List of Major League Baseball career games finished leaders

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, the all-time leader in games finished.

Mariano Rivera 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 and Lee Smith 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 (2020 GF)	Number of games finished during the 2020 Major League Baseball season
GF	Total career games finished
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.

List

Craig Kimbrel, the active leader in games finished and 44th all-time.

• Stats updated as of the 2020 season

Rank	Player (2020 GF)	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	Doug Jones	640
13	Kent Tekulve	638
14	Sparky Lyle	634
15	José Mesa	633
16	Todd Jones	619
17	Gene Garber	609
18	Fernando Rodney	590
19	Joe Nathan	587
20	Jonathan Papelbon	585
21	Dennis Eckersley *	577
	Lindy McDaniel	577
23	Francisco Cordero	575
24	Roy Face	574
25	Rick Aguilera	557
26	Dan Quisenberry	553
27	Mike Marshall	549
	Jeff Montgomery	549
	Robb Nen	549
30	Tom Henke	548
	Randy Myers	548
32	Troy Percival	546
33	Tug McGraw	541
34	Armando Benítez	527
35	Huston Street	525
36	John Wetteland	523
37	José Valverde	520
38	Rod Beck	519
39	Bruce Sutter *	512
40	Bob Wickman	511
41	Don McMahon	505
42	Jesse Orosco	501
43	Jason Isringhausen	499
44	Craig Kimbrel (12)	477
45	Dave Righetti	474
46	Kenley Jansen (24)	467
	Mike Timlin	467
48	Ron Perranoski	458
49	Todd Worrell	456
50	Bill Campbell	455

Rank	Player (2020 GF)	GF
51	Gregg Olson	447
52	Steve Bedrosian	439
53	Mike Henneman	432
	Dave Smith	432
55	Roger McDowell	430
56	Mike Jackson	422
	Dan Plesac	422
58	Aroldis Chapman (8)	419
	Willie Hernández	419
	Mitch Williams	419
61	Darold Knowles	417
62	Ted Abernathy	416
63	Greg Minton	415
64	Ugueth Urbina	408
65	Joakim Soria (4)	407
66	Keith Foulke	406
	Stu Miller	406
68	Eddie Guardado	401
69	Gary Lavelle	399
70	Jeff Shaw	384
71	Kevin Gregg	382
72	Brian Fuentes	381
	Dave LaRoche	381
74	Dave Giusti	380
75	Jeff Brantley	379
76	Bob Stanley	377
77	Clay Carroll	373
	LaTroy Hawkins	373
79	Tom Burgmeier	370
80	Brad Lidge	368
81	John Hiller	363
	Mike Stanton	363
83	Danny Graves	360
	Jay Howell	360
85	J. J. Putz	357
86	Bobby Thigpen	356
87	Mark Melancon (19)	353
88	Jim Brewer	351
89	Tom Gordon	347
90	Eddie Fisher	344
91	Rafael Soriano	343
92	Frank Linzy	342
93	Ron Davis	340
	Jeff Russell	340
95	Ron Kline	338
96	Mark Clear	337
97	Elías Sosa	330
98	Greg Holland (9)	329
99	Billy Koch	325
100	Jim Johnson	324

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com