+ - 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 OF | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ty Cobb+ (24) | 2934 | R |
| 2. | Barry Bonds (22) | 2874 | L |
| 3. | Willie Mays+ (22) | 2842 | R |
| 4. | Rickey Henderson+ (25) | 2826 | L |
| 5. | Hank Aaron+ (23) | 2760 | R |
| 6. | Tris Speaker+ (22) | 2698 | L |
| 7. | Lou Brock+ (19) | 2507 | L |
| 8. | Al Kaline+ (22) | 2488 | R |
| 9. | Steve Finley (19) | 2487 | L |
| 10. | Dave Winfield+ (22) | 2469 | R |
| 11. | Luis Gonzalez (19) | 2441 | R |
| 12. | Max Carey+ (20) | 2421 | R |
| 13. | Vada Pinson (18) | 2403 | L |
| 14. | Ken Griffey (22) | 2382 | L |
| 15. | Roberto Clemente+ (18) | 2370 | R |
| 16. | Zack Wheat+ (19) | 2337 | R |
| 17. | Tony Gwynn+ (20) | 2326 | L |
| 18. | Willie Davis (18) | 2323 | L |
| Andre Dawson+ (21) | 2323 | R | |
| 20. | Mel Ott+ (22) | 2313 | R |
| 21. | Sam Crawford+ (19) | 2299 | L |
| 22. | Paul Waner+ (20) | 2288 | L |
| 23. | Harry Hooper+ (17) | 2284 | R |
| 24. | Sam Rice+ (20) | 2270 | R |
| 25. | Babe Ruth+ (22) | 2241 | L |
| 26. | Sammy Sosa (18) | 2203 | R |
| 27. | Fred Clarke+ (21) | 2193 | R |
| 28. | Goose Goslin+ (18) | 2187 | R |
| 29. | Brett Butler (17) | 2159 | L |
| 30. | Jose Cruz (19) | 2156 | L |
| 31. | Ted Williams+ (19) | 2151 | R |
| 32. | Dwight Evans (20) | 2146 | R |
| 33. | Doc Cramer (20) | 2142 | R |
| Al Simmons+ (20) | 2142 | R | |
| 35. | Frank Robinson+ (21) | 2132 | R |
| 36. | Tim Raines (23) | 2123 | R |
| 37. | Bobby Abreu (17, 38) | 2107 | R |
| 38. | Richie Ashburn+ (15) | 2104 | R |
| 39. | Reggie Jackson+ (21) | 2102 | L |
| 40. | Marquis Grissom (17) | 2088 | R |
| Billy Williams+ (18) | 2088 | R | |
| 42. | Carl Yastrzemski+ (23) | 2076 | R |
| 43. | Jimmy Sheckard (17) | 2071 | R |
| 44. | Johnny Damon (18, 38) | 2067 | L |
| 45. | Enos Slaughter+ (19) | 2064 | R |
| 46. | Jesse Burkett+ (16) | 2054 | L |
| 47. | Andruw Jones (17, 35) | 2043 | R |
| 48. | Kenny Lofton (17) | 2041 | L |
| 49. | Willie Keeler+ (19) | 2039 | L |
| 50. | Willie Wilson (19) | 2031 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as OF | Throws |
| 51. | Mickey Mantle+ (18) | 2019 | R |
| 52. | Willie McGee (18) | 1979 | R |
| 53. | Jimmy Ryan (18) | 1945 | L |
| 54. | Manny Ramirez (19, 40) | 1939 | R |
| 55. | Paul O'Neill (17) | 1932 | L |
| 56. | Amos Otis (17) | 1928 | R |
| 57. | Chet Lemon (16) | 1925 | R |
| 58. | Bernie Williams (16) | 1924 | R |
| 59. | Mike Cameron (17) | 1921 | R |
| 60. | Duke Snider+ (18) | 1918 | R |
| 61. | Garret Anderson (17) | 1913 | L |
| 62. | Clyde Milan (16) | 1903 | R |
| 63. | Stan Musial+ (22) | 1890 | L |
| 64. | George Foster (18) | 1880 | R |
| 65. | Paul Blair (17) | 1878 | R |
