+ - 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 CF (s.1954) | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Willie Mays+ (22) | 2832 | R |
| 2. | Steve Finley (19) | 2314 | L |
| 3. | Willie Davis (18) | 2240 | L |
| 4. | Ken Griffey (22) | 2145 | L |
| 5. | Doc Cramer (20) | 2027 | R |
| 6. | Brett Butler (17) | 1989 | L |
| 7. | Kenny Lofton (17) | 1988 | L |
| 8. | Richie Ashburn+ (15) | 1982 | R |
| 9. | Marquis Grissom (17) | 1967 | R |
| 10. | Bernie Williams (16) | 1857 | R |
| 11. | Amos Otis (17) | 1826 | R |
| 12. | Paul Blair (17) | 1802 | R |
| 13. | Mike Cameron (17) | 1787 | R |
| 14. | Jim Edmonds (17) | 1768 | L |
| 15. | Mickey Mantle+ (18) | 1743 | R |
| 16. | Andruw Jones (17, 35) | 1724 | R |
| Devon White (17) | 1724 | R | |
| 18. | Curt Flood (15) | 1692 | R |
| 19. | Vada Pinson (18) | 1681 | L |
| 20. | Lloyd Waner+ (18) | 1660 | R |
| 21. | Garry Maddox (15) | 1659 | R |
| 22. | Joe DiMaggio+ (13) | 1635 | R |
| 23. | Duke Snider+ (18) | 1589 | R |
| 24. | Fred Lynn (17) | 1584 | L |
| 25. | Carlos Beltran (15, 35) | 1572 | R |
| 26. | Bill Bruton (12) | 1551 | R |
| 27. | Torii Hunter (16, 36) | 1523 | R |
| 28. | Bill Virdon (12) | 1506 | R |
| 29. | Rick Monday (19) | 1491 | L |
| 30. | Earl Averill+ (13) | 1476 | R |
| 31. | Chet Lemon (16) | 1471 | R |
| 32. | Cesar Cedeno (17) | 1459 | R |
| 33. | Sam West (16) | 1446 | L |
| 34. | Kirby Puckett+ (12) | 1432 | R |
| 35. | Edd Roush+ (18) | 1399 | L |
| 36. | Vernon Wells (14, 33) | 1369 | R |
| 37. | Willie Wilson (19) | 1358 | R |
| 38. | Willie McGee (18) | 1352 | R |
| 39. | Tris Speaker+ (22) | 1349 | L |
| 40. | Dom DiMaggio (11) | 1338 | R |
| 41. | Larry Doby+ (13) | 1332 | R |
| 42. | Lance Johnson (14) | 1327 | L |
| Lloyd Moseby (12) | 1327 | R | |
| 44. | Rick Manning (13) | 1317 | R |
| 45. | Brian McRae (10) | 1307 | R |
| 46. | Johnny Damon (18, 38) | 1298 | L |
| 47. | Jim Busby (13) | 1267 | R |
| 48. | Max Carey+ (20) | 1255 | R |
| 49. | Omar Moreno (12) | 1221 | L |
| 50. | Lenny Dykstra (12) | 1213 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| Jim Piersall (17) | 1213 | R | |
| 52. | Juan Pierre (13, 34) | 1193 | L |
| 53. | Terry Moore (11) | 1186 | R |
| 54. | Jim Wynn (15) | 1182 | R |
| 55. | Dwayne Murphy (12) | 1178 | R |
| 56. | Mickey Stanley (15) | 1176 | R |
| 57. | Earle Combs+ (12) | 1157 | R |
| Dave Henderson (14) | 1157 | R | |
| 59. | Aaron Rowand (11) | 1155 | R |
| 60. | Robin Yount+ (20) | 1150 | R |
| 61. | Bill Tuttle (11) | 1146 | R |
| 62. | Mickey Rivers (15) | 1145 | L |
| 63. | Ray Lankford (14) | 1139 | L |
