Player stats

Batting Walk Percentage 2023

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, 2023. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Walk Percentage / 2023

Juan Soto

18.6%

Season leader

Batting Walk Percentage2023 season
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	BB%
1	J. SotoJuan Soto	SD	708	568	18.6%
2	K. SchwarberKyle Schwarber	PHI	720	585	17.5%
3	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAA	599	497	15.2%
4	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	638	534	14.7%
5	M. MuncyMax Muncy	LAD	579	482	14.7%
6	B. HarperBryce Harper	PHI	546	457	14.7%
7	L. Wade Jr.LaMonte Wade Jr.	SF	519	429	14.6%
8	M. OlsonMatt Olson	ATL	720	608	14.4%
9	I. HappIan Happ	CHC	691	580	14.3%
10	L. NootbaarLars Nootbaar	STL	503	426	14.3%
11	J. SuwinskiJack Suwinski	PIT	534	447	14.0%
12	T. CasasTriston Casas	BOS	502	429	13.9%
13	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	693	584	13.9%
14	T. GrishamTrent Grisham	SD	555	469	13.5%
15	A. RutschmanAdley Rutschman	BAL	687	588	13.4%
16	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	724	623	12.8%
17	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	724	622	12.7%
18	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	687	593	12.7%
19	C. YelichChristian Yelich	MIL	632	550	12.3%
20	R. ArozarenaRandy Arozarena	TB	654	551	12.2%
21	J. OutmanJames Outman	LAD	567	483	12.0%
22	H. KimHa-Seong Kim	SD	626	538	12.0%
23	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	HOU	674	574	11.9%
24	J. SolerJorge Soler	MIA	580	504	11.4%
25	W. SmithWill Smith	LAD	554	464	11.4%
26	W. AdamesWilly Adames	MIL	638	553	11.1%
27	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	650	569	10.9%
28	R. Acuña Jr.Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	735	643	10.9%
29	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	682	592	10.9%
30	R. McMahonRyan McMahon	COL	627	555	10.8%
31	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	600	525	10.8%
32	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	562	497	10.7%
33	M. ChapmanMatt Chapman	TOR	581	509	10.7%
34	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	691	611	10.6%
35	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	MIL	619	550	10.5%
36	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	CHC	638	565	10.3%
37	W. ContrerasWilliam Contreras	MIL	611	540	10.3%
38	M. MelendezMJ Melendez	KC	602	533	10.3%
39	A. GarcíaAdolis García	TEX	632	555	10.3%
40	S. SteerSpencer Steer	CIN	665	582	10.2%
41	J. BellJosh Bell	MIA	617	547	10.2%
42	C. CorreaCarlos Correa	MIN	580	514	10.2%
43	I. ParedesIsaac Paredes	TB	571	492	10.2%
44	S. SuzukiSeiya Suzuki	CHC	583	515	10.1%
45	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	SEA	694	598	10.1%
46	G. TorresGleyber Torres	NYY	672	596	10.0%
47	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	658	568	9.9%
48	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	730	637	9.9%
49	J. IndiaJonathan India	CIN	529	454	9.8%
50	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	682	602	9.8%

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, 3:12 AM UTC.