Player stats

Batting Strikeout Percentage 2026

The percentage of plate appearances ending in a strikeout. Lower rates mean fewer strikeouts per opportunity.

Season

Minimum workload: 3.1 plate appearances per game, rounded to the nearest whole appearance. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. Batting-title exceptions are not applied. Data through September 27, 2026. Data refreshed Oct 11, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Strikeout Percentage / 2026

Luis Arraez

PHI

4.3%

Season leader, lower is better

Batting Strikeout Percentage2026 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	K%
1	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	PHI	655	596	4.3%
2	C. SimpsonChandler Simpson	TB	612	571	7.8%
3	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	689	628	8.4%
4	E. ClementErnie Clement	TOR	621	590	9.3%
5	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	637	539	9.7%
6	J. Hoo LeeJung Hoo Lee	SF	579	539	9.8%
7	L. HicksLiam Hicks	TB	554	479	9.9%
8	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	528	478	11.0%
9	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	ATH	520	478	11.3%
10	M. DubónMauricio Dubón	ATL	619	572	11.8%
11	J. NaylorJosh Naylor	SEA	650	597	12.2%
12	G. PerdomoGeraldo Perdomo	AZ	680	562	12.6%
13	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	544	473	12.7%
14	O. LopezOtto Lopez	MIA	687	627	13.0%
15	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	609	542	13.3%
16	I. ParedesIsaac Paredes	HOU	659	562	13.4%
17	C. DurbinCaleb Durbin	BOS	586	508	13.5%
18	T. RumfieldTJ Rumfield	COL	631	547	13.6%
19	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	624	562	13.8%
20	X. EdwardsXavier Edwards	MIA	595	518	13.9%
21	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	629	567	14.0%
22	L. KeaschallLuke Keaschall	MIN	620	528	14.0%
23	K. McGonigleKevin McGonigle	DET	707	605	14.1%
24	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	686	614	14.3%
25	B. RocchioBrayan Rocchio	CLE	592	534	14.4%
26	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	CHC	702	608	14.5%
27	G. MorenoGabriel Moreno	AZ	549	473	14.6%
28	C. DeLauterChase DeLauter	CLE	559	495	14.7%
29	W. ContrerasWilliam Contreras	MIL	640	566	14.7%
30	S. AntonacciSam Antonacci	CWS	557	480	14.7%
31	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	683	615	15.4%
32	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	NYY	562	496	15.8%
33	J. McCarthyJake McCarthy	COL	596	547	15.9%
34	B. LeeBrooks Lee	MIN	631	586	16.2%
35	N. GonzalesNick Gonzales	PIT	608	551	16.3%
36	B. StottBryson Stott	PHI	608	536	16.4%
37	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	LAD	627	540	16.7%
38	J. WetherholtJJ Wetherholt	STL	619	537	16.8%
39	C. YoungCole Young	SEA	638	577	17.1%
40	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	632	558	17.2%
41	Y. AlvarezYordan Alvarez	HOU	692	567	17.3%
42	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	657	579	17.7%
43	L. García Jr.Luis García Jr.	NYY	543	516	17.9%
44	M. VargasMiguel Vargas	CWS	704	588	17.9%
45	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	SD	606	520	18.0%
46	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	STL	670	605	18.1%
47	B. BichetteBo Bichette	NYM	696	638	18.2%
48	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	TOR	517	462	18.4%
49	J. CamineroJunior Caminero	TB	702	616	18.4%
50	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	704	626	18.5%

K%: The percentage of plate appearances ending in a strikeout. Lower rates mean fewer strikeouts per opportunity.

Understanding Batting Strikeout Percentage

The percentage of plate appearances ending in a strikeout. Lower rates mean fewer strikeouts per opportunity.

Formula: 100 × SO ÷ PA

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Oct 11, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.