Al Rosen (10) | 932 | R |
| 119. | Casey Blake (13) | 923 | R |
| 120. | Marv Owen (9) | 921 | R |
| 121. | Joe Stripp (11) | 914 | R |
| 122. | Jim Presley (8) | 911 | R |
| 123. | Corey Koskie (9) | 908 | R |
| Melvin Mora (13) | 908 | R | |
| 125. | Harry Lord (9) | 907 | R |
| 126. | Wayne Gross (11) | 903 | R |
| 127. | Bill Melton (10) | 901 | R |
| 128. | Billy Johnson (9) | 897 | R |
| 129. | Edgardo Alfonzo (12) | 889 | R |
| 130. | Enos Cabell (15) | 888 | R |
| 131. | Andy Carey (11) | 882 | R |
| 132. | Ezra Sutton (18) | 880 | R |
| 133. | Joe Crede (10) | 875 | R |
| 134. | Whitey Kurowski (9) | 868 | R |
| 135. | Charlie Irwin (10) | 866 | R |
| 136. | Luis Salazar (13) | 863 | R |
| 137. | Hank Majeski (13) | 861 | R |
| 138. | Kelly Gruber (10) | 846 | R |
| Roy Howell (11) | 846 | R | |
| 140. | Randy Jackson (10) | 844 | R |
| 141. | Phil Garner (16) | 839 | R |
| 142. | Ossie Vitt (10) | 833 | R |
| 143. | Chris Sabo (9) | 831 | R |
| 144. | Rich Rollins (10) | 830 | R |
| 145. | Les Bell (9) | 828 | R |
| 146. | Deacon White+ (20) | 827 | R |
| 147. | Charlie Deal (10) | 823 | R |
| 148. | Freddie Lindstrom+ (13) | 809 | R |
| 149. | Tony Batista (11) | 807 | R |
| 150. | Art Whitney (11) | 802 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 151. | Bill Kuehne (10) | 796 | R |
| George Moriarty (13) | 796 | R | |
| 153. | Wayne Garrett (10) | 792 | R |
| 154. | Harmon Killebrew+ (22) | 791 | R |
| Paul Molitor+ (21) | 791 | R | |
| 156. | Andy High (13) | 790 | R |
| 157. | John McGraw+ (16) | 782 | R |
| 158. | Gene Freese (12) | 781 | R |
| 159. | Dave Hollins (12) | 778 | R |
| 160. | Bob Jones (9) | 774 | R |
| 161. | Eddie Grant (10) | 769 | R |
| 162. | Frank Hankinson (10) | 764 | R |
| 163. | Bubba Phillips (10) | 762 | R |
| 164. | Jim Gilliam (14) | 761 | R |
| 165. | Tony Perez+ (23) | 760 | R |
| 166. | Eric Soderholm (9) | 759 | R |
| 167. | Harry Wolverton (9) | 756 | R |
| 168. | Tony Boeckel (6) | 755 | R |
| 169. | Bill Joyce (8) | 735 | R |
| 170. | Rance Mulliniks (16) | 730 | R |
| 171. | Rico Petrocelli (13) | 727 | R |
| 172. | Marty McManus (15) | 725 | R |
| 173. | Ned Williamson (13) | 716 | R |
| 174. | Lee Handley (10) | 713 | R |
| 175. | Dave Magadan (16) | 709 | R |
| 176. | Tom Burns (13) | 704 | R |
| Sammy Hale (10) | 704 | R | |
| 178. | Billy Cox (11) | 700 | R |
| Vance Law (11) | 700 | R | |
| 180. | Hank Blalock (9) | 699 | R |
| 181. | Bob Dillinger (6) | 692 | R |
| 182. | Bob Horner (10) | 684 | R |
| 183. | Jim Ray Hart (12) | 683 | R |
| 184. | Ty Wigginton (11, 34) | 678 | R |
| 185. | Geoff Blum (14, 39) | 677 | R |
| Babe Pinelli (8) | 677 | R | |
| 187. | Fernando Tatis (11) | 676 | R |
| 188. | Cookie Lavagetto (10) | 675 | R |
