List of Major League Baseball career games played leaders
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The first player to reach the plateau was Sam Crawford, who reached it during his final season (1917). Crawford's record was subsequently broken in 1924 by Ty Cobb, who would go on to become the first player to reach 3,000 games played. Cobb's record of 3,035 games played lasted for 46 seasons, until Hank Aaron would break the record. Aaron's record was subsequently broken by Carl Yastrzemski in 1983, and finally broken the following season by Pete Rose, who currently holds the record for most games played at 3,562.
The most recent addition to the group was Adrian Beltre, who reached his 2,500th career game in 2015. As of the end of the 2015 season, there are currently five active players who have reached the 2,000 game plateau.
- Bold denotes active player
- Stats through end of the 2015 Major League Baseball season
Rank | Player | G |
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1 | Pete Rose | 3,562 |
2 | Carl Yastrzemski | 3,308 |
3 | Hank Aaron | 3,298 |
4 | Rickey Henderson | 3,081 |
5 | Ty Cobb | 3,035 |
6 | Eddie Murray | 3,026 |
Stan Musial | 3,026 | |
8 | Cal Ripken, Jr. | 3,001 |
9 | Willie Mays | 2,992 |
10 | Barry Bonds | 2,986 |
11 | Dave Winfield | 2,973 |
12 | Omar Vizquel | 2,968 |
13 | Rusty Staub | 2,951 |
14 | Brooks Robinson | 2,896 |
15 | Robin Yount | 2,856 |
16 | Craig Biggio | 2,850 |
17 | Al Kaline | 2,834 |
18 | Rafael Palmeiro | 2,831 |
Rank | Player | G |
---|---|---|
19 | Harold Baines | 2,830 |
20 | Eddie Collins | 2,826 |
21 | Reggie Jackson | 2,820 |
22 | Frank Robinson | 2,808 |
23 | Honus Wagner | 2,792 |
24 | Tris Speaker | 2,789 |
25 | Tony Pérez | 2,777 |
26 | Derek Jeter | 2,747 |
27 | Mel Ott | 2,730 |
28 | Alex Rodriguez (151) | 2,719 |
29 | George Brett | 2,707 |
30 | Graig Nettles | 2,700 |
31 | Darrell Evans | 2,687 |
32 | Paul Molitor | 2,683 |
33 | Ken Griffey, Jr. | 2,671 |
34 | Rabbit Maranville | 2,670 |
35 | Joe Morgan | 2,649 |
36 | Andre Dawson | 2,627 |
Rank | Player | G |
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37 | Lou Brock | 2,616 |
38 | Dwight Evans | 2,606 |
39 | Luis Aparicio | 2,599 |
40 | Luis Gonzalez | 2,591 |
41 | Willie McCovey | 2,588 |
42 | Steve Finley | 2,583 |
43 | Gary Sheffield | 2,576 |
44 | Ozzie Smith | 2,573 |
45 | Adrián Beltré (143) | 2,567 |
46 | Paul Waner | 2,549 |
47 | Iván Rodríguez | 2,543 |
Jim Thome | 2,543 | |
49 | Ernie Banks | 2,528 |
50 | Julio Franco | 2,527 |
51 | Bill Buckner | 2,517 |
Sam Crawford | 2,517 | |
53 | Gary Gaetti | 2,507 |
54 | Babe Ruth | 2,503 |
55 | Tim Raines | 2,502 |