MLB Baseball Home Run Leaders by Decade

For each decade, name the ten Major League players with the most home runs.

Through 2022

We give you the team for which they hit the most home runs that decade

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First submitted	June 9, 2016
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2020s
Yankees	Aaron Judge	110
Mets	Pete Alonso	93
Blue Jays	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	89
Phillies	Kyle Schwarber	89
Angels	Shohei Ohtani	87
Braves	Matt Olson	87
Guardians	Jose Ramirez	82
Royals	Salvador Perez	82
Braves	Austin Riley	79
Blue Jays	Marcus Semien	78

1990s
A's	Mark McGwire	405
Mariners	Ken Griffey Jr.	382
Giants	Barry Bonds	361
Indians	Albert Belle	351
Rangers	Juan Gonzalez	339
Cubs	Sammy Sosa	332
Orioles	Rafael Palmeiro	328
A's	Jose Canseco	303
White Sox	Frank Thomas	301
Braves	Fred McGriff	300
Giants	Matt Williams	300

1960s
Twins	Harmon Killebrew	393
Braves	Hank Aaron	375
Giants	Willie Mays	350
Reds	Frank Robinson	316
Giants	Willie McCovey	300
Senators	Frank Howard	288
Tigers	Norm Cash	278
Cubs	Ernie Banks	269
Yankees	Mickey Mantle	256
Giants	Orlando Cepeda	254

1930s
A's	Jimmie Foxx	415
Yankees	Lou Gehrig	347
Giants	Mel Ott	308
Braves	Wally Berger	241
Phillies	Chuck Klein	238
Indians	Earl Averill	218
Tigers	Hank Greenberg	206
Yankees	Babe Ruth	198
A's	Al Simmons	190
A's	Bob Johnson	186

2010s
Mariners	Nelson Cruz	346
Blue Jays	Edwin Encarnacion	335
Marlins	Giancarlo Stanton	308
Angels	Albert Pujols	290
Blue Jays	Jose Bautista	285
Angels	Mike Trout	285
Reds	Jay Bruce	269
Tigers	Miguel Cabrera	268
Orioles	Chris Davis	257
Dbacks	Justin Upton	255

1980s
Phillies	Mike Schmidt	313
Braves	Dale Murphy	308
Orioles	Eddie Murray	274
Red Sox	Dwight Evans	256
Expos	Andre Dawson	250
Tigers	Darrell Evans	230
Red Sox	Tony Armas	225
Tigers	Lance Parrish	225
Yankees	Dave Winfield	223
Giants	Jack Clark	216


1950s
Dodgers	Duke Snider	326
Dodgers	Gil Hodges	310
Braves	Eddie Mathews	299
Yankees	Mickey Mantle	280
Cardinals	Stan Musial	266
Yankees	Yogi Berra	256
Giants	Willie Mays	250
Reds	Ted Kluszewski	239
A's	Gus Zernial	232
Cubs	Ernie Banks	228

1920s
Yankees	Babe Ruth	467
Cardinals	Rogers Hornsby	250
Phillies	Cy Williams	202
Browns	Ken Williams	190
Cardinals	Jim Bottomley	146
Yankees	Lou Gehrig	146
Yankees	Bob Meusel	146
Tigers	Harry Heilmann	142
Cubs	Hack Wilson	137
Giants	High Pockets Kelly	134

2000s
Yankees	Alex Rodriguez	435
Indians	Jim Thome	368
Cardinals	Albert Pujols	366
Red Sox	Manny Ramirez	348
Blue Jays	Carlos Delgado	324
Giants	Barry Bonds	317
Reds	Adam Dunn	316
Expos	Vladimir Guerrero	315
Astros	Lance Berkman	309
Braves	Andruw Jones	308

1970s
Pirates	Willie Stargell	296
A's	Reggie Jackson	292
Reds	Johnny Bench	290
Giants	Bobby Bonds	280
Orioles	Lee May	270
Mets	Dave Kingman	252
Yankees	Graig Nettles	252
Phillies	Mike Schmidt	235
Reds	Tony Perez	226
Red Sox	Reggie Smith	225


1940s
Red Sox	Ted Williams	234
Giants	Johnny Mize	217
Cubs	Bill Nicholson	211
Tigers	Rudy York	189
Yankees	Joe Gordon	181
Yankees	Joe DiMaggio	180
Browns	Vern Stephens	177
Yankees	Charlie Keller	173
Pirates	Ralph Kiner	168
Red Sox	Bobby Doerr	164

Level 77

Jun 9, 2016

Man...Ted Williams took the top spot in the 40s AND served in WWII? Ted's the man.

