List of Major League Baseball home run records

This is a list of some of the records relating to home runs hit in baseball games played in the Major Leagues. Some Major League records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club. A few other records are kept on separate pages, they are listed below.

In the tables below, players and teams denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted, while (r) denotes a player's rookie season.

Key
Players and the columns that correspond are denoted in boldface if they are still actively contributing to the record noted.

Most seasons as league leader in home runs
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Most consecutive seasons as league leader in home runs
see note1