Yordan Alvarez leads MLB in barrels
Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros leads MLB in barrels in the 2026 season at 72, against a league average of 29, as of October 5, 2026.
One number, the league’s average beside it, and the top 25. Every figure here is from the 2026 season.
The number
43 above the league average of 29. The count of balls struck at the ideal combination of exit velocity and launch angle. On its own a figure is only a size, which is why the league's number sits beside it.
| # | The rest of the board | Barrels | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yordan Alvarez · Houston Astros 15.9% barrel | 72 | 15.9% barrel |
| 2 |  Pete Alonso · Baltimore Orioles 15.3% barrel | 67 | 15.3% barrel |
| 3 |  Matt Olson · Atlanta Braves 14.1% barrel | 65 | 14.1% barrel |
| 4 |  Fernando Tatis Jr. · San Diego Padres 12.7% barrel | 64 | 12.7% barrel |
| 5 |  Junior Caminero · Tampa Bay Rays 13.1% barrel | 64 | 13.1% barrel |
| 6 |  James Wood · Washington Nationals 18.6% barrel | 63 | 18.6% barrel |
| 7 |  Elly De La Cruz · Cincinnati Reds 16.0% barrel | 62 | 16.0% barrel |
| 8 |  Miguel Vargas · Chicago White Sox 13.0% barrel | 61 | 13.0% barrel |
| 9 |  Shohei Ohtani · Los Angeles Dodgers 16.2% barrel | 61 | 16.2% barrel |
| 10 |  Pete Crow-Armstrong · Chicago Cubs 13.3% barrel | 59 | 13.3% barrel |
| 11 |  Ben Rice · New York Yankees 14.3% barrel | 59 | 14.3% barrel |
| 12 |  Wilyer Abreu · Boston Red Sox 12.5% barrel | 58 | 12.5% barrel |
| 13 |  Jordan Walker · St. Louis Cardinals 13.2% barrel | 58 | 13.2% barrel |
| 14 | Sal Stewart · Cincinnati Reds 11.9% barrel | 57 | 11.9% barrel |
| 15 | Jackson Merrill · San Diego Padres 12.4% barrel | 57 | 12.4% barrel |
| 16 |  Kyle Schwarber · Philadelphia Phillies 15.5% barrel | 57 | 15.5% barrel |
| 17 |  Mike Trout · Los Angeles Angels 16.0% barrel | 56 | 16.0% barrel |
| 18 | Alec Burleson · St. Louis Cardinals 11.3% barrel | 55 | 11.3% barrel |
| 19 | Drake Baldwin · Atlanta Braves 12.9% barrel | 54 | 12.9% barrel |
| 20 |  Corbin Carroll · Arizona Diamondbacks 12.1% barrel | 53 | 12.1% barrel |
| 21 |  Riley Greene · Detroit Tigers 14.8% barrel | 53 | 14.8% barrel |
| 22 | Munetaka Murakami · Chicago White Sox 20.5% barrel | 53 | 20.5% barrel |
| 23 |  Bobby Witt Jr. · Kansas City Royals 11.3% barrel | 51 | 11.3% barrel |
| 24 | Luis García Jr. · New York Yankees 12.1% barrel | 51 | 12.1% barrel |
| 25 |  Kazuma Okamoto · Toronto Blue Jays 13.1% barrel | 51 | 13.1% barrel |
Source: Baseball Savant (Statcast), 2026 season. Baseball Savant's qualified players, ranked by Savant; the league average is Savant's own. The lead is 2.6 standard deviations (sd) above the field, estimated from Savant's percentiles: the unit the directory ranks leads by, because it lets a rate and a speed share one list. Measured (); the boards refresh twice a day.