Caught Stealing All Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Caught Stealing

Stealing in a game is legal, but getting caught could easily cost your team at a chance for scoring. Highly proficient base thieves dominate this list making the old argument about the value of a steal debatable.

Raw speed and the ability to steal a base are needed to appear on Baseball Almanac's chart of the top one-hundred (100) career caught stealing leaders as if you are not attempting the steal, you could not get caught stealing as often as these players have. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"I just think when there is an abundance of (born again) believers brought together, at times there is going to be a war come out of it. I think sometimes Satan attacks those strong with the Lord (replying to a slow start question in 1990)." - Brett Butler (3rd Overall Caught Stealing Leader)

Caught Stealing All Time Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Caught Stealing	Rank
Rickey Henderson	335	1
Lou Brock	307	2
Brett Butler	257	3
Maury Wills	208	4
Bert Campaneris	199	5
Rod Carew	187	6
Otis Nixon	186	7
Omar Moreno	182	8
Cesar Cedeno	179	9
Ty Cobb	178	10
Steve Sax	178
Vince Coleman	177	12
Eddie Collins	173	13
Bobby Bonds	169	14
Eric Young	168	15
Joe Morgan	162	16
Billy North	162
Kenny Lofton	160	18
Omar Vizquel	156	19
Juan Pierre	155	20
Pete Rose	149	21
Ozzie Smith	148	22
Delino DeShields	147	23
Tim Raines	146	24
Luis Polonia	145	25
Sam Rice	143	26
Juan Samuel	143
Ron LeFlore	142	28
Barry Bonds	141	29
Lonnie Smith	140	30
George Burns	139	31
Jose Cardenal	139
Luis Castillo	139
Dave Collins	139
Tony Fernandez	138	35
Harold Reynolds	138
Luis Aparicio	136	37
Jose Cruz	136
Ben Chapman	135	39
Alfredo Griffin	134	40
Claudell Washington	134
Willie Wilson	134
Willie Davis	131	43
Paul Molitor	131
Freddie Patek	131
Minnie Minoso	130	46
Tris Speaker	129	47
Garry Templeton	129
George Sisler	127	49
Tony Gwynn	125	50
Craig Biggio	124	51
Enos Cabell	124
Vada Pinson	122	53
Harry Hooper	121	54
Willie McGee	121
Don Baylor	120	56
Mark McLemore	119	57
Steve Finley	118	58
Tom Goodwin	118
Pat Kelly	118
Chuck Knoblauch	117	61
Ray Lankford	117
Babe Ruth	117
Roy White	117
Marquis Grissom	116	65
Tommy Harper	116
Carl Yastrzemski	116
Reggie Jackson	115	68
Reggie Sanders	115
Roberto Alomar	114	70
Davey Lopes	114
Tony Phillips	114
Dave Parker	113	73
Len Randle	112	74
Bobby Abreu	111	75
Jim Gilliam	111
Tony Taylor	111
Charlie Jamieson	110	78
George Case	109	79
Dave Concepcion	109
Andre Dawson	109
Buddy Myer	109
Alan Trammell	109
Luke Appling	108	84
Ozzie Guillen	108
Del Pratt	108
Cesar Tovar	108
Julio Franco	107	88
Darren Lewis	107
Ryne Sandberg	107
Sammy Sosa	107
Edgar Renteria	106	92
Frank Taveras	106
Ken Williams	106
Larry Bowa	105	95
Don Buford	105
Phil Garner	105
Lance Johnson	105
Johnny Mostil	105
Robin Yount	105	100
Name	Caught Stealing	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

Rickey Henderson is first overall (Major League record) for career caught stealing and holds the American League record with two-hundred ninety-three (293) while Lou Brock holds the National League record with three-hundred seven (307) caught stealing.

In 1922 Max Carey of the Pittsburgh Pirates stole fifty-one (51) bases and got caught stealing only twice making him the Major League record holder for fewest times being caught stealing with 50+ steals.

Did you know that Don Baylor was the first Major League baseball player to be caught stealing (since the stat was recorded) twice during the same inning? It took place on June 15, 1974, during the ninth inning.

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