List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders


This is a list of Major League Baseball 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, the National Association of Base Ball Players, and the National Association of Professional Baseball Players.

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  • Stats updated through the end of the 2025 season.
RankPlayer W
1Cy Young*511
2Walter Johnson*417
3Grover Cleveland Alexander*373
Christy Mathewson*373
5Pud Galvin*365
6Warren Spahn*363
7Kid Nichols*361
8Greg Maddux*355
9Roger Clemens354
10Tim Keefe*342
11Steve Carlton*329
12John Clarkson*328
13Eddie Plank*326
14Nolan Ryan*324
Don Sutton*324
16Phil Niekro*318
17Gaylord Perry*314
18Tom Seaver*311
19Charles Radbourn*309
20Mickey Welch*307
21Tom Glavine*305
22Randy Johnson*303
23Lefty Grove*300
Early Wynn*300
25Bobby Mathews297
26Tommy John288
27Bert Blyleven*287
28Robin Roberts*286
29Ferguson Jenkins*284
Tony Mullane284
31Jim Kaat*283
32Red Ruffing*273
33Burleigh Grimes*270
Mike Mussina*270
35Jamie Moyer269
36Jim Palmer*268
37Bob Feller*266
Eppa Rixey*266
Justin Verlander 266
40Jim McCormick265
41Gus Weyhing264
42Ted Lyons*260
43Andy Pettitte256
44Red Faber*254
Jack Morris*254
46Carl Hubbell*253
47Albert Spalding*252
48Bob Gibson*251
CC Sabathia*251
50Vic Willis*249
51Bartolo Colón247
Jack Quinn247
53Joe McGinnity*246
Amos Rusie*246
55Dennis Martínez245
Jack Powell245
57Juan Marichal*243
58Herb Pennock*241
59Frank Tanana240
60Mordecai Brown*239
David Wells239