| 64. | Otis Nixon (17) | 1137 | R |
| 65. | Jim Landis (11) | 1133 | R |
| 66. | Gary Pettis (11) | 1125 | R |
| 67. | Andy Van Slyke (13) | 1119 | R |
| 68. | Del Unser (15) | 1118 | L |
| 69. | Curtis Granderson (9, 31) | 1109 | R |
| 70. | Mike Kreevich (12) | 1097 | R |
| 71. | Cesar Geronimo (15) | 1080 | L |
| 72. | Sam Chapman (11) | 1076 | R |
| 73. | Ty Cobb+ (24) | 1073 | R |
| 74. | Vince DiMaggio (10) | 1070 | R |
| 75. | Mookie Wilson (12) | 1067 | R |
| 76. | Ellis Burks (18) | 1062 | R |
| 77. | Dale Murphy (18) | 1041 | R |
| 78. | Darren Lewis (13) | 1032 | R |
| 79. | Andre Dawson+ (21) | 1027 | R |
| Baby Doll Jacobson (11) | 1027 | R | |
| 81. | Bill North (11) | 1022 | R |
| 82. | Ken Berry (14) | 1020 | R |
| 83. | Mark Kotsay (16, 36) | 1013 | L |
| Fred Schulte (11) | 1013 | R | |
| 85. | Corey Patterson (12, 32) | 1010 | R |
| 86. | Taylor Douthit (11) | 985 | R |
| Bobby Thomson (15) | 985 | R | |
| 88. | Gorman Thomas (13) | 968 | R |
| 89. | Johnny Groth (15) | 963 | R |
| 90. | Cy Williams (19) | 942 | L |
| 91. | Wally Berger (11) | 938 | R |
| 92. | Jerry Mumphrey (15) | 937 | R |
| 93. | Tony Gonzalez (12) | 936 | R |
| 94. | Tommie Agee (12) | 933 | R |
| 95. | Al Bumbry (14) | 928 | R |
| 96. | Brady Anderson (15) | 927 | L |
| 97. | Ruppert Jones (12) | 918 | L |
| 98. | Hack Wilson+ (12) | 914 | R |
| 99. | Coco Crisp (11, 32) | 901 | R |
| 100. | Roberto Kelly (14) | 887 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 101. | Doug Glanville (9) | 885 | R |
| 102. | Preston Wilson (10) | 874 | R |
| 103. | Tom Goodwin (14) | 859 | R |
| Ken Landreaux (11) | 859 | R | |
| 105. | Johnny Mostil (10) | 856 | R |
| 106. | Darryl Hamilton (13) | 855 | R |
| 107. | Dave Martinez (16) | 853 | L |
| Rick Miller (15) | 853 | L | |
| 109. | Chris Young (7, 28) | 851 | R |
| 110. | Grady Sizemore (8, 29) | 849 | L |
| 111. | Jose Cardenal (18) | 848 | R |
| 112. | Matty Alou (15) | 846 | L |
| 113. | Eric Davis (17) | 845 | R |
| 114. | Marlon Byrd (11, 34) | 844 | R |
| 115. | Al Oliver (18) | 840 | L |
| 116. | Ron LeFlore (9) | 834 | R |
| 117. | Gus Bell (15) | 815 | R |
| 118. | B.J. Upton (8, 27) | 813 | R |
| 119. | Mule Haas (12) | 811 | R |
| 120. | Reggie Smith (17) | 808 | R |
| 121. | Stan Spence (9) | 800 | L |
| 122. | Bobby Murcer (17) | 790 | R |
| 123. | Andy Pafko (17) | 787 | R |
| 124. | John Shelby (11) | 780 | R |
| 125. | Al Simmons+ (20) | 775 | R |
| 126. | Mike Devereaux (12) | 774 | R |
| Hi Myers (14) | 774 | R | |
| 128. | Shane Victorino (9, 31) | 762 | R |
| 129. | Vic Davalillo (16) | 755 | L |
| 130. | George Hendrick (18) | 754 | R |
