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MLB career hits: Top 50
Name the top 50 players in career MLB hits. You have 12:30.
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- Name the 50 players with the most career MLB hits, regular season only.
- Type them in any order. The clock starts when you tap the box or type. A name counts the moment it’s complete, no need to press Enter. A last name of four letters or more is enough, and one that players on the list share credits all of them.
- Stuck? Hint tells you something about the next one you’re missing, and costs 15 seconds, off the clock and onto your time. Finish ends the round early.
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About this list
Career totals as of October 21, 2026. Career totals from the Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA) and MLB's stats for the recent seasons. Like Lahman, they count the 1871–75 National Association; the Negro Leagues statistics MLB added to its records in 2024 aren't included.
On this list
It takes 2,844 to make this list: that's the total in last place, and the leader has about 50% more.
The 50 players began their careers between 1871 and 2003. More of them started in the 1980s than in any other decade (8), and their careers ran 21.3 seasons on average, first season to last.
2 of them have played in the 2020s, and 19 had retired before 1970, so the list moves slowly.
The closest two places on the list are #8 and #9, 1 apart; the widest gap is 418, between #2 and #3.
The top five average 3,872, and the bottom five 2,856.
Nobody on it has played a season since 2024, so these places only change when someone new climbs in.
Their careers ran from 16 to 27 seasons, first to last. Spread over those seasons, the fastest pace on the list is 178 a season (#48) and the slowest 120 (#44).
By the decade they started: 1870s (1), 1880s (1), 1890s (5), 1900s (4), 1910s (4), 1920s (3), 1940s (1), 1950s (6), 1960s (4), 1970s (6), 1980s (8), 1990s (4), 2000s (3).