List of Major League Baseball career games finished leaders explained

In baseball statistics, a relief pitcher is credited with a game finished (denoted by GF) if he is the last pitcher to pitch for his team in a game. A starting pitcher is not credited with a GF for pitching a complete game.

Mariano Rivera^{[1] [2] [3]} is the all-time leader in games finished with 952. Rivera is the only pitcher in MLB history to finish more than 900 career games. Trevor Hoffman^[4] and Lee Smith^[5] are the only other pitchers to finish more than 800 games in their careers.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career games finished. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of the player
GF	Total career games finished
	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame
Bold	Denotes an active player^[6]

List

• Stats updated as of August 17, 2024.

Rank	Player	GF
1	Mariano Rivera	952
2	Trevor Hoffman	856
3	Lee Smith	802
4	John Franco	774
5	Rollie Fingers	709
6	Billy Wagner	703
7	Jeff Reardon	695
8	Goose Gossage	681
9	Francisco Rodríguez	677
10	Roberto Hernández	667
11	Hoyt Wilhelm	651
12	Kenley Jansen (30)	645
13	Craig Kimbrel (31)	643
14	Doug Jones	640
15	Kent Tekulve	638
16	Sparky Lyle	634
17	José Mesa	633
18	Todd Jones	619
19	Gene Garber	609
20	Fernando Rodney	590
21	Joe Nathan	587
22	Jonathan Papelbon	585
23	Dennis Eckersley	577
	Lindy McDaniel	577
25	Francisco Cordero	575
26	Roy Face	574
27	Rick Aguilera	557
28	Dan Quisenberry	553
29	Mike Marshall	549
	Jeff Montgomery	549
	Robb Nen	549
32	Tom Henke	548
	Randy Myers	548
34	Troy Percival	546
35	Tug McGraw	541
36	Armando Benítez	527
37	Huston Street	525
38	John Wetteland	523
39		520
40	Rod Beck	519
41	Bruce Sutter	512
42	Bob Wickman	511
43	Aroldis Chapman (7)	509
44	Don McMahon	505
45	Jesse Orosco	501
46	Jason Isringhausen	499
47	Dave Righetti	474
48	Mike Timlin	467
49	Ron Perranoski	458
50	Todd Worrell	456

Rank	Player	GF
51	Bill Campbell	455
52	Mark Melancon (0)	454
53	Gregg Olson	447
54	Steve Bedrosian	439
55	Mike Henneman	432
	Dave Smith	432
57	Roger McDowell	430
58	Joakim Soria	427
59	Mike Jackson	422
	Dan Plesac	422
61	Willie Hernández	419
	Mitch Williams	419
63	Darold Knowles	417
64	Ted Abernathy	416
65	Greg Minton	415
66	Ugueth Urbina	408
67	Keith Foulke	406
	Stu Miller	406
69	Eddie Guardado	401
70	Gary Lavelle	399
71	Raisel Iglesias (37)	387
72	Jeff Shaw	384
73	Kevin Gregg	382
74	Brian Fuentes	381
	Dave LaRoche	381
76	Dave Giusti	380
77	Jeff Brantley	379
78	Bob Stanley	377
79	Clay Carroll	373
	LaTroy Hawkins	373
81	Tom Burgmeier	370
82	Brad Lidge	368
83	John Hiller	363
	Mike Stanton	363
85	Danny Graves	360
	Jay Howell	360
87	J. J. Putz	357
88	Bobby Thigpen	356
89	Greg Holland	355
90	Jim Brewer	351
91	David Robertson (4)	350
92	Tom Gordon	347
93	Eddie Fisher	344
94	Rafael Soriano	343
95	Frank Linzy	342
96	Ron Davis	340
	Jeff Russell	340
98	Ron Kline	338
99	Mark Clear	337
100	Elías Sosa	330

See also

• Games pitched
• Games started

External links

• Web site: Career Leaders & Records for Games Finished. Baseball-Reference.com.
• Major League Baseball

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mariano Rivera Career Stats. Baseball Reference. July 28, 2021.
2. Web site: Mariano Rivera Bio. Cohen. Alan. Society For American Baseball Research. July 28, 2021.
3. Web site: Mariano Rivera Hall of Fame Profile. National Baseball Hall of Fame. August 1, 2021.
4. Web site: Trevor Hoffman Career Stats. Baseball Reference. July 28, 2021.
5. Web site: Lee Smith Career Stats. Baseball Reference. July 28, 2021.
6. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.