| 131. | Gary Matthews (12) | 747 | R |
| 132. | Michael Bourn (7, 29) | 743 | R |
| 133. | Adam Jones (7, 26) | 740 | R |
| 134. | Juan Beniquez (17) | 733 | R |
| 135. | Ethan Allen (13) | 728 | R |
| 136. | Matt Kemp (7, 27) | 716 | R |
| 137. | Brian Hunter (10) | 715 | R |
| 138. | Marvell Wynne (8) | 706 | L |
| 139. | Ira Flagstead (13) | 704 | R |
| 140. | Randy Winn (13) | 695 | R |
| 141. | Kiki Cuyler+ (18) | 691 | R |
| Stan Javier (17) | 691 | R | |
| 143. | Rowland Office (11) | 687 | L |
| 144. | Chad Curtis (10) | 686 | R |
| 145. | Lenny Green (12) | 684 | L |
| 146. | Don Lock (8) | 681 | R |
| 147. | Carl Everett (14) | 675 | R |
| 148. | Jackie Brandt (11) | 670 | R |
| 149. | Bob Dernier (10) | 658 | R |
| 150. | Tony Scott (11) | 653 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 151. | Oddibe McDowell (7) | 649 | L |
| 152. | Lee Mazzilli (14) | 647 | R |
| 153. | Eddie Milner (9) | 634 | L |
| 154. | Johnny Cooney (20) | 632 | L |
| 155. | Jay Payton (12) | 626 | R |
| 156. | Chris Singleton (6) | 619 | L |
| 157. | Tony Armas (14) | 618 | R |
| 158. | Jigger Statz (8) | 615 | R |
| 159. | Ted Uhlaender (8) | 609 | R |
| 160. | Sam Rice+ (20) | 607 | R |
| Johnny Rucker (6) | 607 | R | |
| 162. | Ray Powell (9) | 605 | R |
| 163. | Willy Taveras (7) | 601 | R |
| 164. | Jose Cruz (12) | 600 | R |
| 165. | Hank Leiber (10) | 599 | R |
| 166. | Don Demeter (11) | 592 | R |
| 167. | Bobby Del Greco (9) | 591 | R |
| 168. | Dave Philley (18) | 590 | R |
| 169. | Wally Judnich (7) | 583 | L |
| 170. | Ben Chapman (15) | 582 | R |
| 171. | David DeJesus (10, 32) | 577 | L |
| Carlos Gomez (6, 26) | 577 | R | |
| 173. | Adolfo Phillips (8) | 576 | R |
| 174. | Andrew McCutchen (4, 25) | 572 | R |
| 175. | Thurman Tucker (9) | 562 | R |
| 176. | Bobby Tolan (13) | 561 | L |
| 177. | Melky Cabrera (8, 27) | 560 | L |
| 178. | Albie Pearson (9) | 557 | L |
| 179. | Billy Hatcher (12) | 552 | R |
| 180. | Harry Craft (6) | 548 | R |
| Herm Winningham (9) | 548 | R | |
| 182. | Gary Geiger (12) | 544 | R |
| Nate McLouth (8, 30) | 544 | R | |
| 184. | Dave May (12) | 542 | R |
| 185. | Chili Davis (19) | 540 | R |
| Darin Erstad (14) | 540 | L | |
| 187. | Chuck Diering (9) | 537 | R |
| 188. | Ken Henderson (16) | 534 | R |
| 189. | Harry Walker (11) | 533 | R |
| 190. | Colby Rasmus (4, 25) | 530 | L |
| 191. | Barney McCosky (11) | 523 | R |
| 192. | Jay Johnstone (20) | 521 | R |
| 193. | Damon Buford (9) | 519 | R |
| Jo-Jo White (9) | 519 | R | |
| 195. | Milt Thompson (13) | 518 | R |
| 196. | Dave Roberts (10) | 515 | L |
