Crushed his 54th home run of the season, threw over 40 innings on the mound, helped the Dodgers clinch their fourth straight NL West title—safe bet that it’s Shohei Ohtani’s world. We’re just living in it. Matching the magnitude of his on-field accolades, it’s his jersey sales that continue to lead the pack. For the third consecutive season, the two-way superstar has led the way in MLB jersey sales while vying for the NL MVP award.

MLB has been tracking jersey sales for fifteen years. Since then, only three players—Derek Jeter (2010–12), Aaron Judge (2017–19), and Mookie Betts (2020–22)—have led for three straight years. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani didn’t even make it to the top 20 in 2019 and 2020. Largely because injuries derailed his season, keeping him out for 72 games across those two seasons.

On the other hand, leading AL MVP candidate Aaron Judge ranks second for most popular MLB jerseys since the 2025 Opening Day. Interestingly, Judge’s AL MVP rival Cal Raleigh, who leads the league with 60 home runs, ranks last, 20th, in that list.

Now, besides Ohtani topping the list, the reigning World Series winners have a heavy presence there. Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw, who will retire after this season, holds the No. 12. Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts are at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.

But Shohei Ohtani leading the jersey sales didn’t exactly come as a surprise.

After all, even his memorabilia has spiked to unprecedented values. His last season’s 50th home run ball was sold for a whopping $4.392 million—the most expensive baseball ever.

Moreover, he’s one of the only three active players, alongside Mike Trout and Paul Skenes, with a $1 million trading card. Now that he’s right on pace to win the NL MVP this season. And if he wins, he will have secured more MVP awards (four) compared to the years leading MLB in jersey sales.

It’s hard to argue that he loves to make wild history.

Shohei Ohtani scored more runs than any Dodger in centuries

When Ohtani homered in the Dodgers’ win against the Diamondbacks on Thursday, it marked his 54th home run of the season. That matched the franchise record set by Ohtani himself in 2024. That’s why they say if there’s someone who can beat Shohei Ohtani, it’s Ohtani himself.

While that feat is incredible on its own, there’s more.

In the fourth inning of that game, when he touched home plate, he recorded the 144th run of the season. With that, he broke Babe Herman’s total for Brooklyn in 1930 for the most in the modern era in franchise history.

To find out the only two others who have scored more runs than Shohei Ohtani in 2025, we will have to go back to the 1800s.

• Hub Collins (1890): 148 runs
• Darby O’Brien (1889): 146 runs
• Shohei Ohtani (2025): 144 runs

Not to forget, the season hasn’t ended yet. Shohei Ohtani is still in the middle of the Dodgers-Mariners three-game set at T-Mobile Park. So, he may score even more. But even if he doesn’t, Shotime has already done what nobody could in the 1900s.

Rightfully so, he even earned praise from Andrew Friedman recently.

While speaking with ESPN, Friedman expressed, “I can’t say enough for a star of that level to be so selfless in opening the door to whatever we think gives us the best chance to win.” 

The Dodgers are heavily relying on their two-way star this time, more than ever before.