Pete Rose is the all-time MLB hits leader with 4,256 hits. Listed are all Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB. Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256.[ 1] Ty Cobb , second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits. Cap Anson was the first player to achieve 2,000 hits , doing so in the 1889 season . Nap Lajoie was the first player to accumulate 2,000 hits in the American League, doing so in the 1912 season .[ 2]
George Davis was the first switch hitter to collect 2,000 hits, achieving that total during the 1902 season .[ 3]
Stats updated as of August 18, 2025 Ranks Player Hits 1 Pete Rose 4,256 2 Ty Cobb *[ b] 4,189 3 Hank Aaron * 3,771 4 Stan Musial * 3,630 5 Tris Speaker * 3,514 6 Derek Jeter * 3,465 7 Honus Wagner * 3,430 8 Carl Yastrzemski * 3,419 9 Albert Pujols 3,384 10 Paul Molitor * 3,319 11 Eddie Collins * 3,314 12 Willie Mays * 3,293 13 Eddie Murray * 3,255 14 Nap Lajoie * 3,243 15 Cal Ripken Jr. * 3,184 16 Miguel Cabrera 3,174 17 Adrián Beltré * 3,166 18 George Brett * 3,154 19 Paul Waner * 3,152 20 Robin Yount * 3,142 21 Tony Gwynn * 3,141 22 Alex Rodriguez 3,115 23 Dave Winfield * 3,110 24 Ichiro Suzuki * 3,089 25 Craig Biggio * 3,060 26 Rickey Henderson * 3,055 27 Rod Carew * 3,053 28 Lou Brock * 3,023 29 Rafael Palmeiro 3,020 30 Cap Anson *[ c] 3,011 31 Wade Boggs * 3,010 32 Al Kaline * 3,007 33 Roberto Clemente * 3,000 34 Sam Rice * 2,987 35 Sam Crawford * 2,961 36 Frank Robinson * 2,943 37 Barry Bonds 2,935 38 Willie Keeler * 2,932 39 Jake Beckley * 2,930 Rogers Hornsby * 2,930 41 Al Simmons * 2,927 42 Zack Wheat * 2,884 43 Frankie Frisch * 2,880 44 Omar Vizquel 2,877 45 Mel Ott * 2,876 46 Babe Ruth * 2,873 47 Harold Baines * 2,866 48 Jesse Burkett * 2,850 49 Brooks Robinson * 2,848 50 Iván Rodríguez * 2,844 51 Charlie Gehringer * 2,839 52 George Sisler * 2,810 53 Ken Griffey Jr. * 2,781 54 Andre Dawson * 2,774 55 Johnny Damon 2,769 56 Vada Pinson 2,757 57 Luke Appling * 2,749 58 Al Oliver 2,743 59 Goose Goslin * 2,735 60 Tony Pérez * 2,732 61 Chipper Jones * 2,726 62 Carlos Beltrán 2,725 63 Roberto Alomar * 2,724 64 Lou Gehrig * 2,721 65 Rusty Staub 2,716 66 Bill Buckner 2,715 67 Dave Parker * 2,712 68 Billy Williams * 2,711 69 Doc Cramer 2,705 70 Gary Sheffield 2,689 71 Luis Aparicio * 2,677 72 Fred Clarke *[ d] 2,672 73 Max Carey * 2,665 74 Nellie Fox * 2,663 75 George Davis * 2,660
Rank Player Hits Harry Heilmann * 2,660 77 Ted Williams * 2,654 78 Jimmie Foxx * 2,646 79 Lave Cross 2,645 80 Robinson Canó 2,639 81 Rabbit Maranville * 2,605 Tim Raines * 2,605 83 Steve Garvey 2,599 84 Ed Delahanty * 2,596 85 Luis González 2,591 86 Vladimir Guerrero * 2,590 87 Julio Franco 2,586 88 Reggie Jackson * 2,584 89 Ernie Banks * 2,583 90 Richie Ashburn * 2,574 Manny Ramirez 2,574 92 Willie Davis 2,561 93 Steve Finley 2,548 94 George Van Haltren 2,539 95 Garret Anderson 2,529 96 Heinie Manush * 2,524 97 Todd Helton * 2,519 98 Joe Morgan * 2,517 99 Buddy Bell 2,514 100 Jimmy Ryan 2,512 