| 197. | Rondell White (15) | 514 | R |
| 198. | Darrin Jackson (12) | 510 | R |
| Jerry Morales (15) | 510 | R | |
| 200. | Dexter Fowler (5, 26) | 509 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 201. | Johnny Frederick (6) | 507 | L |
| 202. | Gerald Young (8) | 506 | R |
| 203. | Tom Oliver (4) | 504 | R |
| 204. | Larry Hisle (14) | 500 | R |
| 205. | Daryl Boston (11) | 498 | L |
| 206. | Felipe Alou (17) | 488 | R |
| Dusty Baker (19) | 488 | R | |
| Al Kaline+ (22) | 488 | R | |
| 209. | Rudy Law (7) | 485 | L |
| Roy Weatherly (10) | 485 | R | |
| 211. | Drew Stubbs (4, 27) | 481 | R |
| 212. | Rich Becker (8) | 476 | L |
| Hoot Evers (12) | 476 | R | |
| 214. | Jacoby Ellsbury (6, 28) | 475 | L |
| Mack Jones (10) | 475 | R | |
| Elliott Maddox (11) | 475 | R | |
| 217. | Chuck Carr (8) | 473 | R |
| 218. | Endy Chavez (11, 34) | 472 | L |
| 219. | Milton Bradley (12) | 470 | R |
| Gee Walker (15) | 470 | R | |
| 221. | Harry Rice (10) | 469 | R |
| Cesar Tovar (12) | 469 | R | |
| 223. | Kevin McReynolds (12) | 468 | R |
| 224. | Johnny Hopp (14) | 467 | L |
| 225. | George Metkovich (10) | 466 | L |
| Jim Northrup (12) | 466 | R | |
| 227. | Angel Pagan (7, 30) | 464 | R |
| 228. | Mel Almada (7) | 460 | L |
| 229. | Willie Tasby (6) | 459 | R |
| 230. | Franklin Gutierrez (8, 29) | 458 | R |
| Gabe Kapler (12) | 458 | R | |
| 232. | Marvin Benard (9) | 456 | L |
| 233. | Ruben Rivera (9, 38) | 455 | R |
| 234. | Gerald Williams (14) | 453 | R |
| 235. | Quinton McCracken (12) | 452 | R |
| Whitey Witt (10) | 452 | R | |
| 237. | Larry Herndon (14) | 451 | R |
| 238. | Joe Marty (5) | 450 | R |
| 239. | Denard Span (5, 28) | 448 | L |
| 240. | Rickey Henderson+ (25) | 446 | L |
| 241. | Jimmie Hall (8) | 442 | R |
| Tommy Holmes (11) | 442 | L | |
| 243. | George Wright (5) | 441 | R |
| 244. | Austin Jackson (3, 25) | 438 | R |
| 245. | Joe Carter (16) | 433 | R |
| 246. | Hal Jeffcoat (12) | 430 | R |
| 247. | Kiddo Davis (8) | 427 | R |
| Rajai Davis (7, 31) | 427 | R | |
| 249. | Alex Rios (9, 31) | 426 | R |
| 250. | Mitch Webster (13) | 425 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 251. | Von Joshua (10) | 424 | L |
| 252. | Eddie Brown (7) | 423 | R |
| Cameron Maybin (6, 25) | 423 | R | |
| 254. | Buster Adams (6) | 422 | R |
| Pete Reiser (10) | 422 | R | |
| Russ Snyder (12) | 422 | R | |
| 257. | Sam Jethroe (4) | 418 | R |
| 258. | Rick Ankiel (10, 32) | 414 | L |
| 259. | Jerry Martin (11) | 413 | R |
| 260. | Andres Torres (8, 34) | 411 | R |
| 261. | Cito Gaston (11) | 410 | R |
| 262. | Johnny Grubb (16) | 409 | R |
