Last Updated on December 18, 2025 by Matt Musico
While home runs count the same whether they’re sent to the upper deck or a wallscraper, it’s always fun to look at all the different shapes and sizes they come in.
We’ve already talked about the longest homers of the year and the shortest homers of the year. Naturally, the next thing on my mind is the hardest-hit home runs in 2025 (the regular season, specifically). You’ll see the top 10 below, followed by some specific callouts and observations.
Related: A Complete Guide to Single-Season (& Single-Game) HR Performances
MLB’s Top 10 Hardest-Hit Home Runs in 2025
Oneil Cruz: 122.9 mph
When: 5/25/2025 vs. Brewers
Distance: 432 feet
¡ONEIL CRUZ SACÓ LA BOLA DEL ESTADIO! 😳
Conectó un cuadrangular que salió del PNC Park a una velocidad de 122.9 MPH 💥
Es ahora el batazo con mayor velocidad de salida desde 2015 (cuando se empezó a medir), superando los 122.4 MPH… que también había conectado él.
Fue su HR… pic.twitter.com/uk5Z0QzmMc
— Erick José Lantigua (@EJLantigua) May 25, 2025
Shohei Ohtani: 120.0 mph
When: 9/2/2025 vs. Pirates
Distance: 373 feet
Shohei Ohtani rockets a home run out at 120 MPH 😳 pic.twitter.com/EFxw2IPbUE
— MLB (@MLB) September 2, 2025
Shohei Ohtani: 117.9 mph
When: 5/5/2025 vs. Marlins
Distance: 386 feet
Shohei Ohtani’s first game in Miami since creating the 50/50 club.
Was there any doubt? pic.twitter.com/1temaXeRdv
— MLB (@MLB) May 5, 2025
Oneil Cruz: 117.9 mph
When: 5/23/2025 vs. Brewers
Distance: 442 feet
Things we love to see = Cruz Missiles 💣 pic.twitter.com/6vBzOVDD4f
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) May 23, 2025
Aaron Judge: 117.9 mph
When: 6/10/2025 vs. Royals
Distance: 469 feet
117.9 MPH
469 FEETAARON JUDGE OBLITERATES THIS BASEBALL! pic.twitter.com/XOYcLnExqg
— MLB (@MLB) June 10, 2025
Aaron Judge: 117.7 mph
When: 5/14/2025 vs. Mariners
Distance: 444 feet
AARON JUDGE SOLO HOMER TO PUT US AHEAD!! pic.twitter.com/Udq4R8nEFa
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) May 14, 2025
Elly De La Cruz: 117.4 mph
When: 6/1/2025 vs. Cubs
Distance: 423 feet
Elly De La Cruz gets his 50th career home run pic.twitter.com/iZryBHPbgx
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 1, 2025
Noelvi Marte: 116.7 mph
When: 4/22/2025 vs. Marlins
Distance: 431 feet
116.7 MPH off the bat on this crush job by Noelvi Marte! 😳 pic.twitter.com/Tl0yRdep4K
— MLB (@MLB) April 22, 2025
Kyle Schwarber: 116.7 mph
When: 4/8/2025 vs. Braves
Distance: 462 feet
de·stroy
– verb
– put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/CinPJM7N0e— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 9, 2025
Oneil Cruz: 116.6 mph
When: 4/23/2025 vs. Angels
Distance: 463 feet
Don't make Oneil Cruz angry. You won't like him when he's angry 😳 pic.twitter.com/L5OIw3KFdP
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 24, 2025
This list is full of…not many surprises. Pretty much all of the usual suspects are here. And in most cases, they’re here more than once. A few different things stood out to me, though.
The Eye-Popping Oneil Cruz Trifecta
Cruz joins Judge and Ohtani as the only players to appear on this list more than once. But he’s the only one to land three different lasers here. Considering his 20 homers from the 2025 season are the second fewest among the players highlighted above (Marte had the fewest with 14 homers), that’s quite impressive.
But, of course, the most eye-popping homer within this trio is the one at the top. That 122.9 mph home run is the hardest-hit ball of the Statcast era, which spans back to 2015.
The player who previously held the record for the hardest-hit ball of the Statcast era? It was also Cruz, who laced a 122.4 mph single off the right-field wall in August 2022.
Hey, I Know You!
Elly De La Cruz and Noelvi Marte are two of the three players who “only” appear on this list once, but they’re the only pair of teammates who snuck into the top 10.
De La Cruz’s OPS went from .809 in 2024 down to .777 in 2025, but he still put up some impressive counting stats. He played in all 162 games and finished with 22 homers, 31 doubles, 86 RBI, 102 runs scored, and 37 steals. He was named an All-Star for the second straight year and placed 23rd in National League MVP Award voting.
Marte spent parts of two seasons with the Reds from 2023-24. In 101 games played, he slugged seven homers with 33 RBI and a .640 OPS. He appeared in 90 games this past season (his age-23 campaign), which resulted in a .748 OPS, 14 homers, and 51 RBI.
How Shohei Ohtani Is Different From Others
Just about everyone talks about how Ohtani is different from everyone else, and I’m part of that group. But this observation is a pretty simple one — his hardest-hit homers didn’t travel nearly as far as everyone else’s.
The left-handed slugger is right at the top of the list, which is somewhere he’s accustomed to being throughout his MLB career. However, it’s worth noting that neither of his homers sailed further than 386 feet.
De La Cruz had the next shortest homer within this group, with his missile traveling 423 feet.
The Godfather of Exit Velocity Is Missing
I said that “pretty much” all of the usual suspects are on this list, but there’s one dude that is very much missing: Giancarlo Stanton. He wasn’t far off from the top of the leaderboard, though.
While his hardest-hit ball of the season was a 118.0 mph double on July 6 vs. the Mets, his hardest-hit homer of the year was a 116.0 mph laser on August 1 against the Braves.
Injuries limited Stanton to just 77 games in 2025, but he looked like a rejuvenated version of himself. The veteran slugger slashed .273/.350/.594 with 24 home runs and 66 RBI in just 281 plate appearances.
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