In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit so far that the batter is able to circle all the bases ending at home plate, scoring himself plus any runners already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the play. An automatic home run is achieved by hitting the ball on the fly over the outfield fence in fair territory. More rarely, an inside-the-park home run occurs when the hitter reaches home plate while the baseball remains in play on the field. In Major League Baseball (MLB), a player in each league wins the home run title each season by hitting the most home runs that year. Only home runs hit in a particular league count towards that league's seasonal lead. Mark McGwire, for example, hit 58 home runs in 1997, more than any other player that year. However, McGwire was traded from the American League's (AL) Oakland Athletics to the National League's (NL) St. Louis Cardinals midway through the season and his individual AL and NL home run totals (34 and 24, respectively) did not qualify to lead either league.

The first home run champion in the National League was George Hall. In the league's inaugural 1876 season, Hall hit five home runs for the short-lived National League Philadelphia Athletics. In 1901, the American League was established and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led it with 14 home runs for the American League Philadelphia Athletics. Over the course of his 22-season career, Babe Ruth led the American League in home runs twelve times. Mike Schmidt and Ralph Kiner have the second and third most home run titles respectively, Schmidt with eight and Kiner with seven, all won in the National League. Kiner's seven consecutive titles from 1946 to 1952 are also the most consecutive home run titles by any player.

Ruth set the Major League Baseball single-season home run record four times, first at 29 (1919), then 54 (1920), 59 (1921), and finally 60 (1927), all in the American League. Ruth's 1920 and 1921 seasons are tied for the widest margin of victory for a home run champion as he topped the next highest total by 35 home runs in each season. The single season mark of 60 stood for 34 years until Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961 in the American League for which MLB assigned an asterisk until reversing themselves in 1991, citing Maris had accomplished his record in a longer season. Maris' league-wide record remained unbroken for 37 years until two National League players, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, both hit more than 62 home runs during the 1998 home run record chase, with McGwire ultimately setting the new record of 70, This record passed both Maris' American League record and the previous National League record, set 68 years earlier by Hack Wilson with 56 in 1930. Barry Bonds, who also has the most career home runs, then broke McGwire's record three years later, setting the existing single season record of 73 in 2001, again in the National League. . The current American League record was set in 2022 after being with Roger Maris 61 years, when Aaron Judge hit 62 homeruns.

