List of Major League Baseball career complete games leaders

In baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game without the benefit of a closer.^[1] A pitcher who meets this criterion will be credited with a complete game regardless of the number of innings played - pitchers who throw an entire official game that is shortened by rain will still be credited with a complete game, while starting pitchers who are relieved in extra innings after throwing nine or more innings will not be credited with a complete game. A starting pitcher who is replaced by a pinch hitter in the final half inning of a game will still be credited with a complete game.

Cy Young is the all-time leader in complete games with 749 and the only player to complete more than 700 games. Pud Galvin is second all-time with 646 career complete games and the only other player to complete more than 600 games. No active pitcher has yet to even reach 30 career complete games.^[2]

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career complete games. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player	Name of the player.
CG	Total career complete games.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.

List

Rank	Player	CG
1	Cy Young *	749
2	Pud Galvin *	646
3	Tim Keefe *	554
4	Kid Nichols *	532
5	Walter Johnson *	531
6	Bobby Mathews	525
	Mickey Welch *	525
8	Charles Radbourn *	488
9	John Clarkson *	485
10	Tony Mullane	468
11	Jim McCormick	466
12	Gus Weyhing	449
13	Grover Cleveland Alexander *	436
14	Christy Mathewson *	435
15	Jack Powell	422
16	Eddie Plank *	410
17	Will White	394
18	Amos Rusie *	393
19	Vic Willis *	388
20	Tommy Bond	386
21	Warren Spahn *	382
22	Jim Whitney	377
23	Adonis Terry	367
24	Ted Lyons *	356
25	George Mullin	353
26	Charlie Buffinton	351
27	Chick Fraser	342
28	Clark Griffith *	337
29	Red Ruffing *	335
30	Silver King	328
31	Al Orth	324
32	Bill Hutchison	321
33	Burleigh Grimes *	314
	Joe McGinnity *	314
35	Red Donahue	312
	Guy Hecker	312
37	Bill Dinneen	306
38	Robin Roberts *	305
39	Gaylord Perry *	303
40	George Bradley	302
41	Ted Breitenstein	301
42	Bob Caruthers	298
	Lefty Grove *	298
44	Pink Hawley	297
	Ed Morris	297
46	Mark Baldwin	295
47	Brickyard Kennedy	294
48	Eppa Rixey *	290
49	Bill Donovan	289
	Early Wynn *	289

Rank	Player	CG
51	Bert Cunningham	287
52	Wilbur Cooper	279
	Bob Feller *	279
	Sadie McMahon	279
	Al Spalding *	279
	Jack Taylor	279
57	Jack Stivetts	278
58	Pretzels Getzien	277
59	Red Faber *	273
60	Mordecai Brown *	271
	Frank Dwyer	271
62	Jouett Meekin	270
63	Fergie Jenkins *	267
64	Ice Box Chamberlain	264
	Matt Kilroy	264
	Jesse Tannehill	264
67	Doc White	262
68	Rube Waddell *	261
69	Jack Chesbro *	260
	Red Ehret	260
	Carl Hubbell *	260
72	Larry Corcoran	256
73	Chief Bender *	255
	Bob Gibson *	255
75	Steve Carlton *	254
76	Frank Killen	253
	Win Mercer	253
78	Paul Derringer	251
79	Sad Sam Jones	250
	Ed Walsh *	250
81	Eddie Cicotte	249
	Herb Pennock *	249
	Stump Weidman	249
84	Bobo Newsom	246
85	Hooks Dauss	245
	Phil Niekro *	245
	John Montgomery Ward *	245
88	Harry Howell	244
	Juan Marichal *	244
90	Jack Quinn	243
91	Bert Blyleven *	242
	Deacon Phillippe	242
	Bucky Walters	242
94	Sam Leever	241
95	Kid Gleason	240
96	Addie Joss *	234
97	Candy Cummings *	233
98	Harry Staley	232
	George Uhle	232
100	Carl Mays	231
	Tom Seaver *	231

Sources

Baseball-Reference.com

References

^ Dickson, Paul (1999). The new Dickson baseball dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-15-600580-7. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
^ "Active Career Leaders in Complete Games". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2022.

Major League Baseball records

Baseball statistics (types of records)

General

Batting
leaders

Career	Batting average Hits 3,000 club Progressive At bats Singles Doubles Triples Home runs 500 club 600 club Progressive Pitchers Extra base hits RBIs Walks Intentional On-base percentage Slugging percentage OPS Times on base Total bases HBP Strikeouts Plate appearances Games played
Annual	Batting average Doubles Triples Home runs RBI
Season	Batting average Triples Home run Progressive Doubles
Game	Home runs Game Inning Hitting for the cycle Grand slams RBI Game Inning Hits
Misc	Consecutive game hitting streak Hits Home runs Doubles Triples RBIs

Baserunning
leaders

Career	Runs Stolen bases
Annual	Runs Stolen bases
Game	Runs
Misc	Runs Stolen bases

Pitching
leaders

Career	Wins 300 club Losses Games started Games finished Innings pitched Strikeouts 3,000 club Hold Saves 300 club Complete games Shutouts ERA WHIP Walks Hit batsmen Wild pitches Batters faced
Annual	Wins Saves Shutouts Strikeouts ERA
Season	Wins Losses
Game	No-hitters Perfect games Strikeouts Game Inning Immaculate innings
Misc	Wins

Fielding
leaders

Career	Games played P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Putouts P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Assists P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Double plays P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Errors P C 1B 2B 3B SS OF LF CF RF Passed balls
Annual	Putouts Assists Errors