[2] Rickey Henderson holds the MLB career stolen base record with 1,406.
Following Henderson is Lou Brock with 938 stolen bases;[3] Billy Hamilton is third on the all-time steals listing.
The number of career steals attributed to Hamilton varies by source, but all sources hold his career steals placing him in third on the list before Ty Cobb (897), Tim Raines (808), Vince Coleman (752), Arlie Latham (742),[4] Eddie Collins (741), Max Carey (738), and Honus Wagner (723),[5] who are the only other players to have stolen at least 700 bases.
[3]Brock held the all-time career stolen bases before being surpassed by Henderson in 1991.
[6] With Kenny Lofton's retirement in 2007, 2008 was the first season since 1967 in which no active player had more than 500 career stolen bases.