+ - 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. | Tim Wallach (17) | 2054 | R |
| 10. | Eddie Yost (18) | 2008 | R |
| 11. | Ron Cey (17) | 1989 | R |
| 12. | Aurelio Rodriguez (17) | 1983 | R |
| 13. | Adrian Beltre (15, 33) | 1964 | R |
| Scott Rolen (17, 37) | 1964 | R | |
| 15. | Chipper Jones (19, 40) | 1914 | 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. | Pinky Higgins (14) | 1768 | R |
| 23. | Matt Williams (17) | 1743 | R |
| 24. | Lave Cross (21) | 1724 | R |
| 25. | Carney Lansford (15) | 1720 | R |
| 26. | George Brett+ (21) | 1692 | R |
| George Kell+ (15) | 1692 | R | |
| 28. | Aramis Ramirez (15, 34) | 1686 | 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. | Troy Glaus (13) | 1337 | R |
| 59. | Charlie Hayes (14) | 1328 | R |
| 60. | Ken Reitz (11) | 1321 | R |
| 61. | Ken McMullen (16) | 1318 | R |
| 62. | Heinie Groh (16) | 1299 | R |
| 63. | Eric Chavez (15, 34) | 1287 | 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. | Don Hoak (11) | 1199 | R |
| 69. | Mike Mowrey (13) | 1196 | R |
| 70. | Bob Bailey (17) | 1194 | R |
| 71. | Art Devlin (10) | 1192 | R |
| 72. | Mike Pagliarulo (11) | 1179 | R |
| 73. | Brook Jacoby (11) | 1166 | R |
| 74. | Dean Palmer (14) | 1162 | R |
| 75. | Eddie Foster (13) | 1161 | R |
| 76. | Bobby Byrne (11) | 1147 | R |
| 77. | David Wright (9, 29) | 1144 | R |
| 78. | Billy Werber (11) | 1143 | R |
| 79. | Jim Davenport (13) | 1130 | R |
| 80. | Bill Mueller (11) | 1128 | R |
| 81. | Alex Rodriguez (19, 36) | 1114 | 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. | Tom Brookens (12) | 1065 | R |
| 89. | George Pinkney (10) | 1061 | R |
| 90. | Hick Carpenter (12) | 1059 | L |
| 91. | Paul Schaal (11) | 1053 | R |
| 92. | Kevin Seitzer (12) | 1051 | R |
| 93. | Red Smith (9) | 1050 | R |
| 94. | Joe Dugan (14) | 1048 | R |
| 95. | Ken Oberkfell (16) | 1046 | R |
| 96. | Don Wert (9) | 1043 | R |
| 97. | Howard Johnson (14) | 1031 | R |
| 98. | Don Money (16) | 1025 | R |
| 99. | Ray Knight (13) | 1021 | R |
| Larry Parrish (15) | 1021 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 101. | Ed Sprague (11) | 1019 | R |
| 102. | Brandon Inge (12, 35) | 1012 | 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. | Bobby Bonilla (16) | 957 | R |
| 111. | Grady Hatton (12) | 956 | R |
| 112. | Tommy Leach (19) | 955 | R |
| 113. | Aaron Boone (12) | 951 | R |
| 114. | Heinie Zimmerman (13) | 945 | R |
| 115. | Ed Charles (8) | 942 | R |
| 116. | Scott Brosius (11) | 934 | R |
| 117. | Al Rosen (10) | 932 | R |
| 118. | Casey Blake (13) | 923 | R |
| 119. | Marv Owen (9) | 921 | R |
| 120. | Joe Stripp (11) | 914 | R |
| 121. | Jim Presley (8) | 911 | R |
| 122. | Corey Koskie (9) | 908 | R |
