Before August 19, 2008, Hank Aaron had the most RBIs, with 2,297 RBIs.

Interpreted as:

most rbi by a player through August 18, 2008

	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
1	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	2,297	3,298	12,364	2,175	3,771	624	98	755	1,403	32	1,381	240	73	13,941	6,856	1,477	21	121	293	330	.305	.374	.555	.929
2	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	1,998	2,164	8,001	1,888	2,721	534	163	493	1,511	46	789	102		9,664	5,060	1,190	106			2	.340	.448	.632	1.080
3	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	1,996	2,986	9,847	2,227	2,935	601	77	762	2,558	106	1,539	514	141	12,606	5,976	1,440	4	91	688	165	.298	.444	.607	1.051
4	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	1,989	2,112	7,288	1,971	2,531	424	106	665	1,872	35	1,147	110		9,290	5,162	1,195	95				.347	.483	.708	1.191
5	Stan Musial S. Musial	1,950	3,026	10,971	1,949	3,630	726	177	475	1,605	53	698	78	31	12,718	6,135	1,378	36	53	127	249	.331	.417	.559	.976
6	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1,924	2,317	8,134	1,751	2,645	458	125	534	1,457	13	1,311	87		9,676	4,955	1,117	72			70	.325	.428	.609	1.038
7	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
8	Willie Mays W. Mays	1,903	2,992	10,881	2,060	3,283	523	140	660	1,467	44	1,527	338	102	12,496	6,066	1,323	13	91	193	253	.302	.384	.557	.942
9	Mel Ott M. Ott	1,865	2,730	9,455	1,859	2,876	488	72	511	1,720	64	895	89		11,348	5,041	1,071	109			38	.304	.415	.533	.948
10	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	1,844	3,308	11,988	1,816	3,419	646	59	452	1,845	40	1,395	168	115	13,991	5,539	1,157	13	105	190	325	.285	.379	.462	.841
11	Ted Williams T. Williams	1,839	2,292	7,706	1,799	2,654	525	71	521	2,018	39	709	24	5	9,788	4,884	1,117	5	20	89	201	.344	.482	.634	1.115
12	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	1,834	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
13	Al Simmons A. Simmons	1,834	2,215	8,759	1,507	2,928	539	149	307	618	30	737	88		9,518	4,686	995	111			23	.334	.380	.535	.915
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
15	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	1,812	2,808	10,006	1,830	2,943	528	72	586	1,418	198	1,532	203	79	11,741	5,373	1,186	17	102	218	279	.294	.389	.537	.926
16	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	1,757	2,493	9,225	1,598	2,655	493	38	608	1,227	80	1,667	184	69	10,637	5,048	1,139	8	97	244	186	.288	.373	.547	.920
17	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	1,703	2,312	8,165	1,489	2,460	494	12	521	1,662	86	1,388	32	23	10,034	4,541	1,027	0	121	168	225	.301	.419	.556	.976
18	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	1,702	2,820	9,864	1,551	2,584	463	49	563	1,376	96	2,596	228	115	11,417	4,834	1,075	13	68	164	183	.262	.356	.490	.846
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
20	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	1,693	2,066	7,482	1,419	2,343	496	18	516	1,187	95	1,641	35	31	8,849	4,423	1,030	2	83	180	227	.313	.410	.591	1.001
21	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	1,667	2,354	8,813	1,475	2,408	379	45	609	929	59	2,306	234	107	9,896	4,704	1,033	17	78	154	202	.273	.344	.534	.878
22	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	264	.279	.341	.463	.804
23	Ernie Banks E. Banks	1,636	2,528	9,420	1,306	2,584	407	90	512	763	70	1,234	49	54	10,394	4,707	1,009	45	96	197	231	.274	.330	.500	.830
24	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
25	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	1,621	2,287	8,658	1,482	2,735	500	173	248	953	56	586	175		9,829	4,325	921	162				.316	.387	.500	.887