Pete Crow-Armstrong is now the National League's OPS leader. The Chicago Cubs outfielder moved to the top of the NL leaderboard with an OPS of .930, displacing Shohei Ohtani — who had previously held the lead at .934 — as of August 26, 2026. The margin between Crow-Armstrong and the runner-up is razor-thin at 0.1 percent, meaning this leaderboard position can flip again at any moment during the final stretch of the regular season.
What the Ohtani Comparison Means for the Dodgers
For Dodgers fans, this one stings a little. Ohtani had been the NL's OPS leader at .934, and watching that crown transfer to a Cubs outfielder is not a comfortable development heading into late August. The separation is minuscule — fractions of a percentage point — but in a category as tightly tracked as OPS, that difference is real and it matters right now.
About the New NL OPS Leader
Crow-Armstrong is an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs (Team ID 112). His current .930 OPS leads the National League, and the margin over the runner-up is just 0.1 percent — a gap that can evaporate with a single cold series.
What to Watch
- Ohtani had held the NL OPS lead at .934, but his current mark has since dropped below Crow-Armstrong's .930 — that's how the lead changed hands
- The NL OPS race is separated by 0.1 percent between the top two players
- Both players will have ample at-bats remaining in the regular season to settle this
Ohtani reclaiming the NL OPS lead would be the preferred outcome from the Dodger Stadium perspective, but Crow-Armstrong is clearly producing at an elite level right now and has earned every bit of that top spot.
