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 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.

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.PlayerName of the playerGFTotal career games finished*Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of FameBoldDenotes an active playerA player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

List

Stats updated as of September 26, 2026. RankPlayerGF1Mariano Rivera*9522Trevor Hoffman*8563Lee Smith*8024John Franco7745Kenley Jansen (39)7396Rollie Fingers*7097Billy Wagner*7038Jeff Reardon6959Goose Gossage*68110Francisco Rodríguez67711Craig Kimbrel (18)67412Roberto Hernández66713Hoyt Wilhelm*65114Doug Jones64015Kent Tekulve63816Sparky Lyle63417José Mesa63318Todd Jones61919Gene Garber60920Aroldis Chapman (44)60721Fernando Rodney59022Joe Nathan58723Jonathan Papelbon58524Dennis Eckersley*577Lindy McDaniel57726Francisco Cordero57527Roy Face57428Rick Aguilera55729Dan Quisenberry55330Mike Marshall549Jeff Montgomery549Robb Nen54933Tom Henke548Randy Myers54835Troy Percival54636Tug McGraw54137Armando Benítez52738Huston Street52539John Wetteland52340José Valverde52041Rod Beck51942Bruce Sutter*51243Bob Wickman51144Raisel Iglesias (49)50845Don McMahon50546Jesse Orosco50147Jason Isringhausen49948Dave Righetti47449Mike Timlin46750Ron Perranoski458 Rank Player GF51Todd Worrell45652Bill Campbell45553Mark Melancon45454Gregg Olson44755Steve Bedrosian43956Mike Henneman432Dave Smith43258Roger McDowell43059Joakim Soria42760Mike Jackson422Dan Plesac42262Willie Hernández419Mitch Williams41964Darold Knowles41765Ted Abernathy41666Greg Minton41567Edwin Díaz (14)40968Ugueth Urbina40869Keith Foulke406Stu Miller40671Eddie Guardado40172Gary Lavelle39973Jeff Shaw38474Kevin Gregg38275Brian Fuentes381Dave LaRoche38177Dave Giusti38078Jeff Brantley37979Bob Stanley37780Clay Carroll373LaTroy Hawkins37382Tom Burgmeier37083Brad Lidge36884John Hiller363Mike Stanton36386Danny Graves360Jay Howell36088Josh Hader (37)358David Robertson35890J. J. Putz35791Bobby Thigpen35692Greg Holland35593Jim Brewer35194Tom Gordon34795Eddie Fisher34496Rafael Soriano34397Frank Linzy34298Ron Davis340Jeff Russell340100Ron Kline338

See also Games pitched Games started

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