| Cal Ripken+ (21) | 675 | R | |
| 190. | Buddy Lewis (11) | 671 | R |
| 191. | Lee Tannehill (10) | 668 | R |
| 192. | Wid Conroy (11) | 665 | R |
| 193. | Edwin Encarnacion (8, 29) | 664 | R |
| 194. | Jack Howell (11) | 659 | R |
| 195. | Johnny Vergez (6) | 658 | R |
| 196. | Mark Reynolds (6, 28) | 655 | R |
| Hank Thompson (9) | 655 | R | |
| 198. | Bobby Adams (14) | 652 | R |
| Dick Allen (15) | 652 | R | |
| 200. | Joe Foy (6) | 651 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| Butch Hobson (8) | 651 | R | |
| 202. | Pinky May (5) | 646 | R |
| 203. | Kevin Kouzmanoff (6, 30) | 644 | R |
| 204. | Joe Sewell+ (14) | 643 | R |
| 205. | Garrett Atkins (8) | 642 | R |
| Placido Polanco (15, 36) | 642 | R | |
| 207. | Morgan Ensberg (8) | 639 | R |
| 208. | Pete Rose (24) | 634 | R |
| Jerry Royster (16) | 634 | R | |
| 210. | Jim Donnelly (11) | 631 | R |
| 211. | Chone Figgins (11, 34) | 630 | R |
| Ray Jablonski (8) | 630 | R | |
| 213. | Sean Berry (11) | 629 | R |
| 214. | Lew Riggs (10) | 627 | R |
| 215. | Wes Helms (13) | 626 | R |
| 216. | Charley Smith (10) | 623 | R |
| 217. | Jim Morrison (12) | 619 | R |
| 218. | Mike Blowers (11) | 616 | R |
| 219. | Terry Turner (17) | 604 | R |
| 220. | Evan Longoria (5, 26) | 601 | R |
| 221. | Frank O'Rourke (14) | 598 | R |
| 222. | Wally Gilbert (5) | 587 | R |
| 223. | Jeff King (11) | 586 | R |
| 224. | Chuck Dressen (8) | 575 | R |
| 225. | Fred Hartman (6) | 572 | R |
| 226. | Gene Robertson (9) | 571 | R |
| 227. | Leo Gomez (7) | 570 | R |
| 228. | Steve Ontiveros (8) | 569 | R |
| 229. | Edgar Martinez (18) | 564 | R |
| 230. | Pete Ward (9) | 562 | R |
| 231. | Russ Davis (8) | 556 | R |
| Garth Iorg (9) | 556 | R | |
| Charlie Reilly (8) | 556 | R | |
| 234. | Rube Lutzke (5) | 553 | R |
| Bill McKechnie+ (11) | 553 | R | |
| 236. | Miguel Cabrera (10, 29) | 541 | R |
| 237. | Bob Kennedy (16) | 540 | R |
| 238. | Chippy McGarr (10) | 539 | R |
| 239. | Sparky Adams (13) | 532 | R |
| 240. | George Davis+ (20) | 529 | R |
| 241. | Doug Baird (6) | 522 | R |
| 242. | Lenny Randle (12) | 521 | R |
| 243. | Hubie Brooks (15) | 516 | R |
| Bill Stein (14) | 516 | R | |
| 245. | Joe Torre (18) | 515 | R |
| 246. | Floyd Baker (13) | 510 | R |
| Ray Boone (13) | 510 | R | |
| 248. | Gil McDougald (10) | 508 | R |
| 249. | Shane Andrews (7) | 502 | R |
| 250. | Craig Paquette (11) | 498 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 251. | Jim Thome (22, 41) | 493 | R |
| 252. | Lenny Harris (18) | 485 | R |
| Howie Shanks (14) | 485 | R | |
| 254. | Phil Nevin (12) | 483 | R |
| Pablo Sandoval (5, 25) | 483 | R | |
| 256. | Billy Lauder (5) | 481 | R |
| 257. | Bernie Friberg (14) | 479 | R |
| 258. | Mike Shannon (9) | 478 | R |
