Chicago Cubs Complete Games Leaders
Career totals with the Cubs and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season.
Bill Hutchison holds the Cubs career record with 317 complete games. The single-season record is 68, by John Clarkson in 1885.
All-time Cubs leaders
Career totals with the club| # | Player | With the club | CG | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
1889–1895 | 317 | 368 |
| 2 |
|
1880–1885 | 252 | 270 |
| 3 |
|
1893–1900 | 240 | 265 |
| 4 |
|
1904–1916 | 206 | 346 |
| 5 |
|
1898–1907 | 189 | 216 |
| 6 |
|
1884–1887 | 186 | 199 |
| 7 |
|
1926–1941 | 177 | 605 |
| 7 |
|
1913–1921 | 177 | 305 |
| 9 | Fred Goldsmith | 1880–1884 | 164 | 177 |
| 10 |
|
1918–1926 | 159 | 242 |
| 11 |
|
1966–1983 | 154 | 401 |
| 12 |
|
1934–1947 | 153 | 364 |
| 13 |
|
1905–1913 | 149 | 281 |
| 14 |
|
1939–1947 | 143 | 292 |
| 15 |
|
1923–1934 | 127 | 428 |
| 16 |
|
1902–1909 | 125 | 179 |
| 17 |
|
1930–1945 | 122 | 262 |
| 18 |
|
1897–1900 | 116 | 121 |
| 19 |
|
1878–1879 | 113 | 114 |
| 20 |
|
1948–1957 | 112 | 339 |
| 21 |
|
1928–1934 | 107 | 265 |
| 22 |
|
1906–1913 | 95 | 163 |
| 23 |
|
1888–1892 | 93 | 115 |
| 24 |
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1935–1941 | 87 | 272 |
| 25 | Buttons Briggs | 1896–1905 | 84 | 106 |
Single-season Cubs records
Best seasons in club history| # | Player | Season | CG | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
1885 | 68 | 70 |
| 2 |
|
1892 | 67 | 75 |
| 3 |
|
1890 | 65 | 71 |
| 4 |
|
1884 | 57 | 60 |
| 4 |
|
1880 | 57 | 63 |
| 4 |
|
1879 | 57 | 58 |
| 7 |
|
1887 | 56 | 60 |
| 7 |
|
1891 | 56 | 66 |
| 7 |
|
1878 | 56 | 56 |
| 10 |
|
1876 | 53 | 61 |
| 11 |
|
1883 | 51 | 56 |
| 12 |
|
1886 | 50 | 55 |
| 13 | Fred Goldsmith | 1882 | 45 | 45 |
| 14 |
|
1881 | 43 | 45 |
| 15 | Fred Goldsmith | 1883 | 40 | 46 |
| 16 |
|
1895 | 39 | 42 |
| 16 |
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1892 | 39 | 46 |
| 16 |
|
1888 | 39 | 39 |
| 16 |
|
1899 | 39 | 41 |
| 20 |
|
1882 | 38 | 39 |
| 20 |
|
1897 | 38 | 41 |
| 20 |
|
1893 | 38 | 44 |
| 20 |
|
1886 | 38 | 42 |
| 24 | Fred Goldsmith | 1881 | 37 | 39 |
| 25 |
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1898 | 36 | 38 |