List of Major League Baseball home run records
Player Seasons Years and teams
Hank Aaron 20 1955-74 ( Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves )
Babe Ruth 16 1919 ( Boston Red Sox ) , 1920-34 ( New York Yankees )
Willie Mays 15 1954-68 ( New York/San Francisco Giants )
Barry Bonds 15 1990-92 ( Pittsburgh Pirates ) , 1993-2004 ( San Francisco Giants )
Alex Rodriguez 15 1996-2000 ( Seattle Mariners ) , 2001-03 ( Texas Rangers ) , 2004-10 ( New York ( AL ) )
David Ortiz 15 2002 ( Minnesota Twins ) , 2003-2016 ( Boston Red Sox )
Eddie Mathews 14 1952-65 ( Boston Braves / Milwaukee Braves )
Rafael Palmeiro 14 1991-93 , 1999-2004 ( Texas Rangers ) , 1994-98 ( Baltimore Orioles )
Manny Ramírez 14 1995-2000 ( Cleveland Indians ) , 2001-07 ( Boston Red Sox ) , 08 ( Boston Red Sox / Los Angeles Dodgers )
Mike Schmidt 14 1974-1987 ( Philadelphia Phillies )
Chipper Jones 14 1995-2008 ( Atlanta Braves )
Billy Williams 13 1961-73 ( Chicago Cubs )
Willie Stargell 13 1964-76 ( Pittsburgh Pirates )
Reggie Jackson 13 1968-75 ( Oakland Athletics ) , 1976 ( Baltimore Orioles ) , 1977-80 ( New York Yankees )
Carlos Delgado 13 1996-2004 ( Toronto Blue Jays ) , 2005 ( Florida Marlins ) , 2006-08 ( New York Mets )
Career records -- Most consecutive seasons with 20 home runs
This is a list of some of the records relating to home runs hit in baseball games played in the Major Leagues. Some Major League records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club. A few other records are kept on separate pages, they are listed below. In the tables below, players and teams denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted, while (r) denotes a player's rookie season.