Before 2007, Hank Aaron had the most RBIs, with 2,297 RBIs.

Interpreted as:

most rbi by a player through 2006

	NAME	RBI	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	2,297	3,298	12,364	2,174	3,771	624	98	755	1,402	32	1,383	240	73	13,940	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	328	.305	.374	.555	.928	2453	936.4	.403	153	858.5
2	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2,214	2,503	8,399	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,062	43	1,330	123		10,617	5,793	1,356	113				.342	.474	.690	1.164	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
3	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	1,995	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	493	1,508	45	790	102		9,660	5,060	1,190	106			2	.340	.447	.632	1.080	2265	1,046.8	.477	173	980
4	Stan Musial S. Musial	1,951	3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.331	.417	.559	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
5	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	1,933	3,034	11,434	2,244	4,189	724	295	117	1,249	94	681	897		13,068	5,854	1,136	291				.366	.433	.512	.945	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1
6	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	1,930	2,860	9,507	2,152	2,841	587	77	734	2,426	103	1,485	509	141	12,129	5,784	1,398	4	89	645	152	.299	.443	.608	1.051	2565	1,104.6	.435	173	1,106.3
7	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1,922	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,646	458	125	534	1,452	13	1,311	87		9,670	4,956	1,117	71			69	.325	.428	.609	1.038	2135	934.1	.460	158	780.8
8	Eddie Murray E. Murray	1,917	3,026	11,336	1,627	3,255	560	35	504	1,333	18	1,516	110	43	12,817	5,397	1,099	2	128	222	315	.287	.359	.476	.836	1904	432.6	.365	127	406.9
9	Willie Mays W. Mays	1,903	2,992	10,881	2,062	3,283	523	140	660	1,464	44	1,526	338	103	12,493	6,066	1,323	13	91	192	251	.302	.384	.557	.941	2266	894.8	.409	154	802.7
10	Mel Ott M. Ott	1,860	2,730	9,456	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,708	64	896	89		11,337	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.414	.533	.947	2204	826.4	.430	156	794.2
11	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	1,844	3,308	11,988	1,816	3,419	646	59	452	1,845	40	1,393	168	116	13,991	5,539	1,157	13	105	190	323	.285	.379	.462	.841	2155	643.2	.375	130	469.8
12	Ted Williams T. Williams	1,839	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	2,021	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.344	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
13	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	1,835	2,831	10,472	1,663	3,020	585	38	569	1,353	87	1,348	97	40	12,046	5,388	1,192	15	119	172	232	.288	.371	.515	.885	1975	522.8	.380	130	453.5
14	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	1,833	2,973	11,003	1,669	3,110	540	88	465	1,216	25	1,686	223	96	12,358	5,221	1,093	19	95	172	319	.283	.353	.475	.827	1811	416.2	.364	128	400.6
15	Al Simmons A. Simmons	1,828	2,215	8,759	1,507	2,927	539	149	307	615	30	737	88		9,515	4,685	995	111			23	.334	.380	.535	.915	1714	519.5	.410	130	400.1
16	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	1,812	2,808	10,006	1,829	2,943	528	72	586	1,420	198	1,532	204	77	11,743	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	270	.294	.389	.537	.926	2083	807.2	.404	153	717.1
17	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	1,732	2,794	10,439	1,739	3,420	643	252	101	963	125	735	723		11,748	4,870	996	221				.328	.391	.467	.858	2044	725.8	.408	147	650
18	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	1,702	2,820	9,864	1,551	2,584	463	49	563	1,375	96	2,597	228	115	11,416	4,834	1,075	13	68	164	183	.262	.356	.490	.846	1749	503	.374	139	497.6
19	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	1,695	3,001	11,551	1,647	3,184	603	44	431	1,129	66	1,305	36	39	12,883	5,168	1,078	10	127	107	350	.276	.340	.447	.788	1734	219.3	.346	111	175.1
20	Tony Perez T. Perez	1,652	2,777	9,778	1,272	2,732	505	79	379	925	43	1,867	49	33	10,861	4,532	963	9	106	150	268	.279	.341	.463	.804	1511	343.8	.356	121	265.2
21	Ernie Banks E. Banks	1,636	2,528	9,421	1,305	2,583	407	90	512	763	70	1,236	50	53	10,395	4,706	1,009	45	96	198	229	.274	.330	.500	.830	1496	354.6	.359	118	228.9
22	Harold Baines H. Baines	1,628	2,830	9,908	1,299	2,866	488	49	384	1,062	14	1,441	34	34	11,092	4,604	921	9	99	187	298	.289	.356	.465	.820	1599	304.2	.358	118	249.9
23	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	1,612	2,287	8,656	1,482	2,735	500	173	248	949	55	585	176		9,822	4,325	921	162				.316	.387	.500	.887	1695	458.2	.402	127	355.4
24	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	1,608	2,234	8,298	1,467	2,412	449	36	563	1,077	76	1,494	178	67	9,544	4,622	1,048	8	85	216	163	.291	.374	.557	.931	1666	508.5	.393	137	452.4
25	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	1,599	2,480	9,589	1,504	3,243	657	163	82	516	134	347	380		10,460	4,472	902	221				.338	.380	.466	.847	1787	600.2	.401	144	547