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. Kenley Jansen, Lee Smith, Craig Kimbrel, Francisco Rodríguez, John Franco, Billy Wagner, and Aroldis Chapman 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 (2026 SV)Number of saves during the 2026 Major League Baseball seasonSVTotal career saves*Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.BoldDenotes active player.A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
List
Stats updated as of September 25, 2026. RankPlayer (2026 SV)SV1Mariano Rivera*6522Trevor Hoffman*6013Kenley Jansen (22)4984Lee Smith*4785Craig Kimbrel (1)4416Francisco Rodríguez4377John Franco4248Billy Wagner*4229Aroldis Chapman (35)40210Dennis Eckersley*39011Joe Nathan37712Jonathan Papelbon36813Jeff Reardon36714Troy Percival35815Randy Myers34716Rollie Fingers*34117John Wetteland33018Francisco Cordero32919Fernando Rodney32720Roberto Hernández32621Huston Street32422José Mesa32123Todd Jones31924Rick Aguilera31825Robb Nen31426Tom Henke31127Goose Gossage*31028Jeff Montgomery30429Doug Jones30330Jason Isringhausen300Bruce Sutter*30032Armando Benítez28933José Valverde28834Raisel Iglesias (34)28735Rod Beck28636Bob Wickman26737Mark Melancon26238Edwin Díaz (7)26039Todd Worrell25640Josh Hader (26)25341Dave Righetti25242Dan Quisenberry24443Sparky Lyle23844Ugueth Urbina23745Joakim Soria22946Hoyt Wilhelm*22847Brad Lidge22548Greg Holland22049Gene Garber21850Gregg Olson217 RankPlayer (2026 SV)SV51Dave Smith21652Rafael Soriano20753Brian Fuentes20454Jeff Shaw20355Bobby Thigpen20156Mike Henneman19357Mitch Williams19258Roy Face191Keith Foulke19160J. J. Putz18961Mike Marshall18862Éric Gagné187Eddie Guardado18764Jeff Russell18665Steve Bedrosian184Kent Tekulve18467Emmanuel Clase (0)182Danny Graves18269Tug McGraw18070David Robertson17971Jim Johnson178Ron Perranoski17873Kevin Gregg177Bryan Harvey17775Lindy McDaniel17476Bobby Jenks17377Jeff Brantley172Brian Wilson17279Heath Bell16880Billy Koch16381Alex Colomé159Roger McDowell15983Tom Gordon158Dan Plesac15885Jay Howell155Roberto Osuna15587Zack Britton154John Smoltz*15489Cody Allen153Stu Miller15391Don McMahon15292Greg Minton15093Ted Abernathy14994Willie Hernández14795David Bednar (35)14696Dave Giusti14597John Axford144Santiago Casilla144Jesse Orosco144Mike Williams144
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