The 1998 and 2001 seasons each had four players hit 50 or more home runs – Greg Vaughn, Ken Griffey Jr., Sosa, and McGwire in 1998 and Alex Rodriguez, Luis Gonzalez, Sosa, and Bonds in 2001. A player has hit 50 or more home runs 42 times, 25 times since 1990. Only six players have hit 60 or more in one season, with Aaron Judge the most recent. The lowest home run total to lead a major league was four, recorded in the NL by Lip Pike in 1877 and Paul Hines in 1878.

Winner(s)	Player(s) with the most home runs (HR) in the league
HR	The winner's home run total
Runner(s)-up	Player(s) with the second-most HRs in the league
2nd HR	The runner-up home run total
League	Denoted only for players outside of the modern major leagues
†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Year	Winner(s)	HR	Team	Runner(s)-up	2nd HR	Ref
1901	Nap Lajoie	14	Philadelphia Athletics	Buck Freeman	12
1902	Socks Seybold	16	Philadelphia Athletics	Charlie Hickman Bill Bradley Buck Freeman	11
1903	Buck Freeman	13	Boston Americans	Charlie Hickman	12
1904	Harry Davis	10	Philadelphia Athletics	Danny Murphy Buck Freeman	7
1905	Harry Davis	8	Philadelphia Athletics	George Stone	7
1906	Harry Davis	12	Philadelphia Athletics	Charlie Hickman	9
1907	Harry Davis	8	Philadelphia Athletics	Socks Seybold Danny Hoffman Ty Cobb	5
1908	Sam Crawford	7	Detroit Tigers	Bill Hinchman	6
1909	Ty Cobb	9	Detroit Tigers	Tris Speaker	7
1910	Jake Stahl	10	Boston Red Sox	Ty Cobb Duffy Lewis	8
1911	Frank Baker	11	Philadelphia Athletics	Tris Speaker Ty Cobb	8
1912	Frank Baker Tris Speaker	10	Philadelphia Athletics Boston Red Sox	Ty Cobb	7
1913	Frank Baker	12	Philadelphia Athletics	Sam Crawford	9
1914	Frank Baker	9	Philadelphia Athletics	Sam Crawford	8
1915	Braggo Roth	7	Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians	Rube Oldring	6
1916	Wally Pipp	12	New York Yankees	Frank Baker	10
1917	Wally Pipp	9	New York Yankees	Bobby Veach	8
1918	Babe Ruth Tilly Walker	11	Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Athletics	Frank Baker George Burns	6
1919	Babe Ruth	29	Boston Red Sox	Tilly Walker Frank Baker George Sisler	10
1920	Babe Ruth	54	New York Yankees	George Sisler	19
1921	Babe Ruth	59	New York Yankees	Ken Williams Bob Meusel	24
1922	Ken Williams	39	St. Louis Browns	Tilly Walker	37
1923	Babe Ruth	41	New York Yankees	Ken Williams	29
1924	Babe Ruth	46	New York Yankees	Joe Hauser	27
1925	Bob Meusel	33	New York Yankees	Babe Ruth Ken Williams	25
1926	Babe Ruth	47	New York Yankees	Al Simmons	19
1927	Babe Ruth	60	New York Yankees	Lou Gehrig	47
1928	Babe Ruth	54	New York Yankees	Lou Gehrig	27
1929	Babe Ruth	46	New York Yankees	Lou Gehrig	35
1930	Babe Ruth	49	New York Yankees	Lou Gehrig	41
1931	Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig	46	New York Yankees	Earl Averill	32
1932	Jimmie Foxx	58	Philadelphia Athletics	Babe Ruth	41
1933	Jimmie Foxx	48	Philadelphia Athletics	Babe Ruth	34
1934	Lou Gehrig	49	New York Yankees	Jimmie Foxx	44
1935	Hank Greenberg Jimmie Foxx	36	Detroit Tigers Philadelphia Athletics	Lou Gehrig	30
1936	Lou Gehrig	49	New York Yankees	Hal Trosky	42
1937	Joe DiMaggio	46	New York Yankees	Hank Greenberg	40
1938	Hank Greenberg	58	Detroit Tigers	Jimmie Foxx	50
1939	Jimmie Foxx	35	Boston Red Sox	Hank Greenberg	33
1940	Hank Greenberg	41	Detroit Tigers	Jimmie Foxx	36
1941	Ted Williams	37	Boston Red Sox	Charlie Keller	33
