+ - 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) | 1563 | 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. | Mike Kreevich (12) | 1097 | R |
| 70. | Cesar Geronimo (15) | 1080 | L |
| 71. | Sam Chapman (11) | 1076 | R |
| 72. | Ty Cobb+ (24) | 1073 | R |
| 73. | Vince DiMaggio (10) | 1070 | R |
| 74. | Mookie Wilson (12) | 1067 | R |
| 75. | Ellis Burks (18) | 1062 | R |
| 76. | Dale Murphy (18) | 1041 | R |
| 77. | Darren Lewis (13) | 1032 | R |
| 78. | Andre Dawson+ (21) | 1027 | R |
| Baby Doll Jacobson (11) | 1027 | R | |
| 80. | Bill North (11) | 1022 | R |
| 81. | Ken Berry (14) | 1020 | R |
| 82. | Mark Kotsay (16, 36) | 1013 | L |
| Fred Schulte (11) | 1013 | R | |
| 84. | Corey Patterson (12, 32) | 1010 | R |
| 85. | Curtis Granderson (9, 31) | 1001 | 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. | Roberto Kelly (14) | 887 | R |
| 100. | Doug Glanville (9) | 885 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 101. | Preston Wilson (10) | 874 | R |
| 102. | Tom Goodwin (14) | 859 | R |
| Ken Landreaux (11) | 859 | R | |
| 104. | Johnny Mostil (10) | 856 | R |
| 105. | Darryl Hamilton (13) | 855 | R |
| 106. | Dave Martinez (16) | 853 | L |
| Rick Miller (15) | 853 | L | |
| 108. | Grady Sizemore (8, 29) | 849 | L |
| 109. | Jose Cardenal (18) | 848 | R |
| 110. | Matty Alou (15) | 846 | L |
| 111. | Eric Davis (17) | 845 | R |
| 112. | Marlon Byrd (11, 34) | 840 | R |
| Al Oliver (18) | 840 | L | |
| 114. | Ron LeFlore (9) | 834 | R |
| 115. | Gus Bell (15) | 815 | R |
| 116. | Coco Crisp (11, 32) | 813 | R |
| 117. | Mule Haas (12) | 811 | R |
| 118. | Reggie Smith (17) | 808 | R |
| 119. | Stan Spence (9) | 800 | L |
| 120. | Bobby Murcer (17) | 790 | R |
| 121. | Andy Pafko (17) | 787 | R |
| 122. | Chris Young (7, 28) | 782 | R |
| 123. | John Shelby (11) | 780 | R |
| 124. | Al Simmons+ (20) | 775 | R |
| 125. | Mike Devereaux (12) | 774 | R |
| Hi Myers (14) | 774 | R | |
| 127. | Vic Davalillo (16) | 755 | L |
| 128. | George Hendrick (18) | 754 | R |
| 129. | Gary Matthews (12) | 747 | R |
| 130. | Juan Beniquez (17) | 733 | R |
| 131. | Ethan Allen (13) | 728 | R |
| 132. | Brian Hunter (10) | 715 | R |
| 133. | B.J. Upton (8, 27) | 706 | R |
| Marvell Wynne (8) | 706 | L | |
| 135. | Ira Flagstead (13) | 704 | R |
| Shane Victorino (9, 31) | 704 | R | |
| 137. | Randy Winn (13) | 695 | R |
| 138. | Kiki Cuyler+ (18) | 691 | R |
| Stan Javier (17) | 691 | R | |
| 140. | Rowland Office (11) | 687 | L |
| 141. | Chad Curtis (10) | 686 | R |
| 142. | Lenny Green (12) | 684 | L |
| 143. | Don Lock (8) | 681 | R |
| 144. | Carl Everett (14) | 675 | R |
| 145. | Jackie Brandt (11) | 670 | R |
| 146. | Bob Dernier (10) | 658 | R |
| 147. | Tony Scott (11) | 653 | R |
| 148. | Oddibe McDowell (7) | 649 | L |
| 149. | Lee Mazzilli (14) | 647 | R |
| 150. | Matt Kemp (7, 27) | 645 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 151. | Michael Bourn (7, 29) | 640 | R |
| 152. | Eddie Milner (9) | 634 | L |