| 66. | Gary Matthews (16) | 1876 | R |
| 67. | Jim Edmonds (17) | 1867 | L |
| Dave Parker (19) | 1867 | R | |
| Devon White (17) | 1867 | R | |
| 70. | Ichiro Suzuki (12, 38) | 1865 | R |
| 71. | Moises Alou (17) | 1864 | R |
| 72. | Torii Hunter (16, 36) | 1862 | R |
| 73. | Sherry Magee (16) | 1861 | R |
| 74. | Dale Murphy (18) | 1853 | R |
| 75. | Joe Medwick+ (17) | 1852 | R |
| 76. | Edd Roush+ (18) | 1848 | L |
| 77. | Heinie Manush+ (17) | 1845 | L |
| 78. | George Burns (15) | 1844 | R |
| 79. | Dusty Baker (19) | 1842 | R |
| 80. | Del Ennis (14) | 1840 | R |
| 81. | Carlos Beltran (15, 35) | 1835 | R |
| 82. | George Van Haltren (17) | 1833 | L |
| 83. | Fred Lynn (17) | 1825 | L |
| 84. | Lloyd Waner+ (18) | 1818 | R |
| Cy Williams (19) | 1818 | L | |
| 86. | Patsy Donovan (17) | 1816 | L |
| 87. | George Hendrick (18) | 1813 | R |
| 88. | Jim Wynn (15) | 1810 | R |
| 89. | Kiki Cuyler+ (18) | 1807 | R |
| 90. | Larry Walker (17) | 1804 | R |
| 91. | Dummy Hoy (14) | 1796 | R |
| 92. | Wally Moses (17) | 1792 | L |
| 93. | Tom Brown (17) | 1785 | R |
| 94. | Jose Cardenal (18) | 1778 | R |
| 95. | Johnny Callison (16) | 1777 | R |
| 96. | Rocky Colavito (14) | 1774 | R |
| 97. | Fielder Jones (15) | 1770 | R |
| Carlos Lee (14, 36) | 1770 | R | |
| 99. | Bob Johnson (13) | 1769 | R |
| 100. | Juan Pierre (13, 34) | 1767 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as OF | Throws |
| 101. | Brian Giles (15) | 1766 | L |
| 102. | Bobby Veach (14) | 1740 | R |
| 103. | Carl Furillo (15) | 1739 | R |
| 104. | Frank Schulte (15) | 1737 | R |
| 105. | Bobby Bonds (14) | 1736 | R |
| Dixie Walker (18) | 1736 | R | |
| 107. | Shawn Green (15) | 1733 | L |
| 108. | Joe Carter (16) | 1730 | R |
| 109. | Magglio Ordonez (15) | 1725 | R |
| 110. | Joe DiMaggio+ (13) | 1721 | R |
| 111. | Cesar Cedeno (17) | 1718 | R |
| 112. | Ken Griffey (19) | 1703 | L |
| 113. | Curt Flood (15) | 1697 | R |
| 114. | Kirby Puckett+ (12) | 1696 | R |
| 115. | Jermaine Dye (14) | 1694 | R |
| 116. | Brady Anderson (15) | 1691 | L |
| 117. | Rick Monday (19) | 1688 | L |
| 118. | Garry Maddox (15) | 1687 | R |
| 119. | Claudell Washington (17) | 1685 | L |
| 120. | Hugh Duffy+ (17) | 1682 | R |
| 121. | Tom Brunansky (14) | 1679 | R |
| 122. | Reggie Sanders (17) | 1677 | R |
| 123. | Rusty Staub (23) | 1675 | R |
| 124. | Reggie Smith (17) | 1668 | R |
| 125. | Minnie Minoso (17) | 1665 | R |
| 126. | Bobby Murcer (17) | 1644 | R |
| 127. | Gus Bell (15) | 1642 | R |
| 128. | Gary Sheffield (22) | 1641 | R |
| 129. | Charlie Jamieson (18) | 1638 | L |
| 130. | Dode Paskert (15) | 1633 | R |
| 131. | Roy White (15) | 1625 | R |
| 132. | Ruben Sierra (20) | 1622 | R |
| 133. | Jim Piersall (17) | 1614 | R |
