List of Major League Baseball career assists leaders

Rabbit Maranville, the all-time leader in assists.

In baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is credited to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball (after it has been hit by the batter) prior to the recording of a putout, even if the contact was unintentional. For example, if a ball strikes a player's leg and bounces off him to another fielder, who tags the baserunner, the first player is credited with an assist. A fielder can receive a maximum of one assist per out recorded. An assist is also credited if a putout would have occurred, had another fielder not committed an error. For example, a shortstop might field a ground ball cleanly, but the first baseman might drop his throw. In this case, an error would be charged to the first baseman, and the shortstop would be credited with an assist.

Rabbit Maranville is the all-time leader with 8,967 career assists. Ozzie Smith (8,375), Cal Ripken Jr. (8,214), Bill Dahlen (8,138), Omar Vizquel (8,050), and Luis Aparicio (8,016) are the only other players to record more than 8,000 career assists.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career assists. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2025 As)	Number of recorded assists during the 2025 Major League Baseball season.
A	Total career assists.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.

List

Jose Altuve, the active leader and 163rd all-time in assists.

• Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.

Rank	Player (2025 As)	A
1	Rabbit Maranville*	8,967
2	Ozzie Smith*	8,375
3	Cal Ripken Jr.*	8,214
4	Bill Dahlen	8,138
5	Omar Vizquel	8,050
6	Luis Aparicio*	8,016
7	Eddie Collins*	7,716
8	Luke Appling*	7,543
9	Tommy Corcoran	7,509
10	Bobby Wallace*	7,465
11	Frankie Frisch*	7,170
12	Charlie Gehringer*	7,091
13	Dave Concepción	7,024
14	Joe Morgan*	6,969
15	Bid McPhee*	6,923
16	Larry Bowa	6,864
17	Rogers Hornsby*	6,842
18	Honus Wagner*	6,782
19	Bill Mazeroski*	6,694
20	Nap Lajoie*	6,691
21	Lou Whitaker	6,653
22	Ryne Sandberg*	6,648
23	Frank White	6,629
24	Derek Jeter*	6,605
25	Dave Bancroft*	6,604
26	Roberto Alomar*	6,536
27	Don Kessinger	6,453
28	George Davis*	6,429
29	Nellie Fox*	6,385
30	Dick Bartell	6,348
31	Willie Randolph	6,339
32	Roger Peckinpaugh	6,338
33	Herman Long	6,335
34	Bert Campaneris	6,323
35	Germany Smith	6,304
36	Donie Bush	6,286
37	Alan Trammell*	6,265
38	Chris Speier	6,259
39	Roy McMillan	6,233
40	Brooks Robinson*	6,220
41	Miguel Tejada	6,193
42	Jimmy Rollins	6,139
43	Pee Wee Reese*	6,131
44	Garry Templeton	6,078
45	Joe Cronin*	6,052
46	Jack Glasscock	5,951
	Joe Tinker*	5,951
48	Jeff Kent	5,918
49	Royce Clayton	5,904
50	Bobby Grich	5,891

Rank	Player (2025 As)	A
51	Robinson Canó	5,881
52	Dick Groat	5,864
	Barry Larkin*	5,864
54	Mark Belanger	5,831
55	Billy Herman*	5,823
56	Bill Russell	5,713
57	Bobby Doerr*	5,710
58	Édgar Rentería	5,706
59	Alex Rodriguez	5,681
60	Craig Biggio*	5,671
61	Jay Bell	5,609
62	Mickey Doolan	5,585
63	Tony Fernández	5,544
64	Fred Pfeffer	5,530
65	Maury Wills	5,512
66	Ed Brinkman	5,500
67	Red Schoendienst*	5,466
68	Billy Jurges	5,446
69	Orlando Cabrera	5,445
70	Leo Cárdenas	5,429
71	Elvis Andrus	5,419
72	Monte Cross	5,378
73	Ozzie Guillén	5,375
74	Kid Gleason	5,324
75	George McBride	5,316
76	Alfredo Griffin	5,309
77	Graig Nettles	5,295
78	Art Fletcher	5,254
79	Del Pratt	5,238
80	Joe Sewell*	5,230
81	Ian Kinsler	5,219
82	Johnny Evers*	5,215
83	Mike Schmidt*	5,193
84	Adrián Beltré*	5,187
85	Travis Jackson*	5,178
86	Buddy Myer	5,152
87	Hughie Critz	5,145
88	Jimmy Dykes	5,139
89	Arky Vaughan*	5,119
90	Tim Foli	5,108
91	Everett Scott	5,060
92	John Montgomery Ward*	5,050
93	Buddy Bell	5,009
94	Mark Grudzielanek	4,975
95	Brandon Phillips	4,971
96	Toby Harrah	4,965
97	Claude Ritchey	4,958
98	Ed McKean	4,945
99	Tony Lazzeri*	4,944
100	Jim Gantner	4,942

External links

• "Career Leaders & Records for Assists". Baseball-Reference.com.