| Top 50 Hits (2001) | |||
| RK | PLAYER | YRS | H |
| 1 | Pete Rose | 24 | 4256 |
| 2 | Ty Cobb | 24 | 4189 |
| 3 | Hank Aaron | 23 | 3771 |
| 4 | Stan Musial | 22 | 3630 |
| 5 | Tris Speaker | 22 | 3514 |
| 6 | Carl Yastrzemski | 23 | 3419 |
| 7 | Cap Anson | 27 | 3418 |
| 8 | Honus Wagner | 21 | 3415 |
| 9 | Paul Molitor | 21 | 3319 |
| 10 | Eddie Collins | 25 | 3315 |
| 11 | Willie Mays | 22 | 3283 |
| 12 | Eddie Murray | 21 | 3255 |
| 13 | Nap Lajoie | 21 | 3242 |
| 14 | Cal Ripken | 21 | 3184 |
| 15 | George Brett | 21 | 3154 |
| 16 | Paul Waner | 20 | 3152 |
| 17 | Robin Yount | 20 | 3142 |
| 18 | Tony Gwynn | 20 | 3141 |
| 19 | Dave Winfield | 22 | 3110 |
| 20 | Rod Carew | 19 | 3053 |
| 21 | Lou Brock | 19 | 3023 |
| 22 | Wade Boggs | 18 | 3010 |
| 23 | Al Kaline | 22 | 3007 |
| 24 | Rickey Henderson | 23 | 3000 |
| 25 | Roberto Clemente | 18 | 3000 |
| 26 | Sam Rice | 20 | 2987 |
| 27 | Sam Crawford | 19 | 2961 |
| 28 | Frank Robinson | 21 | 2943 |
| 29 | Willie Keeler | 19 | 2932 |
| 30 | Rogers Hornsby | 23 | 2930 |
| 31 | Jake Beckley | 20 | 2930 |
| 32 | Al Simmons | 20 | 2927 |
| 33 | Zack Wheat | 19 | 2884 |
| 34 | Frankie Frisch | 19 | 2880 |
| 35 | Mel Ott | 22 | 2876 |
| 36 | Babe Ruth | 22 | 2873 |
| 37 | Harold Baines | 22 | 2866 |
| 38 | Jesse Burkett | 16 | 2850 |
| 39 | Brooks Robinson | 23 | 2848 |
| 40 | Charlie Gehringer | 19 | 2839 |
| 41 | George Sisler | 15 | 2812 |
| 42 | Andre Dawson | 21 | 2774 |
| 43 | Vada Pinson | 18 | 2757 |
| 44 | Luke Appling | 20 | 2749 |
| 45 | Al Oliver | 18 | 2743 |
| 46 | Goose Goslin | 18 | 2735 |
| 47 | Tony Perez | 23 | 2732 |
| 48 | Lou Gehrig | 17 | 2721 |
| 49 | Rusty Staub | 23 | 2716 |
| 50 | Bill Buckner | 22 | 2715 |