| 134. | Gee Walker (15) | 1613 | R |
| 135. | Ellis Burks (18) | 1612 | R |
| 136. | Vladimir Guerrero (16, 37) | 1608 | R |
| 137. | Randy Winn (13) | 1605 | R |
| 138. | Bing Miller (16) | 1601 | R |
| 139. | Chuck Klein+ (17) | 1600 | R |
| 140. | Harry Heilmann+ (17) | 1594 | R |
| 141. | Earl Averill+ (13) | 1590 | R |
| 142. | Billy Hamilton+ (14) | 1587 | R |
| 143. | Ray Lankford (14) | 1586 | L |
| 144. | Dave Martinez (16) | 1580 | L |
| 145. | Jeromy Burnitz (14) | 1579 | R |
| 146. | Sam West (16) | 1573 | L |
| 147. | Andy Pafko (17) | 1570 | R |
| Kip Selbach (13) | 1570 | R | |
| 149. | Gene Woodling (17) | 1566 | R |
| 150. | Vernon Wells (14, 33) | 1563 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as OF | Throws |
| 151. | Bill Bruton (12) | 1561 | R |
| 152. | Dante Bichette (14) | 1552 | R |
| 153. | Jim Rice+ (16) | 1543 | R |
| 154. | Bill Virdon (12) | 1542 | R |
| 155. | Ken Singleton (15) | 1538 | R |
| 156. | Felipe Alou (17) | 1531 | R |
| 157. | Lloyd Moseby (12) | 1529 | R |
| 158. | Otis Nixon (17) | 1527 | R |
| 159. | Stan Javier (17) | 1513 | R |
| 160. | Rick Manning (13) | 1508 | R |
| 161. | Bobby Thomson (15) | 1506 | R |
| 162. | Raul Mondesi (13) | 1502 | R |
| 163. | Andy Van Slyke (13) | 1499 | R |
| 164. | Ben Chapman (15) | 1495 | R |
| Raul Ibanez (17, 40) | 1495 | R | |
| 166. | Mark Kotsay (16, 36) | 1491 | L |
| Jack Tobin (13) | 1491 | L | |
| 168. | Mike Griffin (12) | 1480 | R |
| 169. | Al Cowens (13) | 1477 | R |
| 170. | Mike Tiernan (13) | 1476 | L |
| 171. | Bill Nicholson (16) | 1471 | R |
| 172. | Kevin McReynolds (12) | 1469 | R |
| 173. | J.D. Drew (14) | 1468 | R |
| 174. | Joe Kelley+ (17) | 1465 | R |
| 175. | Ron Gant (16) | 1464 | R |
| 176. | Elmer Flick+ (13) | 1456 | R |
| 177. | Dave Philley (18) | 1454 | R |
| 178. | Hank Bauer (14) | 1449 | R |
| 179. | Tony Gonzalez (12) | 1447 | R |
| 180. | Jim O'Rourke+ (23) | 1443 | R |
| 181. | Larry Doby+ (13) | 1440 | R |
| 182. | Ben Oglivie (16) | 1439 | L |
| 183. | Frank Howard (16) | 1435 | R |
| 184. | Roy Thomas (13) | 1434 | L |
| 185. | Duffy Lewis (11) | 1432 | R |
| 186. | Eric Davis (17) | 1431 | R |
| 187. | Jose Guillen (14) | 1426 | R |
| 188. | Steve Brodie (12) | 1421 | R |
| 189. | Sam Thompson+ (15) | 1409 | L |
| 190. | Ginger Beaumont (12) | 1407 | R |
| Del Unser (15) | 1407 | L | |
| 192. | Lou Piniella (18) | 1401 | R |
| 193. | Jay Buhner (15) | 1397 | R |
| 194. | Jackie Jensen (11) | 1391 | R |
| 195. | Dave Henderson (14) | 1388 | R |
| 196. | Jesse Barfield (12) | 1387 | R |
| Earle Combs+ (12) | 1387 | R | |
| Lance Johnson (14) | 1387 | L | |
| 199. | Jerry Mumphrey (15) | 1386 | R |
