players with the most hits as a leadoff hitter all-time from 1970 to 2000

Between the 1970 and 2000 seasons, Rickey Henderson collected the most hits when batting 1st, with 2,888 hits.

	NAME	H	BAT ORDER	G	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	2,888	1	2,725	10,204	2,143	483	62	279	1,039	2,020	87	1,512	1,354	322	12,403	4,332	824	29	63	56	159	.283	.404	.425	.828
2	Pete Rose P. Rose	2,127	1	1,691	6,928	1,108	392	68	76	582	798	50	477	97	63	7,824	2,883	536	14	34	95	114	.307	.381	.416	.797
3	Brett Butler B. Butler	2,091	1	1,858	7,253	1,198	250	109	46	501	992	31	792	483	231	8,432	2,697	405	111	45	19	55	.288	.374	.372	.746
4	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	1,953	1	1,573	6,500	1,131	338	74	138	653	654	31	760	370	100	7,287	2,853	550	55	47	55	103	.300	.365	.439	.804
5	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	1,734	1	1,426	5,930	920	204	123	35	403	306	44	816	540	108	6,350	2,289	362	47	23	22	59	.292	.331	.386	.717
6	Tim Raines T. Raines	1,630	1	1,397	5,547	1,002	270	85	99	523	819	25	594	583	109	6,456	2,367	454	26	39	101	74	.294	.385	.427	.811
7	Kenny Lofton K. Lofton	1,476	1	1,183	4,844	938	231	63	76	468	602	19	654	452	114	5,540	2,061	370	35	40	32	65	.305	.381	.425	.806
8	Tony Phillips T. Phillips	1,450	1	1,390	5,367	989	258	34	124	594	1,008	34	1,065	132	83	6,489	2,148	416	35	45	33	84	.270	.386	.400	.786
9	Vince Coleman V. Coleman	1,399	1	1,280	5,282	827	175	86	27	334	465	14	936	739	172	5,831	1,827	288	47	23	9	43	.265	.325	.346	.671
10	Al Bumbry A. Bumbry	1,331	1	1,178	4,655	710	205	49	50	359	435	21	635	236	85	5,177	1,784	304	38	28	25	67	.286	.348	.383	.731
11	Lou Brock L. Brock	1,309	1	1,069	4,435	701	200	45	37	356	392	9	651	473	153	4,862	1,710	282	13	13	72	57	.295	.353	.386	.738
12	Chuck Knoblauch C. Knoblauch	1,293	1	1,094	4,344	836	240	53	79	430	572	107	535	282	90	5,069	1,876	372	10	36	19	72	.298	.390	.432	.822
13	Steve Sax S. Sax	1,290	1	1,108	4,579	628	185	30	38	346	373	12	397	321	133	5,028	1,649	253	51	13	25	85	.282	.337	.360	.697
14	Brady Anderson B. Anderson	1,273	1	1,217	4,800	832	259	54	169	568	711	119	856	246	77	5,706	2,147	482	36	40	48	42	.265	.371	.447	.818
15	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	1,259	1	1,047	4,352	708	169	55	58	344	354	17	859	440	138	4,756	1,712	282	13	20	15	72	.289	.344	.393	.737
16	Lenny Dykstra L. Dykstra	1,250	1	1,105	4,391	761	268	39	80	385	601	30	478	272	68	5,064	1,836	387	19	23	45	35	.285	.373	.418	.791
17	Davey Lopes D. Lopes	1,247	1	1,205	4,710	784	172	42	108	408	625	25	646	433	90	5,445	1,827	322	60	25	26	76	.265	.352	.388	.740
18	Otis Nixon O. Nixon	1,223	1	1,134	4,471	721	128	20	8	266	524	3	597	491	140	5,078	1,415	156	53	27	8	63	.274	.348	.316	.665
19	Luis Polonia L. Polonia	1,205	1	1,004	4,097	613	157	63	31	338	324	11	440	283	132	4,493	1,581	251	34	27	21	72	.294	.345	.386	.731
20	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	1,194	1	931	3,714	626	241	27	34	344	594	8	289	9	21	4,361	1,591	302	11	34	99	83	.321	.413	.428	.841
21	Dave Cash D. Cash	1,168	1	955	4,055	567	182	40	15	305	302	17	194	90	55	4,415	1,475	237	19	22	19	65	.288	.338	.364	.702
22	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	1,081	1	926	3,666	694	249	23	97	406	511	103	603	207	72	4,325	1,667	369	18	27	44	34	.295	.394	.455	.848
23	Lou Whitaker L. Whitaker	1,069	1	922	3,764	622	191	34	103	414	445	4	467	83	39	4,268	1,637	328	25	30	35	51	.284	.358	.435	.793
24	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	1,060	1	828	3,524	516	166	47	48	332	154	11	291	153	59	3,747	1,464	261	35	23	9	29	.301	.330	.415	.745
25	Eric Young E. Young	1,025	1	873	3,498	599	181	33	41	338	395	55	241	311	107	4,013	1,395	255	38	27	7	67	.293	.371	.399	.770