thumb|120px|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.

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

Key

{| class="wikitable"

| Rank || Rank amongst leaders in career games finished. A blank field indicates a tie.

|-

|Player||Name of the player

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|GF||Total career games finished

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!scope="row" style="background-color:#ffffbb"|*

|Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame

|-

!scope="row" style="background:#cfecec;"|Bold

|Denotes an active player

|}

List

thumb|100px|Kenley Jansen, the active leader in games finished and 5th all-time.

  • Stats updated as of May 31, 2026.

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

!Rank

!Player

!GF

|-

|1

|style="background:#ffffbb;"|Mariano Rivera*

|952

|-

|2

|style="background:#ffffbb;"|Trevor Hoffman*

|856

|-

|3

|style="background:#ffffbb;"|Lee Smith*

|802

|-

|4

|John Franco

|774

|-

|5

| style="background:#cfecec;" |Kenley Jansen (14)

|714

|-

|6

| style="background:#ffffbb;" |Rollie Fingers*

|709

|-

|7

| style="background:#ffffbb;" |Billy Wagner*

|703

|-

|8

|Jeff Reardon

|695

|-

|9

| style="background:#ffffbb;" |Goose Gossage*

|681

|-

|10

|Francisco Rodríguez

|677

|-

|11

|Roberto Hernández

|667

|-

|12

|style="background:#cfecec;"|Craig Kimbrel (10)

|666

|-

|13

|style="background:#ffffbb;"|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

| style="background:#cfecec;" |Aroldis Chapman (15)

|578

|-

|24

| style="background:#ffffbb;" |Dennis Eckersley*

|577

|-

|

|Lindy McDaniel

|577

|-

|26

|Francisco Cordero

|575

|-

|27

|Roy Face

|574

|-

|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

|style="background:#ffffbb;"|Bruce Sutter*

|512

|-

|43

|Bob Wickman

|511

|-

|44

|Don McMahon

|505

|-

|45

|Jesse Orosco

|501

|-

|46

|Jason Isringhausen

|499

|-

|47

|Dave Righetti

|474

|-

|48

| style="background:#cfecec;" |Raisel Iglesias (14)

|473

|-

|49

|Mike Timlin

|467

|-

|50

|Ron Perranoski

|458

|}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

|- style="white-space:nowrap;"

! 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

| style="background:#cfecec;" |Edwin Díaz (6)

|401

|-

|

|Eddie Guardado

|401

|-

|72

|Gary Lavelle

|399

|-

|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

|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

Notes

References

  • Major League Baseball