Statcast · 2026 MLB season

James Wood Hard-Hit Rate 2026

James Wood's 2026 hard-hit rate is 58.9%. That leads all qualified players, ranked #1 of 246 qualified hitters. Source: MLB Statcast data, refreshed nightly.

Source MLB Statcast dataThrough Oct 25, 2026Refreshed nightly

James Wood

Nationals · 2026 · B:L T:R

AVG.265

HR30

RBI77

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Hard-Hit Rate58.9%

Rank#1

Of qualified hitters246

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Around Wood on the Hard-Hit Rate board2026 · #1 to #5

Hard-Hit Rate: the players ranked next to James Wood.
#	Player	Pos	Hard-Hit Rate %	Card OVR
1	James Wood	LF	58.9%	92	View card ›
2	Nick Kurtz	1B	57.3%	90	View card ›
3	Munetaka Murakami	3B	56.8%	81	View card ›
4	Kyle Stowers	LF	56.4%	79	View card ›
5	Pete Alonso	1B	56.2%	88	View card ›

What is hard-hit rate?

Hard-hit rate is the percentage of batted balls with an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher. Statcast classifies 95+ mph contact as the threshold where run expectancy jumps materially over soft contact, making this metric a volume signal for damage contact. Hard-hit rate captures every ball driven with authority — ground balls, line drives, and fly balls — so it rewards hitters who consistently impact the ball regardless of launch angle. Qualified hitters meet MLB Statcast's default qualified minimum for Statcast batted-ball leaderboards (2.1 plate appearances per team game, roughly 340 over a 162-game season).

Hard-hit rate is the broadest indicator of contact quality and tends to stabilize faster than any BABIP-linked stat. Hitters topping 45% are in rare air; the league settles around 37-39%. The leaderboard surfaces the hitters whose damage contact translates most consistently into extra-base hits and run production.