Last Updated on November 21, 2025 by Matt Musico
The 2025 MLB regular season delivered exactly what we hoped for: moonshots, breakout stars, and milestones. Now that the dust has settled on another interesting year of baseball, let’s celebrate the sluggers who led their respective squads in taters.
The 2025 MLB home run leaders by team tell a fascinating story of veteran resurgence, rookie explosions, and a few surprises that nobody saw coming. Let’s get into it.
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The Complete 2025 MLB Home Run Leaders List
Here’s how the power rankings shook out across all 30 teams:
- Angels: Jo Adell, 37
- Astros: Christian Walker, 27
- Athletics: Nick Kurtz, 36
- Blue Jays: George Springer, 32
- Braves: Matt Olson, 29
- Brewers: Christian Yelich, 29
- Cardinals: Willson Contreras, 20
- Cubs: Michael Busch, 34
- Diamondbacks: Eugenio Suarez, 36
- Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani, 55
- Giants: Willy Adames, 30
- Guardians: Jose Ramirez, 30
- Mariners: Cal Raleigh, 60
- Marlins: Kyle Stowers, 25
- Mets: Juan Soto, 43
- Nationals: James Wood, 31
- Orioles: Gunnar Henderson, Jordan Westburg, Jackson Holliday, 17
- Padres: Manny Machado, 27
- Phillies: Kyle Schwarber, 56
- Pirates: Oneil Cruz, 20
- Rangers: Wyatt Langford, 22
- Rays: Junior Caminero, 45
- Red Sox: Trevor Story, 25
- Reds: Elly De La Cruz, 22
- Rockies: Hunter Goodman, 31
- Royals: Vinnie Pasquantino, 32
- Tigers: Riley Greene, 36
- Twins: Byron Buxton, 35
- White Sox: Lenyn Sosa, 22
- Yankees: Aaron Judge, 53
The Breakout Brigade
One of the main things that stuck out to me when looking at this list if the number of breakout performances that took place.
Jo Adell finally delivered on that potential we’ve been waiting for since he was a top prospect. Between 2020 and 2024 (1,070 plate appearances), he slugged 38 homers with 128 RBI. But in 2025, Adell crushed 37 taters to go along with 98 RBI in just 573 trips to the plate.
Byron Buxton stayed healthy and reminded everyone why the Twins believed in him all these years, launching 35 bombs with 83 RBI, both of which are single-season career-high marks. He also played in 126 games, his highest total since 2017 (140 games).
James Wood announced his arrival in the nation’s capital with 31 home runs and 94 RBI for the Nationals, showing that the hype surrounding Washington’s top prospect was justified. And he reached those heights despite a tough second half (.690 OPS, seven homers, 25 RBI in 269 plate appearances).
After slugging 19 homers with 97 RBI in 2024 for the Royals, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino took things up a notch by racking up 32 homers and 113 RBI in Kansas City.
Michael Busch more than doubled his career home run total in 2025 with the Cubs. He entered the year with 23 total homers through 648 plate appearances before adding another 34 in 592 trips to the plate. Meanwhile, Junior Caminero’s 45 homers for the Rays nearly broke Carlos Peña’s franchise record.
Willy Adames Snaps the Giants’ Power Drought
Here’s a stat that’ll make you do a double-take: Willy Adames became the first Giants player to hit 30 home runs in a season since Barry Bonds in 2004. That’s quite a power drought by the Bay.
Even with Adames finally making it happen, it makes me laugh that the Giants have fewer 30-homer hitters (one) than World Series titles (three) over the last two decades. Even though homers are a huge part of the game today, it’s obviously not everything.
This was Adames’ first season of a seven-year, $182 million contract he signed with San Francisco last winter. He’d been one of the league’s better power-hitting shortstops in recent years, with five seasons of 20-plus homers between 2019 and 2024. But then again, playing half your games at American Family Field is much different than Oracle Park, so it wasn’t a given that he could make it happen.
Overall, Adames slashed .225/.318/.421 with those 30 taters and 87 RBI across 160 games for the Giants. His triple slash saw a dip compared to 2024, but the .740 OPS he produced wasn’t far off from his career number (.762).
Baltimore’s Bizarre Three-Way Tie
After two straight seasons of 90-plus wins and back-to-back postseason appearances, the Orioles disappointed in multiple ways this season. Their 75-87 record was one of them. While they were the only club to have a tie at the top of their home run leaderboard, Baltimore was also the only MLB team to not produce a 20-homer hitter.
The silver lining? Gunnar Henderson, Jordan Westburg, and Jackson Holliday are all still young with what appear to be bright futures, so there’s room for growth. Another year better than this for Henderson would be a bounce-back since he slugged 37 homers in 2024 for Baltimore.
Five Quick Observations
- Cal Raleigh is a monster: The Mariners catcher launched an MLB-best 60 home runs, putting together the greatest power-hitting season by a backstop in baseball history.
- The usual suspects delivered: Shohei Ohtani (55), Kyle Schwarber (56), and Aaron Judge (53) combined for 164 home runs, proving that the game’s biggest names still dominate the long ball leaderboard.
- Bounce-back campaigns for some vets: George Springer and Trevor Story both entered 2025 with something to prove. Springer finished 2024 with a .674 OPS and 19 homers, but bounced back with a .959 OPS and 32 homers in 2025. Story entered the year with just 21 total homers since joining the Red Sox in 2022. He bested that with 25 taters while appearing in a career-high 157 games.
- Eugenio Suarez’s commanding lead in Arizona: The DBacks traded third baseman Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners at the trade deadline. He finished the year with 49 homers, but 36 of them came in Arizona, and no DBack could knock him off the club’s top spot. Corbin Carroll was the closest (31 homers).
- The AL West brought the thunder: Between Raleigh’s 60, Adell’s 37, and Nick Kurtz’s 36, the division showcased some serious pop despite varied levels of team success.
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