Level 68

Aug 12, 2016

Not to take anything away from Williams, but many of the other guys on that list also missed time during the war, including Dimaggio, Gordon and Mize. ... So all of their numbers would be greater as well.

Level 44

Jul 27, 2016

Can't...believe...I missed...Willie.......Mays.

Level 66

Aug 11, 2016

I missed Hank Aaron?! How do I miss Hank Aaron?

Level 84

May 25, 2017

Trebek's comment (below) just revealed why I nearly missed Mays. It accepted "M-a-y" for Lee May while I was attempting to enter "M-a-y-s". I never caught that it didn't fill in the player I thought it was filling in. I just started by carpet-bombing Ruth, Aaron and Mays.

Level 70

Aug 11, 2016

I thought I had Mays but I had Lee May. Never thought to check.

Level 69

Sep 21, 2016

Level 90

Sep 3, 2017

I got about 10 when I got down to a couple of minutes left and resorted to just typing in common last names.

Level 84

Apr 10, 2019

How could I miss the Bambino?

Level 67

Apr 15, 2019

Nelson Cruz?!?! I was wondering how I could forget what superstar is second this decade in home runs, and then I saw it was Cruz...you never hear about him. The Pacific Northwest gets absolutely no attention.

Level ∞

Sep 30, 2019

He served a 50 game suspension for PEDs. People probably don't want to celebrate him.

Level 84

Feb 7, 2020

This. Exactly this.

Level 86

Oct 6, 2022

Seeing that the top two most commonly guessed answers are Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds, I'm not sure this logic checks out. If anything, a major PED suspension should make someone MORE notorious as a power hitter.

I missed Cruz because I don't really associate him with the Mariners that much--he only played for them for 4 years. He was with the Rangers for longer (though split across two different decades).

Level 78

Apr 16, 2019

Records before integration and during the steroid era shouldn't count.

Level 67

Apr 16, 2019

That doesn't make sense in this quiz though, because it's only ranking players against players who played in the same decade as each other, and therefore mostly under the same conditions. It makes sense to claim Babe Ruth's home runs mean less than Hank Aaron's because Babe Ruth hit his homers against a diminished talent pool, but it is perfectly valid to compare Ruth's home run numbers to those of other players from the 20's because they played in the same segregated conditions with the same talent pool.

Level 78

Apr 17, 2019

Happy day after Jackie Robinson Day.

Level ∞

Sep 30, 2019

Let's not forget the juiced ball era, or the amphetamine era. But the records from the 1980s (not counting 1987) and the era from 2005-2014 are still clean maybe.

Level 90

Oct 6, 2022

Man, Marcus Semien is old!

Level 86

Oct 6, 2022

Only player to appear twice, five decades apart!

Level 95

Oct 7, 2022

Semien Pirates in 70s perhaps is Stargell?

Level ∞

Oct 7, 2022

Dang, sorry about that. Fixed, but I had to reset the stats.

Level 83

Oct 7, 2022

No way 75% of the people knew Bob Johnson. This should be a first and last name quiz.

Level 62

Oct 7, 2022

Matt Olson is only accepted if you type his full name, everyone else it accepts just their last name as the correct answer.

Level 71

Oct 7, 2022

Small changes:

For some reason for Matt Olson it requires a full name whereas for all other players it accepts last name only.

Marcus Semien should be listed as Blue Jays because he has hit more homers for them than he did for the Rangers or Athletics this decade.

Level ∞

Oct 7, 2022

Fixed, thanks!

Level 82

Oct 10, 2022

Olson also hit more HRs with the A’s than the Braves this decade, though surely that will flip next year.

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