| Terrence Long (8) | 409 | L | |
| 264. | Josh Hamilton (6, 31) | 408 | L |
| 265. | Garret Anderson (17) | 404 | L |
| 266. | Frank Demaree (12) | 403 | R |
| Scott Podsednik (11, 36) | 403 | L | |
| Deion Sanders (9) | 403 | L | |
| 269. | Ty Cline (12) | 402 | L |
| Jack Smith (15) | 402 | L | |
| Johnny Wyrostek (11) | 402 | R | |
| 272. | Luis Matos (7, 33) | 400 | R |
| Jim Rivera (10) | 400 | L | |
| Derrel Thomas (15) | 400 | R | |
| 275. | Milt Cuyler (8) | 399 | R |
| Jimmy Welsh (6) | 399 | R | |
| 277. | Von Hayes (12) | 398 | R |
| 278. | Rocco Baldelli (7) | 397 | R |
| Cliff Heathcote (15) | 397 | L | |
| 280. | Dave Gallagher (9) | 396 | R |
| 281. | Alex Cole (7) | 390 | L |
| Bake McBride (11) | 390 | R | |
| Joe Pepitone (12) | 390 | L | |
| 284. | Peanuts Lowrey (13) | 387 | R |
| Cody Ross (9, 31) | 387 | L | |
| 286. | Nyjer Morgan (6, 31) | 384 | L |
| 287. | Rick Bosetti (7) | 382 | R |
| Dain Clay (4) | 382 | R | |
| 289. | Jim Delsing (10) | 376 | R |
| 290. | Irv Noren (11) | 374 | L |
| 291. | Jerome Walton (10) | 373 | R |
| 292. | Jim Hickman (13) | 367 | R |
| Heinie Mueller (11) | 367 | L | |
| 294. | Wally Westlake (10) | 366 | R |
| 295. | Richard Hidalgo (9) | 362 | R |
| 296. | Shane Mack (9) | 359 | R |
| 297. | Barry Bonnell (10) | 357 | R |
| Roger Repoz (9) | 357 | L | |
| 299. | Jim Russell (10) | 356 | R |
| 300. | Henry Cotto (10) | 355 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 301. | Nemo Leibold (13) | 351 | R |
| 302. | Juan Encarnacion (11) | 350 | R |
| 303. | Dan Gladden (11) | 349 | R |
| Dode Paskert (15) | 349 | R | |
| 305. | Hersh Martin (6) | 346 | R |
| 306. | Steve Brye (9) | 345 | R |
| 307. | Chick Fullis (8) | 344 | R |
| 308. | Terry Puhl (15) | 342 | R |
| 309. | Jose Tartabull (9) | 341 | L |
| 310. | Joey Gathright (7, 31) | 336 | R |
| 311. | John Moses (11) | 335 | L |
| Goody Rosen (6) | 335 | L | |
| Alex Sanchez (5) | 335 | L | |
| 314. | Tike Redman (6) | 332 | L |
| 315. | Augie Galan (16) | 331 | R |
| Stan Musial+ (22) | 331 | L | |
| 317. | Happy Felsch (6) | 330 | R |
| 318. | Jacob Brumfield (7) | 329 | R |
| Mike Kingery (10) | 329 | L | |
| Amos Strunk (17) | 329 | L | |
| 321. | Derek Bell (11) | 325 | R |
| Kirk Gibson (17) | 325 | L | |
| Tony Gwynn (7, 29) | 325 | R | |
| 324. | Myril Hoag (13) | 322 | R |
| 325. | Ryan Christenson (6) | 321 | R |
| Pepper Martin (13) | 321 | R | |
| 327. | Claudell Washington (17) | 319 | L |
| 328. | Gino Cimoli (10) | 318 | R |
| Dixie Walker (18) | 318 | R | |
| 330. | John Cangelosi (13) | 317 | L |
| 331. | Mike McCormick (10) | 316 | R |