| Melvin Mora (13) | 908 | R | |
| 124. | Harry Lord (9) | 907 | R |
| 125. | Wayne Gross (11) | 903 | R |
| 126. | Bill Melton (10) | 901 | R |
| 127. | Billy Johnson (9) | 897 | R |
| 128. | Edgardo Alfonzo (12) | 889 | R |
| 129. | Enos Cabell (15) | 888 | R |
| 130. | Andy Carey (11) | 882 | R |
| 131. | Ezra Sutton (18) | 880 | R |
| 132. | Joe Crede (10) | 875 | R |
| 133. | Whitey Kurowski (9) | 868 | R |
| 134. | Charlie Irwin (10) | 866 | R |
| 135. | Luis Salazar (13) | 863 | R |
| 136. | Hank Majeski (13) | 861 | R |
| 137. | Ryan Zimmerman (8, 27) | 859 | 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. | Babe Pinelli (8) | 677 | R |
| 185. | Fernando Tatis (11) | 676 | R |
| 186. | Cookie Lavagetto (10) | 675 | R |
| Cal Ripken+ (21) | 675 | R | |
| 188. | Geoff Blum (14, 39) | 673 | R |
| 189. | Buddy Lewis (11) | 671 | R |
| 190. | Lee Tannehill (10) | 668 | R |
| Ty Wigginton (11, 34) | 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 |
| 206. | Morgan Ensberg (8) | 639 | R |
| 207. | Pete Rose (24) | 634 | R |
| Jerry Royster (16) | 634 | R | |
| 209. | Jim Donnelly (11) | 631 | R |
| 210. | Ray Jablonski (8) | 630 | R |
| 211. | Sean Berry (11) | 629 | R |
| 212. | Lew Riggs (10) | 627 | R |
| 213. | Wes Helms (13) | 626 | R |
| 214. | Charley Smith (10) | 623 | R |
| 215. | Chone Figgins (11, 34) | 622 | R |
| 216. | Jim Morrison (12) | 619 | R |
| 217. | Mike Blowers (11) | 616 | R |
| 218. | Placido Polanco (15, 36) | 605 | R |
| 219. | Terry Turner (17) | 604 | R |
| 220. | Frank O'Rourke (14) | 598 | R |
| 221. | Wally Gilbert (5) | 587 | R |
| 222. | Jeff King (11) | 586 | R |
| 223. | Chuck Dressen (8) | 575 | R |
| 224. | Evan Longoria (5, 26) | 574 | 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. | Bob Kennedy (16) | 540 | R |
| 237. | Chippy McGarr (10) | 539 | R |
| 238. | Sparky Adams (13) | 532 | R |
| 239. | George Davis+ (20) | 529 | R |
| 240. | Doug Baird (6) | 522 | R |
| 241. | Lenny Randle (12) | 521 | R |
| 242. | Hubie Brooks (15) | 516 | R |
| Bill Stein (14) | 516 | R | |
| 244. | Joe Torre (18) | 515 | R |
| 245. | Floyd Baker (13) | 510 | R |
| Ray Boone (13) | 510 | R | |
| 247. | Gil McDougald (10) | 508 | R |
| 248. | Shane Andrews (7) | 502 | R |
| 249. | Craig Paquette (11) | 498 | R |
| 250. | Jim Thome (22, 41) | 493 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 251. | Lenny Harris (18) | 485 | R |
| Howie Shanks (14) | 485 | R | |
| 253. | Phil Nevin (12) | 483 | R |
| 254. | Billy Lauder (5) | 481 | R |
| 255. | Bernie Friberg (14) | 479 | R |
| 256. | Mike Shannon (9) | 478 | R |
| Patsy Tebeau (13) | 478 | R | |
| 258. | Buck Herzog (13) | 473 | R |
| 259. | Tony Cuccinello (15) | 468 | R |
| Gary Sheffield (22) | 468 | R | |
