<P> As of September 2017 , Rickey Henderson holds the MLB career stolen base record with 1,406 . He is the only MLB player to have reached the 1,000 stolen bases milestone in his career . Following Henderson is Lou Brock with 938 stolen bases ; Billy Hamilton is third on the all - time steals listing . His number of career steals varies with different sources , but all sources hold his career steals placing him in third on the list before Ty Cobb ( 897 ) , Tim Raines ( 808 ) , Vince Coleman ( 752 ) , Arlie Latham ( 742 ) , Eddie Collins ( 741 ) , Max Carey ( 738 ) , and Honus Wagner ( 723 ) , who are the only other players to have stolen at least 700 bases . Coleman is the leader for retired players that are not members of the Hall of Fame . Hugh Nicol is the leader for the most stolen bases in one season , with 138 stolen bases in 1887 . </P>
<P> As of September 2017 , Rickey Henderson holds the MLB career stolen base record with 1,406 . He is the only MLB player to have reached the 1,000 stolen bases milestone in his career . Following Henderson is Lou Brock with 938 stolen bases ; Billy Hamilton is third on the all - time steals listing . His number of career steals varies with different sources , but all sources hold his career steals placing him in third on the list before Ty Cobb ( 897 ) , Tim Raines ( 808 ) , Vince Coleman ( 752 ) , Arlie Latham ( 742 ) , Eddie Collins ( 741 ) , Max Carey ( 738 ) , and Honus Wagner ( 723 ) , who are the only other players to have stolen at least 700 bases . Coleman is the leader for retired players that are not members of the Hall of Fame . Hugh Nicol is the leader for the most stolen bases in one season , with 138 stolen bases in 1887 . </P>
who holds the record for stolen bases in mlb
who holds the record for stolen bases in mlb
Rickey Henderson
Rickey Henderson