101 Mickey Vernon 2,495 102 Fred McGriff * 2,490 103 David Ortiz * 2,472 Ted Simmons * 2,472 105 Joe Medwick * 2,471 106 Bobby Abreu 2,470 107 Frank Thomas * 2,468 108 Roger Connor * 2,467 109 Harry Hooper * 2,466 110 Bill Dahlen 2,461 Jeff Kent 2,461 112 Ozzie Smith * 2,460 113 Lloyd Waner * 2,459 114 Jimmy Rollins 2,455 115 Torii Hunter 2,452 Jim Rice * 2,452 117 Red Schoendienst * 2,449 118 Dwight Evans 2,446 119 Mark Grace 2,445 120 Kenny Lofton 2,428 121 Pie Traynor * 2,416 122 Mickey Mantle * 2,415 123 Sammy Sosa 2,408 124 Miguel Tejada 2,407 125 Stuffy McInnis 2,405 126 Freddie Freeman (126)2,393 127 Nick Markakis 2,388 128 Ryne Sandberg * 2,386 129 Enos Slaughter * 2,383 130 Chili Davis 2,380 131 Edd Roush * 2,376 132 Brett Butler 2,375 Michael Young 2,375 134 Lou Whitaker 2,369 135 Alan Trammell * 2,365 136 Jose Altuve (130)2,362 137 Carlton Fisk * 2,356 138 Joe Judge 2,352 139 Orlando Cepeda * 2,351 140 Billy Herman * 2,345 141 Joe Torre * 2,342 142 Paul Konerko 2,340 Barry Larkin * 2,340 144 Bernie Williams 2,336 145 Andrés Galarraga 2,333 146 Jim Thome * 2,328 147 Édgar Rentería 2,327 148 Dave Concepción 2,326 Jake Daubert 2,326 B. J. Surhoff 2,326
Rank Player Hits 151 Eddie Mathews * 2,315 152 Jeff Bagwell * 2,314 153 Jim Bottomley * 2,313 154 Bobby Wallace * 2,309 155 Jim O'Rourke * 2,304 Kirby Puckett * 2,304 157 Aramis Ramírez 2,303 158 Kiki Cuyler * 2,299 Charlie Grimm 2,299 160 Dan Brouthers * 2,296 161 Hugh Duffy * 2,293 162 Joe Cronin * 2,285 163 Gary Gaetti 2,280 164 Tony Fernández 2,276 165 Carlos Lee 2,273 166 Jimmy Dykes 2,256 167 Willie McGee 2,254 Ron Santo * 2,254 169 Patsy Donovan 2,253 170 Tommy Corcoran 2,252 171 José Cruz 2,251 Marquis Grissom 2,251 173 Bid McPhee * 2,250 174 Bert Campaneris 2,249 175 Edgar Martínez * 2,247 176 Andrew McCutchen (91)2,243 177 John Olerud 2,239 178 Mike Schmidt * 2,234 179 Willie Stargell * 2,232 180 Fred Tenney 2,231 181 Joe Sewell * 2,226 182 Graig Nettles 2,225 183 Darrell Evans 2,223 184 Joe Kelley * 2,220 185 Juan Pierre 2,217 186 Joe DiMaggio * 2,214 187 Joe Kuhel 2,212 188 Willie McCovey * 2,211 189 Willie Randolph 2,210 190 Willie Wilson 2,207 191 Jason Kendall 2,195 192 Stan Hack 2,193 Bill Terry * 2,193 194 Cecil Cooper 2,192 195 Larry Bowa 2,191 196 Joe Carter 2,184 197 Keith Hernandez 2,182 198 Will Clark 2,176 199 Pee Wee Reese * 2,170 200 Paul Goldschmidt (113)2,169 Sherry Magee 2,169 202 Yadier Molina 2,168 203 Dick Bartell 2,165 204 Larry Walker * 2,160 205 Billy Hamilton * 2,159 206 Hal Chase 2,158 207 Magglio Ordóñez 2,156 208 Víctor Martínez 2,153 Don Mattingly 2,153 210 Rubén Sierra 2,152 211 Yogi Berra * 2,150 Ed Konetchy 2,150 213 Ken Boyer 2,143 Ken Griffey Sr. 2,143 Tommy Leach 2,143 216 Plácido Polanco 2,142 217 Dick Groat 2,138 Wally Moses 2,138 José Reyes 2,138 220 Don Baylor 2,135 Joey Votto 2,135 222 Moisés Alou 2,134 Maury Wills 2,134 224 Paul Hines 2,133 225 Buddy Myer 2,131
