Career The record for most career extra-base hits is 1,477, held by
Hank Aaron. Among players with at least 1,000 career hits,
Mark McGwire is the only one to have had at least half of his hits go for extra bases.
Season There have been 15 instances of a player recording 100 extra-base hits in a single season;
Lou Gehrig,
Chuck Klein and
Todd Helton are the only players to have achieved this twice, with Helton the only one to do so in consecutive seasons. The top 5 are as follows: (totals are current through the end of the 2025 season) •
Babe Ruth (1921) – 119 •
Lou Gehrig (1927) – 117 •
Barry Bonds (2001) – 107 •
Chuck Klein (1930) – 107 •
Todd Helton (2001) – 105
Single game The modern-era record for most extra-base hits by one batter, in one game, is five, held by 16 different players, including
Lou Boudreau,
Joe Adcock,
Willie Stargell,
Steve Garvey,
Shawn Green,
Kelly Shoppach,
Josh Hamilton,
Jackie Bradley Jr.,
Kris Bryant,
José Ramírez,
Matt Carpenter,
Alex Dickerson,
Luis Urías,
Adolis García,
Shohei Ohtani, and most recently,
Nick Kurtz. Adcock, Green, Hamilton, and Kurtz did so while hitting
four home runs.
Consecutive games Paul Waner (1927) and
Chipper Jones (2006) jointly hold the longest hitting streak for extra bases. Both players recorded extra-base hits in 14 consecutive games. ==Team records==