The 10 Longest Career Home Runs by Juan Soto

If you make a short list of the most exciting young players in baseball, it’s imperative to include Juan Soto. The outfielder burst into the big leagues in 2018 at the age of just 19, and has already picked up multiple Silver Slugger Awards and All-Star Game nods. After successful stints in Washington and San Diego, Soto is poised to be a superstar on the biggest stage of all — New York City.

In this list, we’re using data from Statcast to count down the 10 longest home runs of his career to date. (All videos appear courtesy of MLB.)

Here are the 10 longest home runs of Juan Soto’s career.

10. 448 feet: April 29, 2023, at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium

The two-game MLB Mexico City Series, held at the end of April, gave fans a chance to see the Padres and Giants at the stylish Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium. One of the crowning moments of the series was Soto’s long home run during the first game — one of 11 total round-trippers in the contest. Soto launched a slider from Jakob Junis to center field, where it landed in the seats just to the left of the batter’s eye. The home run, Soto’s fifth of the season, had an exit velocity of 113.3 mph.

8 (t). 449 feet: October 9, 2019, at Dodger Stadium

It’s easy to make the argument that the home run Soto hit on October 9, 2019, was the biggest long ball of his career up to that point. The memorable blast came during the deciding game of the best-of-five National League Division Series. With his Nationals squad trailing 3-2 in the eighth inning, Soto made contact with a slider from Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw and smacked the ball deep into the right-center field seats. The home run traveled 449 feet and had an exit velocity of 110 mph. It tied the game, and the Nationals eventually won the game and series in extra innings.

8 (t). 449 feet: August 2, 2023, at Coors Field

In 2023, his lone full season with the Padres, Soto clubbed a career-high 35 home runs, with three of them measuring more than 450 feet. His Coors Field blast on August 2 was shy of the 450-foot mark by just 12 inches. It came against Kyle Freeland, who threw a slider above the strike zone. Soto jumped all over it, smacking the baseball with an exit velocity of 111.5 mph and sending it 449 feet into the second deck in right field.

7. 451 feet: April 12, 2022, at Truist Park

Soto split his 2022 season between Washington and San Diego, hitting a combined 27 home runs for the two clubs. Twenty-one of those came with the Nationals, and the longest of these took place on April 12. Soto put a no-doubt swing on a fastball from Atlanta’s Bryce Elder, driving the baseball halfway up the seats in left-center field. The home run, his second of the season, had an exit velocity of 112.5 mph and traveled 451 feet.

6. 453 feet: April 12, 2023, at Citi Field

Exactly one year after his 451-foot home run at Truist Park, Soto had another highlight-reel home run. This one came at Citi Field against Tylor Megill and the Mets. Soto caught up with an elevated fastball from Megill, connecting with an exit velocity of 109.2 mph and driving the baseball over the Shea Bridge in right-center field. The long ball was his third of the season and the third-longest of 2023 for the young slugger.

5. 454 feet: September 19, 2021, at Nationals Park

Of the 29 home runs that Soto hit for the Nats in 2021, none traveled farther than homer #26 on September 19. It came at home against the Rockies — a memorable shot off Jon Gray. Soto connected with a middle-of-the-zone slider and drove the ball into the seats in right-center field, just short of the 100 Level concourse. The 454-foot home run, which had an exit velocity of 111.9 mph, ended up being the second-longest HR that Soto hit as a member of the Nationals.

4. 461 feet: September 24, 2023, at Petco Park

The second-longest home run of Soto’s 2023 campaign came in San Diego, with Soto showing off a nice piece of hitting against an elevated sweeper from St. Louis’s Drew Rom. The three-run home run, Soto’s 33rd of the season, left his bat at 112.4 mph and flew 461 feet to right-center field. It landed on a staircase, just short of the park’s popular sand-covered beach party space.

2 (t). 463 feet: July 21, 2023, at Comerica Park

Soto played in all 162 games for the Padres in 2023, clubbing 35 home runs. The longest of these, which was also his longest as a Padre, came against the Tigers on July 21. Soto ripped a high fastball from Reese Olson deep to straightaway center field, sending the baseball off the upper part of the Comerica Park batter’s eye. The 463-foot blast was his second of the game, and had an exit velocity of 111.8 mph.

2 (t). 463 feet: August 10, 2020, at Citi Field

The pandemic-shortened 2020 season was strange for plenty of reasons, but it was an outstanding one for Soto. In just 47 games, Soto had a batting average of .351 and an OPS of 1.185 — both good enough to lead the league. He also managed to hit 13 home runs en route to finishing fifth in National League MVP voting. Soto’s second long ball of the campaign came on August 10 against the Mets. Steven Matz threw a hanging curveball that Soto launched high up the batter’s eye. The home run measured 463 feet and had an exit velocity of 108.6 mph.

1. 466 feet: August 12, 2020, at Citi Field

Just two days after his 463-foot shot against the Mets, Soto was at it again. This time, he cranked what is currently the longest home run of his career. The memorable blast came on the second pitch that Soto saw from Robert Gsellman during a first-inning at-bat. With two runners on base, Soto turned on a hanging slider and pulled it all the way to the concourse behind the upper-deck seats. The towering shot measured 466 feet after leaving Soto’s bat at 112.9 mph.