| 200. | Darryl Strawberry (17) | 1384 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as OF | Throws |
| 201. | Roger Maris (12) | 1383 | R |
| 202. | Ralph Kiner+ (10) | 1382 | R |
| 203. | Baby Doll Jacobson (11) | 1378 | R |
| 204. | Cesar Geronimo (15) | 1376 | L |
| Paul Hines (20) | 1376 | R | |
| Al Oliver (18) | 1376 | L | |
| 207. | Dom DiMaggio (11) | 1373 | R |
| 208. | Joe Vosmik (13) | 1370 | R |
| 209. | Pete Fox (13) | 1368 | R |
| Les Mann (16) | 1368 | R | |
| 211. | Carl Crawford (11, 30) | 1361 | L |
| 212. | Augie Galan (16) | 1359 | R |
| 213. | Lonnie Smith (17) | 1356 | R |
| John Titus (11) | 1356 | L | |
| 215. | Tillie Walker (13) | 1348 | R |
| 216. | Ed Delahanty+ (16) | 1346 | R |
| 217. | Shano Collins (16) | 1343 | R |
| 218. | Larry Herndon (14) | 1337 | R |
| 219. | Max Flack (12) | 1336 | L |
| 220. | Brian Jordan (15) | 1334 | R |
| 221. | Tommy Griffith (13) | 1333 | R |
| Cy Seymour (16) | 1333 | L | |
| 223. | Elmer Valo (20) | 1329 | R |
| 224. | Pat Burrell (12) | 1328 | R |
| 225. | Pete Rose (24) | 1327 | R |
| Amos Strunk (17) | 1327 | L | |
| 227. | Omar Moreno (12) | 1323 | L |
| 228. | Bob Allison (13) | 1320 | R |
| 229. | Matty Alou (15) | 1312 | L |
| Jose Cruz (12) | 1312 | R | |
| Topsy Hartsel (14) | 1312 | L | |
| 232. | Albert Belle (12) | 1311 | R |
| Ken Berry (14) | 1311 | R | |
| Vince Coleman (13) | 1311 | R | |
| Juan Gonzalez (17) | 1311 | R | |
| 236. | Curt Walker (12) | 1310 | R |
| 237. | Sam Chapman (11) | 1309 | R |
| 238. | Jay Johnstone (20) | 1308 | R |
| 239. | Brian McRae (10) | 1307 | R |
| 240. | Tony Armas (14) | 1306 | R |
| 241. | Bob Meusel (11) | 1304 | R |
| 242. | Kevin Bass (14) | 1301 | R |
| 243. | Terry Puhl (15) | 1300 | R |
| 244. | Jeff Heath (14) | 1299 | R |
| 245. | Ken Williams (14) | 1298 | R |
| 246. | George Gore (14) | 1297 | R |
| 247. | Wally Berger (11) | 1296 | R |
| Willie Stargell+ (21) | 1296 | L | |
| 249. | Chick Stahl (10) | 1295 | L |
| 250. | Jo-Jo Moore (12) | 1294 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as OF | Throws |
| Jimmy Slagle (10) | 1294 | R | |
| 252. | Mickey Stanley (15) | 1290 | R |
| 253. | Shoeless Joe Jackson (13) | 1289 | R |
| 254. | Aaron Rowand (11) | 1285 | R |
| 255. | Roberto Kelly (14) | 1283 | R |
| 256. | Jack Graney (14) | 1282 | L |
| Alex Rios (9, 31) | 1282 | R | |
| 258. | Jeff Burroughs (16) | 1281 | R |
| 259. | Jim Busby (13) | 1280 | R |
| 260. | Burt Shotton (14) | 1279 | R |
| 261. | Geoff Jenkins (11) | 1277 | R |
| 262. | Bobby Higginson (11) | 1274 | R |
| 263. | Darren Lewis (13) | 1273 | R |
| Mookie Wilson (12) | 1273 | R | |
| 265. | Dwayne Murphy (12) | 1272 | R |
| 266. | Chief Wilson (9) | 1269 | R |
| 267. | Jim Northrup (12) | 1267 | R |
