This article lists records for stolen bases within Major League Baseball (MLB). For individual players, leaders in stolen bases for a career, single season, and single game are provided, along with leaders in stolen base percentage for a single season and career. Team records for stolen bases in a single season are also provided.

Stolen bases were not officially noted in a baseball game's summary until 1886, and it was not until 1888 that it officially earned a place in baseball's box score. The modern rule for stolen bases was adopted in 1898. While some sources do not include stolen base records before 1898—because they are difficult to compare to the era after 1898—as the sourcing on the below list indicates, Major League Baseball continues to recognize them.

Individual records Career stolen base leaders No. Player SB Teams and seasons+Major League Baseball Career Stolen Base Leaders1 Rickey Henderson 1,406 1979–1984, 89–93, 94–95, 98 (Oakland Athletics), 1985–1989 (New York Yankees), 1993 (Toronto Blue Jays), 1996–97, 2001 (San Diego Padres), 1997 (Anaheim Angels), 1999–2000 (New York Mets), 2000 (Seattle Mariners), 2002 (Boston Red Sox), 2003 (Los Angeles Dodgers)2 Lou Brock 938 1961–1964 (Chicago Cubs), 1964–1979 (St. Louis Cardinals)3 Billy Hamilton 912 1888–89 (Kansas City Blues (AA)), 1890–1895 (Philadelphia Phillies), 1896–1901 (Boston Beaneaters)4 Ty Cobb 892 1905–1926 (Detroit Tigers), 1927–28 (Philadelphia Athletics)5 Tim Raines 808 1979–1990, 2001 (Montreal Expos), 1991–1995 (Chicago White Sox), 1996–1998 (New York Yankees), 1999 (Oakland Athletics), 2001 (Baltimore Orioles), 2002 (Florida Marlins)6 Vince Coleman 752 1985–1990 (St. Louis Cardinals), 1991–1993, (New York Mets), 1994–95 (Kansas City Royals), 1995 (Seattle Mariners), 1996 (Cincinnati Reds), 1997 (Detroit Tigers)7 Eddie Collins 745 1906–1914, 27–30 (Philadelphia Athletics), 1915–1926 (Chicago White Sox)8 Arlie Latham 739 1880 (Buffalo Bisons), 1883–1889, 96 (St. Louis Browns), 1890 (Chicago Pirates), 1890–1895 (Cincinnati Reds), 1899 (Washington Senators), 1909 (New York Giants)9 Max Carey 738 1910–1926 (Pittsburgh Pirates), 26–29 (Brooklyn Robins)10 Honus Wagner 722 1897–1899 (Louisville Colonels), 1900–1917 (Pittsburgh Pirates)11 Joe Morgan 689 1963–1971, 80 (Houston Colt 45's/Astros), 1972–1979 (Cincinnati Reds), 1981–82 (San Francisco Giants), 1983 (Philadelphia Phillies), 1984 (Oakland Athletics)12 Willie Wilson 668 1976–1990 (Kansas City Royals), 1991–92 (Oakland Athletics), 1993–94 (Chicago Cubs)13 Tom Brown 657 1882 (Baltimore Orioles (AA)), 1883–84 (Columbus Colts (AA)), 1885–1887 (Pittsburgh Pirates), 1887 (Indianapolis Hoosiers), 1888–89 (Boston Beaneaters), 1890–91 (Boston Reds (PL-AA)), 1892–1894 (Louisville Colonels), 1895 (St. Louis Cardinals), 1895–1898 (Washington Senators)14 Bert Campaneris 649 1964–1976 (KC-Oak Athletics), 1977–1979 (Texas Rangers), 1979–1981 (California Angels), 1983 (New York Yankees)15 Kenny Lofton 622 1991 (Houston Astros), 1992–1996, 98–2001, 07 (Cleveland Indians), 1997 (Atlanta Braves), 2002 (Chicago White Sox), 2002 (San Francisco Giants), 2003 (Chicago Cubs), 2003 (Pittsburgh Pirates), 2004 (New York Yankees), 2005 (Philadelphia Phillies), 2007 (Texas Rangers)16 Otis Nixon 620 1983 (New York Yankees), 1984–1987 (Cleveland Indians), 1988–1990 (Montreal Expos), 1991–1993, 99 (Atlanta Braves), 1994 (Boston Red Sox), 1995 (Texas Rangers), 1996–97 (Toronto Blue Jays), 1997 (Los Angeles Dodgers), 1998 (Minnesota Twins)17 George Davis 616 1890–1892 (Cleveland Spiders), 1893–1901, 03 (New York Giants), 1902, 1904–1909 (Chicago White Sox)18 Juan Pierre 614 2000–2002 (Colorado Rockies), 2003–2005 (Florida Marlins), 2006 (Chicago Cubs), 2007–2009 (Los Angeles Dodgers), 2010–11 (Chicago White Sox), 2012 (Philadelphia Phillies), 2013 (Miami Marlins)19 Dummy Hoy 594 1888–89 (Washington Nationals), 1890 (Buffalo Bisons), 1891 (St. Louis Browns), 1892–93 (Washington Senators), 1894–1897 (Cincinnati Reds), 1898–99 (Louisville Colonels), 1901 (Chicago White Sox), 1902 (Cincinnati Reds)20 Maury Wills 586 1959–1966 (Los Angeles Dodgers), 1967–68 (Pittsburgh Pirates), 1969 (Montreal Expos), 1969–1972 (Los Angeles Dodgers) Source:

Entering the 2024 MLB season, only one active player has 300 or more career stolen bases: Starling Marte.

