In baseball, an intentional base on balls, usually referred to as an intentional walk and denoted in baseball scorekeeping by IBB, is a base on balls (walk) issued to a batter by a pitcher with the intent of removing the batter's opportunity to swing at the pitched ball. A pitch that is intentionally thrown far outside the strike zone for this purpose is referred to as an intentional ball. Since the season, intentional bases on balls are issued to the hitter at the discretion of a manager.

Barry Bonds is the all-time leader in intentional bases on balls with 688 career intentional walks. Bonds is the only player to be intentionally walked more than 400 times. Freddie Freeman, the active leader and tied for 61st all-time, has 145 career intentional bases on balls.

Key Rank Rank amongst leaders in career intentional walks. A blank field indicates a tie. Player (2027 IBBs) Number of intentional walks hit during the 2027 Major League Baseball season. IBB Total career intentional walks*denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bolddenotes active player.A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

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Stats updated through 2026 season. RankPlayer (2027 IBBs)IBB1Barry Bonds6882Albert Pujols3163Stan Musial*2984Hank Aaron*2935Willie McCovey*2606Vladimir Guerrero*2507Ken Griffey Jr.*2468Ted Williams*2439Miguel Cabrera23810George Brett*22911Willie Stargell*22712Eddie Murray*22213Frank Robinson*21814Manny Ramirez21615Willie Mays*21416David Ortiz*20917Tony Gwynn*20318Ernie Banks*20219Mike Schmidt*20120Rusty Staub19321Carl Yastrzemski*19022Chili Davis188Ted Simmons*18824Harold Baines*18725Carlos Delgado18626Todd Helton*18527Billy Williams*18228Ichiro Suzuki*18129Wade Boggs*18030Chipper Jones*17731Jim Thome*17332Rafael Palmeiro 172Dave Winfield*17234Fred McGriff*17135Dave Parker*17036Frank Thomas*16837Roberto Clemente*167Pete Rose16739Prince Fielder164Reggie Jackson*16441Lance Berkman160Harmon Killebrew*16043Dale Murphy15944Adrián González15845John Olerud15746Jeff Bagwell*155Will Clark15548Orlando Cepeda*154Ryan Howard154Duke Snider*154 RankPlayer (2027 IBBs)IBBSammy Sosa15452Ernie Lombardi*15353Luis Gonzalez150Mark McGwire150Johnny Mize*150Tony Pérez*15057Mickey Mantle*148Tim Raines*14859Joey Votto14760Mike Piazza*14661Freddie Freeman (0)145Joe Mauer*14563Rod Carew*144Garry Templeton144Mo Vaughn14466Andre Dawson*14367José Cruz142Ted Kluszewski142Eddie Mathews*142Mike Trout (0)14271Darrell Evans14172Bryce Harper (0)140Boog Powell14074Dick Allen*13875Don Mattingly13676Johnny Bench*135Frank Howard13578Jimmie Foxx*13479Al Kaline*13380Robin Ventura13281Bill Nicholson131Tony Oliva*131Darryl Strawberry13184Keith Hernandez130Gary Sheffield13086Ron Fairly129Al López*12988Bobby Bonilla128Mel Ott*12890Jack Clark127Joe Torre*12792Ken Singleton12593Lou Brock*12494Paul Goldschmidt (0)12395Leo Cárdenas122Adam Dunn12297Bill Madlock12198Brooks Robinson*12099Víctor Martínez119Tim McCarver119Al Oliver119

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