| 268. | Tim Salmon (14) | 1266 | R |
| Greg Vaughn (15) | 1266 | R | |
| 270. | Jim Landis (11) | 1265 | R |
| 271. | Matt Holliday (9, 32) | 1264 | R |
| 272. | Shannon Stewart (14) | 1261 | R |
| 273. | Hack Wilson+ (12) | 1257 | R |
| 274. | Jerry Morales (15) | 1256 | R |
| 275. | Joe Orsulak (14) | 1253 | L |
| Mickey Rivers (15) | 1253 | L | |
| 277. | Cliff Floyd (17) | 1252 | R |
| Ken Henderson (16) | 1252 | R | |
| 279. | Ned Hanlon+ (13) | 1251 | R |
| 280. | Rick Miller (15) | 1248 | L |
| 281. | Rondell White (15) | 1246 | R |
| 282. | Matt Lawton (12) | 1244 | R |
| 283. | Al Bumbry (14) | 1241 | R |
| 284. | Kirk Gibson (17) | 1239 | L |
| 285. | Juan Encarnacion (11) | 1235 | R |
| 286. | Tommy Davis (18) | 1233 | R |
| Darryl Hamilton (13) | 1233 | R | |
| 288. | George Wood (13) | 1232 | R |
| 289. | Tommy Holmes (11) | 1231 | L |
| 290. | Hank Sauer (15) | 1228 | R |
| 291. | George Bell (12) | 1227 | R |
| Tommy Harper (15) | 1227 | R | |
| 293. | Bibb Falk (12) | 1222 | L |
| 294. | Lenny Dykstra (12) | 1221 | L |
| Greg Luzinski (15) | 1221 | R | |
| 296. | Jack Smith (15) | 1219 | L |
| 297. | Robin Yount+ (20) | 1218 | R |
| 298. | Irish Meusel (11) | 1216 | R |
| 299. | Candy Maldonado (15) | 1215 | R |
| 300. | Ruppert Jones (12) | 1205 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as OF | Throws |
| 301. | Greg Gross (17) | 1204 | L |
| 302. | Ross Youngs+ (10) | 1199 | R |
| 303. | Jacque Jones (10) | 1197 | L |
| 304. | Sixto Lezcano (12) | 1196 | R |
| 305. | Chick Hafey+ (13) | 1195 | R |
| Joe Rudi (16) | 1195 | R | |
| 307. | Bruce Campbell (13) | 1194 | R |
| 308. | Jason Bay (10, 33) | 1193 | R |
| 309. | Bill Tuttle (11) | 1191 | R |
| 310. | Willie Horton (18) | 1190 | R |
| 311. | Terry Moore (11) | 1189 | R |
| 312. | Bob Bescher (11) | 1188 | L |
| Tommy McCarthy+ (13) | 1188 | R | |
| 314. | George Case (11) | 1187 | R |
| 315. | Babe Herman (13) | 1185 | L |
| Jay Payton (12) | 1185 | R | |
| 317. | Chili Davis (19) | 1184 | R |
| 318. | Casey Stengel+ (14) | 1183 | L |
| 319. | Hi Myers (14) | 1182 | R |
| 320. | Patsy Dougherty (10) | 1181 | R |
| 321. | Tony Oliva (15) | 1178 | R |
| 322. | Mike Kreevich (12) | 1177 | R |
| 323. | Ralph Garr (13) | 1176 | R |
| 324. | Charlie Hemphill (11) | 1175 | L |
| 325. | Red Murray (11) | 1171 | R |
| 326. | Mike Greenwell (12) | 1164 | R |
| 327. | Derek Bell (11) | 1163 | R |
| 328. | Gorman Thomas (13) | 1159 | R |
| 329. | Gary Matthews (12) | 1158 | R |
| 330. | Cliff Heathcote (15) | 1157 | L |
| 331. | Juan Beniquez (17) | 1155 | R |
| Johnny Groth (15) | 1155 | R | |
| 333. | Michael Tucker (12) | 1150 | R |
| 334. | Corey Patterson (12, 32) | 1149 | R |
| 335. | Jeffrey Leonard (14) | 1147 | R |
