Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters.
The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and the Astros’ Yordan Alvarez are the leading vote-getters for the National League and American League, respectively, in our first update of the 2026 MLB All-Star Ballot.
If that’s still the case when Phase 1 of the voting concludes on June 25 at noon ET, Ohtani and Alvarez will automatically receive starting spots at designated hitter in their respective leagues for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on July 14.
As Phase 1 continues, you can vote as many as five times per every 24-hour period exclusively at MLB.com, on all 30 MLB club sites and on the MLB app.
Ohtani leads all players with 1,165,133 votes. If that holds, this would be the first time the two-way superstar was MLB’s leading All-Star vote-getter. He’s ahead of Alvarez by more than 149,000 votes for the MLB lead and has an edge of more than 192,000 votes over Braves catcher Drake Baldwin, the NL’s second-leading vote-getter so far.
Alvarez has tallied 1,015,768 votes, giving him a lead of roughly 38,000 votes over the Yankees’ Aaron Judge for tops in the AL. Judge last season became the first player since Alex Rodriguez in 2007-08 to lead MLB in All-Star votes in consecutive years, but he’s expected to be sidelined until the second half with a stress fracture in one of his ribs.
The leading vote-getter in each league during Phase 1 will receive an automatic spot in their team’s starting lineup. Beyond those two players, the top two vote-getters at every position, and the top six outfielders, will advance to Phase 2 of the voting, which begins June 29. If an outfielder is a league's leading vote-getter, only the next four outfield finalists will move on to Phase 2 to determine who starts at the two remaining spots.
Here's a look at the current All-Star vote totals, position by position, for the AL and NL.
All stats below are through Sunday.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
FIRST BASE
1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays: 603,014
2. Ben Rice, Yankees: 509,830
3. Munetaka Murakami, White Sox: 437,107
4. Nick Kurtz, Athletics: 269,658
5. Pete Alonso, Orioles: 202,781
Rice, Murakami and Kurtz are three of the top four hitters in the AL by OPS this season, but they all trail Guerrero for the voting lead among AL first basemen. An All-Star in each of the past five years and the AL’s starting first baseman in four of them, Guerrero has homered only three times this season but is batting .280 with a .372 on-base percentage.
SECOND BASE
1. Ernie Clement, Blue Jays: 904,702
2. Ezequiel Duran, Rangers: 287,996
3. Travis Bazzana, Guardians: 279,862
4. Jose Altuve, Astros: 244,131
5. Jazz Chisholm Jr., Yankees: 230,846
Clement became a cult hero for the Blue Jays during the 2025 postseason and has carried that momentum over into ’26. He leads the AL with 20 doubles and 82 hits and is slashing .304/.324/.460. His edge of more than 616,000 votes over Duran is one of the largest for any current positional leader. The rest of the AL second-base field is clustered closely together, with Duran, Bazzana, Altuve and Chisholm all separated by 57,150 votes or fewer in the race to advance to Phase 2.
SHORTSTOP
1. Bobby Witt Jr., Royals: 890,575
2. Andrés Giménez, Blue Jays: 354,651
3. Kevin McGonigle, Tigers: 266,239
4. Colson Montgomery, White Sox: 176,673
5. Jeremy Peña, Astros: 162,537
One of the best all-around players in MLB, Witt advanced to Phase 2 in each of the past two years but lost out both times, with Gunnar Henderson earning the AL’s starting shortstop spot in 2024 and Jacob Wilson prevailing last season. Witt is still searching for his first All-Star starting nod. McGonigle is the AL Rookie of the Year frontrunner, but he has some ground to make up if he’s going to usurp Giménez as one of the AL shortstop finalists.
THIRD BASE
1. Junior Caminero, Rays: 625,520
2. Kazuma Okamoto, Blue Jays: 556,172
3. Miguel Vargas, White Sox: 329,208
4. Josh Jung, Rangers: 285,827
5. José Ramírez, Guardians: 269,973
Caminero started the All-Star Game at the hot corner a year ago in place of Ramírez, who won the fan vote but opted not to play. The 22-year-old slugger has a chance to become the first player in Rays history to make multiple All-Star starts. The White Sox haven’t had an All-Star starter at third base since Jimmy Dykes started the first All-Star Game in 1933, and that drought is poised to continue unless Vargas has a voting surge. Vargas has been one of the most productive third basemen in MLB this season, but he’s nearly 227,000 votes behind Okamoto for second place.
