Chasing Rickey Henderson's MLB record for most runs scored

Most reasonably-seasoned baseball fans can recite the career MLB leaders in home runs (Barry Bonds), RBIs (Hank Aaron) and hits (Pete Rose), but far fewer can conjure the reigning runs scored record holder.

[fusion_title size=”4″]RICKEY HENDERSON: THE RUNS KING[/fusion_title]

On October 4, 2001, Padres outfielder Rickey Henderson passed Ty Cobb, to become the new all-time runs scored leader at 2247. He would finish his career having made a staggering 2295 trips around the bases.

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[fusion_progress percentage=”100″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Rickey Henderson, 2295 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”97.9″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Ty Cobb, 2246 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”97″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Barry Bonds, 2227 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”94.7″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Hank Aaron, 2174 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”94.7″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Babe Ruth, 2174 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”94.3″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Pete Rose, 2165 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”89.8″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Willie Mays, 2062 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”87.8″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Alex Rodriguez, 2021 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”87.1″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Cap Anson, 1999 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”84.9″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Stan Musial, 1949 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”83.8″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Derek Jeter, 1923 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”82.3″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Lou Gehrig, 1888 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”82″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Tris Speaker, 1882 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”81″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Mel Ott, 1859 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”80.3″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Craig Biggio, 1844 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”79.7″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Frank Robinson, 1829 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”79.3″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Eddie Collins, 1821 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”79.1″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Carl Yastrzemski, 1816 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”78.3″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#C8F8C8″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Ted Williams, 1798 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
[fusion_progress percentage=”77.6″ unit=”%” filledcolor=”#D0FFD0″ unfilledcolor=”#DDDDDD”]Paul Molitor, 1782 Runs —[/fusion_progress]
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Unsurprisingly, the top two run scorers were both tenacious runners on the base path — Henderson also sits atop the career stolen bases leaderboard with 1406. As for challengers to his runs record, the only active player in the all-time top fifty is Albert Pujols, who sits number 25 with 1723 runs at the completion of the 2017 season.