List of Major League Baseball career games finished leaders

Mariano Rivera, the all-time leader in games finished

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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Lee Smith<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> are the only other pitchers to finish more than 800 games in their careers.

Mike Marshall set the single-season record for games finished with 84 in 1979, surpassing his previous record of 83 established in 1974.

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<ref group=note>A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.</ref>

List

Kenley Jansen, the active leader in games finished and 7th all-time.

• Stats updated through the end of the 2025 season.

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	Kenley Jansen (0)	700
8	Jeff Reardon	695
9	Goose Gossage*	681
10	Francisco Rodríguez	677
11	Roberto Hernández	667
12	Craig Kimbrel (0)	656
13	Hoyt Wilhelm*	651
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	Aroldis Chapman (0)	563
28	Rick Aguilera	557
29	Dan Quisenberry	553
30	Mike Marshall	549
	Jeff Montgomery	549
	Robb Nen	549
33	Tom Henke	548
	Randy Myers	548
35	Troy Percival	546
36	Tug McGraw	541
37	Armando Benítez	527
38	Huston Street	525
39	John Wetteland	523
40	José Valverde	520
41	Rod Beck	519
42	Bruce Sutter*	512
43	Bob Wickman	511
44	Don McMahon	505
45	Jesse Orosco	501
46	Jason Isringhausen	499
47	Dave Righetti	474
48	Mike Timlin	467
49	Raisel Iglesias (0)	459
50	Ron Perranoski	458

Rank	Player	GF
51	Todd Worrell	456
52	Bill Campbell	455
53	Mark Melancon	454
54	Gregg Olson	447
55	Steve Bedrosian	439
56	Mike Henneman	432
	Dave Smith	432
58	Roger McDowell	430
59	Joakim Soria	427
60	Mike Jackson	422
	Dan Plesac	422
62	Willie Hernández	419
	Mitch Williams	419
64	Darold Knowles	417
65	Ted Abernathy	416
66	Greg Minton	415
67	Ugueth Urbina	408
68	Keith Foulke	406
	Stu Miller	406
70	Eddie Guardado	401
71	Gary Lavelle	399
72	Edwin Díaz (0)	395
73	Jeff Shaw	384
74	Kevin Gregg	382
75	Brian Fuentes	381
	Dave LaRoche	381
77	Dave Giusti	380
78	Jeff Brantley	379
79	Bob Stanley	377
80	Clay Carroll	373
	LaTroy Hawkins	373
82	Tom Burgmeier	370
83	Brad Lidge	368
84	John Hiller	363
	Mike Stanton	363
86	Danny Graves	360
	Jay Howell	360
88	David Robertson (0)	358
89	J. J. Putz	357
90	Bobby Thigpen	356
91	Greg Holland	355
92	Jim Brewer	351
93	Tom Gordon	347
94	Eddie Fisher	344
95	Rafael Soriano	343
96	Frank Linzy	342
97	Ron Davis	340
	Jeff Russell	340
99	Ron Kline	338
100	Mark Clear	337

See also

• Games pitched
• Games started

External links

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• Major League Baseball