OUTFIELD
1. Aaron Judge, Yankees: 977,460
2. Mike Trout, Angels: 926,601
3. Cody Bellinger, Yankees: 533,842
4. Byron Buxton, Twins: 497,562
5. Riley Greene, Tigers: 422,835
6. Julio Rodríguez, Mariners: 421,205
7. Randy Arozarena, Mariners: 412,273
8. Daulton Varsho, Blue Jays, 337,581
9. Jesús Sánchez, Blue Jays: 310,970
MLB’s leading All-Star vote-getter in each of the past two years, Judge was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right rib stress fracture two days after the All-Star ballot launched, but he’s still garnering significant support in the fan voting. Trout was a fixture at the All-Star Game for a long time -- his 11 selections lead active players -- but he hasn’t appeared in the Midsummer Classic since 2019. That was also the last time Bellinger made the All-Star team. He was elected as a starter that year en route to an NL MVP Award-winning season.
Greene was part of the AL’s starting outfield a year ago alongside Judge and Tigers teammate Javier Báez, while Buxton, Rodríguez and Arozarena all made it as reserves. Buxton (2022) and Arozarena (’23) have each earned All-Star starting nods previously; J-Rod is a three-time All-Star but is still seeking his first start.
CATCHER
1. Shea Langeliers, Athletics: 715,625
2. Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays: 298,401
3. Adley Rutschman, Orioles: 261,607
4. Dillon Dingler, Tigers: 261,084
5. Ryan Jeffers, Twins: 235,679
The Athletics haven’t had a catcher start the All-Star Game since Terry Steinbach in 1989, but Langeliers has a strong chance to end the drought. After a breakout second half in 2025, Langeliers has posted the highest OPS (.883) among AL catchers with at least 150 plate appearances this season and holds the positional lead in the AL with 18 home runs. Kirk missed more than two months with a left thumb fracture before returning Friday, but he’s received the second-most votes among AL catchers nonetheless. He has a narrow lead over two of the most productive backstops in baseball this season, Rutschman and Dingler.
DESIGNATED HITTER
1. Yordan Alvarez, Astros: 1,015,768
2. George Springer, Blue Jays: 323,112
3. Yandy Díaz, Rays: 267,585
4. Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees: 160,727
5. Joc Pederson, Rangers: 120,603
No player currently leads their position by a larger margin (692,656) than Alvarez, who is on track to earn an automatic starting spot as the AL’s leading vote-getter. It’s no surprise -- the Astros DH is tied for the MLB lead in homers (24), leads all qualifiers in OPS (1.093) and has made the Triple Crown a realistic possibility. This would be his second All-Star start after he was elected as the AL’s starting DH in 2024.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
FIRST BASE
1. Freddie Freeman, Dodgers: 870,606
2. Matt Olson, Braves: 802,848
3. Bryce Harper, Phillies: 651,792
4. Jake Bauers, Brewers: 207,276
5. Alec Burleson, Cardinals: 155,211
Freeman, Olson and Harper have combined for 20 All-Star selections and are all having strong seasons once again, making this one of the toughest positional battles on the ballot. Freeman, who started five of the past seven Midsummer Classics for the NL and is tied for second among active players with nine selections overall, has opened up the early lead. Olson is currently on track to advance, too, as he aims to secure his first All-Star starting nod.
SECOND BASE
1. Ozzie Albies, Braves: 517,147
2. Bryson Stott, Phillies: 399,729
3. Brice Turang, Brewers: 373,656
4. Hyeseong Kim, Dodgers: 345,924
5. Luis Arraez, Giants: 325,994
After a pair of down years, Albies has recaptured his All-Star form this season and could end up snagging his first starting nod as a result. Turang has thoroughly outperformed Stott this year, but the Phillies second baseman currently holds a slight edge in the race to advance. Neither of the two has been an All-Star yet.
