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 greater 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. The main exception is that 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 Major League Baseball 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.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career wins. A blank field indicates a tie.
2012 Wins	Number of wins accumulated during the 2012 Major League Baseball season
W	Total career wins
†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

List

Listed are all Major League Baseball players with 200 or greater wins. Players in bold face are active as of the 2012 Major League Baseball season (including free agents), with the number in parentheses designating the number of wins they have earned to date in the 2012 season.

Stats updated through August 28, 2012

Rank	Player (2012 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	Charley 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 (2)	269
36	Jim Palmer†	268
37	Bob Feller†	266
	Eppa Rixey†	266
39	Jim McCormick	265
40	Gus Weyhing	264

Rank	Player (2012 Ws)	W
41	Ted Lyons†	260
42	Red Faber†	254
	Jack Morris	254
44	Carl Hubbell†	253
	Al Spalding†	253
46	Bob Gibson†	251
47	Vic Willis†	249
48	Jack Quinn	247
49	Joe McGinnity†	246
50	Dennis Martínez	245
	Jack Powell	245
	Amos Rusie†	245
53	Juan Marichal†	243
	Andy Pettitte (3)	243
55	Herb Pennock†	240
	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	Paul Derringer	223
	Mel Harder	223
72	Hooks Dauss	222
	Jerry Koosman	222
74	Joe Niekro	221
75	Jerry Reuss	220
76	Pedro Martínez	219
	Kenny Rogers	219
78	Bob Caruthers	218
	Earl Whitehill	218
80	Freddie Fitzsimmons	217

Rank	Player (2012 Ws)	W
80	Mickey Lolich	217
82	Wilbur Cooper	216
	Charlie Hough	216
	Curt Schilling	216
85	Stan Coveleski†	215
	Jim Perry	215
87	Rick Reuschel	214
88	John Smoltz	213
89	Chief Bender†	212
90	Kevin Brown	211
	Bobo Newsom	211
	Billy Pierce	211
	Bob Welch	211
94	Jesse Haines†	210
95	Vida Blue	209
	Don Drysdale†	209
	Milt Pappas	209
98	Eddie Cicotte	208
99	Bob Lemon†	207
	Carl Mays	207
	Hal Newhouser†	207
102	Orel Hershiser	204
	Al Orth	204
104	Lew Burdette	203
	Silver King	203
	Jack Stivetts	203
107	Rube Marquard†	201
	Charley Root	201
109	Chuck Finley	200
	George Uhle	200
	Tim Wakefield	200

See also

• Baseball statistics
• List of Major League Baseball wins champions
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in games started
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in games finished
• 300 win club

References

• MLB.com - All-time win leaders
• MLB.com - Active leaders