Barry Bonds vs Shohei Ohtani

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Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani compared on their MLB careers: Barry Bonds played 22 seasons, 1986 to 2007, Shohei Ohtani 9 seasons, 2018 to 2026. Barry Bonds has .298 batting average to Shohei Ohtani's .281. Shohei Ohtani won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Barry Bonds leads in 9 of the 9 lines, Shohei Ohtani in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani career totals

2,986	GP	1,152
9,847	AB	4,250
2,227, better	R	797
2,935, better	H	1,193
762, better	HR	310
1,996, better	RBI	750
514, better	SB	176
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
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 Shohei Ohtani postseason

48	GP	33
151	AB	129
33, better	R	27
37, better	H	32
9	HR	11, better
24	RBI	24
9, better	SB	1
0.2	AVG	0.2, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.5	SLG	0.6, better
0.9	OPS	0.9, better

Where each stands all time

Barry Bonds and Shohei Ohtani all-time places

1st (762), better	Home runs	152nd (310)
36th (2,935), better	Hits	—
4th (1,996), better	RBI	—
33rd (514), better	Stolen bases	—

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 Shohei Ohtani titles and awards

—	Championships	2, better
8, better	NL Gold Glove	—
12, better	NL Silver Slugger	2
7, better	NL MVP	2
3	Hank Aaron Award	3
—	AL Rookie of the Year	1, better
—	AL MVP	2, better
—	AL Silver Slugger	2, better

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 Shohei Ohtani season by season

1st	1986	.223	16	48	2018	.285, better	22, better	61, better
2nd	1987	.261	25, better	59	2019	.286, better	18	62, better
3rd	1988	.283, better	24, better	58, better	2020	.190	7	24
4th	1989	.248	19	58	2021	.257, better	46, better	100, better
5th	1990	.301, better	33	114, better	2022	.273	34, better	95
6th	1991	.292	25	116, better	2023	.304, better	44, better	95
7th	1992	.311, better	34	103	2024	.310	54, better	130, better
8th	1993	.336, better	46	123, better	2025	.282	55, better	102
9th	1994	.312, better	37, better	81	2026	.275	30	81
10th	1995	.294	33	104	—	—	—	—
11th	1996	.308	42	129	—	—	—	—
12th	1997	.291	40	101	—	—	—	—
13th	1998	.303	37	122	—	—	—	—
14th	1999	.262	34	83	—	—	—	—
15th	2000	.306	49	106	—	—	—	—
16th	2001	.328	73	137	—	—	—	—
17th	2002	.370	46	110	—	—	—	—
18th	2003	.341	45	90	—	—	—	—
19th	2004	.362	45	101	—	—	—	—
20th	2005	.286	5	10	—	—	—	—
21st	2006	.270	26	77	—	—	—	—
22nd	2007	.276	28	66	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI