Hitters with the highest swing-and-miss rates this season — easier strikeout-prop targets and weaker over-hits candidates.
Which MLB hitters swing and miss the most? Whiff rate is the percentage of swings that come up empty. The league average is about 24–25% — anything above 35% is extreme. These hitters are easier strikeout-prop targets, especially against high-K pitchers.
Gold rank = #1 in MLB. Over Rate isn’t shown for Statcast leaderboards — these stats aren’t direct prop markets.
| # | Player | Games | Whiff % | Over Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Wallner | 33 | 44.0% | — |
| 2 | Luke Raley | 40 | 42.0% | — |
| 3 | mlb:808959 | 61 | 41.8% | — |
| 4 | Brent Rooker | 42 | 39.4% | — |
| 5 | Garrett Mitchell | 43 | 38.1% | — |
| 6 | Oneil Cruz | 64 | 37.6% | — |
| 7 | Royce Lewis | 29 | 37.6% | — |
| 8 | Colson Montgomery | 60 | 37.6% | — |
| 9 | Tristan Gray | 25 | 37.3% | — |
| 10 | Brice Matthews | 39 | 37.1% | — |
| 11 | José Tena | 29 | 37.0% | — |
| 12 | Nolan Gorman | 51 | 36.5% | — |
| 13 | Jake Burger | 57 | 36.3% | — |
| 14 | Nick Kurtz | 65 | 36.1% | — |
| 15 | Jorge Soler | 57 | 35.6% | — |
| 16 | Owen Caissie | 39 | 35.5% | — |
| 17 | mlb:691777 | 26 | 35.4% | — |
| 18 | Corey Seager | 45 | 35.2% | — |
| 19 | Brandon Lowe | 58 | 34.8% | — |
| 20 | Kyle Stowers | 37 | 34.8% | — |
| 21 | Jarren Duran | 58 | 34.3% | — |
| 22 | Colton Cowser | 30 | 34.2% | — |
| 23 | Kerry Carpenter | 29 | 34.2% | — |
| 24 | Ian Happ | 62 | 33.8% | — |
| 25 | Jac Caglianone | 47 | 33.6% | — |
| 26 | Adolis García | 55 | 33.5% | — |
| 27 | Hunter Goodman | 55 | 33.5% | — |
| 28 | Nick Castellanos | 29 | 33.3% | — |
| 29 | Kyle Schwarber | 61 | 33.3% | — |
| 30 | Austin Riley | 60 | 33.0% | — |
| 31 | Kazuma Okamoto | 58 | 33.0% | — |
| 32 | Brady House | 44 | 33.0% | — |
| 33 | Carter Jensen | 47 | 32.7% | — |
| 34 | Eugenio Suárez | 31 | 32.6% | — |
| 35 | Aaron Judge | 63 | 32.2% | — |
| 36 | Brenton Doyle | 30 | 32.2% | — |
| 37 | Dominic Canzone | 34 | 32.1% | — |
| 38 | Byron Buxton | 57 | 32.0% | — |
| 39 | mlb:804606 | 52 | 31.9% | — |
| 40 | Christian Yelich | 27 | 31.8% | — |
| 41 | Trevor Story | 44 | 31.7% | — |
| 42 | Kyle Manzardo | 44 | 31.6% | — |
| 43 | Adrian Del Castillo | 32 | 31.5% | — |
| 44 | James Wood | 69 | 31.5% | — |
| 45 | Joc Pederson | 42 | 31.4% | — |
| 46 | Samuel Basallo | 43 | 31.3% | — |
| 47 | Harrison Bader | 27 | 31.2% | — |
| 48 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | 56 | 31.2% | — |
| 49 | Blaze Alexander | 33 | 31.2% | — |
| 50 | Cam Smith | 56 | 31.2% | — |
A whiff is when a batter swings and misses. Whiff rate equals swings-and-misses divided by total swings. League average is around 24–25%. Anything above 35% is extreme — the hitters at the top of this list are some of the most aggressive swing-and-miss bats in MLB.
Hitters with high whiff rates are easier strikeout-prop targets, especially against high-whiff pitchers. They’re also weaker candidates for hits and total-bases overs because more empty swings means fewer chances to put the ball in play. We use this list to flag matchup edges in our daily prop research.
Statcast pitch-level data for the 2026 season. We aggregate every swing across MLB and refresh nightly. The min-games threshold filters out small-sample call-ups so the leaderboard reflects qualified hitters with meaningful 2026 plate appearances.
MLB Batter Whiff % Leaders Top 5: 1. Matt Wallner (Whiff %: 44.0%), 2. Luke Raley (Whiff %: 42.0%), 3. mlb:808959 (Whiff %: 41.8%), 4. Brent Rooker (Whiff %: 39.4%), 5. Garrett Mitchell (Whiff %: 38.1%)