which mlb player has the most leadoff walks in history

Rickey Henderson has the most career bases on balls when leading off a game, with 394 bases on balls.

NAME BB G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI HBP SO PA TB XBH SH SF IBB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Rickey Henderson
R. Henderson
394
2,875
2,462
680
117
17
81
81
19
408
2,875
1,074
215
0
0
0
.276
.380
.436
.816
2 Kenny Lofton
K. Lofton
211
1,705
1,487
448
68
22
29
29
7
227
1,705
647
119
0
0
0
.301
.391
.435
.826
3 Brett Butler
B. Butler
202
1,844
1,637
473
55
22
8
8
5
174
1,844
596
85
0
0
0
.289
.369
.364
.733
4 Tony Phillips
T. Phillips
190
1,381
1,187
317
56
7
30
30
4
249
1,381
477
93
0
0
0
.267
.370
.402
.772
5 Johnny Damon
J. Damon
147
1,575
1,422
388
62
13
27
27
6
201
1,575
557
102
0
0
0
.273
.343
.392
.735
6 Chuck Knoblauch
C. Knoblauch
139
1,289
1,127
309
51
9
31
31
23
152
1,289
471
91
0
0
0
.274
.365
.418
.783
7 Willie Randolph
W. Randolph
138
877
738
205
27
6
4
4
1
69
877
256
37
0
0
0
.278
.392
.347
.739
8 Tim Raines
T. Raines
137
1,398
1,252
361
60
26
16
16
9
146
1,398
521
102
0
0
0
.288
.363
.416
.779
9 Lenny Dykstra
L. Dykstra
136
1,095
951
236
54
13
20
20
8
132
1,095
376
87
0
0
0
.248
.347
.395
.742
10 Brady Anderson
B. Anderson
132
1,294
1,139
298
63
10
44
44
23
196
1,294
513
117
0
0
0
.262
.350
.450
.800
11 Eric Young
E. Young
128
1,242
1,097
296
59
14
20
20
17
112
1,242
443
93
0
0
0
.270
.355
.404
.759
12 Otis Nixon
O. Nixon
121
1,093
971
268
28
3
3
3
1
139
1,093
311
34
0
0
0
.276
.357
.320
.677
13 Davey Lopes
D. Lopes
119
1,058
934
243
40
7
28
28
5
151
1,058
381
75
0
0
0
.260
.347
.408
.755
14 Vince Coleman
V. Coleman
118
1,275
1,149
303
42
20
5
5
8
232
1,275
400
67
0
0
0
.264
.336
.348
.685
15 Craig Biggio
C. Biggio
114
1,560
1,407
400
106
9
53
53
39
233
1,560
683
168
0
0
0
.284
.354
.485
.840
16 Denard Span
D. Span
112
1,157
1,042
257
57
8
15
15
3
157
1,157
375
80
0
0
0
.247
.322
.360
.681
17 Paul Molitor
P. Molitor
111
1,570
1,451
423
78
19
33
33
8
188
1,570
638
130
0
0
0
.292
.345
.440
.785
18 Wade Boggs
W. Boggs
107
926
818
247
49
2
5
5
1
62
926
315
56
0
0
0
.302
.383
.385
.768
19 Ron LeFlore
R. LeFlore
98
1,039
940
248
37
7
6
6
1
223
1,039
317
50
0
0
0
.264
.334
.337
.671
20 Al Bumbry
A. Bumbry
98
1,069
970
279
43
11
12
12
1
164
1,069
380
66
0
0
0
.288
.354
.392
.745
21 Matt Carpenter
M. Carpenter
97
767
666
186
45
6
25
25
4
157
767
318
76
0
0
0
.279
.374
.477
.852
22 Brian Roberts
B. Roberts
96
1,133
1,037
277
74
3
13
13
0
138
1,133
396
90
0
0
0
.267
.329
.382
.711
23 Curtis Granderson
C. Granderson
89
986
890
223
39
12
47
47
7
220
986
427
98
0
0
0
.251
.324
.480
.803
24 Lou Whitaker
L. Whitaker
89
911
819
238
42
8
23
23
3
103
911
365
73
0
0
0
.291
.362
.446
.808
25 Bill North
B. North
87
697
606
156
14
3
6
6
4
120
697
194
23
0
0
0
.257
.354
.320
.675
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