Yordan Alvarez leads MLB in expected slugging
Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros leads MLB in expected slugging in the 2026 season at .636, against a league average of .407, 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.
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.229 above the league average of .407. What a hitter's contact should have been worth in slugging, judged on how hard and at what angle each ball left the bat. On its own a figure is only a size, which is why the league's number sits beside it.
| # | The rest of the board | Expected slugging | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yordan Alvarez · Houston Astros .602 actual | .636 | .602 actual |
| 2 |  Juan Soto · New York Mets .515 actual | .574 | .515 actual |
| 3 |  Pete Alonso · Baltimore Orioles .522 actual | .563 | .522 actual |
| 4 |  Shohei Ohtani · Los Angeles Dodgers .512 actual | .552 | .512 actual |
| 5 |  James Wood · Washington Nationals .503 actual | .548 | .503 actual |
| 6 |  Alec Burleson · St. Louis Cardinals .473 actual | .522 | .473 actual |
| 7 |  Casey Schmitt · San Francisco Giants .483 actual | .512 | .483 actual |
| 8 |  Ben Rice · New York Yankees .534 actual | .511 | .534 actual |
| 9 |  Pete Crow-Armstrong · Chicago Cubs .570 actual | .508 | .570 actual |
| 10 |  Elly De La Cruz · Cincinnati Reds .515 actual | .506 | .515 actual |
| 11 |  Drake Baldwin · Atlanta Braves .459 actual | .505 | .459 actual |
| 12 |  Bobby Witt Jr. · Kansas City Royals .441 actual | .504 | .441 actual |
| 13 | Matt Olson · Atlanta Braves .502 actual | .503 | .502 actual |
| 14 |  Fernando Tatis Jr. · San Diego Padres .470 actual | .500 | .470 actual |
| 15 | Jac Caglianone · Kansas City Royals .494 actual | .500 | .494 actual |
| 16 |  Junior Caminero · Tampa Bay Rays .524 actual | .499 | .524 actual |
| 17 |  Riley Greene · Detroit Tigers .474 actual | .497 | .474 actual |
| 18 |  Miguel Vargas · Chicago White Sox .474 actual | .496 | .474 actual |
| 19 | Ronald Acuña Jr. · Atlanta Braves .451 actual | .495 | .451 actual |
| 20 | Jackson Merrill · San Diego Padres .440 actual | .491 | .440 actual |
| 21 |  Dominic Canzone · Seattle Mariners .484 actual | .491 | .484 actual |
| 22 |  Shea Langeliers · Oakland Athletics .474 actual | .491 | .474 actual |
| 23 |  Byron Buxton · Minnesota Twins .511 actual | .488 | .511 actual |
| 24 |  Kyle Schwarber · Philadelphia Phillies .503 actual | .487 | .503 actual |
| 25 |  Mike Trout · Los Angeles Angels .421 actual | .487 | .421 actual |
Source: Baseball Savant (Statcast), 2026 season. Baseball Savant's qualified players, ranked by Savant; the league average is Savant's own. The lead is 3.8 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.