1942	Ted Williams	36	Boston Red Sox	Chet Laabs	27
1943	Rudy York	34	Detroit Tigers	Charlie Keller	31
1944	Nick Etten	22	New York Yankees	Vern Stephens	20
1945	Vern Stephens	24	St. Louis Browns	Roy Cullenbine Nick Etten Rudy York	18
1946	Hank Greenberg	44	Detroit Tigers	Ted Williams	38
1947	Ted Williams	32	Boston Red Sox	Joe Gordon	29
1948	Joe DiMaggio	39	New York Yankees	Joe Gordon	32
1949	Ted Williams	43	Boston Red Sox	Vern Stephens	39
1950	Al Rosen	37	Cleveland Indians	Walt Dropo	34
1951	Gus Zernial	33	Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Athletics	Ted Williams	30
1952	Larry Doby	32	Cleveland Indians	Luke Easter	31
1953	Al Rosen	43	Cleveland Indians	Gus Zernial	42
1954	Larry Doby	32	Cleveland Indians	Ted Williams	29
1955	Mickey Mantle	37	New York Yankees	Gus Zernial	30
1956	Mickey Mantle	52	New York Yankees	Vic Wertz	32
1957	Roy Sievers	42	Washington Senators	Ted Williams	38
1958	Mickey Mantle	42	New York Yankees	Rocky Colavito	41
1959	Harmon Killebrew Rocky Colavito	42	Washington Senators Cleveland Indians	Jim Lemon	33
1960	Mickey Mantle	40	New York Yankees	Roger Maris	39
1961	Roger Maris	61	New York Yankees	Mickey Mantle	54
1962	Harmon Killebrew	48	Minnesota Twins	Norm Cash	39
1963	Harmon Killebrew	45	Minnesota Twins	Dick Stuart	42
1964	Harmon Killebrew	49	Minnesota Twins	Boog Powell	39
1965	Tony Conigliaro	32	Boston Red Sox	Norm Cash	30
1966	Frank Robinson	49	Baltimore Orioles	Harmon Killebrew	39
1967	Carl Yastrzemski Harmon Killebrew	44	Boston Red Sox Minnesota Twins	Frank Howard	36
1968	Frank Howard	44	Washington Senators	Willie Horton	36
1969	Harmon Killebrew	49	Minnesota Twins	Frank Howard	48
1970	Frank Howard	44	Washington Senators	Harmon Killebrew	41
1971	Bill Melton	33	Chicago White Sox	Reggie Jackson Norm Cash	32
1972	Dick Allen	37	Chicago White Sox	Bobby Murcer	33
1973	Reggie Jackson	32	Oakland Athletics	Jeff Burroughs Frank Robinson	30
1974	Dick Allen	32	Chicago White Sox	Reggie Jackson	29
1975	Reggie Jackson George Scott	36	Oakland Athletics Milwaukee Brewers	John Mayberry	34
1976	Graig Nettles	32	New York Yankees	Reggie Jackson Sal Bando	27
1977	Jim Rice	39	Boston Red Sox	Graig Nettles Bobby Bonds	37
1978	Jim Rice	46	Boston Red Sox	Larry Hisle Don Baylor	34
1979	Gorman Thomas	45	Milwaukee Brewers	Fred Lynn Jim Rice	39
1980	Reggie Jackson Ben Oglivie	41	New York Yankees Milwaukee Brewers	Gorman Thomas	38
1981	Bobby Grich Eddie Murray Dwight Evans Tony Armas	22	California Angels Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Oakland Athletics	Gorman Thomas Greg Luzinski	21
1982	Reggie Jackson Gorman Thomas	39	California Angels Milwaukee Brewers	Dave Winfield	37
1983	Jim Rice	39	Boston Red Sox	Tony Armas	36
1984	Tony Armas	43	Boston Red Sox	Dave Kingman	35
1985	Darrell Evans	40	Detroit Tigers	Carlton Fisk	37
1986	Jesse Barfield	40	Toronto Blue Jays	Dave Kingman	35
1987	Mark McGwire	49	Oakland Athletics	George Bell	47
1988	José Canseco	42	Oakland Athletics	Fred McGriff	34
1989	Fred McGriff	36	Toronto Blue Jays	Joe Carter	35
1990	Cecil Fielder	51	Detroit Tigers	Mark McGwire	39
1991	José Canseco Cecil Fielder	44	Oakland Athletics Detroit Tigers	Cal Ripken Jr.	34
1992	Juan González	43	Texas Rangers	Mark McGwire	42
