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Highest Exit Velocity in MLB 2026
Source MLB StatcastThrough 246 qualified hittersWindow: 2026 regular season
James Wood leads qualified hitters in exit velocity in the 2026 regular season at 95.4 mph. The top three are James Wood, Elly De La Cruz, Yordan Alvarez, from Statcast data. Every player here is a playable card.
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Play a half-inning in our Statcast-driven sim. Exit Velocity is one of the real numbers behind every card's rating, and James Wood's 95.4 mph is a big part of why he is rated 92.
What exit velocity measures
Average exit velocity is the speed of the baseball as it leaves the bat on batted-ball events, measured by Statcast radar at MLB ballparks. It captures raw power output across all contact — ground balls, line drives, and fly balls combined. Sustained averages above 90 mph correlate strongly with barrel rate, expected slugging, and home-run totals. 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).
Why exit velocity matters
Exit velocity is the most predictive Statcast metric for future power output. Hitters who top this leaderboard tend to overperform batting average in the long run because louder contact turns into extra-base hits and home runs. Use this alongside barrel rate to separate raw power from consistent power contact.
Built from MLB Statcast data, refreshed nightly. 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). Regular-season data only; teams shown are each player's 2026 MLB club.
New to the metric? What is exit velocity? Read the definition, formula, and a worked example.
Questions
Who leads MLB in exit velocity in 2026?
James Wood leads qualified hitters in exit velocity in the 2026 regular season at 95.4 mph. The top three are James Wood, Elly De La Cruz, Yordan Alvarez, based on real Statcast data.
What is exit velocity in baseball?
Average exit velocity is the speed of the baseball as it leaves the bat on batted-ball events, measured by Statcast radar at MLB ballparks. It captures raw power output across all contact — ground balls, line drives, and fly balls combined. Sustained averages above 90 mph correlate strongly with barrel rate, expected slugging, and home-run totals. 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).
Why does exit velocity matter?
Exit velocity is the most predictive Statcast metric for future power output. Hitters who top this leaderboard tend to overperform batting average in the long run because louder contact turns into extra-base hits and home runs. Use this alongside barrel rate to separate raw power from consistent power contact.