Barry Bonds vs Hank Aaron

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Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron compared on their MLB careers: Barry Bonds played 22 seasons, 1986 to 2007, Hank Aaron 23 seasons, 1954 to 1976. Barry Bonds has .298 batting average to Hank Aaron's .305. Hank Aaron won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Barry Bonds leads in 6 of the 9 lines, Hank Aaron in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron career totals

2,986	GP	3,298
9,847	AB	12,364
2,227, better	R	2,174
2,935	H	3,771, better
762, better	HR	755
1,996	RBI	2,297, better
514, better	SB	240
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.6, better	SLG	0.6
1.1, better	OPS	0.9

How do they compare in the postseason?

Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron postseason

48	GP	17
151	AB	69
33, better	R	11
37, better	H	25
9, better	HR	6
24, better	RBI	16
9, better	SB	0
0.2	AVG	0.4, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.5	SLG	0.7, better
0.9	OPS	1.1, better

Where each stands all time

Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron all-time places

1st (762), better	Home runs	2nd (755)
36th (2,935)	Hits	3rd (3,771), better
4th (1,996)	RBI	1st (2,297), better
33rd (514), better	Stolen bases	258th (240)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron titles and awards

—	Championships	1, better
7, better	NL MVP	1
8, better	NL Gold Glove	3
12, better	NL Silver Slugger	—
3, better	Hank Aaron Award	—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron season by season

1st	1986	.223	16, better	48	1954	.280, better	13	69, better
2nd	1987	.261	25	59	1955	.314, better	27, better	106, better
3rd	1988	.283	24	58	1956	.328, better	26, better	92, better
4th	1989	.248	19	58	1957	.322, better	44, better	132, better
5th	1990	.301	33, better	114, better	1958	.326, better	30	95
6th	1991	.292	25	116	1959	.355, better	39, better	123, better
7th	1992	.311, better	34	103	1960	.292	40, better	126, better
8th	1993	.336, better	46, better	123, better	1961	.327	34	120
9th	1994	.312	37	81	1962	.323, better	45, better	128, better
10th	1995	.294	33	104	1963	.319, better	44, better	130, better
11th	1996	.308	42, better	129, better	1964	.328, better	24	95
12th	1997	.291	40, better	101, better	1965	.318, better	32	89
13th	1998	.303, better	37	122	1966	.279	44, better	127, better
14th	1999	.262	34	83	1967	.307, better	39, better	109, better
15th	2000	.306, better	49, better	106, better	1968	.287	29	86
16th	2001	.328, better	73, better	137, better	1969	.300	44	97
17th	2002	.370, better	46, better	110	1970	.298	38	118, better
18th	2003	.341, better	45	90	1971	.327	47, better	118, better
19th	2004	.362, better	45, better	101, better	1972	.265	34	77
20th	2005	.286	5	10	1973	.301, better	40, better	96, better
21st	2006	.270, better	26, better	77, better	1974	.268	20	69
22nd	2007	.276, better	28, better	66, better	1975	.234	12	60
23rd	—	—	—	—	1976	.229	10	35

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI