OPS+ leader 2000-2009. Minimum 3,500 plate appearances.

Minimum OPS+ 125 (25% above league average). Derived from data in stathead.com via baseball-reference.com. Glossary below.

Barry Bonds, September 14, 2005
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Rk	Player	OPS+	BA	OBP	SLG	PA	AB	HR	AB/HR	From	To	Age
1	Barry Bonds	221	.322	.517	.724	4,072	2,871	317	9.06	2000	2007	35-42
2	Albert Pujols	172	.334	.427	.628	6,082	5,146	366	14.06	2001	2009	21-29
3	Manny Ramirez	160	.317	.419	.599	5,874	4,931	348	14.17	2000	2009	28-37
4	Alex Rodriguez	153	.304	.401	.587	6,768	5,732	435	13.18	2000	2009	24-33
5	Jason Giambi	151	.275	.418	.544	5,387	4,257	303	14.05	2000	2009	29-38
6	Lance Berkman	148	.300	.413	.559	6,249	5,169	309	16.73	2000	2009	24-33
7	Chipper Jones	147	.311	.413	.547	5,887	4,935	273	18.08	2000	2009	28-37
8	Jim Thome	147	.271	.399	.563	5,681	4,629	368	12.58	2000	2009	29-38
9	Vladimir Guerrero	146	.323	.392	.569	6,094	5,415	315	17.19	2000	2009	25-34
10	Todd Helton	145	.331	.436	.569	6,411	5,305	260	20.40	2000	2009	26-35
11	Carlos Delgado	144	.286	.394	.553	5,938	4,951	324	15.28	2000	2009	28-37
12	Sammy Sosa	142	.282	.372	.570	4,088	3,524	273	12.91	2000	2007	31-38
13	Miguel Cabrera	141	.311	.383	.542	4,441	3,921	209	18.76	2003	2009	20-26
14	Gary Sheffield	140	.294	.394	.527	5,399	4,572	273	16.75	2000	2009	31-40
15	Jim Edmonds	140	.280	.389	.548	4,757	3,968	261	15.20	2000	2008	30-38
16	David Ortiz	137	.283	.378	.554	5,653	4,825	307	15.72	2000	2009	24-33
17	David Wright	137	.309	.389	.518	3,666	3,185	140	22.75	2004	2009	21-26
18	Brian Giles	136	.289	.400	.494	6,176	5,149	209	24.64	2000	2009	29-38
19	Frank Thomas	136	.273	.387	.528	3,983	3,307	220	15.03	2000	2008	32-40
20	Mark Teixeira	135	.290	.378	.545	4,638	4,023	242	16.62	2003	2009	23-29
21	Matt Holliday	133	.318	.387	.545	3,638	3,237	152	21.30	2004	2009	24-29
22	Magglio Ordonez	133	.316	.379	.523	5,695	5,098	229	22.26	2000	2009	26-35
23	Jeff Bagwell	133	.285	.394	.534	3,631	3,038	186	16.33	2000	2005	32-37
24	Bobby Abreu	132	.297	.402	.492	6,932	5,800	216	26.85	2000	2009	26-35
25	J.D. Drew	132	.286	.396	.507	4,850	4,043	198	20.42	2000	2009	24-33
26	Adam Dunn	132	.249	.383	.520	5,417	4,417	316	13.98	2001	2009	21-29
27	Jason Bay	131	.280	.376	.519	3,897	3,313	185	17.91	2003	2009	24-30
28	Derrek Lee	130	.292	.378	.521	6,048	5,254	270	19.46	2000	2009	24-33
29	Chase Utley	130	.295	.379	.523	3,813	3,310	161	20.56	2003	2009	24-30
30	Jeff Kent	130	.300	.371	.518	5,377	4,756	216	22.02	2000	2008	32-40
31	Jorge Posada	129	.283	.386	.492	5,227	4,426	208	21.28	2000	2009	29-38
32	Moises Alou	129	.310	.376	.524	4,227	3,766	187	20.14	2000	2008	33-41
33	Ryan Klesko	129	.277	.377	.481	3,744	3,180	139	22.88	2000	2007	29-36
34	Rafael Palmeiro	128	.270	.373	.519	3,782	3,191	208	15.34	2000	2005	35-40
35	Carlos Pena	127	.247	.355	.502	3,714	3,136	202	15.52	2001	2009	23-31
36	Mike Piazza	127	.285	.360	.512	3,670	3,258	187	17.42	2000	2007	31-38
37	Troy Glaus	126	.259	.365	.511	5,059	4,282	274	15.63	2000	2009	23-32
38	Cliff Floyd	125	.282	.367	.499	4,232	3,682	182	20.23	2000	2009	27-36
Rk	Player	OPS+	BA	OBP	SLG	PA	AB	HR	AB/HR	From	To	Age
	max	221	.334	.517	.724	6,932	5,800	435	26.85
	min	125	.247	.355	.481	3,631	2,871	139	9.06
	average	140	.293	.392	.540	5,005	4,237	249	17.70

More posts will follow for subsequent decades. Those who finished high in two decades:

Mantle: 2,1
Mays: 4,5
Aaron: 6,4
Dick Allen: 3,2
Schmidt: 7,1
Bonds: 1,1

BOLD: highest

Red: lowest; for AB/HR lowest is fewest AB to homer, the best

OPS+ On Base average Plus Slugging average adjusted for years and ballparks
100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]
Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

BA -- Batting Average: Hits/At Bats
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

OBP -- On Base "Percentage" (really average) (H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

SLG -- Slugging average: Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

PA -- Plate Appearances
When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts
Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,
which excludes catcher interferences.

AB -- At Bats; excludes Bases on Balls (walks)

HR -- Home Runs

OPS+ leaders for decades 1950s ... 2010s. Friday, February 12, 2021