This is a list ofMajor League Baseball (MLB) pitchers with 200 or more careerwins. In the sport ofbaseball, 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[1][2][3] holds the MLB win record with 511;Walter Johnson[4] 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-1920live-ball era,Warren Spahn[5] has the most wins with 363. Only 24 pitchers have accumulated 300 or more wins in their careers.[6]Roger Clemens[7] is the only pitcher with 300 wins or more not elected to theNational Baseball Hall of Fame. MLB officially only keeps statistics from theNational League and theAmerican League. This table includes statistics from other major leagues as well which are defunct now, including theAmerican Association (AA), theNational Association of Base Ball Players, and theNational Association of Professional Baseball Players.
| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career wins. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2025 Ws) | Player name, along with the number of wins accumulated during the2025 Major League Baseball season. |
| W | Total career wins. |
| * | Denotes elected toNational Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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| Bold | Denotes active player.[note 1] |
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