| Patsy Tebeau (13) | 478 | R | |
| 260. | Buck Herzog (13) | 473 | R |
| 261. | Tony Cuccinello (15) | 468 | R |
| Gary Sheffield (22) | 468 | R | |
| Cecil Travis (12) | 468 | R | |
| 264. | Scott Cooper (7) | 467 | R |
| 265. | Chase Headley (6, 28) | 464 | R |
| 266. | Dave Chalk (9) | 462 | R |
| Shea Hillenbrand (7) | 462 | R | |
| 268. | Johnny Pesky (10) | 460 | R |
| 269. | Frankie Frisch+ (19) | 459 | R |
| Hector Lopez (12) | 459 | R | |
| 271. | Wilson Betemit (10, 30) | 458 | R |
| 272. | Eric Hinske (11, 34) | 457 | R |
| 273. | John Kennedy (12) | 455 | R |
| 274. | Mike Cubbage (8) | 454 | R |
| Sid Gordon (13) | 454 | R | |
| Tim Hulett (12) | 454 | R | |
| 277. | Jack Hannahan (6, 32) | 451 | R |
| 278. | Fred Haney (7) | 450 | R |
| 279. | Jimmy Johnston (13) | 448 | R |
| 280. | Mark Teahen (7, 30) | 447 | R |
| 281. | Mike Lamb (10) | 446 | R |
| 282. | Scott Leius (9) | 445 | R |
| 283. | Jimmy Burke (7) | 444 | R |
| 284. | Mark Christman (9) | 442 | R |
| Kevin Youkilis (9, 33) | 442 | R | |
| 286. | Bill Spiers (13) | 441 | R |
| 287. | Roy Hartzell (11) | 440 | R |
| 288. | Odell Hale (10) | 439 | R |
| 289. | Dave Brain (7) | 431 | R |
| 290. | Fritz Maisel (6) | 430 | R |
| 291. | Pepper Martin (13) | 429 | R |
| 292. | Tony Phillips (18) | 428 | R |
| 293. | Buck Weaver (9) | 427 | R |
| 294. | Eddie Kasko (10) | 426 | R |
| Rick Schu (9) | 426 | R | |
| Bobby Wallace+ (25) | 426 | R | |
| 297. | Alberto Callaspo (7, 29) | 425 | R |
| Billy Clingman (10) | 425 | R | |
| Jose Hernandez (15) | 425 | R | |
| 300. | Chris Brown (6) | 423 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 301. | Steve Mesner (6) | 421 | R |
| 302. | Denis Menke (13) | 420 | R |
| 303. | Dude Esterbrook (11) | 419 | R |
| 304. | Sean Burroughs (7, 31) | 418 | R |
| 305. | Tony Taylor (19) | 417 | R |
| 306. | John Castino (6) | 416 | R |
| 307. | Mike Muldoon (5) | 413 | |
| 308. | Don Gutteridge (12) | 412 | R |
| 309. | Barry McCormick (10) | 411 | R |
| 310. | Fred Hatfield (9) | 408 | R |
| 311. | Ian Stewart (6, 27) | 406 | R |
| 312. | Ed Spiezio (9) | 404 | R |
| 313. | Jumbo Davis (7) | 400 | R |
| Woody English (12) | 400 | R | |
| Willie Greene (9) | 400 | R | |
| Art Howe (11) | 400 | R | |
| 317. | Casey McGehee (5, 29) | 398 | R |
| 318. | Bob Ferguson (14) | 397 | R |
| Coco Laboy (5) | 397 | R | |
| 320. | Pete Suder (13) | 395 | R |
| 321. | Frank Thomas (16) | 394 | R |
| 322. | Sammy Strang (10) | 393 | R |
| 323. | Ron Coomer (9) | 391 | R |
| Al Gallagher (4) | 391 | R | |
| 325. | Jeff Hamilton (6) | 389 | R |
| 326. | Pete Castiglione (8) | 388 | R |
| Chris Stynes (10) | 388 | R | |
| 328. | Denny Walling (18) | 387 | R |
| 329. | Dave Roberts (10) | 386 | R |
| 330. | Craig Counsell (16) | 385 | R |
