Player stats

Batting Walk Percentage 2021

The percentage of plate appearances ending in a walk, including intentional walks.

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 December 31, 2021. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Walk Percentage / 2021

Juan Soto

WSH

22.2%

Season leader

Batting Walk Percentage2021 season
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	BB%
1	J. SotoJuan Soto	WSH	654	502	22.2%
2	J. GalloJoey Gallo	NYY	616	498	18.0%
3	B. HarperBryce Harper	PHI	599	488	16.7%
4	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAA	639	537	15.0%
5	R. GrossmanRobbie Grossman	DET	671	557	14.6%
6	J. VottoJoey Votto	CIN	533	448	14.4%
7	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	PHI	574	482	14.1%
8	M. MuncyMax Muncy	LAD	592	497	14.0%
9	T. PhamTommy Pham	SD	561	475	13.9%
10	Y. MoncadaYoán Moncada	CWS	616	520	13.6%
11	J. DonaldsonJosh Donaldson	MIN	543	457	13.6%
12	M. OlsonMatt Olson	OAK	673	565	13.1%
13	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	KC	659	565	13.1%
14	M. ChapmanMatt Chapman	OAK	622	529	12.9%
15	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	541	465	12.8%
16	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	642	557	12.5%
17	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	550	466	12.4%
18	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	698	604	12.3%
19	M. CanhaMark Canha	OAK	625	519	12.3%
20	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	695	600	12.2%
21	A. JudgeAaron Judge	NYY	633	550	11.8%
22	C. CorreaCarlos Correa	HOU	640	555	11.7%
23	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	646	559	11.6%
24	I. HappIan Happ	CHC	535	465	11.6%
25	J. BellJosh Bell	WSH	568	498	11.4%
26	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	546	478	11.4%
27	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	636	552	11.3%
28	J. IndiaJonathan India	CIN	631	532	11.3%
29	J. SolerJorge Soler	ATL	602	516	11.1%
30	M. SanóMiguel Sanó	MIN	532	470	11.1%
31	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	524	452	11.1%
32	B. LoweBrandon Lowe	TB	615	535	11.1%
33	L. UríasLuis Urías	MIL	570	490	11.1%
34	C. CronC.J. Cron	COL	547	470	11.0%
35	G. StantonGiancarlo Stanton	NYY	579	510	10.9%
36	C. TaylorChris Taylor	LAD	582	507	10.8%
37	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	679	597	10.8%
38	K. BryantKris Bryant	SF	586	513	10.6%
39	J. RojasJosh Rojas	AZ	550	484	10.5%
40	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	638	564	10.5%
41	E. HernándezEnrique Hernández	BOS	585	508	10.4%
42	J. CandelarioJeimer Candelario	DET	626	557	10.4%
43	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	603	529	10.3%
44	W. AdamesWilly Adames	MIL	555	497	10.3%
45	T. GrishamTrent Grisham	SD	527	462	10.2%
46	B. CrawfordBrandon Crawford	SF	549	483	10.2%
47	A. MeadowsAustin Meadows	TB	591	518	10.0%
48	J. TurnerJustin Turner	LAD	612	533	10.0%
49	R. McMahonRyan McMahon	COL	596	528	9.9%
50	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	679	603	9.9%

BB%: The percentage of plate appearances ending in a walk, including intentional walks.

Understanding Batting Walk Percentage

The percentage of plate appearances ending in a walk, including intentional walks.

Formula: 100 × BB ÷ 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 Mar 13, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC.