List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders

Cy Young, the all-time leader in career wins

This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead. A starting pitcher must complete five innings to earn a win; if this does not happen, the official scorer awards the win based on guidelines set forth in the official rules.

Cy Young holds the MLB win record with 511; Walter Johnson is second with 417. Young and Johnson are the only players to earn 400 or more wins. Among pitchers whose entire careers were in the post-1920 live-ball era, Warren Spahn has the most wins with 363. Only 24 pitchers have accumulated 300 or more wins in their careers. Roger Clemens is the only pitcher with 300 wins or more not elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

MLB officially only keeps statistics from the National League and the American League. This table includes statistics from other major leagues as well which are defunct now, including the American Association (AA), the National Association of Base Ball Players and the National Association of Professional Baseball Players.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career wins. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2016 Ws)	Number of wins accumulated during the 2016 Major League Baseball season.
W	Total career wins.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.

List

• Stats updated as of May 23, 2016

Rank	Player (2016 Ws)	W
1	Cy Young *	511
2	Walter Johnson *	417
3	Grover Cleveland Alexander *	373
	Christy Mathewson *	373
5	Pud Galvin *	365
6	Warren Spahn *	363
7	Kid Nichols *	361
8	Greg Maddux *	355
9	Roger Clemens	354
10	Tim Keefe *	342
11	Steve Carlton *	329
12	John Clarkson *	328
13	Eddie Plank *	326
14	Nolan Ryan *	324
	Don Sutton *	324
16	Phil Niekro *	318
17	Gaylord Perry *	314
18	Tom Seaver *	311
19	Charles Radbourn *	309
20	Mickey Welch *	307
21	Tom Glavine *	305
22	Randy Johnson *	303
23	Lefty Grove *	300
	Early Wynn *	300
25	Bobby Mathews	297
26	Tommy John	288
27	Bert Blyleven *	287
28	Robin Roberts *	286
29	Ferguson Jenkins *	284
	Tony Mullane	284
31	Jim Kaat	283
32	Red Ruffing *	273
33	Burleigh Grimes *	270
	Mike Mussina	270
35	Jamie Moyer	269
36	Jim Palmer *	268
37	Bob Feller *	266
	Eppa Rixey *	266
39	Jim McCormick	265

Rank	Player (2016 Ws)	W
40	Gus Weyhing	264
41	Ted Lyons *	260
42	Andy Pettitte	256
43	Red Faber *	254
	Jack Morris	254
45	Carl Hubbell *	253
46	Albert Spalding *	252
47	Bob Gibson *	251
48	Vic Willis *	249
49	Jack Quinn	247
50	Joe McGinnity *	246
	Amos Rusie *	246
52	Dennis Martínez	245
	Jack Powell	245
54	Juan Marichal *	243
55	Herb Pennock *	241
56	Frank Tanana	240
57	Mordecai Brown *	239
	David Wells	239
59	Clark Griffith *	237
	Waite Hoyt *	237
61	Whitey Ford *	236
62	Tommy Bond	234
63	Charlie Buffinton	233
64	Sad Sam Jones	229
	Luis Tiant	229
	Will White	229
67	George Mullin	228
68	Jim Bunning *	224
	Catfish Hunter *	224
70	Hooks Dauss	223
	Paul Derringer	223
	Mel Harder	223
73	Bartolo Colón (4)	222
	Tim Hudson	222
	Jerry Koosman	222
76	Joe Niekro	221
77	Jerry Reuss	220
78	Pedro Martínez *	219

Rank	Player (2016 Ws)	W
	Kenny Rogers	219
80	Bob Caruthers	218
	Earl Whitehill	218
82	Freddie Fitzsimmons	217
	Mickey Lolich	217
	CC Sabathia (3)	217
85	Wilbur Cooper	216
	Charlie Hough	216
	Curt Schilling	216
88	Stan Coveleski *	215
	Jim Perry	215
90	Mark Buehrle (0)	214
	Rick Reuschel	214
92	John Smoltz *	213
93	Chief Bender *	212
94	Kevin Brown	211
	Bobo Newsom	211
	Billy Pierce	211
	Bob Welch	211
98	Jesse Haines *	210
99	Vida Blue	209
	Eddie Cicotte	209
	Don Drysdale *	209
	Milt Pappas	209
103	Bob Lemon *	207
	Carl Mays	207
	Hal Newhouser *	207
106	Orel Hershiser	204
	Al Orth	204
108	Lew Burdette	203
	Roy Halladay	203
	Silver King	203
	Jack Stivetts	203
112	Rube Marquard *	201
	Charlie Root	201
114	Chuck Finley	200
	George Uhle	200
	Tim Wakefield	200

See also

• Baseball statistics
• List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career games started leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career games finished leaders
• 300 win club

External links

• Baseball-Reference