List of Major League Baseball annual putouts leaders

The list also includes several professional leagues and associations that were never part of MLB.

In baseball statistics, a putout (denoted by PO or fly out when appropriate) is given to a defensive player who records an out by a Tagging a runner with the ball when he is not touching a base (a tagout), catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base to put out a batter or runner (a Force out), catching a thrown ball and tagging a base to record an out on an appeal play, catching a third strike (a strikeout), catching a batted ball on the fly (a flyout), or being positioned closest to a runner called out for interference.

Jake Beckley is the all-time leader in career putouts with 23,743.

Jiggs Donahue holds the record for most putouts in a season with 1,846 in 1907.

Frank McCormick, Steve Garvey, Bill Terry, and Ernie Banks have all led the league in putouts 5 times.