List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders

This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more career wins.

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[1][2][3] holds the MLB win record with 511; Walter Johnson[4] is second with 417.

Among pitchers whose entire careers were in the post-1920 live-ball era, Warren Spahn[5] has the most wins with 363.

[6] Roger Clemens[7] is the only pitcher with 300 wins or more not elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Cy Young, the all-time leader in career wins
Justin Verlander, the active leader, is 41st all-time in career wins with 262.