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Active Leaders & Records for Complete Games
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
Single-Season
Career
Active
Progressive
Year-by-Year Top-Tens
Yearly League
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Statistic Description: Complete Game
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Complete Games | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CC Sabathia (16, 35) | 38 | L |
| 2. | Bartolo Colon (19, 43) | 36 | R |
| 3. | Felix Hernandez (12, 30) | 25 | R |
| 4. | Clayton Kershaw (9, 28) | 24 | L |
| 5. | James Shields (11, 34) | 23 | R |
| Justin Verlander (12, 33) | 23 | R | |
| 7. | Adam Wainwright (11, 34) | 22 | R |
| 8. | John Lackey (14, 37) | 18 | R |
| 9. | Johnny Cueto (9, 30) | 17 | R |
| 10. | Bronson Arroyo (15, 39) | 16 | R |
| David Price (9, 30) | 16 | L | |
| Ervin Santana (12, 33) | 16 | R | |
| 13. | Matt Cain (12, 31) | 15 | R |
| R.A. Dickey (14, 41) | 15 | R | |
| Zack Greinke (13, 32) | 15 | R | |
| Cole Hamels (11, 32) | 15 | L | |
| Jake Peavy (15, 35) | 15 | R | |
| 18. | Madison Bumgarner (8, 26) | 14 | L |
| Jon Lester (11, 32) | 14 | L | |
| Chris Sale (7, 27) | 14 | L | |
| Jered Weaver (11, 33) | 14 | R | |
| 22. | Freddy Garcia (15, 39) | 12 | R |
| Kyle Lohse (16, 37) | 12 | R | |
| 24. | Ricky Nolasco (11, 33) | 11 | R |
| Jason Vargas (11, 33) | 11 | L | |
| 26. | Matt Garza (11, 32) | 10 | R |
| Dallas Keuchel (5, 28) | 10 | L | |
| Corey Kluber (6, 30) | 10 | R | |
| Colby Lewis (11, 36) | 10 | R | |
| Tim Lincecum (10, 32) | 10 | R | |
| 31. | Clay Buchholz (10, 31) | 9 | R |
| Ubaldo Jimenez (11, 32) | 9 | R | |
| Brandon McCarthy (11, 32) | 9 | R | |
| Anibal Sanchez (11, 32) | 9 | R | |
| 35. | Joe Blanton (12, 35) | 8 | R |
| Roberto Hernandez (11, 35) | 8 | R | |
| Jeremy Guthrie (12, 37) | 8 | R | |
| Derek Holland (8, 29) | 8 | L | |
| Ricky Romero (5, 31) | 8 | L | |
| Jeff Samardzija (9, 31) | 8 | R | |
| Jordan Zimmermann (8, 30) | 8 | R | |
| 42. | Carlos Carrasco (7, 29) | 7 | R |
| Doug Fister (8, 32) | 7 | R | |
| Matt Harrison (8, 30) | 7 | L | |
| Justin Masterson (8, 31) | 7 | R | |
| Rick Porcello (8, 27) | 7 | R | |
| C.J. Wilson (11, 35) | 7 | L | |
| 48. | Jake Arrieta (7, 30) | 6 | R |
| Homer Bailey (10, 30) | 6 | R | |
| John Danks (10, 31) | 6 | L | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Complete Games | Throws |
| Zach Duke (12, 33) | 6 | L | |
| Ivan Nova (7, 29) | 6 | R | |
| Max Scherzer (9, 31) | 6 | R | |
| 54. | Henderson Alvarez (5, 26) | 5 | R |
| Jose Contreras (11, 44) | 5 | R | |
| Gavin Floyd (13, 33) | 5 | R | |
| Sonny Gray (4, 26) | 5 | R | |
| Luke Hochevar (9, 32) | 5 | R | |
| Phil Hughes (10, 30) | 5 | R | |
| Edwin Jackson (14, 32) | 5 | R | |
| Shelby Miller (5, 25) | 5 | R | |
| Julio Teheran (6, 25) | 5 | R | |
| 63. | Chris Capuano (12, 37) | 4 | L |
| Scott Feldman (12, 33) | 4 | R | |
| Yovani Gallardo (10, 30) | 4 | R | |
| Jaime Garcia (8, 29) | 4 | L | |
| Gio Gonzalez (9, 30) | 4 | L | |
| J.A. Happ (10, 33) | 4 | L | |
| Kyle Kendrick (9, 31) | 4 | R | |
| Mat Latos (8, 28) | 4 | R | |
| Mike Leake (7, 28) | 4 | R | |
| Brandon Morrow (10, 31) | 4 | R | |
| Mike Pelfrey (11, 32) | 4 | R | |
| Masahiro Tanaka (3, 27) | 4 | R | |
| Josh Tomlin (7, 31) | 4 | R | |
| Chien-Ming Wang (9, 36) | 4 | R | |
| Steven Wright (4, 31) | 4 | R | |
| 78. | Brett Anderson (8, 28) | 3 | L |
| Chris Archer (5, 27) | 3 | R | |
| Trevor Cahill (8, 28) | 3 | R | |
| Andrew Cashner (7, 29) | 3 | R | |
| Jhoulys Chacin (8, 28) | 3 | R | |
| Alex Cobb (5, 28) | 3 | R | |
| Patrick Corbin (4, 26) | 3 | L | |
| Dillon Gee (7, 30) | 3 | R | |
| Kendall Graveman (3, 25) | 3 | R | |
| Jeremy Hellickson (7, 29) | 3 | R | |
| Kyle Hendricks (3, 26) | 3 | R | |
| Rich Hill (12, 36) | 3 | L | |
| Daniel Hudson (7, 29) | 3 | R | |
| Scott Kazmir (12, 32) | 3 | L | |
| Francisco Liriano (11, 32) | 3 | L | |
| Dustin McGowan (9, 34) | 3 | R | |
| Charlie Morton (9, 32) | 3 | R | |
| Jon Niese (9, 29) | 3 | L | |
| Martin Perez (5, 25) | 3 | L | |
| Oliver Perez (14, 34) | 3 | L | |
| Horacio Ramirez (8, 36) | 3 | L | |
| Clayton Richard (8, 32) | 3 | L | |
| Garrett Richards (6, 28) | 3 | R | |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Complete Games | Throws |
| Tyson Ross (7, 29) | 3 | R | |
| Edinson Volquez (12, 32) | 3 | R | |
| Chris Volstad (7, 29) | 3 | R | |
| Taijuan Walker (4, 23) | 3 | R | |
| Jerome Williams (11, 34) | 3 | R |
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