SHORTSTOP
1. CJ Abrams, Nationals: 579,796
2. Mookie Betts, Dodgers: 567,566
3. Elly De La Cruz, Reds: 473,485
4. Trea Turner, Phillies: 414,652
5. Otto Lopez, Marlins: 230,286
Abrams, who’d be the first shortstop in the history of the Expos/Nationals franchise to start the All-Star Game, has the narrowest advantage of any positional leader. While Abrams’ OPS (.894) is 253 points higher than Betts’ (.641), fewer than 12,500 votes separate the two. It’s possible De La Cruz will be back from his strained right hamstring before the end of Phase 1, but he has a gap of more than 94,000 votes to make up if he’s going to advance.
THIRD BASE
1. Max Muncy, Dodgers: 941,218
2. Alec Bohm, Phillies: 386,425
3. Nolan Arenado, D-backs: 363,091
4. Austin Riley, Braves: 353,394
5. Nick Gonzales, Pirates: 267,518
Looking to become the first Dodgers third baseman to start the All-Star Game since Ron Cey in 1977, Muncy has opened up a huge lead in Phase 1. The race for the second spot is much closer -- Bohm, Arenado and Riley are all within roughly 33,000 votes of each other. Traded from the Cardinals to the D-backs in the offseason, Arenado is having the best year of those three with a .729 OPS, compared to .626 for Bohm and .635 for Riley.
OUTFIELD
1. Andy Pages, Dodgers: 800,496
2. Ronald Acuña Jr., Braves: 693,472
3. Brandon Marsh, Phillies: 668,191
4. Michael Harris II, Braves: 635,473
5. Teoscar Hernández, Dodgers: 507,625
6. Jordan Walker, Cardinals: 437,071
7. James Wood, Nationals: 431,607
8. Corbin Carroll, D-backs: 425,814
9. Juan Soto, Mets: 421,513
What a ride it’s been for Pages since the start of last season. After a breakout 2025 campaign, his offensive struggles got so bad last October that the Dodgers removed him from the starting lineup for the final two games of the World Series. He played hero anyway, coming off the bench in Game 7 to make a title-saving catch in the bottom of the ninth inning. Seven months later, he’s leading a loaded group of NL outfielders in All-Star votes. His teammate Hernández, who has been on the IL with a left hamstring strain since May 29, is in the mix as well. He’s earned two All-Star selections and started both times, once in the AL (2021) and once in the NL (’24).
Acuña is on the IL for the second time this season with a left hamstring strain and hasn’t performed up to his typical standards when healthy, but that hasn’t stopped scores of fans from voting for him. His teammate Harris is also doing well in the voting amid a stellar rebound campaign. Harris won the NL Rookie of the Year Award in 2022 but has never made the All-Star team. Neither has the Phillies’ Marsh, who has the fourth-highest batting average (.322) among MLB qualifiers. Wood (second), Soto (third), Carroll (fifth) and Walker (seventh) all rank among the top seven NL qualifiers in OPS, but only Walker is in position to advance to Phase 2.
CATCHER
1. Drake Baldwin, Braves: 972,813
2. Will Smith, Dodgers: 662,883
3. J.T. Realmuto, Phillies: 446,915
4. William Contreras, Brewers: 303,240
5. Hunter Goodman, Rockies: 110,450
Even though he’s been on the injured list for nearly a month now, Baldwin still leads all NL catchers in fWAR (2.1), having slashed .303/.389/.543 with 13 homers and 38 RBIs over his first 48 games. His .932 OPS is 122 points higher than the .810 OPS he posted in his NL Rookie of the Year Award-winning season in 2025. Baldwin has received more votes than every NL player besides Ohtani so far. Smith earned his first All-Star start last season, but his OPS is down 181 points and he just went on the IL with a neck issue.
DESIGNATED HITTER
1. Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers: 1,165,133
2. Kyle Schwarber, Phillies: 820,009
3. Dominic Smith, Braves: 371,508
4. Christian Yelich, Brewers: 174,746
5. Iván Herrera, Cardinals: 101,738
It’s difficult to separate the two versions of Ohtani, but even if you remove his incredible mound work (1.06 ERA) from the equation and only focus on his offensive production, he still has a strong case to edge out Schwarber for the starting DH spot. Schwarber is tied with Alvarez for the MLB lead with 24 homers, compared to 14 dingers for Ohtani, but the Dodgers superstar leads NL qualifiers in OBP (.427) and OPS (.975). This would be Ohtani’s sixth straight fan-vote win, but the first time he was MLB’s leading All-Star vote-getter.