# List of Major League Baseball career saves leaders

In baseball statistics, a relief pitcher is credited with a save (denoted by SV) who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. Most commonly a pitcher earns a save by entering in the ninth inning of a game in which his team is winning by three or fewer runs and finishing the game by pitching one inning without losing the lead.
Mariano Rivera is the all-time leader in saves with 652. Rivera and Trevor Hoffman are the only pitchers in MLB history to save more than 600 career games. Lee Smith, Kenley Jansen, Craig Kimbrel, Francisco Rodríguez, John Franco, and Billy Wagner are the only other pitchers to save more than 400 games in their careers.

## Key

| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career saves. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2025 SV) | Number of saves during the 2025 Major League Baseball season |
| SV | Total career saves |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| Bold | Denotes active player. |

## List

* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 SV) | SV |
| 1 | Mariano Rivera* | 652 |
| 2 | Trevor Hoffman* | 601 |
| 3 | Lee Smith* | 478 |
| 4 | Kenley Jansen (0) | 447 |
| 5 | Craig Kimbrel (0) | 440 |
| 6 | Francisco Rodríguez | 437 |
| 7 | John Franco | 424 |
| 8 | Billy Wagner* | 422 |
| 9 | Dennis Eckersley* | 390 |
| 10 | Joe Nathan | 377 |
| 11 | Jonathan Papelbon | 368 |
| 12 | Jeff Reardon | 367 |
| 13 | Troy Percival | 358 |
| 14 | Randy Myers | 347 |
| 15 | Rollie Fingers* | 341 |
| 16 | Aroldis Chapman (0) | 335 |
| 17 | John Wetteland | 330 |
| 18 | Francisco Cordero | 329 |
| 19 | Fernando Rodney | 327 |
| 20 | Roberto Hernández | 326 |
| 21 | Huston Street | 324 |
| 22 | José Mesa | 321 |
| 23 | Todd Jones | 319 |
| 24 | Rick Aguilera | 318 |
| 25 | Robb Nen | 314 |
| 26 | Tom Henke | 311 |
| 27 | Goose Gossage* | 310 |
| 28 | Jeff Montgomery | 304 |
| 29 | Doug Jones | 303 |
| 30 | Jason Isringhausen | 300 |
| | Bruce Sutter* | 300 |
| 32 | Armando Benítez | 289 |
| 33 | José Valverde | 288 |
| 34 | Rod Beck | 286 |
| 35 | Bob Wickman | 267 |
| 36 | Mark Melancon | 262 |
| 37 | Todd Worrell | 256 |
| 38 | Dave Righetti | 252 |
| 39 | Dan Quisenberry | 244 |
| 40 | Sparky Lyle | 238 |
| 41 | Ugueth Urbina | 237 |
| 42 | Joakim Soria | 229 |
| 43 | Hoyt Wilhelm* | 228 |
| 44 | Edwin Díaz (0) | 225 |
| | Brad Lidge | 225 |
| 46 | Raisel Iglesias (0) | 224 |
| 47 | Greg Holland | 220 |
| 48 | Gene Garber | 218 |
| 49 | Gregg Olson | 217 |
| 50 | Dave Smith | 216 |
| Rank | Player (2025 SV) | SV |
| 51 | Rafael Soriano | 207 |
| 52 | Brian Fuentes | 204 |
| 53 | Jeff Shaw | 203 |
| 54 | Bobby Thigpen | 201 |
| 55 | Josh Hader (0) | 199 |
| 56 | Mike Henneman | 193 |
| 57 | Mitch Williams | 192 |
| 58 | Roy Face | 191 |
| | Keith Foulke | 191 |
| 60 | J. J. Putz | 189 |
| 61 | Mike Marshall | 188 |
| 62 | Éric Gagné | 187 |
| | Eddie Guardado | 187 |
| 64 | Jeff Russell | 186 |
| 65 | Steve Bedrosian | 184 |
| | Kent Tekulve | 184 |
| 67 | Danny Graves | 182 |
| 68 | Tug McGraw | 180 |
| 69 | Jim Johnson | 178 |
| | Ron Perranoski | 178 |
| 71 | Kevin Gregg | 177 |
| | Bryan Harvey | 177 |
| | David Robertson (0) | 177 |
| 74 | Lindy McDaniel | 174 |
| 75 | Bobby Jenks | 173 |
| 76 | Jeff Brantley | 172 |
| | Brian Wilson | 172 |
| 78 | Heath Bell | 168 |
| 79 | Billy Koch | 163 |
| 80 | Alex Colomé (0) | 159 |
| | Roger McDowell | 159 |
| 82 | Emmanuel Clase (0) | 158 |
| | Tom Gordon | 158 |
| | Dan Plesac | 158 |
| 85 | Jay Howell | 155 |
| | Roberto Osuna | 155 |
| 87 | Zack Britton | 154 |
| | John Smoltz* | 154 |
| 89 | Cody Allen | 153 |
| | Stu Miller | 153 |
| 91 | Don McMahon | 152 |
| 92 | Greg Minton | 150 |
| 93 | Ted Abernathy | 149 |
| 94 | Willie Hernández | 147 |
| 95 | Dave Giusti | 145 |
| 96 | John Axford | 144 |
| | Santiago Casilla | 144 |
| | Jesse Orosco | 144 |
| | Mike Williams | 144 |
| 100 | Clay Carroll | 143 |
| | Darold Knowles | 143 |