| 153. | Johnny Cooney (20) | 632 | L |
| 154. | Adam Jones (7, 26) | 628 | R |
| 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. | Adolfo Phillips (8) | 576 | R |
| 172. | Thurman Tucker (9) | 562 | R |
| 173. | Bobby Tolan (13) | 561 | L |
| 174. | Melky Cabrera (8, 27) | 560 | L |
| 175. | Albie Pearson (9) | 557 | L |
| 176. | Billy Hatcher (12) | 552 | R |
| 177. | Harry Craft (6) | 548 | R |
| Herm Winningham (9) | 548 | R | |
| 179. | Gary Geiger (12) | 544 | R |
| 180. | Dave May (12) | 542 | R |
| 181. | Chili Davis (19) | 540 | R |
| Darin Erstad (14) | 540 | L | |
| 183. | Nate McLouth (8, 30) | 538 | R |
| 184. | Chuck Diering (9) | 537 | R |
| 185. | Ken Henderson (16) | 534 | R |
| 186. | Harry Walker (11) | 533 | R |
| 187. | David DeJesus (10, 32) | 527 | L |
| 188. | Barney McCosky (11) | 523 | R |
| 189. | Jay Johnstone (20) | 521 | R |
| 190. | Damon Buford (9) | 519 | R |
| Jo-Jo White (9) | 519 | R | |
| 192. | Milt Thompson (13) | 518 | R |
| 193. | Dave Roberts (10) | 515 | L |
| 194. | Rondell White (15) | 514 | R |
| 195. | Darrin Jackson (12) | 510 | R |
| Jerry Morales (15) | 510 | R | |
| 197. | Johnny Frederick (6) | 507 | L |
| 198. | Gerald Young (8) | 506 | R |
| 199. | Tom Oliver (4) | 504 | R |
| 200. | Larry Hisle (14) | 500 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 201. | Daryl Boston (11) | 498 | L |
| 202. | Felipe Alou (17) | 488 | R |
| Dusty Baker (19) | 488 | R | |
| Al Kaline+ (22) | 488 | R | |
| 205. | Rudy Law (7) | 485 | L |
| Roy Weatherly (10) | 485 | R | |
| 207. | Rich Becker (8) | 476 | L |
| Hoot Evers (12) | 476 | R | |
| 209. | Carlos Gomez (6, 26) | 475 | R |
| Mack Jones (10) | 475 | R | |
| Elliott Maddox (11) | 475 | R | |
| 212. | Chuck Carr (8) | 473 | R |
| 213. | Milton Bradley (12) | 470 | R |
| Gee Walker (15) | 470 | R | |
| 215. | Endy Chavez (11, 34) | 469 | L |
| Harry Rice (10) | 469 | R | |
| Cesar Tovar (12) | 469 | R | |
| 218. | Kevin McReynolds (12) | 468 | R |
| 219. | Johnny Hopp (14) | 467 | L |
| 220. | George Metkovich (10) | 466 | L |
| Jim Northrup (12) | 466 | R | |
| 222. | Andrew McCutchen (4, 25) | 462 | R |
| 223. | Mel Almada (7) | 460 | L |
| 224. | Willie Tasby (6) | 459 | R |
| 225. | Gabe Kapler (12) | 458 | R |
| 226. | Marvin Benard (9) | 456 | L |
| 227. | Ruben Rivera (9, 38) | 455 | R |
| 228. | Gerald Williams (14) | 453 | R |
| 229. | Quinton McCracken (12) | 452 | R |
| Whitey Witt (10) | 452 | R | |
| 231. | Larry Herndon (14) | 451 | R |
| 232. | Joe Marty (5) | 450 | R |
| 233. | Rickey Henderson+ (25) | 446 | L |
| 234. | Jimmie Hall (8) | 442 | R |
| Tommy Holmes (11) | 442 | L | |
| 236. | George Wright (5) | 441 | R |
| 237. | Colby Rasmus (4, 25) | 434 | L |
| 238. | Joe Carter (16) | 433 | R |
| 239. | Hal Jeffcoat (12) | 430 | R |
| 240. | Kiddo Davis (8) | 427 | R |
| 241. | Rajai Davis (7, 31) | 426 | R |
| Alex Rios (9, 31) | 426 | R | |
| 243. | Mitch Webster (13) | 425 | L |
| 244. | Von Joshua (10) | 424 | L |
