List of KBO career stolen bases leaders

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The following is the current leaderboard for career stolen bases in KBO League Korean baseball.

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The first KBO Stolen Base King was Kim Il-kwon, who stole 363 bases in a career that spanned from 1982 to 1991. His record was broken in 1997 by Lee Sun-cheol, who held the record for four years at 371 career steals, until Jeon Jun-ho surpassed him in 2001.

Players with 250 or more stolen bases

Bolddenotes active player. [lower-alpha 1]
RankPlayerStolen bases
1 Jeon Jun-ho 549
2 Lee Jong-beom 510
3 Lee Dae-hyung 505
4 Jung Soo-keun 474
5 Lee Yong-kyu 396 (3)
Park Hae-min 396 (28)
7 Kim Joo-chan 388
8 Lee Sun-cheol 371
Jeong Keun-woo 371
10 Kim Il-kwon 363
11 Lee Jong-wook 340
12 Park Yong-taik 313
13 Jung Su-bin 307 (32)
14 Yu Ji-hyeon 296
15 Oh Jae-won 289
16 Kim Jae-bak 284
17 Park Jae-hong 267
Oh Ji-hwan 267 (11)
19 Park Min-woo 265 (22)
20 Kim Sang-su 258 (2)
21 Kim Jong-kook 254

See also

Notes

  1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

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