| Cecil Travis (12) | 468 | R | |
| 262. | Scott Cooper (7) | 467 | R |
| 263. | Dave Chalk (9) | 462 | R |
| Shea Hillenbrand (7) | 462 | R | |
| 265. | Johnny Pesky (10) | 460 | R |
| 266. | Frankie Frisch+ (19) | 459 | R |
| Hector Lopez (12) | 459 | R | |
| 268. | Eric Hinske (11, 34) | 457 | R |
| 269. | John Kennedy (12) | 455 | R |
| 270. | Mike Cubbage (8) | 454 | R |
| Sid Gordon (13) | 454 | R | |
| Tim Hulett (12) | 454 | R | |
| 273. | Fred Haney (7) | 450 | R |
| 274. | Jimmy Johnston (13) | 448 | R |
| 275. | Mark Teahen (7, 30) | 447 | R |
| 276. | Mike Lamb (10) | 446 | R |
| 277. | Scott Leius (9) | 445 | R |
| 278. | Jimmy Burke (7) | 444 | R |
| 279. | Mark Christman (9) | 442 | R |
| 280. | Bill Spiers (13) | 441 | R |
| 281. | Roy Hartzell (11) | 440 | R |
| 282. | Odell Hale (10) | 439 | R |
| 283. | Miguel Cabrera (10, 29) | 435 | R |
| 284. | Dave Brain (7) | 431 | R |
| 285. | Fritz Maisel (6) | 430 | R |
| 286. | Pepper Martin (13) | 429 | R |
| 287. | Tony Phillips (18) | 428 | R |
| 288. | Buck Weaver (9) | 427 | R |
| 289. | Eddie Kasko (10) | 426 | R |
| Rick Schu (9) | 426 | R | |
| Bobby Wallace+ (25) | 426 | R | |
| 292. | Billy Clingman (10) | 425 | R |
| Jose Hernandez (15) | 425 | R | |
| 294. | Chris Brown (6) | 423 | R |
| 295. | Steve Mesner (6) | 421 | R |
| 296. | Denis Menke (13) | 420 | R |
| 297. | Dude Esterbrook (11) | 419 | R |
| 298. | Sean Burroughs (7, 31) | 418 | R |
| 299. | Tony Taylor (19) | 417 | R |
| 300. | John Castino (6) | 416 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 301. | Mike Muldoon (5) | 413 | |
| 302. | Don Gutteridge (12) | 412 | R |
| 303. | Barry McCormick (10) | 411 | R |
| 304. | Wilson Betemit (10, 30) | 408 | R |
| Fred Hatfield (9) | 408 | R | |
| 306. | Pablo Sandoval (5, 25) | 405 | R |
| 307. | Ed Spiezio (9) | 404 | R |
| 308. | Jumbo Davis (7) | 400 | R |
| Woody English (12) | 400 | R | |
| Willie Greene (9) | 400 | R | |
| Art Howe (11) | 400 | R | |
| 312. | Bob Ferguson (14) | 397 | R |
| Coco Laboy (5) | 397 | R | |
| 314. | Ian Stewart (6, 27) | 396 | R |
| 315. | Pete Suder (13) | 395 | R |
| 316. | Frank Thomas (16) | 394 | R |
| 317. | Sammy Strang (10) | 393 | R |
| 318. | Ron Coomer (9) | 391 | R |
| Al Gallagher (4) | 391 | R | |
| 320. | Jeff Hamilton (6) | 389 | R |
| 321. | Pete Castiglione (8) | 388 | R |
| Chris Stynes (10) | 388 | R | |
| 323. | Denny Walling (18) | 387 | R |
| 324. | Jack Hannahan (6, 32) | 386 | R |
| Dave Roberts (10) | 386 | R | |
| 326. | Craig Counsell (16) | 385 | R |
| 327. | Jose Bautista (9, 31) | 383 | R |
| Ed Gremminger (4) | 383 | R | |
| 329. | Frankie Gustine (12) | 382 | R |
| 330. | Casey McGehee (5, 29) | 380 | R |
