List of National League annual slugging percentage leaders

List of National League Slugging Percentage Leaders

The National League slugging percentage Leader is the Major League Baseball player in the National League who has the highest slugging percentage in a particular season.

In baseball statistics, slugging percentage' (abbreviated SLG) is a measure of the power of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats:

$$SLG = \frac{(\mathit{1B}) + (2 \times \mathit{2B}) + (3 \times \mathit{3B}) + (4 \times \mathit{HR})}{AB}$$

where AB is the number of at-bats for a given player, and 1B, 2B, 3B, and HR are the number of singles, doubles, triples, and home runs, respectively. Walks are specifically excluded from this calculation.

Currently, a player needs to accrue an average of at least 3.1 plate appearances for each game his team plays in order to qualify for the title. An exception to this qualification rule is that if a player falls short of 3.1 plate appearances per game, but would still have the highest batting average if enough hitless at-bats were added to reach the 3.1 average mark, the player still wins the slugging percentage championship.

The latest example of this exception being employed was in 2007, when Ryan Braun had a .634 slugging percentage, but only 492 plate appearances – 10 short of the 502 necessary. The addition of 10 hitless at-bats would have lowered his slugging percentage to a value that was still better than anyone else in the league, so Braun was the National League slugging percentage champion. A similar situation occurred when Tony Gwynn won the NL batting title in 1996.