1993	Juan González	46	Texas Rangers	Ken Griffey Jr.	45
1994	Ken Griffey Jr.	40	Seattle Mariners	Frank Thomas	38
1995	Albert Belle	50	Cleveland Indians	Jay Buhner Frank Thomas	40
1996	Mark McGwire	52	Oakland Athletics	Brady Anderson	50
1997	Ken Griffey Jr.	56	Seattle Mariners	Tino Martinez	44
1998	Ken Griffey Jr.	56	Seattle Mariners	Albert Belle	49
1999	Ken Griffey Jr.	48	Seattle Mariners	Rafael Palmeiro	47
2000	Troy Glaus	47	Anaheim Angels	Jason Giambi Frank Thomas	43
2001	Alex Rodriguez	52	Texas Rangers	Jim Thome	49
2002	Alex Rodriguez	57	Texas Rangers	Jim Thome	52
2003	Alex Rodriguez	47	Texas Rangers	Carlos Delgado	42
2004	Manny Ramirez	43	Boston Red Sox	Paul Konerko David Ortiz	41
2005	Alex Rodriguez	48	New York Yankees	David Ortiz	47
2006	David Ortiz	54	Boston Red Sox	Jermaine Dye	44
2007	Alex Rodriguez	54	New York Yankees	Carlos Peña	46
2008	Miguel Cabrera	37	Detroit Tigers	Carlos Quentin	36
2009	Carlos Peña Mark Teixeira	39	Tampa Bay Rays New York Yankees	Jason Bay Aaron Hill	36
2010	José Bautista	54	Toronto Blue Jays	Paul Konerko	39
2011	José Bautista	43	Toronto Blue Jays	Curtis Granderson	41
2012	Miguel Cabrera	44	Detroit Tigers	Curtis Granderson Josh Hamilton	43
2013	Chris Davis	53	Baltimore Orioles	Miguel Cabrera	44
2014	Nelson Cruz	40	Baltimore Orioles	Chris Carter	37
2015	Chris Davis	47	Baltimore Orioles	Nelson Cruz	44
2016	Mark Trumbo	47	Baltimore Orioles	Nelson Cruz	43
2017	Aaron Judge	52	New York Yankees	Khris Davis	43
2018	Khris Davis	48	Oakland Athletics	J. D. Martinez	43
2019	Jorge Soler	48	Kansas City Royals	Mike Trout	45
2020	Luke Voit	22	New York Yankees	José Abreu	19
2021	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Salvador Perez	48	Toronto Blue Jays Kansas City Royals	Shohei Ohtani	46
2022	Aaron Judge	62	New York Yankees	Mike Trout	40
2023	Shohei Ohtani	44	Los Angeles Angels	Adolis García	39
2024	Aaron Judge	58	New York Yankees	Anthony Santander	44

Year	Winner(s)	HR	Team	Runner(s)-up	2nd HR	Ref
1876	George Hall	5	Philadelphia Athletics (NL)	Charley Jones	4
1877	Lip Pike	4	Cincinnati Reds	Orator Shafer	3
1878	Paul Hines	4	Providence Grays	Charley Jones	3
1879	Charley Jones	9	Boston Red Caps	Jim O'Rourke	6
1880	Harry Stovey Jim O'Rourke	6	Worcester Ruby Legs Boston Red Caps	Charley Jones	5
1881	Dan Brouthers	8	Buffalo Bisons	Charlie Bennett	7
1882	George Wood	7	Detroit Wolverines	Mike Muldoon Dan Brouthers	6
1883	Buck Ewing	10	New York Giants	Jerry Denny Joe Hornung	8
1884	Ned Williamson	27	Chicago White Stockings	Fred Pfeffer	25
1885	Abner Dalrymple	11	Chicago White Stockings	King Kelly	9
1886	Dan Brouthers Hardy Richardson	11	Detroit Wolverines	Cap Anson	10
1887	Billy O'Brien	19	Washington Nationals	Roger Connor	17
1888	Jimmy Ryan	16	Chicago White Stockings	Roger Connor	14
1889	Sam Thompson	20	Philadelphia Quakers	Jerry Denny	18
1890	Oyster Burns Mike Tiernan Walt Wilmot	13	Brooklyn Bridegrooms New York Giants Chicago Colts	Herman Long	8
1891	Mike Tiernan Harry Stovey	16	New York Giants Boston Beaneaters	Walt Wilmot	11
1892	Bug Holliday	13	Cincinnati Reds	Roger Connor	12
1893	Ed Delahanty	19	Philadelphia Phillies	Jack Clements	17
1894	Hugh Duffy	18	Boston Beaneaters	Bill Joyce Bobby Lowe	17
1895	Sam Thompson	18	Philadelphia Phillies	Bill Joyce	17
