Season Home Run Leaders
| current through 2006 season |
bold = active player |
| Name |
Home Runs |
Year |
Team |
League |
Rank |
| Barry Bonds |
73 |
2001 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
1 |
| Mark McGwire |
70 |
1998 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
2 |
| Sammy Sosa |
66 |
1998 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
3 |
| Mark McGwire |
65 |
1999 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
4 |
| Sammy Sosa |
64 |
2001 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
5 |
| Sammy Sosa |
63 |
1999 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
6 |
| Roger Maris |
61 |
1961 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
7 |
| Babe Ruth |
60 |
1927 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
8 |
| Babe Ruth |
59 |
1921 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
9 |
| Jimmie Foxx |
58 |
1932 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
10 |
| Hank Greenberg |
58 |
1938 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
|
| Ryan Howard |
58 |
2006 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Mark McGwire |
58 |
1997 |
Oakland Athletics |
AL |
|
| St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
| Luis Gonzalez |
57 |
2001 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
NL |
14 |
| Alex Rodriguez |
57 |
2002 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Ken Griffey, Jr. |
56 |
1998 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
16 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. |
56 |
1997 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
|
| Hack Wilson |
56 |
1930 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Ralph Kiner |
54 |
1949 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
19 |
| Mickey Mantle |
54 |
1961 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| David Ortiz |
54 |
2006 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
54 |
1920 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
54 |
1928 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| George Foster |
52 |
1977 |
Cincinnati Reds |
NL |
24 |
| Mickey Mantle |
52 |
1956 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Willie Mays |
52 |
1965 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
|
| Mark McGwire |
52 |
1996 |
Oakland Athletics |
AL |
|
| Alex Rodriguez |
52 |
2001 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Jim Thome |
52 |
2002 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
| Cecil Fielder |
51 |
1990 |
Detroit Tigers |
AL |
30 |
| Andruw Jones |
51 |
2005 |
Atlanta Braves |
NL |
|
| Ralph Kiner |
51 |
1947 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
| Willie Mays |
51 |
1955 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
| Johnny Mize |
51 |
1947 |
New York Giants |
NL |
|
| Brady Anderson |
50 |
1996 |
Baltimore Orioles |
AL |
35 |
| Albert Belle |
50 |
1995 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
| Jimmie Foxx |
50 |
1938 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Sammy Sosa |
50 |
2000 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Greg Vaughn |
50 |
1998 |
San Diego Padres |
NL |
|
| Albert Belle |
49 |
1998 |
Chicago White Sox |
AL |
40 |
| Barry Bonds |
49 |
2000 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
|
| Andre Dawson |
49 |
1987 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Lou Gehrig |
49 |
1936 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Lou Gehrig |
49 |
1934 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Shawn Green |
49 |
2001 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
NL |
|
| Ken Griffey, Jr. |
49 |
1996 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
|
| Todd Helton |
49 |
2001 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
|
| Harmon Killebrew |
49 |
1964 |
Minnesota Twins |
AL |
|
| Harmon Killebrew |
49 |
1969 |
Minnesota Twins |
AL |
|
| Ted Kluszewski |
49 |
1954 |
Cincinnati Redlegs |
NL |
|
| Willie Mays |
49 |
1962 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
|
| Mark McGwire |
49 |
1987 |
Oakland Athletics |
AL |
|
| Albert Pujols |
49 |
2006 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
| Frank Robinson |
49 |
1966 |
Baltimore Orioles |
AL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
49 |
1930 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Sammy Sosa |
49 |
2002 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Jim Thome |
49 |
2001 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
|
| Larry Walker |
49 |
1997 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
|
| Albert Belle |
48 |
1996 |
Cleveland Indians |
AL |
59 |
| Adrian Beltre |
48 |
2004 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
NL |
|
| Jimmie Foxx |
48 |
1933 |
Philadelphia Athletics |
AL |
|
| Ken Griffey, Jr. |
48 |
1999 |
Seattle Mariners |
AL |
|
| Frank Howard |
48 |
1969 |
Washington Senators |
AL |
|
| Harmon Killebrew |
48 |
1962 |
Minnesota Twins |
AL |
|
| Dave Kingman |
48 |
1979 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| Alex Rodriguez |
48 |
2005 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Mike Schmidt |
48 |
1980 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Willie Stargell |
48 |
1971 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
| Hank Aaron |
47 |
1971 |
Atlanta Braves |
NL |
69 |
| Jeff Bagwell |
47 |
2000 |
Houston Astros |
NL |
|
| Ernie Banks |
47 |
1958 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
|
| George Bell |
47 |
1987 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
AL |
|
| Andres Galarraga |
47 |
1996 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
|
| Lou Gehrig |
47 |
1927 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Troy Glaus |
47 |
2000 |
Anaheim Angels |
AL |
|
| Juan Gonzalez |
47 |
1996 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Reggie Jackson |
47 |
1969 |
Oakland Athletics |
AL |
|
| Ralph Kiner |
47 |
1950 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL |
|
| Ted Kluszewski |
47 |
1955 |
Cincinnati Redlegs |
NL |
|
| Eddie Mathews |
47 |
1953 |
Milwaukee Braves |
NL |
|
| Willie Mays |
47 |
1964 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
|
| Kevin Mitchell |
47 |
1989 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
|
| David Ortiz |
47 |
2005 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Rafael Palmeiro |
47 |
1999 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Rafael Palmeiro |
47 |
2001 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Alex Rodriguez |
47 |
2003 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
47 |
1926 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Jim Thome |
47 |
2003 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
NL |
|
| Barry Bonds |
46 |
1993 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
89 |
| Barry Bonds |
46 |
2002 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
|
| Jose Canseco |
46 |
1998 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
AL |
|
| Vinny Castilla |
46 |
1998 |
Colorado Rockies |
NL |
|
| Orlando Cepeda |
46 |
1961 |
San Francisco Giants |
NL |
|
| Joe DiMaggio |
46 |
1937 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Adam Dunn |
46 |
2004 |
Cincinnati Reds |
NL |
|
| Lou Gehrig |
46 |
1931 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Jim Gentile |
46 |
1961 |
Baltimore Orioles |
AL |
|
| Juan Gonzalez |
46 |
1993 |
Texas Rangers |
AL |
|
| Harmon Killebrew |
46 |
1961 |
Minnesota Twins |
AL |
|
| Derrek Lee |
46 |
2005 |
Chicago Cubs |
NL |
100 |
| Eddie Mathews |
46 |
1959 |
Milwaukee Braves |
NL |
|
| Albert Pujols |
46 |
2004 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
NL |
|
| Jim Rice |
46 |
1978 |
Boston Red Sox |
AL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
46 |
1929 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
46 |
1931 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Babe Ruth |
46 |
1924 |
New York Yankees |
AL |
|
| Alfonso Soriano |
46 |
2006 |
Washington Nationals |
NL |
|
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