| 331. | Al Smith (12) | 378 | R |
| Chad Tracy (8, 32) | 378 | R | |
| 333. | Ed Lennox (6) | 377 | R |
| Greg Pryor (10) | 377 | R | |
| 335. | Craig Worthington (7) | 376 | R |
| 336. | Don Zimmer (12) | 375 | R |
| 337. | Pedro Guerrero (15) | 373 | R |
| 338. | Howard Freigau (7) | 371 | R |
| Dave Hansen (15) | 371 | R | |
| John Valentin (11) | 371 | R | |
| 341. | Bobby Brown (8) | 369 | R |
| 342. | Russ Wrightstone (9) | 368 | R |
| 343. | Reno Bertoia (10) | 367 | R |
| 344. | Darnell Coles (14) | 366 | R |
| 345. | Ernie Courtney (6) | 362 | R |
| Maury Wills (14) | 362 | R | |
| 347. | Joe Werrick (4) | 361 | R |
| 348. | Jim Gantner (17) | 360 | R |
| Aubrey Huff (13, 35) | 360 | R | |
| 350. | Tom O'Malley (9) | 359 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as 3B | Throws |
| 351. | Jose Pagan (15) | 358 | R |
| 352. | Chase Headley (6, 28) | 354 | R |
| 353. | Don Buford (10) | 352 | R |
| Rene Gonzales (13) | 352 | R | |
| Kevin Youkilis (9, 33) | 352 | R | |
| 356. | Bill Brubaker (10) | 350 | R |
| 357. | Jorge Cantu (8, 30) | 347 | R |
| 358. | Steve Boros (7) | 346 | R |
| 359. | Frank Ellerbe (6) | 345 | R |
| Tim Naehring (8) | 345 | R | |
| Herbert Perry (9) | 345 | R | |
| 362. | George Perring (5) | 344 | R |
| 363. | Michael Young (13, 35) | 343 | R |
| 364. | Joe Battin (10) | 340 | R |
| 365. | Doug Strange (9) | 339 | R |
| 366. | Danny O'Connell (10) | 335 | R |
| 367. | Jack Warner (8) | 334 | R |
| 368. | Sammy Esposito (10) | 333 | R |
| 369. | Jim Finigan (6) | 332 | R |
| Deron Johnson (16) | 332 | R | |
| 371. | Russell Branyan (14, 36) | 331 | R |
| 372. | Billy Goodman (16) | 330 | R |
| 373. | Kurt Bevacqua (15) | 329 | R |
| Mark DeRosa (15, 37) | 329 | R | |
| Alex Gordon (6, 28) | 329 | R | |
| 376. | Alberto Callaspo (7, 29) | 328 | R |
| Jack Gleason (6) | 328 | R | |
| Jerry Kenney (6) | 328 | R | |
| 379. | Harry Schafer (8) | 322 | R |
| Vern Stephens (15) | 322 | R | |
| 381. | Al Dark (14) | 320 | R |
| 382. | Scott Livingstone (8) | 319 | R |
| 383. | Felix Torres (3) | 317 | R |
| 384. | Hunter Hill (3) | 316 | R |
| Andy LaRoche (5, 28) | 316 | R | |
| B.J. Surhoff (19) | 316 | R | |
| 387. | Steve Braun (15) | 310 | R |
| Bill Everitt (7) | 310 | R | |
| 389. | Wayne Krenchicki (8) | 308 | R |
| 390. | Travis Jackson+ (15) | 307 | R |
| Rollie Zeider (9) | 307 | R | |
| 392. | Tony Fernandez (17) | 302 | R |
| Nick Punto (12, 34) | 302 | R | |
| 394. | Bill Hague (5) | 301 | R |
| Ernie Riles (9) | 301 | R | |
| 396. | Jim Delahanty (13) | 296 | R |
| Debs Garms (12) | 296 | R | |
| 398. | Harry Raymond (5) | 295 | |
| Joe Yeager (10) | 295 | R | |
| 400. | Randy Velarde (16) | 293 | R |
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.