List of Silver Slugger Award winners at third base

The Silver Slugger Award is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball (MLB). These voters consider several offensive categories in selecting the winners, including batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage, in addition to "coaches' and managers' general impressions of a player's overall offensive value". Managers and coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their own team. The Silver Slugger was first awarded in 1980 and is given by Hillerich & Bradsby, the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats. The award is a bat-shaped trophy, 3 feet (91 cm) tall, engraved with the names of each of the winners from the league and plated with sterling silver.

Among third basemen, Wade Boggs has won the most Silver Slugger Awards, winning eight times with the rival Boston Red Sox (six) and New York Yankees (two). In the National League, Mike Schmidt leads with six wins; Schmidt won the first five National League Silver Slugger Awards at third base from 1980, when he led the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series, until 1984 when his streak was broken by Tim Wallach. Nolan Arenado collected four National League Silver Sluggers at third base with the Colorado Rockies from 2015 to 2018, and a fifth with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2022. José Ramírez also collected six Silver Sluggers at third baseman, all with the Cleveland Indians/Guardians franchise (2017–2018, 2020, 2022, 2024–2025). Adrián Beltré and Matt Williams each won four Silver Slugger Awards; Beltre won one with the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers (2004) and three with the American League's Boston Red Sox (2010) and Texas Rangers (2011; 2014), and Williams won three National League awards with the San Francisco Giants (1990; 1993–1994) and one American League award with the Cleveland Indians (1997). Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has won three American League Silver Sluggers at the position, and has ten wins in his career as he accumulated seven wins at shortstop with the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers. Miguel Cabrera won three Silver Slugger Awards at third base with the National League's Florida Marlins (2006) and American League's Detroit Tigers (2012–2013), to go along with three first base Silver Slugger Awards with the Tigers. In the National League, Vinny Castilla won three awards in four years for the Colorado Rockies (1995, 1997–1998). Manny Machado also won three awards, all with the San Diego Padres (2020, 2024–2025). José Ramírez and Manny Machado are the most recent winners.

George Brett hit .390 for the Kansas City Royals in the award's inaugural season, the highest average by a third baseman in the Silver Slugger era. Cabrera holds the National League batting average record for a third baseman (.339 in 2006). However, overall leader Boggs accumulated five winning seasons with a higher batting average than Cabrera's record. Boggs holds the record for the highest on-base percentage in a third baseman's winning season, with .476 in 1988; Chipper Jones' National League record is .441, achieved in 1999. Brett also holds the record for highest slugging percentage (.664 in 1980), followed by National League record-holder Schmidt (.644 in 1981). Schmidt's 48 home runs are tied with Beltré for most in the National League during an award-winning season. Despite this, Rodriguez holds the Major League record, with 54 home runs in 2007. Rodriguez batted in 156 runs during the 2007 season; the National League record is held by Castilla (144 runs batted in during 1998).

American League winners

Year	Player	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	Ref
	†	Kansas City Royals	.390	.454	.664	24	118
		Boston Red Sox	.336	.389	.439	4	52
		California Angels	.301	.369	.548	30	97
	*†	Boston Red Sox	.361	.444	.486	5	74
		Texas Rangers	.315	.382	.458	11	83
	† (2)	Kansas City Royals	.335	.436	.585	30	112
	*† (2)	Boston Red Sox	.357	.453	.486	8	71
	*† (3)	Boston Red Sox	.363	.461	.588	24	89
	*† (4)	Boston Red Sox	.366	.476	.490	5	58
	*† (5)	Boston Red Sox	.330	.430	.449	3	54
		Toronto Blue Jays	.274	.330	.512	31	118
	*† (6)	Boston Red Sox	.332	.421	.460	8	51
	{{sortname	Edgar	Martínez	Martinez, Edgar}}†	Seattle Mariners	.343	.404	.544	18	73
	*† (7)	New York Yankees	.302	.378	.363	2	59
	*† (8)	New York Yankees	.342	.433	.489	11	55
		Kansas City Royals	.261	.329	.518	35	96
	†	Cleveland Indians	.311	.450	.612	38	116
	(4)	Cleveland Indians	.263	.307	.488	32	105
		Kansas City Royals	.278	.333	.510	34	119
	(2)	Detroit Tigers	.263	.339	.518	38	100
		Anaheim Angels	.284	.404	.604	47	102
	(2)	Anaheim Angels	.250	.367	.531	41	108
		Oakland Athletics	.275	.348	.513	34	109
		Boston Red Sox	.326	.398	.540	19	85
		Baltimore Orioles	.340	.419	.562	27	104
		New York Yankees	.321	.421	.610	48	130
		Chicago White Sox	.283	.323	.506	30	94
	(2)	New York Yankees	.314	.422	.645	54	156
	(3)	New York Yankees	.302	.392	.573	35	103
		Tampa Bay Rays	.281	.364	.526	33	113
	† (2)	Boston Red Sox	.321	.365	.553	28	102
	† (3)	Texas Rangers	.296	.331	.561	32	105
	(2)	Detroit Tigers	.330	.393	.606	44	139
	(3)	Detroit Tigers	.348	.442	.636	44	137
	† (4)	Texas Rangers	.324	.388	.492	19	77
		Toronto Blue Jays	.297	.371	.568	41	123
	(2)	Toronto Blue Jays	.284	.404	.549	37	99
		Cleveland Indians	.318	.374	.583	29	83
	(2)	Cleveland Indians	.270	.387	.552	39	105
		Houston Astros	.296	.423	.592	41	112
	(3)	Cleveland Indians	.292	.386	.607	17	46
		Boston Red Sox	.279	.352	.538	38	113
	(4)	Cleveland Guardians	.280	.355	.514	29	126
	(2)	Boston Red Sox	.271	.351	.500	33	100
	(5)	Cleveland Guardians	.279	.335	.537	39	118
	(6)	Cleveland Guardians	.283	.360	.503	30	85

