MLB Home Run Leaders 2025: Cal Raleigh Tops with 60

For a player to sit atop MLB’s home run leaderboard once is an achievement. To do it while shattering records for catchers, switch-hitters, and a entire franchise? That’s the kind of season that reorders how people think about what’s possible behind the plate. Cal Raleigh didn’t just win the 2025 home run title—he made history doing it, and the numbers behind his chase tell a story worth knowing.

2025 HR Leader: Cal Raleigh (60) ·
NL HR Leader: Kyle Schwarber (56) ·
Active HR Leader: Aaron Judge (53)

The table below aggregates 2025 home run totals across MLB’s official stat providers.

Who is leading the MLB in home runs?

Current 2025 leader

Cal Raleigh didn’t just lead MLB in home runs for 2025—he dismantled what analysts thought was possible from a catcher. The Seattle Mariners backstop finished with 60 home runs, the most ever in a single season by a catcher, a switch-hitter, and a Mariners player. He played 159 games with a .247 average and .589 slugging percentage, per StatMuse.

Recent updates

Raleigh hit his 59th and 60th home runs on the night Seattle clinched the AL West division title. The milestone capped a season where he also led the American League with 125 RBIs, according to MLB.com’s official recap. He became only the seventh player in MLB history to crack 60 home runs in a season.

Who has the most home runs in MLB 2025?

Season-to-date totals

Five players crossed the 50-homer threshold in 2025, with Raleigh’s 60 setting the pace. Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies finished second with 56 home runs, playing a full 162 games and slugging .548. Shohei Ohtani hit 55 home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking his own franchise record. Aaron Judge finished with 53 for the New York Yankees, and Eugenio Suárez rounded out the top five with 49.

Comparison to past seasons

Schwarber’s 56 homers marked a career high—he’d previously peaked at 47 in 2023 and 46 in 2022. Ohtani’s 55 homers eclipsed what pre-season projections had forecast at 43, per Bleacher Report. The league-wide home run rate dropped to 39.4%, the lowest since 2015, as documented by ESPN.

Who are the top 5 home run leaders?

Full top 5 list

The 2025 top 5 home run list reads: Cal Raleigh (60, Seattle Mariners), Kyle Schwarber (56, Philadelphia Phillies), Shohei Ohtani (55, Los Angeles Dodgers), Aaron Judge (53, New York Yankees), and Eugenio Suárez (49). FOX Sports and StatMuse both confirm these figures across their databases.

Key stats for each

Beyond home runs, Ohtani produced 100 barrels—the fourth-most in the Statcast era since 2015. Schwarber logged a four-homer game on August 28, 2025 against Atlanta. Judge matched that feat with his own four-homer game on March 29. Suárez hit four homers on April 26 while with Arizona before a mid-season move, per ESPN Top Performances.

Who is the current active HR leader?

Active players only

Among active players, Aaron Judge’s career trajectory keeps him in the conversation. His 53 homers in 2025 came alongside a four-homer game early in the season. While he didn’t match Raleigh’s final total, Judge remains one of the most dangerous power threats in the game.

Career totals

Judge’s 2025 output maintains his standing among active leaders. Juan Soto, playing 160 games for the Mets, hit 43 home runs, per StatMuse. The Yankees led MLB in team home runs early in the season, though Judge’s 53 individually still ranked fourth in the league.

Can Cal Raleigh break the Aaron Judge record?

Raleigh’s 2025 pace

Raleigh didn’t break Judge’s single-season record of 62 from 2022—but he came closer than anyone expected. Mid-season projections from ESPN had Raleigh at 49 home runs, breaking the catcher record. He finished at 60, well beyond those forecasts, according to ESPN’s season projections.

Judge’s benchmark

Judge’s 62-homer 2022 season remains the American League record. What’s notable is that Raleigh, a catcher, reached 60 while catching over 150 games. The physical demands of the position make that pace nearly unprecedented. Buster Olney projected Schwarber to reach 59 homers; Jesse Rogers forecast 56—both underestimated the Phillies slugger as well.

For those tracking MLB’s power hierarchy, the 2025 season delivered a genuine surprise: a catcher at the top of the heap, and three sluggers who all exceeded what projections had suggested. Schwarber’s four-homer night and Ohtani’s Dodgers record added theater to numbers that already told a story. The real test will come in 2026, when scouts and analysts alike will be watching whether Raleigh can maintain this pace—or whether 2025 was a career apex that stands alone.