1896	Bill Joyce Ed Delahanty	13	Washington/New York Philadelphia Phillies	Sam Thompson	12
1897	Hugh Duffy	11	Boston Beaneaters	George Davis	10
1898	Jimmy Collins	15	Boston Beaneaters	Bill Joyce Honus Wagner	10
1899	Buck Freeman	25	Washington Senators	Bobby Wallace	12
1900	Herman Long	12	Boston Beaneaters	Elmer Flick	11
1901	Sam Crawford	16	Cincinnati Reds	Jimmy Sheckard	11
1902	Tommy Leach	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jake Beckley	5
1903	Jimmy Sheckard	9	Brooklyn Superbas	Pat Moran Tommy Leach Mike Donlin Sam Mertes Cy Seymour Ginger Beaumont	7
1904	Harry Lumley	9	Brooklyn Superbas	Dave Brain	7
1905	Fred Odwell	9	Cincinnati Reds	Cy Seymour	8
1906	Tim Jordan	12	Brooklyn Superbas	Harry Lumley	9
1907	Dave Brain	10	Boston Doves	Harry Lumley	9
1908	Tim Jordan	12	Brooklyn Superbas	Honus Wagner	10
1909	Red Murray	7	New York Giants	Beals Becker Tommy Leach Larry Doyle	6
1910	Frank Schulte Fred Beck	10	Chicago Cubs Boston Doves	Jake Daubert Larry Doyle	8
1911	Frank Schulte	21	Chicago Cubs	Fred Luderus	16
1912	Heinie Zimmerman	14	Chicago Cubs	Frank Schulte	12
1913	Gavvy Cravath	19	Philadelphia Phillies	Fred Luderus	18
1914	Gavvy Cravath	19	Philadelphia Phillies	Vic Saier	18
1915	Gavvy Cravath	24	Philadelphia Phillies	Cy Williams	13
1916	Cy Williams Dave Robertson	12	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	Gavvy Cravath	11
1917	Gavvy Cravath Dave Robertson	12	Philadelphia Phillies New York Giants	Rogers Hornsby	8
1918	Gavvy Cravath	8	Philadelphia Phillies	Walton Cruise Cy Williams	6
1919	Gavvy Cravath	12	Philadelphia Phillies	Benny Kauff	10
1920	Cy Williams	15	Philadelphia Phillies	Irish Meusel	14
1921	George Kelly	23	New York Giants	Rogers Hornsby	21
1922	Rogers Hornsby	42	St. Louis Cardinals	Cy Williams	26
1923	Cy Williams	41	Philadelphia Phillies	Jack Fournier	22
1924	Jack Fournier	27	Brooklyn Robins	Rogers Hornsby	25
1925	Rogers Hornsby	39	St. Louis Cardinals	Gabby Hartnett	24
1926	Hack Wilson	21	Chicago Cubs	Jim Bottomley	19
1927	Cy Williams Hack Wilson	30	Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	Rogers Hornsby	26
1928	Hack Wilson Jim Bottomley	31	Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals	Chick Hafey	27
1929	Chuck Klein	43	Philadelphia Phillies	Mel Ott	42
1930	Hack Wilson	56	Chicago Cubs	Chuck Klein	40
1931	Chuck Klein	31	Philadelphia Phillies	Mel Ott	29
1932	Chuck Klein Mel Ott	38	Philadelphia Phillies New York Giants	Bill Terry	28
1933	Chuck Klein	28	Philadelphia Phillies	Wally Berger	27
1934	Mel Ott Ripper Collins	35	New York Giants St. Louis Cardinals	Wally Berger	34
1935	Wally Berger	34	Boston Braves	Mel Ott	31
1936	Mel Ott	33	New York Giants	Dolph Camilli	28
1937	Mel Ott Joe Medwick	31	New York Giants St. Louis Cardinals	Dolph Camilli	27
1938	Mel Ott	36	New York Giants	Ival Goodman	30
1939	Johnny Mize	28	St. Louis Cardinals	Mel Ott	27
1940	Johnny Mize	43	St. Louis Cardinals	Bill Nicholson	25
1941	Dolph Camilli	34	Brooklyn Dodgers	Mel Ott	27
1942	Mel Ott	30	New York Giants	Dolph Camilli Johnny Mize	26
1943	Bill Nicholson	29	Chicago Cubs	Mel Ott	18
1944	Bill Nicholson	33	Chicago Cubs	Mel Ott	26
1945	Tommy Holmes	28	Boston Braves	Chuck Workman	25
1946	Ralph Kiner	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	Johnny Mize	22
