Active Leaders & Records for SB %
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Statistic Description: Stolen Base Percentage SB / (SB + CS)
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) | SB % | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Chase Utley (11, 34) | 88.732 | L |
| 2. | Alexi Casilla (8, 28) | 88.372 | B |
| 3. | Jayson Werth (11, 34) | 86.885 | R |
| 4. | Nate McLouth (9, 31) | 86.525 | L |
| 5. | Carlos Beltran (16, 36) | 86.479 | B |
| 6. | Jason Bay (11, 34) | 85.586 | R |
| 7. | Jacoby Ellsbury (7, 29) | 83.019 | L |
| 8. | Ian Kinsler (8, 31) | 82.902 | R |
| 9. | Jimmy Rollins (14, 34) | 82.661 | B |
| 10. | Chris Getz (6, 29) | 82.418 | L |
| 11. | Shane Victorino (10, 32) | 82.213 | B |
| 12. | Will Venable (6, 30) | 81.897 | L |
| 13. | Everth Cabrera (5, 26) | 81.752 | B |
| 14. | Carl Crawford (12, 31) | 81.667 | L |
| 15. | Rickie Weeks (10, 30) | 81.633 | R |
| 16. | Willy Taveras (7, 31) | 81.590 | R |
| 17. | Franklin Gutierrez (9, 30) | 81.522 | R |
| 18. | Ichiro Suzuki (13, 39) | 81.449 | L |
| 19. | Drew Stubbs (5, 28) | 81.250 | R |
| 20. | Alex Rodriguez (19, 37) | 81.122 | R |
| 21. | Alcides Escobar (6, 26) | 80.952 | R |
| 22. | Cameron Maybin (7, 26) | 80.909 | R |
| 23. | Brett Gardner (6, 29) | 80.874 | L |
| 24. | Michael Bourn (8, 30) | 80.791 | L |
| 25. | Carlos Gonzalez (6, 27) | 80.488 | L |
| 26. | Coco Crisp (12, 33) | 80.357 | B |
| 27. | Carlos Gomez (7, 27) | 80.337 | R |
| 28. | Brian Roberts (13, 35) | 80.233 | B |
| 29. | Jose Reyes (11, 30) | 80.116 | B |
| 30. | Dustin Pedroia (8, 29) | 80.000 | R |
| 31. | Ben Revere (4, 25) | 79.825 | L |
| 32. | Chase Headley (7, 29) | 79.268 | B |
| 33. | Emilio Bonifacio (7, 28) | 79.195 | B |
| 34. | Rajai Davis (8, 32) | 78.859 | R |
| 35. | Derek Jeter (18, 39) | 78.555 | R |
| 36. | Ryan Braun (7, 29) | 78.313 | R |
| 37. | Curtis Granderson (10, 32) | 78.231 | L |
| 38. | Alfonso Soriano (15, 37) | 78.090 | R |
| 39. | Angel Pagan (8, 31) | 77.844 | B |
| 40. | Eric Young (5, 28) | 77.778 | B |
| 41. | Corey Patterson (12, 33) | 77.305 | L |
| 42. | Austin Jackson (4, 26) | 77.011 | R |
| 43. | Rafael Furcal (13, 35) | 76.961 | B |
| 44. | B.J. Upton (9, 28) | 76.774 | R |
| 45. | Chris Young (8, 29) | 76.623 | R |
| 46. | Michael Cuddyer (13, 34) | 76.471 | R |
| 47. | David Wright (10, 30) | 76.395 | R |
| 48. | Dee Gordon (3, 25) | 76.250 | L |
| 49. | Ben Zobrist (8, 32) | 75.893 | B |
| 50. | Hanley Ramirez (9, 29) | 75.796 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | SB % | Bats |
| 51. | Denard Span (6, 29) | 75.781 | L |
| 52. | Elvis Andrus (5, 24) | 75.543 | R |
| 53. | Ian Desmond (5, 27) | 75.532 | R |
| 54. | Maicer Izturis (10, 32) | 75.207 | B |
| 55. | Alex Rios (10, 32) | 75.191 | R |
| 56. | Nick Punto (13, 35) | 75.188 | B |
| 57. | Juan Pierre (14, 35) | 75.092 | L |
| 58. | Michael Young (14, 36) | 75.000 | R |
| 59. | Matt Kemp (8, 28) | 74.766 | R |
| 60. | Tony Gwynn (7, 30) | 74.757 | L |
| 61. | Erick Aybar (8, 29) | 74.436 | B |
| 62. | Eric Hinske (12, 35) | 74.390 | L |
| 63. | Adrian Beltre (16, 34) | 74.194 | R |
| Shin-Soo Choo (9, 30) | 74.194 | L | |
| 65. | Brendan Ryan (7, 31) | 74.157 | R |
| 66. | Vernon Wells (15, 34) | 74.126 | R |
| 67. | Nelson Cruz (9, 32) | 73.864 | R |
| 68. | Matt Holliday (10, 33) | 73.846 | R |
| 69. | Mark Ellis (11, 36) | 73.786 | R |
| 70. | Howie Kendrick (8, 29) | 73.636 | R |
| 71. | Willie Bloomquist (12, 35) | 73.596 | R |
| 72. | Andres Torres (9, 35) | 73.529 | B |
| 73. | Andrew McCutchen (5, 26) | 73.377 | R |
| 74. | Cliff Pennington (6, 29) | 73.196 | B |
| 75. | Adam Dunn (13, 33) | 72.941 | L |
| 76. | Melky Cabrera (9, 28) | 72.881 | B |
| 77. | Placido Polanco (16, 37) | 72.727 | R |
| 78. | Asdrubal Cabrera (7, 27) | 72.500 | B |
| 79. | Endy Chavez (12, 35) | 71.942 | L |
| 80. | Adam Jones (8, 27) | 71.875 | R |
| 81. | Russell Martin (8, 30) | 71.795 | R |
| 82. | Brandon Phillips (12, 32) | 71.759 | R |
| 83. | Albert Pujols (13, 33) | 71.318 | R |
| 84. | Omar Infante (12, 31) | 71.277 | R |
| 85. | Kelly Johnson (8, 31) | 70.909 | L |
| 86. | Justin Upton (7, 25) | 70.833 | R |
| 87. | Alex Gordon (7, 29) | 69.880 | L |
| Aaron Hill (9, 31) | 69.880 | R | |
| 89. | Alexei Ramirez (6, 31) | 69.231 | R |
| 90. | Dexter Fowler (6, 27) | 69.091 | B |
| 91. | Miguel Tejada (16, 39) | 68.852 | R |
| 92. | Jerry Hairston (16, 37) | 68.372 | R |
| 93. | Torii Hunter (17, 37) | 67.754 | R |
| 94. | Jamey Carroll (12, 39) | 67.593 | R |
| 95. | Cesar Izturis (13, 33) | 67.485 | B |
| 96. | Corey Hart (9, 31) | 67.480 | R |
| 97. | Hunter Pence (7, 30) | 67.227 | R |
| 98. | Starlin Castro (4, 23) | 67.021 | R |
| 99. | Lance Berkman (15, 37) | 64.179 | B |
| 100. | Troy Tulowitzki (8, 28) | 63.855 | R |
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