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 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 (2016 GF)	Number of games finished during the 2016 Major League Baseball season
GF	Total career games finished
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.[note 1]

Career leaders in games finished

• Stats updated as of May 6, 2016

Rank	Player (2016 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	Roberto Hernández	667
10	Hoyt Wilhelm *	651
11	Doug Jones	640
12	Kent Tekulve	638
13	Sparky Lyle	634
14	José Mesa	633
15	Todd Jones	619
16	Francisco Rodríguez (10)	612
17	Gene Garber	609
18	Joe Nathan (0)	586
19	Dennis Eckersley *	577
	Lindy McDaniel	577
21	Francisco Cordero	575
22	Roy Face	574
23	Jonathan Papelbon (12)	567
24	Rick Aguilera	557
25	Dan Quisenberry	553
26	Mike Marshall	549
	Jeff Montgomery	549
28	Tom Henke	548
	Randy Myers	548
	Robb Nen	548
31	Troy Percival	546
32	Tug McGraw	541
33	Armando Benítez	527
34	John Wetteland	523
35	José Valverde	520
36	Rod Beck	519
37	Bruce Sutter *	512
38	Bob Wickman	511
39	Huston Street (8)	510
40	Don McMahon	505
41	Jesse Orosco	501
42	Jason Isringhausen	499
43	Dave Righetti	474
44	Mike Timlin	467
45	Ron Perranoski	458
46	Todd Worrell	456
47	Bill Campbell	455
48	Fernando Rodney (11)	451
49	Gregg Olson	447
50	Steve Bedrosian	439

Rank	Player (2016 GF)	GF
51	Mike Henneman	432
	Dave Smith	432
53	Roger McDowell	430
54	Mike Jackson	422
	Dan Plesac	422
56	Willie Hernández	419
	Mitch Williams	419
58	Darold Knowles	417
59	Ted Abernathy	416
60	Greg Minton	415
61	Ugueth Urbina	408
62	Keith Foulke	406
	Stu Miller	406
64	Eddie Guardado	401
65	Gary Lavelle	399
66	Jeff Shaw	384
67	Kevin Gregg (0)	382
68	Brian Fuentes	381
	Dave LaRoche	381
70	Dave Giusti	380
71	Jeff Brantley	379
72	Bob Stanley	377
73	Clay Carroll	373
	LaTroy Hawkins	373
75	Tom Burgmeier	370
76	Brad Lidge	368
77	John Hiller	363
	Mike Stanton	363
79	Danny Graves	360
	Jay Howell	360
81	J. J. Putz	357
82	Bobby Thigpen	356
83	Jim Brewer	351
84	Tom Gordon	347
85	Eddie Fisher	344
86	Rafael Soriano	343
87	Frank Linzy	342
88	Ron Davis	340
	Jeff Russell	340
90	Ron Kline	338
91	Mark Clear	337
92	Elías Sosa	330
93	Joakim Soria (3)	328
94	Billy Koch	325
95	Jack Aker	321
96	Tippy Martinez	320
97	Terry Forster	318
98	Braden Looper	315
99	Al Worthington	314
100	Steve Farr	313

Notes

1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com