1947	Ralph Kiner Johnny Mize	51	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	Willard Marshall	36
1948	Ralph Kiner Johnny Mize	40	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	Stan Musial	39
1949	Ralph Kiner	54	Pittsburgh Pirates	Stan Musial	36
1950	Ralph Kiner	47	Pittsburgh Pirates	Andy Pafko	36
1951	Ralph Kiner	42	Pittsburgh Pirates	Gil Hodges	40
1952	Ralph Kiner Hank Sauer	37	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	Gil Hodges	32
1953	Eddie Mathews	47	Milwaukee Braves	Duke Snider	42
1954	Ted Kluszewski	49	Cincinnati Redlegs	Gil Hodges	42
1955	Willie Mays	51	New York Giants	Ted Kluszewski	47
1956	Duke Snider	43	Brooklyn Dodgers	Joe Adcock Frank Robinson	38
1957	Hank Aaron	44	Milwaukee Braves	Ernie Banks	43
1958	Ernie Banks	47	Chicago Cubs	Frank Thomas	35
1959	Eddie Mathews	46	Milwaukee Braves	Ernie Banks	45
1960	Ernie Banks	41	Chicago Cubs	Hank Aaron	40
1961	Orlando Cepeda	46	San Francisco Giants	Willie Mays	40
1962	Willie Mays	49	San Francisco Giants	Hank Aaron	45
1963	Willie McCovey Hank Aaron	44	San Francisco Giants Milwaukee Braves	Willie Mays	38
1964	Willie Mays	47	San Francisco Giants	Billy Williams	33
1965	Willie Mays	52	San Francisco Giants	Willie McCovey	39
1966	Hank Aaron	44	Atlanta Braves	Dick Allen	40
1967	Hank Aaron	39	Atlanta Braves	Jim Wynn	37
1968	Willie McCovey	36	San Francisco Giants	Dick Allen	33
1969	Willie McCovey	45	San Francisco Giants	Hank Aaron	44
1970	Johnny Bench	45	Cincinnati Reds	Billy Williams	42
1971	Willie Stargell	48	Pittsburgh Pirates	Hank Aaron	47
1972	Johnny Bench	40	Cincinnati Reds	Nate Colbert	38
1973	Willie Stargell	44	Pittsburgh Pirates	Davey Johnson	43
1974	Mike Schmidt	36	Philadelphia Phillies	Johnny Bench	33
1975	Mike Schmidt	38	Philadelphia Phillies	Dave Kingman	36
1976	Mike Schmidt	38	Philadelphia Phillies	Dave Kingman	37
1977	George Foster	52	Cincinnati Reds	Jeff Burroughs	41
1978	George Foster	40	Cincinnati Reds	Greg Luzinski	35
1979	Dave Kingman	48	Chicago Cubs	Mike Schmidt	45
1980	Mike Schmidt	48	Philadelphia Phillies	Bob Horner	35
1981	Mike Schmidt	31	Philadelphia Phillies	Andre Dawson	24
1982	Dave Kingman	37	New York Mets	Dale Murphy	36
1983	Mike Schmidt	40	Philadelphia Phillies	Dale Murphy	36
1984	Mike Schmidt Dale Murphy	36	Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta Braves	Gary Carter	27
1985	Dale Murphy	37	Atlanta Braves	Dave Parker	34
1986	Mike Schmidt	37	Philadelphia Phillies	Glenn Davis Dave Parker	31
1987	Andre Dawson	49	Chicago Cubs	Dale Murphy	44
1988	Darryl Strawberry	39	New York Mets	Glenn Davis	30
1989	Kevin Mitchell	47	San Francisco Giants	Howard Johnson	36
1990	Ryne Sandberg	40	Chicago Cubs	Darryl Strawberry	37
1991	Howard Johnson	38	New York Mets	Matt Williams	34
1992	Fred McGriff	35	San Diego Padres	Barry Bonds	34
1993	Barry Bonds	46	San Francisco Giants	David Justice	40
1994	Matt Williams	43	San Francisco Giants	Jeff Bagwell	39
1995	Dante Bichette	40	Colorado Rockies	Larry Walker Sammy Sosa	36
1996	Andrés Galarraga	47	Colorado Rockies	Barry Bonds Gary Sheffield	42
1997	Larry Walker	49	Colorado Rockies	Jeff Bagwell	43
1998	Mark McGwire	70	St. Louis Cardinals	Sammy Sosa	66
1999	Mark McGwire	65	St. Louis Cardinals	Sammy Sosa	63
