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2026 MLB Games Started Leaders

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MacKenzie Gore led the majors in games started with 34 in 2026, 1 ahead of Sandy Alcantara (33).

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
MacKenzie Gore Led all of MLB in 2026 MacKenzie Gore Texas Rangers
34 Games Started 1 clear of Sandy Alcantara

The 2026 Games Started race

How it was won
0 9 17 26 34 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
  1. MacKenzie Gore 34
  2. Sandy Alcantara 33
  3. Tanner Bibee 33
  4. Aaron Nola 33
  5. Cristopher Sanchez 33
Each line is a season total on every night that player was in the top ten, from March 25 to September 27.
Showing Games Started and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team GS W L ERA IP
1 MacKenzie Gore MacKenzie Gore TEX 34 8 11 4.58 173.0
2 Sandy Alcantara Sandy Alcantara MIA 33 13 11 3.87 214.0
3 Tanner Bibee Tanner Bibee CLE 33 7 15 4.36 188.0
4 Aaron Nola Aaron Nola PHI 33 7 12 4.67 175.1
5 Cristopher Sanchez Cristopher Sanchez PHI 33 18 7 2.91 207.0
6 Cam Schlittler NYA 33 14 6 1.95 193.2
7 Andrew Abbott Andrew Abbott CIN 32 6 11 4.61 166.0
8 Walker Buehler Walker Buehler SDN 32 9 6 4.63 153.2
9 Cade Cavalli WAS 32 13 5 3.02 169.2
10 Reid Detmers Reid Detmers LAA 32 7 8 3.36 185.0
11 Kevin Gausman Kevin Gausman TOR +1 32 9 12 4.51 177.2
12 Logan Gilbert Logan Gilbert SEA 32 12 11 3.73 186.0
13 Shota Imanaga Shota Imanaga CHN 32 11 10 3.77 174.1
14 Mike King Mike King SDN 32 12 10 3.21 185.0
15 Seth Lugo Seth Lugo KCA 32 7 9 5.17 172.1
16 Parker Messick Parker Messick CLE 32 12 9 2.56 186.1
17 Freddy Peralta Freddy Peralta NYN +1 32 10 11 4.42 169.0
18 Eduardo Rodriguez Eduardo Rodriguez ARI 32 16 7 2.89 189.2
19 Paul Skenes Paul Skenes PIT 32 10 11 3.82 174.1
20 José Soriano José Soriano LAA +1 32 12 8 3.91 177.1
21 Michael Wacha Michael Wacha KCA 32 9 10 3.32 200.2
22 Gavin Williams Gavin Williams CLE 32 14 8 3.76 184.1
23 Anthony Kay Anthony Kay CHA 31 10 9 4.44 158.0
24 Shane Baz Shane Baz BAL 31 6 15 4.11 179.2
25 Taj Bradley MIN 31 12 6 3.73 178.1
26 Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom TEX 31 11 11 4.20 162.2
27 Foster Griffin Foster Griffin WAS +1 31 15 6 3.60 172.2
28 Matthew Liberatore Matthew Liberatore SLN 31 6 14 5.23 155.0
29 Nick Martinez Nick Martinez TBA 31 15 6 3.10 180.0
30 Dustin May Dustin May SLN +1 31 7 9 4.70 145.2
31 Michael McGreevy SLN 31 7 9 3.95 168.2
32 Nolan McLean Nolan McLean NYN 31 12 10 3.16 179.2
33 Brady Singer Brady Singer CIN 31 6 15 5.85 157.0
34 Framber Valdez Framber Valdez DET 31 10 12 4.03 174.0
35 Joey Cantillo Joey Cantillo CLE 30 11 9 3.62 159.0
36 Noah Cameron Noah Cameron KCA 30 9 8 4.11 177.1
37 Bubba Chandler Bubba Chandler PIT 30 8 10 4.50 154.0
38 Robbie Ray Robbie Ray SFN +1 30 13 8 3.59 165.2
39 George Kirby George Kirby SEA 30 9 11 4.33 174.2
40 Kyle Leahy Kyle Leahy SLN 30 10 5 3.66 140.0
41 Jacob Misiorowski Jacob Misiorowski MIL 30 16 5 1.80 174.2
42 Drew Rasmussen Drew Rasmussen TBA 30 16 5 2.67 172.0
43 Trevor Rogers Trevor Rogers BAL 30 10 11 4.03 169.2
44 Bryan Woo Bryan Woo SEA 30 12 10 4.01 173.0
45 Will Warren Will Warren NYA 29 11 6 3.92 156.0
46 Grant Holmes Grant Holmes ATL 29 10 6 3.44 151.2
47 Jesus Luzardo Jesus Luzardo PHI 29 14 5 2.86 179.2
48 Eury Pérez Eury Pérez MIA 29 8 11 3.91 159.0
49 Kyle Bradish Kyle Bradish BAL 29 7 14 4.12 155.0
50 Chase Burns Chase Burns CIN 29 15 3 2.86 154.1
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