This is a list of the top 500 Major League Baseball winningest pitchers. In the sport of baseball, 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. The main exception is that 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 holds the Major League Baseball win record with 511; Walter Johnson 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-1920 live-ball era, Warren Spahn has the most wins with 363.
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| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career wins. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| 2011 Ws | Number of wins accumulated during the 2011 Major League Baseball season |
| W | Total career wins |
| † | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
Listed are all Major League Baseball players with 108 or more wins, the current cutoff for the top 500 (includes ties for the top 500, whenever applicable). Players in bold face are active as of the 2011 Major League Baseball season (including free agents), with the number in parentheses designating the number of wins they have earned to date in the 2011 season.
These stats are updated through the 2011 season
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