Ricky Allen Helling (born December 15, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.

On August 13, 1996, Helling pitched a perfect game while with the Rangers' Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers against the Nashville Sounds.

[5] In 1998 he won five straight games on the road; no Texas pitcher matched that accomplishment until Scott Feldman surpassed it in 2009.

[6] Helling had his best season in 1998 going 20–7, tying for the American League lead in wins with David Cone and Roger Clemens.

His 11 road victories in 1998 set a club record, later matched by Vicente Padilla (2008) and surpassed by Feldman (2009).

[13][14] Helling spent half the season in Baltimore before being traded back to the Florida Marlins.

[15] On March 17, 2009, he was hired as a special assistant to the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, Donald Fehr.