The Los Angeles Dodgers haven’t played their first regular-season game yet and the team is already winning. Two-way star Shohei Ohtani once again tops the list of most-popular MLB jerseys, the league revealed Thursday.
In a release, the league listed the top-20 most-popular MLB jerseys since the end of the 2025 World Series. Unsurprisingly, Ohtani sits in the No. 1 spot … but four of his teammates aren’t far behind.
Here’s the full top-20 list:
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers
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Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
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Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners
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Nolan Arenado, Arizona Diamondbacks
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Pete Alonso, Baltimore Orioles
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Roman Anthony, Boston Red Sox
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Pete Crow-Armstrong, Chicago Cubs
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Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies
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Kiké Hernández, Dodgers
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
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Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves
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Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates
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Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
The top of the list shouldn’t necessarily come as a surprise. Ohtani is arguably the best player in the game and plays on the best team. He should sit at the top. Yamamoto’s inclusion in the No. 2 spot also makes sense, as he’s coming off a tremendous performance in the World Series.
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The bigger surprise in the top-10 might be Arenado, who, despite being a future Hall of Famer, is no longer at the height of his power. Still, he’s clearly popular enough to draw in fans after changing teams over the offseason.
But the biggest surprise in the entire top-20 has to be Hernández, who is essentially a part-time player with the Dodgers. He’s a fan favorite, though, and delivered one heck of a speech at the team’s World Series celebration in November.
Hernández’s inclusion on the top-20 list gives the Dodgers five players in the top-12, however, a bit of a surprise. Only three other teams are represented more than once on the top-20 list — the Mariners, Mets and Phillies — and none have more than two players on the list.
The last time MLB released a most-popular jersey list — last July — Ohtani also occupied the top spot on the list. That should probably be expected by now. Until he either experiences serious decline or stops playing for the Dodgers, Ohtani should continue to dominate jersey sales in the sport.
That’s usually how these things tend to shake out.
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