Sam Thompson had 166 RBIs in 1887.

	NAME	RBI	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	166	1887	DET	127	545	118	203	29	23	10	32	9	19	22		586	308	62		.372	.416	.565	.982	153	56.7	.443	154	53.8
2	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	165	1895	PHI	119	538	131	211	45	21	18	31	5	11	27		576	352	84	2	.392	.430	.654	1.085	158	62.8	.480	162	60.9
3	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	168	1921	NYY	152	540	177	204	44	16	59	145	4	81	17	13	693	457	119	4	.378	.512	.846	1.359	214	127.8	.575	224	118.7
4	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	152	1922	SLN	154	623	141	250	46	14	42	65	1	50	17	12	704	450	102	15	.401	.459	.722	1.181	186	97.8	.520	197	92.7
5	Ken Williams K. Williams	155	1922	SLA	153	585	128	194	34	11	39	74	7	31	37	20	678	367	84	12	.332	.413	.627	1.040	147	61.9	.461	159	52.7
6	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	153	1926	NYY	152	495	139	184	30	5	47	144	3	76	11	9	652	365	82	10	.372	.516	.737	1.253	184	105.6	.551	216	100.6
7	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	173	1927	NYY	155	584	149	218	52	18	47	109	3	84	10	8	717	447	117	21	.373	.474	.765	1.240	199	110.9	.540	209	105.6
8	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	165	1927	NYY	151	540	158	192	29	8	60	137	0	89	7	6	691	417	97	14	.356	.486	.772	1.258	195	109.9	.545	212	104.8
9	Mel Ott M. Ott	151	1929	NYG	150	545	138	179	37	2	42	113	6	38	6		674	346	81	10	.328	.449	.635	1.084	159	69.6	.475	162	61.5
10	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	154	1929	NYY	135	499	121	172	26	6	46	72	3	60	5	3	587	348	78	13	.345	.430	.697	1.128	144	66.1	.486	185	67.7
11	Al Simmons A. Simmons	157	1929	PHA	143	581	114	212	41	9	34	31	1	38	4	3	629	373	84	16	.365	.398	.642	1.040	137	53.9	.454	160	51.4
12	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	159	1929	CHC	150	574	135	198	30	5	39	78	2	83	3		670	355	74	16	.345	.425	.618	1.044	149	60	.459	152	51.1
13	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	156	1930	PHA	153	562	127	188	33	13	37	93	0	66	7	7	673	358	83	18	.335	.429	.637	1.066	156	61	.458	159	57
14	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	173	1930	NYY	154	581	143	220	42	17	41	101	3	63	12	14	703	419	100	18	.379	.473	.721	1.194	193	94.5	.507	198	98.3
15	Chuck Klein C. Klein	170	1930	PHN	156	648	158	250	59	8	40	54	4	50	4		719	445	107	13	.386	.436	.687	1.123	181	80	.481	152	58.7
16	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	153	1930	NYY	145	518	150	186	28	9	49	136	1	61	10	10	676	379	86	21	.359	.493	.732	1.225	192	97	.517	204	100.6
17	Al Simmons A. Simmons	165	1930	PHA	138	554	152	211	41	16	36	39	1	34	9	2	611	392	93	17	.381	.423	.708	1.130	153	67.4	.480	173	63.8
18	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	191	1930	CHC	155	585	146	208	35	6	56	105	1	84	3		709	423	97	18	.356	.454	.723	1.177	189	89	.497	171	78.9
19	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	185	1931	NYY	155	619	163	211	31	15	46	117	0	56	17	12	738	410	92	2	.341	.446	.662	1.108	179	87.7	.488	184	83.8
20	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	162	1931	NYY	145	534	149	199	31	3	46	128	1	51	5	4	663	374	80	0	.373	.495	.700	1.195	181	98.6	.525	206	95.1
21	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	169	1932	PHA	154	585	151	213	33	9	58	116	0	96	3	7	701	438	100	0	.364	.469	.749	1.218	193	105.6	.522	198	95.8
22	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	151	1932	NYY	156	596	138	208	42	9	34	108	3	38	4	11	708	370	85	1	.349	.451	.621	1.072	167	77.9	.472	174	73.4
23	Al Simmons A. Simmons	151	1932	PHA	154	670	144	216	28	9	35	47	1	76	4	2	718	367	72	0	.322	.368	.548	.915	130	39.9	.405	130	29.9
24	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	163	1933	PHA	149	573	125	204	37	9	48	96	1	93	2	2	670	403	94	0	.356	.449	.703	1.153	170	92.1	.510	189	79.8
25	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	166	1934	NYY	154	579	128	210	40	6	49	109	2	31	9	5	690	409	95	0	.363	.465	.706	1.172	182	94.8	.511	194	90.9