| 332. | Carl Reynolds (13) | 314 | R |
| 333. | Freddy Leach (10) | 312 | R |
| Heinie Manush+ (17) | 312 | L | |
| 335. | Carl Furillo (15) | 311 | R |
| 336. | Hank Aaron+ (23) | 308 | R |
| Frank Thomas (16) | 308 | R | |
| 338. | Nook Logan (4) | 306 | R |
| 339. | David Hulse (5) | 305 | L |
| 340. | Don Hahn (7) | 304 | R |
| 341. | Brian Anderson (5) | 303 | R |
| Boots Day (6) | 303 | L | |
| Brian Giles (15) | 303 | L | |
| 344. | Brady Clark (9) | 300 | R |
| Johnny Lindell (12) | 300 | R | |
| 346. | Frank Baumholtz (10) | 299 | L |
| Ron Gant (16) | 299 | R | |
| 348. | Lyman Bostock (4) | 297 | R |
| Paul Lehner (7) | 297 | L | |
| 350. | Bobby Bonds (14) | 296 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| Dan Ford (11) | 296 | R | |
| 352. | Freddie Lindstrom+ (13) | 295 | R |
| 353. | John Briggs (12) | 293 | L |
| 354. | Jim Gosger (10) | 292 | L |
| Denny Sothern (5) | 292 | R | |
| 356. | Tom Tresh (9) | 291 | R |
| 357. | Bill Robinson (16) | 289 | R |
| 358. | Peter Bourjos (3, 25) | 288 | R |
| Eric Byrnes (11) | 288 | R | |
| 360. | Jeremy Reed (8) | 287 | L |
| 361. | Ping Bodie (9) | 282 | R |
| Ernie Orsatti (9) | 282 | L | |
| Bob Usher (6) | 282 | R | |
| 364. | Darren Bragg (11) | 281 | R |
| Michael Brantley (4, 25) | 281 | L | |
| Roger Cedeno (11) | 281 | R | |
| 367. | Chick Hafey+ (13) | 280 | R |
| Lloyd Merriman (5) | 280 | L | |
| 369. | Earl McNeely (8) | 279 | R |
| Tuck Stainback (13) | 279 | R | |
| 371. | Carden Gillenwater (5) | 278 | R |
| 372. | Jose Cruz (19) | 277 | L |
| Woodie Held (14) | 277 | R | |
| 374. | George Foster (18) | 276 | R |
| 375. | Jermaine Allensworth (4) | 273 | R |
| Ichiro Suzuki (12, 38) | 273 | R | |
| 377. | Buddy Bradford (11) | 271 | R |
| Samuel Byrd (8) | 271 | R | |
| Curtis Goodwin (5) | 271 | L | |
| Manny Mota (20) | 271 | R | |
| 381. | Oris Hockett (7) | 270 | R |
| Ron Woods (6) | 270 | R | |
| 383. | Doug Dascenzo (7) | 269 | L |
| Ryan Thompson (9) | 269 | R | |
| 385. | Cleon Jones (13) | 268 | L |
| Luis Melendez (8) | 268 | R | |
| 387. | Willie Montanez (14) | 267 | L |
| 388. | Peter Bergeron (5) | 263 | R |
| Cecil Espy (8) | 263 | R | |
| 390. | Don Landrum (8) | 260 | R |
| Cory Sullivan (6) | 260 | L | |
| 392. | Jeffrey Hammonds (13) | 259 | R |
| Jake Powell (11) | 259 | R | |
| 394. | Tommy Harper (15) | 258 | R |
| Lee Maye (13) | 258 | R | |
| Bernie Neis (8) | 258 | R | |
| 397. | Larry Harlow (6) | 257 | L |
| Roger Maris (12) | 257 | R | |
| 399. | Alfredo Amezaga (9, 34) | 256 | R |
| Calvin Murray (5) | 256 | R |
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.