List of KBO career home run leaders
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The following is the current leaderboard for career home runs in KBO League Korean baseball.
Lee Man-soo was the KBO's first Home Run King, retiring in 1997 with 252 career home runs. His total was surpassed by Chang Jong-hoon on May 23, 1999,[1] and Chang retained the title for ten years. In 2009, Yang Joon-hyuk hit his 341st home run, passing Chang to become Home Run King. In 2012, Lee Seung-yeop hit his 352nd home run to claim the Home Run King title,[2] which he extended to 467 before he retired. (Lee Seung-yeop hit an additional 159 home runs in Nippon Professional Baseball, for a career total of 626 homers.)
Players with 200 or more home runs
[edit]- Stats updated at the end of the 2024 season.[3]
| Rank | Player | Home runs (2024 home runs in parentheses) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choi Jeong | 495 (37) |
| 2 | Lee Seung-yeop | 467 |
| 3 | Park Byung-ho | 403 (23) |
| 4 | Choi Hyoung-woo | 395 (22) |
| 5 | Lee Dae-ho | 374 |
| 6 | Yang Joon-hyuk | 351 |
| 7 | Chang Jong-hoon | 340 |
| 8 | Kang Min-ho | 338 (19) |
| 9 | Lee Ho-joon | 337 |
| 10 | Lee Bum-ho | 329 |
| 11 | Shim Jeong-soo | 328 |
| 12 | Park Kyung-oan | 314 |
| 13 | Song Ji-man | 311 |
| Kim Tae-kyun | 311 | |
| 15 | Park Jae-hong | 300 |
| 16 | Kim Dong-joo | 273 |
| 17 | Na Sung-bum | 272 (21) |
| 18 | Park Seok-min | 269 |
| 19 | Kim Jae-hwan | 263 (29) |
| 20 | Yang Eui-ji | 262 (17) |
| 21 | Ma Hae-yeong | 260 |
| 22 | Lee Man-soo | 252 |
| 23 | Kim Ki-tai | 249 |
| 24 | Hyun-soo Kim | 249 (8) |
| 25 | Jang Sung-ho | 221 |
| Na Ji-wan | 221 | |
| 27 | Hwang Jae-gyun | 220 (13) |
| 28 | Oh Jae-il | 215 (11) |
| 29 | Park Yong-taik | 213 |
| Jeon Jun-Woo | 213 (17) | |
| 31 | Hong Sung-heon | 208 |
| 32 | Kim Seong-han | 207 |
| 33 | Kim Dong-soo | 202 |
| 34 | Kim Jae-hyun | 201 |
| Choi Jun-seok | 201 |
See also
[edit]- List of KBO career hits leaders
- List of KBO career RBI leaders
- List of KBO career stolen bases leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
- List of top Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters
References
[edit]- ^ Lee, Sang-won (May 23, 1999). "Jang Jong-hoon sweeps all the offensive career categories". Yonhap News (in Korean).
- ^ 레전드 [History -> Legends] (in Korean). Samsung Lions official website. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Statiz