| 336. | Willard Marshall (11) | 1145 | R |
| 337. | Billy Hatcher (12) | 1143 | R |
| 338. | Chad Curtis (10) | 1141 | R |
| David Justice (14) | 1141 | L | |
| Wally Moon (12) | 1141 | R | |
| 341. | Leon Wagner (12) | 1140 | R |
| 342. | Ken Landreaux (11) | 1138 | R |
| 343. | Dan Gladden (11) | 1137 | R |
| 344. | John Stone (11) | 1131 | R |
| Glenn Wilson (10) | 1131 | R | |
| 346. | Rube Oldring (13) | 1130 | R |
| 347. | Jeff Francoeur (8, 28) | 1129 | R |
| 348. | Gary Pettis (11) | 1128 | R |
| 349. | David DeJesus (10, 32) | 1127 | L |
| 350. | Coco Crisp (11, 32) | 1124 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Def. Games as OF | Throws |
| 351. | Ethan Allen (13) | 1123 | R |
| 352. | Nemo Leibold (13) | 1120 | R |
| 353. | Dave Collins (16) | 1118 | L |
| Al Smith (12) | 1118 | R | |
| 355. | Billy Southworth+ (13) | 1115 | R |
| 356. | Curtis Granderson (9, 31) | 1113 | R |
| 357. | Carl Reynolds (13) | 1112 | R |
| 358. | Cleon Jones (13) | 1111 | L |
| 359. | Mike Mitchell (8) | 1107 | R |
| 360. | Johnny Wyrostek (11) | 1105 | R |
| 361. | Adam Dunn (12, 32) | 1104 | R |
| 362. | Jackie Brandt (11) | 1100 | R |
| 363. | Russ Snyder (12) | 1099 | R |
| 364. | Duff Cooley (13) | 1095 | R |
| 365. | Gary Ward (12) | 1094 | R |
| 366. | Tom Goodwin (14) | 1092 | R |
| Troy O'Leary (11) | 1092 | L | |
| 368. | Gavvy Cravath (11) | 1090 | R |
| 369. | Mike Smith (14) | 1089 | L |
| 370. | Don Mueller (12) | 1084 | R |
| 371. | Vince DiMaggio (10) | 1081 | R |
| 372. | Johnny Bates (9) | 1080 | L |
| 373. | Tommy Leach (19) | 1079 | R |
| 374. | George Browne (12) | 1077 | R |
| 375. | Frank Demaree (12) | 1076 | R |
| Bernard Gilkey (12) | 1076 | R | |
| 377. | Curt Welch (10) | 1075 | R |
| 378. | Tommie Agee (12) | 1073 | R |
| 379. | Jim Eisenreich (15) | 1072 | L |
| 380. | Vic Davalillo (16) | 1066 | L |
| Roy Johnson (10) | 1066 | R | |
| Bill North (11) | 1066 | R | |
| 383. | Dan Ford (11) | 1065 | R |
| 384. | Milt Thompson (13) | 1063 | R |
| 385. | Harold Baines (22) | 1061 | L |
| 386. | Marlon Byrd (11, 34) | 1060 | R |
| Al Martin (11) | 1060 | L | |
| Fred Schulte (11) | 1060 | R | |
| 389. | Bill Robinson (16) | 1059 | R |
| Preston Wilson (10) | 1059 | R | |
| 391. | Gerald Williams (14) | 1056 | R |
| 392. | Luis Polonia (12) | 1055 | L |
| Wally Post (15) | 1055 | R | |
| 394. | Joe Hornung (12) | 1054 | R |
| 395. | Rob Deer (11) | 1053 | R |
| 396. | Hoot Evers (12) | 1051 | R |
| 397. | Jesus Alou (15) | 1050 | R |
| 398. | Jack McCarthy (12) | 1047 | L |
| 399. | Frank Thomas (16) | 1045 | R |
| 400. | Johnny Grubb (16) | 1042 | R |
Note that seasons prior to 1876 are not included in single-season marks, but are included in career marks.