MLB Batting Average Leaders 2026, With NUT Grades
2026 seasonYordan Alvarez (HOU) led MLB in batting average in 2026 at .316, with +5.2 NUT and an S grade.
By NUT, the most productive of the top 10 was Yordan Alvarez at +5.2 (#1 of 407 qualified hitters); the least was Chandler Simpson at -0.8 (#311), ranked #4 by AVG.
1 of the top 10 by AVG also ranks in MLB's top 10 by NUT.
| # | Player | AVG | Season NUT | Grade | NUT Rk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yordan Alvarez HOU | .316 | +5.2 | S | #1 |
| 2 | Gabriel Moreno ARI | .311 | +2.9 | A | #13 |
| 3 | Luis Arraez PHI | .310 | +0.5 | C | #119 |
| 4 | Chandler Simpson TB | .306 | -0.8 | D | #311 |
| 5 | Otto Lopez MIA | .305 | +1.5 | B | #52 |
| 6 | Nick Gonzales PIT | .303 | +1.1 | B | #75 |
| 7 | TJ Rumfield COL | .300 | +3.0 | A | #11 |
| 8 | Michael Harris II ATL | .294 | +1.6 | B | #44 |
| 9 | Yandy Díaz TB | .293 | +1.8 | B | #37 |
| 10 | Jackson Chourio MIL | .291 | +2.0 | B | #30 |
| 11 | Jake McCarthy COL | .291 | +1.4 | B | #57 |
| 12 | Fernando Tatis Jr. SD | .289 | +2.2 | B | #24 |
| 13 | Jac Caglianone KC | .289 | +1.9 | B | #34 |
| 14 | Freddie Freeman LAD | .288 | +1.6 | B | #46 |
| 15 | Chase DeLauter CLE | .287 | +1.9 | B | #35 |
| 16 | Ceddanne Rafaela BOS | .285 | +0.7 | C | #101 |
| 17 | Drake Baldwin ATL | .284 | +2.0 | B | #29 |
| 18 | Liam Hicks TB | .284 | +1.5 | B | #55 |
| 19 | Elly De La Cruz CIN | .283 | +3.3 | A | #7 |
| 20 | Carson Benge NYM | .282 | +1.3 | B | #60 |
| 21 | Luke Keaschall MIN | .282 | +1.5 | B | #54 |
| 22 | Steven Kwan CLE | .282 | +0.8 | C | #94 |
| 23 | Randy Arozarena SEA | .281 | +3.4 | A | #5 |
| 24 | Bobby Witt Jr. KC | .281 | +1.2 | B | #64 |
| 25 | Xavier Edwards MIA | .280 | +0.3 | C | #141 |
A dash means the player is below the NUT qualifying bar. NUT Rk is his rank among qualified hitters by season NUT.
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How to read the AVG leaders
The ranking is MLB's official batting average leaderboard for the regular season, with qualifiers as MLB sets them. What is AVG? Beside it is each player's season NUT — weighted runs above average from wOBA, divided by runs per win — where 0.0 is league average. Grades use the season scale: S is elite, C is around league average. Rankings by position are on Best by Position, and the full board, sortable by any stat, is on Stats.