| 331. | Chad Tracy (8, 32) | 384 | R |
| 332. | Jose Bautista (9, 31) | 383 | R |
| Ed Gremminger (4) | 383 | R | |
| 334. | Frankie Gustine (12) | 382 | R |
| 335. | Al Smith (12) | 378 | R |
| 336. | Ed Lennox (6) | 377 | R |
| Greg Pryor (10) | 377 | R | |
| 338. | Craig Worthington (7) | 376 | R |
| 339. | Don Zimmer (12) | 375 | R |
| 340. | Pedro Guerrero (15) | 373 | R |
| 341. | Howard Freigau (7) | 371 | R |
| Dave Hansen (15) | 371 | R | |
| John Valentin (11) | 371 | R | |
| 344. | Bobby Brown (8) | 369 | R |
| 345. | Russ Wrightstone (9) | 368 | R |
| 346. | Reno Bertoia (10) | 367 | R |
| 347. | Darnell Coles (14) | 366 | R |
| 348. | Ernie Courtney (6) | 362 | R |
| Maury Wills (14) | 362 | R | |
| 350. | Joe Werrick (4) | 361 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 351. | Jim Gantner (17) | 360 | R |
| Aubrey Huff (13, 35) | 360 | R | |
| 353. | Tom O'Malley (9) | 359 | R |
| 354. | Jose Pagan (15) | 358 | R |
| Michael Young (13, 35) | 358 | R | |
| 356. | Don Buford (10) | 352 | R |
| Rene Gonzales (13) | 352 | R | |
| 358. | Bill Brubaker (10) | 350 | R |
| 359. | Jorge Cantu (8, 30) | 347 | R |
| 360. | Steve Boros (7) | 346 | R |
| 361. | Frank Ellerbe (6) | 345 | R |
| Tim Naehring (8) | 345 | R | |
| Herbert Perry (9) | 345 | R | |
| 364. | George Perring (5) | 344 | R |
| 365. | Joe Battin (10) | 340 | R |
| 366. | Doug Strange (9) | 339 | R |
| 367. | Mark DeRosa (15, 37) | 338 | R |
| 368. | Danny O'Connell (10) | 335 | R |
| 369. | Jack Warner (8) | 334 | R |
| 370. | Sammy Esposito (10) | 333 | R |
| 371. | Jim Finigan (6) | 332 | R |
| Deron Johnson (16) | 332 | R | |
| 373. | Russell Branyan (14, 36) | 331 | R |
| 374. | Billy Goodman (16) | 330 | R |
| 375. | Kurt Bevacqua (15) | 329 | R |
| Alex Gordon (6, 28) | 329 | R | |
| 377. | Jack Gleason (6) | 328 | R |
| Jerry Kenney (6) | 328 | R | |
| 379. | Greg Dobbs (9, 33) | 326 | R |
| 380. | Chris Johnson (4, 27) | 325 | R |
| 381. | Nick Punto (12, 34) | 323 | R |
| 382. | Harry Schafer (8) | 322 | R |
| Vern Stephens (15) | 322 | R | |
| 384. | Al Dark (14) | 320 | R |
| 385. | Scott Livingstone (8) | 319 | R |
| 386. | Felix Torres (3) | 317 | R |
| 387. | Hunter Hill (3) | 316 | R |
| Andy LaRoche (5, 28) | 316 | R | |
| B.J. Surhoff (19) | 316 | R | |
| 390. | Steve Braun (15) | 310 | R |
| Bill Everitt (7) | 310 | R | |
| 392. | Wayne Krenchicki (8) | 308 | R |
| 393. | Travis Jackson+ (15) | 307 | R |
| Rollie Zeider (9) | 307 | R | |
| 395. | Pedro Alvarez (3, 25) | 305 | R |
| 396. | Tony Fernandez (17) | 302 | R |
| 397. | Bill Hague (5) | 301 | R |
| Ernie Riles (9) | 301 | R | |
| 399. | Jim Delahanty (13) | 296 | R |
| Debs Garms (12) | 296 | R |
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.