310 home runs, 47 wins, 4 MVP awards… Ohtani's record: a full recap of his 9 MLB seasons
Ohtani Shohei's MLB career totals stand at 310 home runs and 47 pitching wins. This covers his 50-home run, 50-stolen base season, his 55-home run season, his four MVP awards, and the actual cash behind his $700 million contract.
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Three-line summary
- Ohtani hit 310 career home runs and stole 176 bases in MLB regular-season play from 2018 to 2026, and he has 47 wins as a pitcher.
- In 2024 he became the first player in MLB history to reach 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases. In 2025, with a career-high 55 home runs, he finished third in MLB.
- His contract with the Dodgers is 10 years and $700 million. His 2026 cash salary is $2 million, and $68 million of his pay is deferred.
Ohtani Shohei stole 59 bases in the 2024 season. His 2026 season stolen base total is 11. Stolen bases fell 81% over two years, but the stat sheet has not thinned out. In 2026 he appeared in 14 games as a pitcher, going 8-2 with a 1.79 ERA. The same player was a base-runner in one season and a pitcher in another.
Ohtani career totals: 310 home runs and 47 wins across 9 MLB seasons
Ohtani was born July 5, 1994, and is a 32-year-old Japanese player. He serves as both a designated hitter and a starting pitcher. He debuted in 2013 with the Nippon-Ham Fighters and played in Japan's NPB through 2017. In 2018 he moved to the Los Angeles Angels and made his MLB debut, winning the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year award that year.
According to MLB.com, his regular-season career batting totals for 2018–2026 are 1,194 hits, 310 home runs, 750 RBIs, 176 stolen bases, and a .281 batting average. As a pitcher, he has 47 wins, 22 losses, a 2.83 ERA, and 765 strikeouts.
Ohtani MLB regular-season career vs. 2026 season comparison (as of Nov. 2, 2026, MLB.com)
| Category | Career (2018–2026) | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|
| Batting average | .281 | .275 |
| Home runs (count) | 310 | 30 |
| RBIs | 750 | 81 |
| Stolen bases (count) | 176 | 11 |
| Pitching record | 47 wins, 22 losses | 8 wins, 2 losses |
| ERA | 2.83 | 1.79 |
| Strikeouts (count) | 765 | 95 |
Subtract his 2026 pitching stats from his career totals and the weight becomes clear. Through the 2025 season, his career totals were 39 wins, 20 losses, and 670 strikeouts. In 14 games in 2026, he added 17% of his career wins and 12% of his career strikeouts. His 1.79 ERA is 1.04 lower than his career 2.83.
Ohtani's 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases, and what came after: 54–59 and 55 home runs
The peak of the record came on September 19, 2024, U.S. local time. AP reported that on that day Ohtani went 6 for 6 with 3 home runs, 10 RBIs, and 2 stolen bases. He cleared the threshold in a single game. MLB.com recorded this as MLB's first-ever single-season 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases.
The 50-50 mark was not the season's final total. The body of MLB.com's tracking article was written when he had 51 home runs and 51 stolen bases. The final figures in the regular-season end-of-season data dated September 29 were 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases. In 2025, stolen bases fell to 20, but home runs rose to 55, his personal single-season best.
| Season | Home runs (count) | Stolen bases (count) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54 | 59 | MLB's first 50-50 |
| 2025 | 55 | 20 | Personal single-season high for home runs |
| 2026 | 30 | 11 | Also pitched in 14 games |
He hit 55 home runs but still did not reach the top of the league. According to official MLB records, the 2025 home run leader was Cal Raleigh of Seattle with 60, and second was Kyle Schwarber of Philadelphia with 56. Ohtani was third, one behind Schwarber, and second in the National League (NL).
2025 MLB regular-season home run rankings (official MLB records)
| Rank | Player | Team | Home runs (count) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cal Raleigh | Seattle | 60 |
| 2 | Kyle Schwarber | Philadelphia | 56 |
| 3 | Shohei Ohtani | Dodgers | 55 |
| 4 | Aaron Judge | Yankees | 53 |
| 5 | Eugenio Suárez | Season total | 49 |
Ohtani's 2026 total of 30 home runs ties for ninth in the NL (as of 20:00 on Nov. 2, 2026, per Baseball Almanac tallies). The 15-home run gap separates him from co-leaders Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Schwarber, who each have 45. The drop in home runs and stolen bases overlapped with his pitching appearances in the same season.
All four of Ohtani's MVP awards were unanimous, second in MLB history behind Barry Bonds
Ohtani won the AL MVP in 2021 and 2023 while with the Angels, and the NL MVP in 2024 and 2025 after moving to the Dodgers. According to MLB.com and AP reports, all four votes were unanimous. His regular-season career MVP total is 4 times ranks alone in second place all-time in MLB behind Barry Bonds (7), three fewer than Bonds.
The two MVP seasons he won with the Dodgers line up exactly with the stat sheet: the 54-home run season and the 55-home run season. Across his three seasons with the Dodgers, his home runs total 139 (54, 55, and 30), averaging 46.3 per season. This MVP ranking reflects only award announcements through November 14, 2025.
Ohtani's $700 million contract: just $2 million in cash for 2026
The Dodgers contract runs 10 years, 2024–2033, with a nominal total of $700 million. Averaged per year, that is $70 million, but the cash he receives in the 2026 season is $2 million only. CBS Sports reported, citing The Athletic, that the remaining $68 million will be paid out interest-free in installments from 2034 to 2043.
According to AP's tally, the total deferred amount across the contract is $680 million. Subtracting that from $700 million, the cash he receives over the 10-year contract is $20 million, only 2.9% of the total. The $2 million is not his take-home pay after taxes. That is why both the widely searched '$70 million salary' and '$2 million' figures are correct.
| Item | Amount (USD) | Source · as-of date |
|---|---|---|
| Nominal total | $700 million (10 years) | MLB.com, Dec. 12, 2023 |
| 2026 cash payment | $2 million | Forbes, Mar. 24, 2026 |
| 2026 deferred portion | $68 million | Forbes, Mar. 24, 2026 |
| Total deferred amount | $680 million (paid 2034–2043) | AP, Dec. 6, 2024 |
His cash salary is small, but his income ranks first in MLB. Forbes estimated in March 2026 that his total income for the year was $127 million. Non-game income such as endorsements, sponsorships, and business accounted for $125 million of that, or 98%. In the May global athlete ranking (trailing 12 months, $127.6 million), he was fifth. Both figures are pre-tax estimates and differ from net worth.
There is also an open variable. The 2026 season MVP has not yet been announced. The 2026 stat line shows 11 stolen bases and 14 pitching appearances side by side.
Related official sites
- MLB official Ohtani player and stats page — view season-by-season and career batting and pitching stats
- MLB 2025 regular-season batting stats — see the full 2025 home run leaderboard
- Los Angeles Dodgers official website — check team schedules and official announcements
Representative image · Archival photo · Not an on-site photo from the game described in the article · Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Mogami Kariya), CC BY-SA 2.0
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