Pete Rose has collected the most career hits by a player 40 or older, with 691 hits.

Interpreted as:

most hits by a player after turning 40 years old

	NAME	H	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Pete Rose P. Rose	691	728	2,556	321	90	18	5	237	320	23	177	31	20	2,932	832	113	14	19	28	53	.270	.354	.326	.680
2	Sam Rice S. Rice	551	543	1,715	326	95	32	4	194	151	8	47	31		1,907	722	131	33				.321	.379	.421	.800
3	Luke Appling L. Appling	488	470	1,620	223	69	11	13	167	292	1	96	27		1,930	618	93	17			62	.301	.408	.381	.790
4	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	479	504	1,781	188	69	36	8	189	148	15	166	61		1,989	644	113	45				.269	.330	.362	.692
5	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	473	537	1,781	205	83	4	72	282	191	24	308	12	5	2,011	780	159	2	13	34	54	.266	.342	.438	.780
6	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	434	476	1,637	185	85	3	49	244	214	4	150	0	5	1,870	672	137	1	14	21	45	.265	.349	.411	.759
7	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	417	425	1,548	212	81	8	59	233	174	2	275	7	8	1,734	691	148	2	8	19	37	.269	.342	.446	.789
8	Julio Franco J. Franco	409	637	1,434	181	72	7	32	213	164	5	336	21	6	1,619	591	111	4	12	17	57	.285	.358	.412	.770
9	Omar Vizquel O. Vizquel	392	509	1,556	156	58	9	7	129	127	3	177	37	20	1,736	489	74	36	14	15	32	.252	.307	.314	.621
10	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	377	469	1,488	281	68	6	31	137	300	14	304	109	34	1,816	550	105	4	10	2	26	.253	.381	.370	.751
11	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	355	296	1,182	150	70	12	15	175	102	2	132	23	6	1,314	494	97	3	25	17	33	.300	.350	.418	.768
12	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	347	592	1,329	159	39	13	6	85	103	5	204	37	11	1,456	430	58	11	8	4	17	.261	.315	.324	.638
13	Stan Musial S. Musial	336	382	1,142	137	50	7	46	210	151	6	126	5	0	1,315	538	103	0	16	30	23	.294	.375	.471	.846
14	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	332	366	1,289	171	48	2	63	206	131	17	349	8	0	1,450	573	113	0	13	17	40	.258	.331	.445	.776
15	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	289	228	843	159	58	11	6	134	101	9	28	28		967	387	75	14				.343	.419	.459	.878
16	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	274	286	983	117	48	0	36	161	150	9	202	1	1	1,152	430	84	0	10	17	32	.279	.376	.437	.813
17	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	266	267	1,009	82	43	10	3		29	6	43	25		1,076	338	56	32				.264	.288	.335	.623
18	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	265	286	1,065	147	64	3	31	112	63	12	196	7	5	1,162	428	98	12	10	1	20	.249	.296	.402	.698
19	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	264	484	1,143	134	47	3	40	174	152	3	175	1	1	1,308	437	90	0	10	20	28	.231	.320	.382	.703
20	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	262	334	1,076	114	40	2	42	164	144	1	118	1	2	1,233	432	84	2	10	10	29	.243	.331	.401	.732
21	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	261	332	905	211	50	3	79	199	348	18	131	11	1	1,277	554	132	0	6	126	23	.288	.491	.612	1.103
22	Rabbit Maranville R. Maranville	248	315	1,116	116	37	8	0	80	85	4	65	6		1,239	301	45	34				.222	.280	.270	.549
23	Darrell Evans D. Evans	246	361	1,089	149	30	1	60	180	198	2	205	7	7	1,299	458	91	0	10	16	16	.226	.343	.421	.764
24	Bob Boone B. Boone	243	293	874	82	33	2	6	91	95	4	75	6	5	997	298	41	19	5	6	27	.278	.350	.341	.691
25	Tony Perez T. Perez	242	364	922	78	49	5	20	144	98	1	167	1	3	1,030	361	74	0	9	7	30	.262	.331	.392	.723