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On-base plus slugging (OPS) is asabermetricbaseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player'son-base percentage andslugging average.[1] The statistic reflects two important offensive skills: the ability of a player to get on base and to hit for power.
Babe Ruth is the all-time leader with a career 1.1636 OPS.Ted Williams (1.1155),Lou Gehrig (1.0798),Oscar Charleston (1.0632),Barry Bonds (1.0512),Jimmie Foxx (1.0376),Turkey Stearnes (1.0340),Mule Suttles (1.0176),Hank Greenberg (1.0169), andRogers Hornsby (1.0103) are the only other players with a career OPS over 1.000.
| Rank | Among leaders in career OPS. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player | Name of the player. |
| OPS | Career OPS. |
| * | Denotes elected toNational Baseball Hall of Fame. |
|---|---|
| Bold | Active player.[note 1] |
The top 100Major League Baseball players in career OPS with at least 3,000 careerplate appearances, as through the end of the 2025 season, are below. Names highlighted in green are active.
| Rank | Player | OPS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth* | 1.1636 |
| 2 | Ted Williams* | 1.1155 |
| 3 | Lou Gehrig* | 1.0798 |
| 4 | Oscar Charleston* | 1.0632 |
| 5 | Barry Bonds | 1.0512 |
| 6 | Jimmie Foxx* | 1.0376 |
| 7 | Turkey Stearnes* | 1.0340 |
| 8 | Mule Suttles* | 1.0299 |
| 9 | Aaron Judge | 1.0282 |
| 10 | Hank Greenberg* | 1.0169 |
| 11 | Rogers Hornsby* | 1.0103 |
| 12 | Manny Ramirez | .9960 |
| 13 | Mark McGwire | .9823 |
| 14 | Mickey Mantle* | .9773 |
| 15 | Joe DiMaggio* | .9771 |
| 16 | Mike Trout | .9764 |
| 17 | Stan Musial* | .9757 |
| 18 | Frank Thomas* | .9740 |
| 19 | Larry Walker* | .9654 |
| 20 | Johnny Mize* | .9591 |
| 21 | Jud Wilson* | .9577 |
| 22 | Shohei Ohtani | .9567 |
| 23 | Jim Thome* | .9560 |
| 24 | Todd Helton* | .9531 |
| 25 | Juan Soto | .9483 |
| 26 | Jeff Bagwell* | .9480 |
| 27 | Mel Ott* | .9471 |
| 28 | Ralph Kiner* | .9459 |
| 29 | Lefty O'Doul | .9451 |
| 30 | Ty Cobb* | .9445 |
| 31 | Dan Brouthers* | .9435 |
| 32 | Lance Berkman | .9429 |
| Willie Wells* | .9429 | |
| 34 | Willie Mays* | .9402 |
| 35 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | .9401 |
| 36 | Hack Wilson* | .9399 |
| 37 | Albert Belle | .9333 |
| Edgar Martínez* | .9333 | |
| 39 | Vladimir Guerrero* | .9312 |
| 40 | David Ortiz* | .9310 |
| 41 | Chipper Jones* | .9304 |
| 42 | Harry Heilmann* | .9300 |
| 43 | Alex Rodriguez | .9299 |
| 44 | Carlos Delgado | .9293 |
| 45 | Hank Aaron* | .9285 |
| 46 | Earl Averill* | .9283 |
| Tris Speaker* | .9283 | |
| 48 | Charlie Keller | .9276 |
| 49 | Frank Robinson* | .9259 |
| 50 | Ken Williams | .9238 |