2000	Sammy Sosa	50	Chicago Cubs	Barry Bonds	49
2001	Barry Bonds	73	San Francisco Giants	Sammy Sosa	64
2002	Sammy Sosa	49	Chicago Cubs	Barry Bonds	46
2003	Jim Thome	47	Philadelphia Phillies	Richie Sexson Barry Bonds	45
2004	Adrián Beltré	48	Los Angeles Dodgers	Adam Dunn Albert Pujols	46
2005	Andruw Jones	51	Atlanta Braves	Derrek Lee	46
2006	Ryan Howard	58	Philadelphia Phillies	Albert Pujols	49
2007	Prince Fielder	50	Milwaukee Brewers	Ryan Howard	47
2008	Ryan Howard	48	Philadelphia Phillies	Adam Dunn	40
2009	Albert Pujols	47	St. Louis Cardinals	Prince Fielder	46
2010	Albert Pujols	42	St. Louis Cardinals	Adam Dunn	38
2011	Matt Kemp	39	Los Angeles Dodgers	Prince Fielder	38
2012	Ryan Braun	41	Milwaukee Brewers	Giancarlo Stanton	37
2013	Pedro Álvarez Paul Goldschmidt	36	Pittsburgh Pirates Arizona Diamondbacks	Jay Bruce	30
2014	Giancarlo Stanton	37	Miami Marlins	Anthony Rizzo	32
2015	Nolan Arenado Bryce Harper	42	Colorado Rockies Washington Nationals	Carlos González	40
2016	Nolan Arenado Chris Carter	41	Colorado Rockies Milwaukee Brewers	Kris Bryant	39
2017	Giancarlo Stanton	59	Miami Marlins	Cody Bellinger	39
2018	Nolan Arenado	38	Colorado Rockies	Trevor Story	37
2019	Pete Alonso	53	New York Mets	Eugenio Suarez	49
2020	Marcell Ozuna	18	Atlanta Braves	Fernando Tatís Jr.	17
2021	Fernando Tatís Jr.	42	San Diego Padres	Adam Duvall	38
2022	Kyle Schwarber	46	Philadelphia Phillies	Pete Alonso	40
2023	Matt Olson	54	Atlanta Braves	Kyle Schwarber	47
2024	Shohei Ohtani	54	Los Angeles Dodgers	Marcell Ozuna	39

Year	Winner(s)	HR	Team	League	Runner(s)-up	2nd HR	Ref
1882	Oscar Walker	7	St. Louis Brown Stockings	American Association	Pete Browning	5
1883	Harry Stovey	14	Philadelphia Athletics	American Association	Charley Jones	10
1884	John Reilly	11	Cincinnati Red Stockings	American Association	Harry Stovey	10
1884	Fred Dunlap	13	St. Louis Maroons	Union Association	Ed Crane	12
1885	Harry Stovey	13	Philadelphia Athletics	American Association	Frank Fennelly	10
1886	Bid McPhee	8	Cincinnati Red Stockings	American Association	Harry Stovey Dave Orr	7
1887	Tip O'Neill	14	St. Louis Browns	American Association	John Reilly	10
1888	John Reilly	13	Cincinnati Red Stockings	American Association	Harry Stovey	9
1889	Harry Stovey Bug Holliday	19	Cincinnati Red Stockings Philadelphia Athletics	American Association	Charlie Duffee	16
1890	Count Campau	9	St. Louis Browns	American Association	Ed Cartwright	8
1890	Roger Connor	14	New York Giants	Players' League	Hardy Richardson	13
1891	Duke Farrell	12	Boston Reds	American Association	Jocko Milligan Denny Lyons	11
1914	Dutch Zwilling	16	Chicago Chi-Feds	Federal League	Bill Kenworthy	15
1915	Hal Chase	17	Buffalo Blues	Federal League	Dutch Zwilling	13

• Babe Ruth Home Run Award (discontinued) – awarded to the MLB home-run leader
• Josh Gibson Legacy Award – awarded to the AL and NL home-run leaders
• Mel Ott Award – awarded to the NL home-run leader
• 61* - film depicting Maris' record setting 61 home runs in 1961

• Recognized "major leagues" include the American and National Leagues and several defunct leagues – the American Association, the Federal League, the Players' League, and the Union Association.

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