Chicago Cubs Games Pitched Leaders

Career totals with the Cubs and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season.

Charlie Root holds the Cubs career record with 605 games pitched. The single-season record is 84, by Ted Abernathy in 1965.

All-time Cubs leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	G	G
1	Charlie Root	1926–1941	605	605
2	Carlos Marmol	2006–2013	483	483
3	Lee Smith	1980–1987	458	458
4	Don Elston	1953–1964	449	449
5	Guy Bush	1923–1934	428	428
6	Pedro Strop	2013–2021	413	413
7	Fergie Jenkins	1966–1983	401	401
8	Ryan Dempster	2004–2012	374	374
9	Bill Hutchison	1889–1895	368	368
10	James Russell	2010–2015	365	365
11	Bill Lee	1934–1947	364	364
12	Rick Reuschel	1972–1984	358	358
13	Mordecai Brown	1904–1916	346	346
14	Kyle Farnsworth	1999–2004	343	343
15	Kerry Wood	1998–2012	341	341
16	Bob Rush	1948–1957	339	339
17	Willie Hernandez	1977–1983	323	323
18	Carlos Zambrano	2001–2011	319	319
19	Hippo Vaughn	1913–1921	305	305
20	Greg Maddux	1986–2006	302	302
21	Bruce Sutter	1976–1980	300	300
22	Hector Rondon	2013–2017	296	296
23	Sean Marshall	2006–2011	292	292
23	Claude Passeau	1939–1947	292	292
25	Ed Reulbach	1905–1913	281	281

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	G	G
1	Ted Abernathy	1965	84	84
1	Bob Howry	2006	84	84
1	Dick Tidrow	1980	84	84
4	Bill Campbell	1983	82	82
4	Jeff Fassero	2001	82	82
4	Carlos Marmol	2008	82	82
7	Rod Beck	1998	81	81
8	Shawn Camp	2012	80	80
8	Steve Cishek	2018	80	80
8	Sean Marshall	2010	80	80
11	Carlos Marmol	2009	79	79
11	Bob Patterson	1996	79	79
13	Bob Howry	2007	78	78
13	Sean Marshall	2011	78	78
13	Will Ohman	2006	78	78
16	Kyle Farnsworth	2003	77	77
16	LaTroy Hawkins	2004	77	77
16	Carlos Marmol	2010	77	77
16	James Russell	2012	77	77
16	Travis Wood	2016	77	77
21	Kyle Farnsworth	2001	76	76
21	Bob Patterson	1997	76	76
21	Pedro Strop	2015	76	76
21	Mitch Williams	1989	76	76
25	Paul Assenmacher	1991	75	75