Career stolen bases leaders, top 10 by league

No. American League SB National League SB 1 Rickey Henderson 1270 Lou Brock 938 2 Ty Cobb 892 Billy Hamilton 782 3 Eddie Collins 745 Max Carey 738 4 Willie Wilson 660 Honus Wagner 722 5 Bert Campaneris 649 Joe Morgan 681 6 Luis Aparicio 506 Vince Coleman 660 7 Paul Molitor 504 Tim Raines 635 8 Kenny Lofton 502 Dummy Hoy 567 9 Clyde Milan 495 Maury Wills 586 10 Ichiro Suzuki 487 Ozzie Smith 580

Single-season stolen base leaders (100 or more)

The pre-modern single-season mark for stolen bases is 138 by Hugh Nicol of the Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) in 1887. In the modern era, Ty Cobb set a single-season mark of 96 stolen bases in 1915 that lasted until it was broken by Maury Wills with 104 in 1962. A new modern mark was set by Lou Brock with 118 in 1974, and again by Rickey Henderson with 130 in 1982. Henderson and Vince Coleman are the only players to record three 100-steal seasons in the modern era. Coleman is the only player to do it three seasons in a row, much less in the first three seasons of his career, as well as the only player to record 100 steals as a rookie.

Player SB Team Season Hugh Nicol 138 Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) 1887 Rickey Henderson 130 Oakland Athletics 1982 Arlie Latham 129 St. Louis Cardinals (AA) 1887 Lou Brock 118 St. Louis Cardinals 1974 Charles Comiskey 117 St. Louis Cardinals (AA) 1887 John Montgomery Ward 111 New York Giants 1887 Billy Hamilton 111 Philadelphia Phillies 1891 Vince Coleman 110 St. Louis Cardinals 1985 Arlie Latham (2) 109 St. Louis Cardinals (AA) 1888 Vince Coleman (2) 109 St. Louis Cardinals 1987 Rickey Henderson (2) 108 Oakland Athletics 1983 Vince Coleman (3) 107 St. Louis Cardinals 1986 Maury Wills 104 Los Angeles Dodgers 1962 Hugh Nicol (2) 103 Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) 1888 Jim Fogarty 102 Philadelphia Phillies 1887 Billy Hamilton (2) 102 Philadelphia Phillies 1890 Rickey Henderson (3) 100 Oakland Athletics 1980 denotes a player's rookie season

Single-game stolen base leaders (5 or more)

Under the pre-modern rule, George Gore stole 7 bases in a game in 1881, a mark that was tied by "Sliding Billy" Hamilton in 1894 (not to be confused with Billy Hamilton, the most recent addition to this leaderboard). In the modern era, on September 11, 1912, Eddie Collins stole 6 bases in a game, a mark that stood alone for nearly eight decades before being tied by Otis Nixon (1991), Eric Young (1996), and Carl Crawford (2009). On September 22, 1912, Collins stole 6 bases in a game for a second time in 11 days.

Collins, Cole, and Young are the only 3 men in MLB history to have multiple games with at least 5 stolen bases.

Player SB Team Date Opponent George Gore 7 Chicago White Stockings June 25, 1881 Providence Grays Billy Hamilton 7 Philadelphia Phillies August 31, 1894 Washington Senators Eddie Collins 6 Philadelphia Athletics September 11, 1912 Detroit Tigers Eddie Collins (2) 6 Philadelphia Athletics September 22, 1912 St. Louis Browns Otis Nixon 6 Atlanta Braves June 16, 1991 Montreal Expos Eric Young 6 Colorado Rockies June 30, 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers Carl Crawford 6 Tampa Bay Rays May 3, 2009 Boston Red Sox Dan McGann 5 New York Giants May 27, 1904 Brooklyn Superbas Clyde Milan 5 Washington Senators June 14, 1912 Cleveland Indians Johnny Neun 5 Detroit Tigers July 9, 1927 New York Yankees Amos Otis 5 Kansas City Royals September 7, 1971 Milwaukee Brewers Davey Lopes 5 Los Angeles Dodgers August 24, 1974 St. Louis Cardinals Bert Campaneris 5 Oakland Athletics May 24, 1976 Minnesota Twins Lonnie Smith 5 St. Louis Cardinals September 4, 1982 San Francisco Giants Alan Wiggins 5 San Diego Padres May 17, 1984 Montreal Expos Tony Gwynn 5 San Diego Padres September 20, 1986 Houston Astros Rickey Henderson 5 Oakland Athletics July 29, 1989 Seattle Mariners Alex Cole 5 Cleveland Indians August 1, 1990 Kansas City Royals Alex Cole (2) 5 Cleveland Indians May 3, 1992 California Angels Damian Jackson 5 San Diego Padres June 28, 1999 Colorado Rockies Eric Young (2) 5 Chicago Cubs May 14, 2000 Montreal Expos Kenny Lofton 5 Cleveland Indians September 3, 2000 Baltimore Orioles Scarborough Green 5 Texas Rangers September 28, 2000 Seattle Mariners Ryan Freel 5 Cincinnati Reds July 27, 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers Willy Taveras 5 Colorado Rockies June 14, 2008 Chicago White Sox Dexter Fowler 5 Colorado Rockies April 27, 2009 San Diego Padres Jacoby Ellsbury 5 Boston Red Sox May 30, 2013 Philadelphia Phillies Billy Hamilton 5 Cincinnati Reds June 14, 2015 Chicago Cubs