| 245. | Eddie Brown (7) | 423 | R |
| 246. | Buster Adams (6) | 422 | R |
| Pete Reiser (10) | 422 | R | |
| Russ Snyder (12) | 422 | R | |
| 249. | Franklin Gutierrez (7, 29) | 420 | R |
| 250. | Dexter Fowler (5, 26) | 418 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| Sam Jethroe (4) | 418 | R | |
| 252. | Jerry Martin (11) | 413 | R |
| 253. | Cito Gaston (11) | 410 | R |
| 254. | Jacoby Ellsbury (6, 28) | 409 | L |
| Johnny Grubb (16) | 409 | R | |
| Terrence Long (8) | 409 | L | |
| 257. | Garret Anderson (17) | 404 | L |
| 258. | Frank Demaree (12) | 403 | R |
| Deion Sanders (9) | 403 | L | |
| 260. | Ty Cline (12) | 402 | L |
| Jack Smith (15) | 402 | L | |
| Johnny Wyrostek (11) | 402 | R | |
| 263. | Luis Matos (7, 33) | 400 | R |
| Jim Rivera (10) | 400 | L | |
| Derrel Thomas (15) | 400 | R | |
| 266. | Milt Cuyler (8) | 399 | R |
| Jimmy Welsh (6) | 399 | R | |
| 268. | Von Hayes (12) | 398 | R |
| 269. | Rocco Baldelli (7) | 397 | R |
| Cliff Heathcote (15) | 397 | L | |
| 271. | Dave Gallagher (9) | 396 | R |
| 272. | Drew Stubbs (4, 27) | 394 | R |
| 273. | Rick Ankiel (10, 32) | 391 | L |
| 274. | Alex Cole (7) | 390 | L |
| Bake McBride (11) | 390 | R | |
| Joe Pepitone (12) | 390 | L | |
| 277. | Peanuts Lowrey (13) | 387 | R |
| Cody Ross (9, 31) | 387 | L | |
| 279. | Scott Podsednik (11, 36) | 386 | L |
| 280. | Rick Bosetti (7) | 382 | R |
| Dain Clay (4) | 382 | R | |
| 282. | Jim Delsing (10) | 376 | R |
| 283. | Irv Noren (11) | 374 | L |
| 284. | Jerome Walton (10) | 373 | R |
| 285. | Denard Span (5, 28) | 368 | L |
| 286. | Jim Hickman (13) | 367 | R |
| Heinie Mueller (11) | 367 | L | |
| 288. | Wally Westlake (10) | 366 | R |
| 289. | Richard Hidalgo (9) | 362 | R |
| 290. | Angel Pagan (7, 30) | 360 | R |
| 291. | Shane Mack (9) | 359 | R |
| 292. | Nyjer Morgan (6, 31) | 358 | L |
| 293. | Barry Bonnell (10) | 357 | R |
| Roger Repoz (9) | 357 | L | |
| 295. | Jim Russell (10) | 356 | R |
| 296. | Henry Cotto (10) | 355 | R |
| 297. | Nemo Leibold (13) | 351 | R |
| 298. | Juan Encarnacion (11) | 350 | R |
| 299. | Dan Gladden (11) | 349 | R |
| Dode Paskert (15) | 349 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 301. | Hersh Martin (6) | 346 | R |
| 302. | Steve Brye (9) | 345 | R |
| Josh Hamilton (6, 31) | 345 | L | |
| 304. | Chick Fullis (8) | 344 | R |
| 305. | Terry Puhl (15) | 342 | R |
| 306. | Jose Tartabull (9) | 341 | L |
| 307. | Austin Jackson (3, 25) | 337 | R |
| 308. | Joey Gathright (7, 31) | 336 | R |
| 309. | John Moses (11) | 335 | L |
| Goody Rosen (6) | 335 | L | |
| Alex Sanchez (5) | 335 | L | |
| 312. | Tike Redman (6) | 332 | L |
| 313. | Augie Galan (16) | 331 | R |
| Stan Musial+ (22) | 331 | L | |
| 315. | Happy Felsch (6) | 330 | R |
| 316. | Jacob Brumfield (7) | 329 | R |
| Mike Kingery (10) | 329 | L | |
| Amos Strunk (17) | 329 | L | |
| 319. | Derek Bell (11) | 325 | R |
| Kirk Gibson (17) | 325 | L | |
| 321. | Cameron Maybin (6, 25) | 324 | R |
| 322. | Myril Hoag (13) | 322 | R |