Rank Player Hits 226 Herman Long 2,128 227 Mike Piazza * 2,127 228 Joe Mauer * 2,123 229 Tommy Davis 2,121 230 Duke Snider * 2,116 231 Minnie Miñoso * 2,113 232 Dale Murphy 2,111 233 Chris Chambliss 2,109 234 Ellis Burks 2,107 John Montgomery Ward * 2,107 236 Paul O'Neill 2,105 237 Arky Vaughan * 2,103 238 Felipe Alou 2,101 239 Clyde Milan 2,100 240 Brian Downing 2,099 241 Matt Holliday 2,096 Garry Templeton 2,096 243 Alfonso Soriano 2,095 244 Gary Carter * 2,092 Harvey Kuenn 2,092 246 Elvis Andrus 2,091 Hal McRae 2,091 248 Alvin Dark 2,089 249 César Cedeño 2,087 250 Harmon Killebrew * 2,086 251 Tim Wallach 2,085 252 Ed McKean 2,084 Jimmy Sheckard 2,084 254 George J. Burns 2,077 Scott Rolen * 2,077 256 Chuck Klein * 2,076 257 Carney Lansford 2,074 258 Deacon White * 2,067 259 Dixie Walker 2,064 260 Del Ennis 2,063 Bobby Veach 2,063 262 Bob Elliott 2,061 263 Wally Joyner 2,060 264 Orlando Cabrera 2,055 265 Ray Durham 2,054 George Kell * 2,054 267 Nelson Cruz 2,053 268 Bob Johnson 2,051 269 Adrián González 2,050 270 Johnny Bench * 2,048 Dummy Hoy 2,048 272 A. J. Pierzynski 2,043 273 Bobby Doerr * 2,042 274 Jack Glasscock 2,041 275 Mark Grudzielanek 2,040 Manny Machado (140)2,040 277 Carlos Delgado 2,038 278 Raúl Ibañez 2,034 279 Lee May 2,031 280 Brandon Phillips 2,029 Ken Singleton 2,029 282 Tony Phillips 2,023 283 Jim Gilliam 2,021 284 Amos Otis 2,020 Reggie Smith 2,020 286 Earl Averill * 2,019 287 George H. Burns 2,018 288 Bill Mazeroski * 2,016 289 Gary Matthews 2,011 Johnny Mize * 2,011 291 Bobby Bonilla 2,010 Jason Giambi 2,010 293 Bill Madlock 2,008 294 Tony Taylor 2,007 295 Frank White 2,006 296 Dave Bancroft * 2,004 Todd Zeile 2,004 298 Shawn Green 2,003
Other active players with 1,800 or more hits through August 18, 2025.
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Notes ^ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season. ^ Major League Baseball lists Cobb's hit total at 4,191, although research has revised the total to 4,189 because of double-counting a 2-hit day. ^ Cap Anson's hit amounts are different depending on the source and what hits are included in various leagues he played in. His total varies from 2,995 to 3,435. MLB.com credits him with 3,011. Major League Baseball credits him with 3,081 hits, which is verified by Elias Sports Bureau. Baseball-Reference.com credits him with 3,435. ^ Fred Clarke's hit amounts are different depending on the source. His total varies from 2,672 to 2,678. MLB.com credits him with 2,672. Baseball-Reference.com credits him with 2,678 with 3 hits additionally in 1894 and 1897.
References Specific ^ Sheldon, Mark (October 1, 2024). "Pete Rose top career moments" . MLB.com . Retrieved July 10, 2025 . ^ "For combined seasons, from 1901 to 1912, Playing in the AL, in the regular season, sorted by descending Hits" . Stathead . Retrieved July 15, 2025 .^ Pellowski, Michael J. (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts 21 . ISBN 978-1402742736 . Retrieved August 22, 2012 . baseball 2,000 hits.
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