It’s officially MLB Opening Day. Baseball fans waited 145 days since the final pitch of the 2025 World Series until Thursday’s Opening Day, which will be filled with baseball all around the country.
Baseball fans didn’t stop supporting the sport during the offseason, though. Fans prepared for the 2026 season by purchasing jerseys of their favorite players, perhaps ones who changed teams or stood out to them in 2025 specifically. The league shared the list of the top 20 jerseys sold throughout these 145 days of the offseason.
While some players making the list definitely won’t surprise you (peep at No. 1), there’s others who may have not been on your radar for making this list.
Most popular MLB jerseys sold
1. Shohei Ohtani: Dodgers
2. Yoshinobu Yamamoto: Dodgers
3. Aaron Judge: Yankees
4. Cal Raleigh: Mariners
5. Mookie Betts: Dodgers
6. Nolan Arenado: Diamondbacks
7. Freddie Freeman: Dodgers
8. Pete Alonso: Orioles
9. Roman Anthony: Red Sox
10. Pete Crow-Armstrong: Cubs
11. Kyle Schwarber: Phillies
12. Kiké Hernández: Dodgers
13. Bryce Harper: Phillies
14: Juan Soto: Yankees
15. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. : Blue Jays
16. Francisco Lindor: Mets
17. Ronald Acuña Jr.: Braves
18. Paul Skenes: Pirates
19. Josh Naylor: Mariners
20. Christian Yelich: Brewers
Shohei Ohtani leads this list for the third year in a row—not surprising for the four-time MVP, who won the award the past three seasons. Behind him sits his Dodgers and Team Japan teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the reigning World Series MVP.
The Dodgers had the most players listed in the top-20 most sold jerseys. The World Series champions had five players make the list.
The AL MVP Aaron Judge and runner-up Cal Raleigh sat in the third and fourth spots. The NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes landed in the 18th spot. There’s 13 2025 All-Stars on the list above, too.
We’ll see which superstars emerge this MLB season. This list could look totally different in a year from now.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as MLB Reveals Its 20 Most Popular Jerseys Sold Before Opening Day.