| 323. | Ryan Christenson (6) | 321 | R |
| Pepper Martin (13) | 321 | R | |
| 325. | Claudell Washington (17) | 319 | L |
| 326. | Gino Cimoli (10) | 318 | R |
| Dixie Walker (18) | 318 | R | |
| 328. | John Cangelosi (13) | 317 | L |
| 329. | Mike McCormick (10) | 316 | R |
| 330. | Carl Reynolds (13) | 314 | R |
| 331. | Andres Torres (8, 34) | 313 | R |
| 332. | Freddy Leach (10) | 312 | R |
| Heinie Manush+ (17) | 312 | L | |
| 334. | Carl Furillo (15) | 311 | R |
| 335. | Hank Aaron+ (23) | 308 | R |
| Frank Thomas (16) | 308 | R | |
| 337. | Nook Logan (4) | 306 | R |
| 338. | David Hulse (5) | 305 | L |
| 339. | Don Hahn (7) | 304 | R |
| 340. | Brian Anderson (5) | 303 | R |
| Boots Day (6) | 303 | L | |
| Brian Giles (15) | 303 | L | |
| 343. | Brady Clark (9) | 300 | R |
| Johnny Lindell (12) | 300 | R | |
| 345. | Frank Baumholtz (10) | 299 | L |
| Ron Gant (16) | 299 | R | |
| 347. | Lyman Bostock (4) | 297 | R |
| Paul Lehner (7) | 297 | L | |
| 349. | Bobby Bonds (14) | 296 | R |
| Dan Ford (11) | 296 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as CF (s.1954) | Throws |
| 351. | Freddie Lindstrom+ (13) | 295 | R |
| 352. | John Briggs (12) | 293 | L |
| 353. | Jim Gosger (10) | 292 | L |
| Denny Sothern (5) | 292 | R | |
| 355. | Tom Tresh (9) | 291 | R |
| 356. | Bill Robinson (16) | 289 | R |
| 357. | Eric Byrnes (11) | 288 | R |
| Tony Gwynn (7, 29) | 288 | R | |
| 359. | Jeremy Reed (8) | 287 | L |
| 360. | Ping Bodie (9) | 282 | R |
| Ernie Orsatti (9) | 282 | L | |
| Bob Usher (6) | 282 | R | |
| 363. | Darren Bragg (11) | 281 | R |
| Roger Cedeno (11) | 281 | R | |
| 365. | Chick Hafey+ (13) | 280 | R |
| Lloyd Merriman (5) | 280 | L | |
| 367. | Earl McNeely (8) | 279 | R |
| Tuck Stainback (13) | 279 | R | |
| 369. | Carden Gillenwater (5) | 278 | R |
| 370. | Jose Cruz (19) | 277 | L |
| Woodie Held (14) | 277 | R | |
| 372. | George Foster (18) | 276 | R |
| 373. | Jermaine Allensworth (4) | 273 | R |
| 374. | Buddy Bradford (11) | 271 | R |
| Samuel Byrd (8) | 271 | R | |
| Curtis Goodwin (5) | 271 | L | |
| Manny Mota (20) | 271 | R | |
| 378. | Oris Hockett (7) | 270 | R |
| Ron Woods (6) | 270 | R | |
| 380. | Doug Dascenzo (7) | 269 | L |
| Ryan Thompson (9) | 269 | R | |
| 382. | Cleon Jones (13) | 268 | L |
| Luis Melendez (8) | 268 | R | |
| 384. | Willie Montanez (14) | 267 | L |
| 385. | Ichiro Suzuki (12, 38) | 266 | R |
| 386. | Peter Bergeron (5) | 263 | R |
| Cecil Espy (8) | 263 | R | |
| 388. | Don Landrum (8) | 260 | R |
| Cory Sullivan (6) | 260 | L | |
| 390. | Jeffrey Hammonds (13) | 259 | R |
| Jake Powell (11) | 259 | R | |
| 392. | Tommy Harper (15) | 258 | R |
| Lee Maye (13) | 258 | R | |
| Bernie Neis (8) | 258 | R | |
| 395. | Larry Harlow (6) | 257 | L |
| Roger Maris (12) | 257 | R | |
| 397. | Alfredo Amezaga (9, 34) | 256 | R |
| Adrian Brown (9) | 256 | R | |
| Calvin Murray (5) | 256 | R | |
| 400. | Mike Hershberger (11) | 255 | R |
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.