2025 MLB Home Run Leaders: Updated Power Rankings & Player Standings

The 2025 MLB regular season has hit the dog days of August, and the home-run race is heating up. Seattle switch-hitting catcher Cal Raleigh sits alone on top with 47 homers, eyeing the franchise’s first league homer crown since Ken Griffey Jr. in 1999. Raleigh’s pull-side power has translated equally well on the road (24 HR) and at cavernous T-Mobile Park (23 HR), giving him a legitimate shot at the first 50-homer season by a catcher in MLB history. Hot on his heels is a tie at 43 between two very different sluggers. Kyle Schwarber has rebounded from a slow April to mash 22 bombs since June 1, carrying Philadelphia’s left-handed heavy lineup back into the NL East conversation. Meanwhile new-look Los Angeles superstar Shohei Ohtani keeps rewriting two-way lore; his 43 long balls already eclipse his 2022 MVP total and put him on pace for 58 despite occasional off days on the mound. Aaron Judge lurks at 39 homers after a torrid July in which he slugged .867. The Yankee captain is notorious for late-season power surges—he homered 17 times last September during his record AL campaign—so Raleigh’s cushion is anything but safe. Rounding out the top five, veteran third baseman Eugenio Suárez (38) and Tampa Bay rookie phenom Junior Caminero (35) highlight the NL-AL balance in this year’s leaderboard. Beyond the raw totals, Statcast metrics underline why the names atop the list may stay there. Raleigh’s average exit velocity (93.8 mph) trails only Ohtani and Judge among players with 30+ HR, while Schwarber’s 24° average launch angle leads the NL. Add in Yankee Stadium’s short porch and Judge’s 26 barrels in his last 75 batted balls, and the stretch-run fireworks are almost guaranteed. Historical context adds intrigue: no catcher has ever won an outright MLB home-run title, and only five left-handed hitters over age 30 (Ruth, Mize, Bonds, Thome, Ortiz) have reached 50 in a season. Schwarber, 32, would join rarefied air if he continues his second-half barrage. For Ohtani, a homer crown would make him the first player to lead MLB in both pitching strikeouts (2022) and home runs in separate seasons—a dual-threat milestone unlikely to be matched anytime soon. Key series to watch over the next two weeks include Mariners vs. Rangers at hitter-friendly Globe Life Field, Yankees hosting the Red Sox in a rivalry that often boosts Judge’s numbers, and Dodgers at Coors Field—baseball’s most generous launching pad and a place where Ohtani has already gone deep three times this year. With five players within single-digit distance of the lead and a month and a half left, the 2025 MLB home-run leaderboard promises nightly drama. Bookmark this page and check back for live updates as Raleigh, Schwarber, Ohtani, Judge and Suárez trade tape-measure shots on the march toward 50—and perhaps beyond.