Year-by-Year National League Slugging Percentage Leaders
 * 2021   Bryce Harper (PHI) .615
 * 2020  Juan Soto (WSN) .695
 * 2019  Christian Yelich (MIL) .671
 * 2018  Christian Yelich (MIL) .598
 * 2017  Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) .631
 * 2016  Daniel Murphy (WSN) .595
 * 2015  Bryce Harper (WSN) .649
 * 2014  Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) .555
 * 2013  Paul Goldschmidt (ARI) .551
 * 2012  Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) **.608
 * 2011  Ryan Braun (MIL) .597
 * 2010  Joey Votto (CIN) .600
 * 2009  Albert Pujols (STL) .658
 * 2008  Albert Pujols (STL) .653
 * 2007	Ryan Braun (MIL) **.634
 * 2006	Albert Pujols (STL) .671
 * 2005	Derrek Lee (CHC) .662
 * 2004	Barry Bonds (SFG) .812
 * 2003	Barry Bonds (SFG) .749
 * 2002	Barry Bonds (SFG) .799
 * 2001	Barry Bonds (SFG) .863
 * 2000	Todd Helton (COL) .698
 * 1999	Larry Walker (COL) .710
 * 1998	Mark McGwire (STL) .752
 * 1997	Larry Walker (COL) .720
 * 1996 	Ellis Burks (COL) .639
 * 1995	Dante Bichette (COL) .620
 * 1994	Jeff Bagwell (HOU) .750
 * 1993	Barry Bonds (SFG) .677
 * 1992	Barry Bonds (PIT) .624
 * 1991	Will Clark (SFG) .536
 * 1990	Barry Bonds (PIT) .565
 * 1989	Kevin Mitchell (SFG) .635
 * 1988	Darryl Strawberry (NYM) .545
 * 1987	Jack Clark (STL) .597
 * 1986	Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) .547
 * 1985	Pedro Guerrero (LAD) .577
 * 1984	Dale Murphy (ATL) .547
 * 1983	Dale Murphy (ATL) .540
 * 1982	Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) .547
 * 1981	Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) .644
 * 1980	Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) .624
 * 1979  Dave Kingman (CHC) .613
 * 1978  Dave Parker (PIT) .585
 * 1977  George Foster (CIN) .631
 * 1976  Joe Morgan+ (CIN) .576
 * 1975  Dave Parker (PIT) .541
 * 1974  Mike Schmidt+ (PHI) .546
 * 1973  Willie Stargell+ (PIT) .646
 * 1972  Billy Williams+ (CHC) .606
 * 1971  Hank Aaron+ (ATL) .669
 * 1970  Willie McCovey+ (SFG) .612
 * 1969  Willie McCovey+ (SFG) .656
 * 1968  Willie McCovey+ (SFG) .545
 * 1967  Hank Aaron+ (ATL) .573
 * 1966  Dick Allen (PHI) .632
 * 1965  Willie Mays+ (SFG) .645
 * 1964  Willie Mays+ (SFG) .607
 * 1963  Hank Aaron+ (MLN) .586
 * 1962  Frank Robinson+ (CIN) .624
 * 1961  Frank Robinson+ (CIN) .611
 * 1960  Frank Robinson+ (CIN) .595
 * 1959  Hank Aaron+ (MLN) .636
 * 1958  Ernie Banks+ (CHC) .614
 * 1957  Willie Mays+ (NYG) .626
 * 1956  Duke Snider+ (BRO) .598
 * 1955  Willie Mays+ (NYG) .659
 * 1954  Willie Mays+ (NYG) .667
 * 1953  Duke Snider+ (BRO) .627
 * 1952  Stan Musial+ (STL) .538
 * 1951  Ralph Kiner+ (PIT) .627
 * 1950  Stan Musial+ (STL) .596
 * 1949  Ralph Kiner+ (PIT) .658
 * 1948  Stan Musial+ (STL) .702
 * 1947  Ralph Kiner+ (PIT) .639
 * 1946  Stan Musial+ (STL) .587
 * 1945  Tommy Holmes (BSN) .577
 * 1944  Stan Musial+ (STL) .549
 * 1943  Stan Musial+ (STL) .562
 * 1942  Johnny Mize+ (NYG) .521
 * 1941  Pete Reiser (BRO) .558
 * 1940  Johnny Mize+ (STL) .636
 * 1939  Johnny Mize+ (STL) .626
 * 1938  Johnny Mize+ (STL) .614
 * 1937  Joe Medwick+ (STL) .641
 * 1936  Mel Ott+ (NYG) .588
 * 1935  Arky Vaughan+ (PIT).607
 * 1934  Ripper Collins (STL) .615
 * 1933  Chuck Klein+ (PHI) .602
 * 1932  Chuck Klein+ (PHI) .646
 * 1931  Chuck Klein+ (PHI) .584
 * 1930  Hack Wilson+ (CHC) .723
 * 1929  Rogers Hornsby+ (CHC) .679
 * 1928  Rogers Hornsby+ (BSN) .632
 * 1927  Chick Hafey+ (STL) .590
 * 1926  Cy Williams (PHI) .568
 * 1925  Rogers Hornsby+ (STL) .756
 * 1924  Rogers Hornsby+ (STL) .696
 * 1923  Rogers Hornsby+ (STL) .627
 * 1922  Rogers Hornsby+ (STL) .722
 * 1921  Rogers Hornsby+ (STL) .639
 * 1920  Rogers Hornsby+ (STL) .559
 * 1919  Hy Myers (BRO) .436
 * 1918  Edd Roush+ (CIN) .455
 * 1917  Rogers Hornsby+ (STL) .484
 * 1916  Zack Wheat+ (BRO) .461
 * 1915  Gavvy Cravath (PHI) .510
 * 1914  Sherry Magee (PHI) .509
 * 1913  Gavvy Cravath (PHI) .568
 * 1912  Heinie Zimmerman (CHC) .571
 * 1911  Frank Schulte (CHC) .534
 * 1910  Sherry Magee (PHI) .507
 * 1909  Honus Wagner+ (PIT) .489
 * 1908  Honus Wagner+ (PIT) .542
 * 1907  Honus Wagner+ (PIT) .513
 * 1906  Harry Lumley (BRO) .477
 * 1905  Cy Seymour (CIN) .559
 * 1904  Honus Wagner+ (PIT) .520
 * 1903  Fred Clarke+ (PIT) .532
 * 1902  Honus Wagner+ (PIT) .463
 * 1901  Jimmy Sheckard (BRO) .534

+ Hall of Famer

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of plate appearances for the SLG title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value here is their actual value, and not the value used to rank them.