Braves Career Home Run Leaders: Hammerin' Hank Aaron is Atlanta's HR King

One of the best parts of digging into a storied Major League Baseball franchise is seeing so many historically great players atop their all-time records lists.

The Atlanta Braves have one of the most impressive collection of career home run leaders you'll find in baseball; here's a look at the top 10 (as of Jan. 9, 2025):

Braves career home run leaders

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Braves career home run list

1. Henry Aaron (733 home runs)

Years with team: 1954-74
Games with team: 3,076
Acquired: Free agency (June 14, 1952)

You know you have yourself a top-tier leaders list when Henry Aaron is No. 1. Hammerin' Hank hit more home runs in the major leagues than any player not named Barry Bonds, and all but 22 of them came as a member of the Braves franchise. It's a safe bet that no other player will come anywhere close to breaking this record for a very long time.

2. Eddie Mathews (493 home runs)

Years with team: 1952-66
Games with team: 2,223
Acquired: Free agency (1949)

Atlanta fans were only treated to one season of Mathews, who played the majority of his major-league career with the Milwaukee Braves. But the Hall of Fame slugger remains one of the most revered players in franchise history no matter which Braves uniform he wore, leading the majors in home runs twice while earning 12 All-Star nods.

3. Chipper Jones (468 home runs)

Years with team: 1993-2012
Games with team: 2,499
Acquired: Draft (first overall, 1990)

You could forgive even the most ardent Braves supporters for being a little nervous that Jones was a non-factor in Atlanta four years after being taken No. 1 overall. But Chipper was well worth the wait, exceeding the 30-homer plateau on six occasions while taking home NL MVP honors with a 45-home run barrage in a sensational 1999 campaign.

4. Dale Murphy (371 home runs)

Years with team: 1976-90
Games with team: 1,926
Acquired: Draft (fifth overall, 1974)

Before the Braves began their "decades of dominance" in the 1990s, there were the 1980s – and those were bleak times in Atlanta. Murphy was one of the franchise's lone bright spots during that era, winning back-to-back MVP awards in 1982 and 1983 while belting 36 or more home runs five times over a six-year span from 1982-87.

5. Andruw Jones (368 home runs)

Years with team: 1996-2007
Games with team: 1,761
Acquired: Free agency (July 1, 1993)

Winning 10 consecutive Gold Gloves while patrolling the Braves' outfield will always be Jones's calling card, but the man could mash, as well. Four straight 34+-homer seasons set the table nicely for Jones' virtuoso performance in 2008, when he smashed a career high 51 home runs while finishing second in the NL MVP race.

6. Freddie Freeman (271 home runs)

Years with team: 2010-21
Games with team: 1,565
Acquired: Draft (second round, 2007)

Freeman's departure from Atlanta stunned and rankled more than its fair share of Braves fans – but his time with the franchise will always remain special to those there to experience it. Freeman put together three 30-homer seasons for the Braves, and was named National League MVP in the COVID-shortened 2020 season. His only flaw: He can't hit an Anthony Rizzo curveball.

7. Joe Adcock (239 home runs)

Years with team: 1953-62
Games with team: 1,207
Acquired: Four-team trade with Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Brooklyn (Feb. 16, 1953)

Adcock is the highest player on the Braves' career home-run leaders list that never played a single game in Atlanta. Adcock did most of his career offensive damage with Milwaukee, peaking at 38 home runs in 1956 and averaging nearly 24 longballs per season over the course of his 10-year Braves tenure.

8. Bob Horner (215 home runs)

Years with team: 1978-86
Games with team: 960
Acquired: Draft (first overall, 1978)

The man with one of baseball's most underrated blonde flows was also a great power hitter. Fresh off a Rookie of the Year win in 1978 (the year he was drafted!), Horner belted 71 combined home runs in Years 2 and 3 before injuries derailed him. Horner added one more 30-homer season in 1982 but couldn't stay on the field enough to climb the HR ladder even higher.

9. Javy López (214 home runs)

Years with team: 1992-2003
Games with team: 1,156
Acquired: Free agency (Nov. 6, 1987)

López wasn't the most consistent home run hitter, but when the switch was flipped, few catchers in his era could hit the ball further. The beloved backstop enjoyed a late-career resurgence at the plate in 2003 that bolstered his career power numbers, swatting 43 home runs in just 129 games while placing fifth in the NL MVP voting.

10. Wally Berger (199 home runs)

Years with team: 1930-37
Games with team: 1,057
Acquired: Trade with Los Angeles (PCL) (Nov. 14, 1929)

Berger was one of the most prolific power hitters of the 1930s – and when you recall who played back then, that's no small feat. Berger led the National League with 34 home runs in 1935, his second consecutive 34-homer performance, and averaged 25 home runs per year for the duration of his eight-season stint with Boston.

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