What are MLB's home run records for a single season and all-time? A complete list
Major League Baseball's home run records are – and always have been – some of the most well-known marks in all of sports.
Barry Bonds currently holds both the single-season (73 in 2001) and career (762) home run records, breaking the previous marks set by Mark McGwire (70 in 1998) and Hank Aaron (755), respectively.
In 2022, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge set the American League record with 62 home runs, passing Roger Maris – whose single-season mark of 61 stood from 1961 to 1998.
Here's full lists of baseball's single-season and all-time home run leaders
Stats through, italics indicates active player
Most MLB home runs in one season
1. Barry Bonds, 2001 – 73
2. Mark McGwire, 1998 – 70
3. Sammy Sosa, 1998 – 66
4. Mark McGwire, 1999 – 65
5. Sammy Sosa, 2001 – 64
6. Sammy Sosa, 1999 – 63
8. Roger Maris, 1961 – 61
9. Babe Ruth, 1927 – 60
t-10. Babe Ruth, 1921 – 59
t-10. Giancarlo Stanton, 2017 – 59
t-12. Jimmie Foxx, 1932 – 58
t-12. Hank Greenberg, 1938 – 58
t-12. Ryan Howard, 2006 – 58
t-12. Mark McGwire, 1997 – 58
t-16. Luis Gonzalez, 2001 – 57
t-16. Alex Rodriguez, 2002 – 57
t-18. Ken Griffey Jr., 1997 – 56
t-18. Ken Griffey Jr., 1998 – 56
t-18. Hack Wilson, 1930 – 56
MLB all-time career home run leaders
1. Barry Bonds – 762
2. Hank Aaron – 755
3. Babe Ruth – 714
4. Albert Pujols – 703
5. Alex Rodriguez – 696
6. Willie Mays – 660
7. Ken Griffey Jr. – 630
8. Jim Thome – 612
9. Sammy Sosa – 609
10. Frank Robinson – 586
11. Mark McGwire – 583
12. Harmon Killebrew – 573
13. Rafael Palmeiro – 569
14. Reggie Jackson – 563
15. Manny Ramirez – 555
16. Mike Schmidt – 548
17. David Ortiz – 541
18. Mickey Mantle – 536
19. Jimmie Foxx – 534
t-20. Willie McCovey – 521
t-20. Frank Thomas – 521
t-20. Ted Williams – 521
t-23. Ernie Banks – 512
t-23. Eddie Matthews – 512
t-25. Mel Ott – 511
t-25. Miguel Cabrera – 511
27. Gary Sheffield – 509
28. Eddie Murray – 504
t-29. Lou Gehrig – 493
t-29. Fred McGriff – 493
31. Adrian Beltre – 477
t-32. Stan Musial – 475
t-32. Willie Stargell – 475
34. Carlos Delgado – 473
35. Chipper Jones – 468
36. Dave Winfield – 465
39. Nelson Cruz – 464
t-38. Jose Canseco – 462
t-38. Adam Dunn – 462
40. Carl Yastrzemski – 452
t-41. Jeff Bagwell – 449
t-41. Vladimir Guerrero – 449
43. Dave Kingman – 442
44. Jason Giambi – 440
45. Paul Konerko – 439
46. Andre Dawson – 438
47. Carlos Beltran – 435
t-48. Juan Gonzalez – 434
t-48. Andruw Jones – 434
50. Cal Ripken Jr. – 431
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLB home run records: What are baseball's season, all-time marks?