List of Major League Baseball career games finished leaders

In baseball statistics, a relief pitcher is credited with a game finished 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.

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Stats updated through the end of the 2025 season.

Rank	Player	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	Kenley Jansen	700
8	Jeff Reardon	695
9	Goose Gossage*	681
10	Francisco Rodríguez	677
11	Roberto Hernández	667
12	Craig Kimbrel	656
13	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	Dennis Eckersley*	577
	Lindy McDaniel	577
25	Francisco Cordero	575
26	Roy Face	574
27	Aroldis Chapman	563
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	Bruce Sutter*	512
43	Bob Wickman	511
44	Don McMahon	505
45	Jesse Orosco	501
46	Jason Isringhausen	499
47	Dave Righetti	474
48	Mike Timlin	467
49	Raisel Iglesias	459
50	Ron Perranoski	458