Consecutive stolen base leaders (35 or more)

Records for consecutive successful stolen base attempts are limited by the available data, as times caught stealing has been recorded officially only since 1920. Max Carey established a mark in 1922–23 of 37 consecutive stolen bases without being caught, which stood until it was broken by Davey Lopes with 38 consecutive steals in 1975.Steve Brener, Dave Lopes, New Champion of Major League Base Stealers, Baseball Digest, March 1976, p.58, accessed November 23, 2010.The Fans Speak Out, Baseball Digest, December 1989, p.12, accessed November 23, 2010.John R. Finger, , CSNPhilly.com, May 13, 2009, accessed November 23, 2010. Lopes's record was broken by Vince Coleman with 50 consecutive stolen bases in 1988–89.

Player SB Team Start Ended Vince Coleman 50 St. Louis Cardinals September 16, 1988 July 26, 1989 Ichiro Suzuki 45 Seattle Mariners April 29, 2006 May 16, 2007 Trea Turner 41 Los Angeles Dodgers/Philadelphia Phillies August 13, 2022 April 24, 2024 Tim Raines 40 Chicago White Sox July 23, 1993 September 1, 1995 Jimmy Rollins 39 Philadelphia Phillies September 1, 2007 July 26, 2008 Davey Lopes 38 Los Angeles Dodgers June 6, 1975 August 24, 1975Shohei Ohtani 38 Los Angeles DodgersJuly 23, 2024 April 4, 2025Max Carey 37 Pittsburgh Pirates July 7, 1922 May 13, 1923Tim Raines (2) 37 Montreal ExposSeptember 22, 1983 July 6, 1984 Stan Javier 37 Oakland AthleticsSan Francisco Giants May 31, 1995 June 27, 1996 Paul Molitor 36 Toronto Blue Jays August 22, 1993 October 1, 1995Brady Anderson 36 Baltimore OriolesMay 14, 1994 July 3, 1995Coco Crisp 36 Oakland Athletics July 16, 2011 June 19, 2012Brice Turang 36 Milwaukee BrewersJuly 15, 2023 May 27, 2024Davey Lopes (2) 35 Oakland AthleticsChicago CubsJuly 11, 1983 May 18, 1985Jimmy Rollins (2) 35 Philadelphia PhilliesMay 9, 2001 August 25, 2001

Multiple-season stolen base records Three or more seasons with 70 stolen bases Under pre-modern rules, "Sliding Billy" Hamilton amassed six separate seasons of 70-plus stolen bases over his career. In the modern era, Ty Cobb established a mark of three such seasons that stood (though tied by Lou Brock and Omar Moreno) until it was broken by Tim Raines in 1984. In 1986, Raines reached six seasons of 70-plus steals, all consecutive (a record), but Rickey Henderson notched his seventh such season in 1989.

Player Seasons Seasons and teams 7 1980, 82–83 (Oakland Athletics), 1985–86, 88 (New York Yankees), 1989 (NY Yankees-Oak Athletics) Billy Hamilton 6 1889 (Kansas City Blues (AA)), 1890–91, 94–95 (Philadelphia Phillies), 1896 (Boston Beaneaters) Tim Raines 6 1981–86 (Montreal Expos) Vince Coleman 5 1985–88, 90 (St. Louis Cardinals) Tom Brown 3 1890–91 (Boston Reds (PL-AA)), 1892 (Louisville Colonels) Harry Stovey 3 1887–88 (Philadelphia Athletics (AA)), 1890 (Boston Reds (PL)) Ty Cobb 3 1909, 11, 15 (Detroit Tigers) Lou Brock 3 1966, 73–74 (St. Louis Cardinals) Omar Moreno 3 1978–80 (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Ten or more seasons with 40 stolen bases