who has the most stolen bases in baseball history?

Ty Cobb, because Rickey was roided up

Rickey Henderson, 1,406 stolen bases.

James K, Lou Brock would be next in line, not Ty Cobb

Anywho, Rickey Henderson holds both the single-season (130) and career (1,406) stolen base records.

1. R Henderson 1406
2. L Brock 938
3. B Hamilton 912
4. T Cobb 892
5. T Raines 808
6. V Coleman 752
7. E Collins 745
8. M Carey 738
9. H Wagner 722
10. J Morgan 689
11. W Wilson 668
12. B Campaneris 649

Rickey Henderson

On May 1, 1991, Rickey Henderson broke one of baseball's most famous records when he stole the 939th base of his career, one more than Lou Brock.

In 1993, Henderson stole his 1,066th base, surpassing the worldwide record established ten years earlier by Yutaka Fukumoto for the Hankyu Braves in the Japanese Baseball League.

Total (1,406).

Ricky Henderson, 1406, and 130 in a season

The guy who said Ricky Henderson was roided up is an idiot. That guy never took any steroids at all. He was the greatest base stealer of all time and the best leadoff hitter ever.