National League winners

Year	Player	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	Ref
	†	Philadelphia Phillies	.286	.380	.624	48	121
	† (2)	Philadelphia Phillies	.316	.435	.644	31	91
	† (3)	Philadelphia Phillies	.280	.403	.547	35	87
	† (4)	Philadelphia Phillies	.255	.399	.524	40	109
	† (5)	Philadelphia Phillies	.277	.383	.536	36	106
		Montreal Expos	.260	.310	.450	22	81
	† (6)	Philadelphia Phillies	.290	.390	.547	37	119
	(2)	Montreal Expos	.298	.343	.514	26	123
		Pittsburgh Pirates	.274	.366	.476	24	100
		New York Mets	.287	.369	.559	36	101
		San Francisco Giants	.277	.319	.488	33	122
	(2)	New York Mets	.259	.342	.535	38	117
		San Diego Padres	.330	.385	.580	33	100
	(2)	San Francisco Giants	.294	.325	.561	38	110
	(3)	San Francisco Giants	.267	.319	.607	43	96
		Colorado Rockies	.309	.347	.564	32	90
		San Diego Padres	.326	.408	.621	40	130
	(2)	Colorado Rockies	.304	.356	.547	40	113
	(3)	Colorado Rockies	.319	.362	.589	46	144
	†	Atlanta Braves	.319	.441	.633	45	110
	† (2)	Atlanta Braves	.311	.404	.566	36	111
		St. Louis Cardinals	.329	.403	.610	37	130
	†	Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals	.266	.357	.503	31	110
		Florida Marlins	.276	.350	.530	32	105
	{{sortname	Adrián	Beltré	Beltre, Adrian}}†	Los Angeles Dodgers	.334	.388	.629	48	121
		Houston Astros	.283	.388	.557	36	101
		Florida Marlins	.339	.430	.568	26	114
		New York Mets	.325	.416	.546	30	107
	(2)	New York Mets	.302	.390	.534	33	124
		Washington Nationals	.292	.364	.525	33	106
	(2)	Washington Nationals	.307	.388	.510	25	85
		Chicago Cubs	.306	.361	.510	26	93
		San Diego Padres	.286	.376	.498	31	115
		Pittsburgh Pirates	.233	.296	.473	36	100
		Washington Nationals	.287	.351	.473	21	83
		Colorado Rockies	.287	.323	.575	42	130
	(2)	Colorado Rockies	.294	.362	.570	41	133
	(3)	Colorado Rockies	.309	.373	.586	37	130
	(4)	Colorado Rockies	.297	.374	.561	38	110
	(2)	Washington Nationals	.319	.412	.598	34	126
		San Diego Padres	.304	.370	.580	16	47
		Atlanta Braves	.303	.367	.531	33	107
	(5)	St. Louis Cardinals	.293	.358	.533	30	103
	(2)	Atlanta Braves	.281	.345	.516	37	97
	(2)	San Diego Padres	.275	.325	.472	29	105
	(3)	San Diego Padres	.275	.335	.460	27	95