With reference to the 2024 season, Logan Gilbert was the best in MLB in starts with 33. Holding down the runner up spot was Seth Lugo, with a starts total of 33. Holding a number of 33, Logan Webb ranked in the 3rd spot. Finishing out the top five were Aaron Nola (33) as well as the George Kirby (33).
2024 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Logan Gilbert |
33 |
2nd |
Seth Lugo |
33 |
3rd |
Logan Webb |
33 |
4th |
Aaron Nola |
33 |
5th |
George Kirby |
33 |
6th |
Dylan Cease |
33 |
7th |
Jake Irvin |
33 |
8th |
Kutter Crawford |
33 |
9th |
Zack Wheeler |
32 |
10th |
Corbin Burnes |
32 |
11th |
José Berríos |
32 |
12th |
Cole Ragans* |
32 |
13th |
Pablo López |
32 |
14th |
Sean Manaea* |
32 |
15th |
Brandon Pfaadt |
32 |
16th |
JP Sears* |
32 |
17th |
Brady Singer |
32 |
18th |
Yusei Kikuchi* |
32 |
19th |
Carlos Rodón* |
32 |
20th |
Patrick Corbin* |
32 |
21st |
Freddy Peralta |
32 |
22nd |
Miles Mikolas |
32 |
23rd |
MacKenzie Gore* |
32 |
24th |
Garrett Crochet* |
32 |
25th |
Tarik Skubal* |
31 |
26th |
Luis Severino |
31 |
27th |
Cristopher Sánchez* |
31 |
28th |
Kevin Gausman |
31 |
29th |
Bryce Miller |
31 |
30th |
Tyler Anderson* |
31 |
2023 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Miles Mikolas |
35 |
2nd |
Zac Gallen |
34 |
3rd |
Dylan Cease |
33 |
4th |
Lucas Giolito |
33 |
5th |
Logan Webb |
33 |
6th |
Luis Castillo |
33 |
7th |
Kyle Gibson |
33 |
8th |
Gerrit Cole |
33 |
9th |
Chris Bassitt |
33 |
10th |
JP Sears |
32 |
11th |
Sonny Gray |
32 |
12th |
Clarke Schmidt |
32 |
13th |
Johan Oviedo |
32 |
14th |
Patrick Corbin |
32 |
15th |
Jordan Montgomery |
32 |
16th |
Jesus Luzardo |
32 |
17th |
Corbin Burnes |
32 |
18th |
Pablo Lopez |
32 |
19th |
Jose Berrios |
32 |
20th |
Yusei Kikuchi |
32 |
21st |
Aaron Nola |
32 |
22nd |
Lance Lynn |
32 |
23rd |
Mitch Keller |
32 |
24th |
Dean Kremer |
32 |
25th |
Logan Gilbert |
32 |
26th |
Zack Wheeler |
32 |
27th |
Blake Snell |
32 |
28th |
Spencer Strider |
32 |
29th |
Jordan Lyles |
31 |
30th |
Cristian Javier |
31 |
2022 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Corbin Burnes |
33 |
2nd |
Gerrit Cole |
33 |
3rd |
Merrill Kelly |
33 |
4th |
Nick Pivetta |
33 |
5th |
Miles Mikolas |
32 |
6th |
Sandy Alcantara |
32 |
7th |
Jose Berrios |
32 |
8th |
Dylan Cease |
32 |
9th |
Logan Gilbert |
32 |
10th |
Marco Gonzales |
32 |
11th |
Pablo Lopez |
32 |
12th |
Jordan Lyles |
32 |
13th |
Jordan Montgomery |
32 |
14th |
Aaron Nola |
32 |
15th |
Martin Perez |
32 |
16th |
Cal Quantrill |
32 |
17th |
Jose Quintana |
32 |
18th |
Robbie Ray |
32 |
19th |
Jameson Taillon |
32 |
20th |
Adam Wainwright |
32 |
21st |
Logan Webb |
32 |
22nd |
Shane Bieber |
31 |
23rd |
Patrick Corbin |
31 |
24th |
Kyle Freeland |
31 |
25th |
Zac Gallen |
31 |
26th |
Kevin Gausman |
31 |
27th |
Kyle Gibson |
31 |
28th |
Corey Kluber |
31 |
29th |
Alek Manoah |
31 |
30th |
German Marquez |
31 |
2021 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Sandy Alcantara |
33 |
2nd |
Walker Buehler |
33 |
3rd |
Luis Castillo |
33 |
4th |
Kevin Gausman |
33 |
5th |
Tyler Mahle |
33 |
6th |
Charlie Morton |
33 |
7th |
Marcus Stroman |
33 |
8th |
Jose Berrios |
32 |
9th |
Dylan Cease |
32 |
10th |
Zach Davies |
32 |
11th |
Nathan Eovaldi |
32 |
12th |
Kyle Hendricks |
32 |
13th |
Cole Irvin |
32 |
14th |
Sean Manaea |
32 |
15th |
German Marquez |
32 |
16th |
Frankie Montas |
32 |
17th |
Aaron Nola |
32 |
18th |
Robbie Ray |
32 |
19th |
Julio Urias |
32 |
20th |
Adam Wainwright |
32 |
21st |
Zack Wheeler |
32 |
22nd |
Rich Hill |
31 |
23rd |
Joe Musgrove |
31 |
24th |
Eduardo Rodriguez |
31 |
25th |
Tyler Anderson |
31 |
26th |
Patrick Corbin |
31 |
27th |
Anthony DeSclafani |
31 |
28th |
Chris Flexen |
31 |
29th |
Lucas Giolito |
31 |
30th |
Hyun Jin Ryu |
31 |
2020 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Kyle Freeland |
13 |
2nd |
Lance Lynn |
13 |
3rd |
German Marquez |
13 |
4th |
Brandon Woodruff |
13 |
5th |
Jose Berrios |
12 |
6th |
Shane Bieber |
12 |
7th |
Matthew Boyd |
12 |
8th |
Carlos Carrasco |
12 |
9th |
Luis Castillo |
12 |
10th |
Dylan Cease |
12 |
11th |
Aaron Civale |
12 |
12th |
Gerrit Cole |
12 |
13th |
Johnny Cueto |
12 |
14th |
Yu Darvish |
12 |
15th |
Zach Davies |
12 |
16th |
Jacob deGrom |
12 |
17th |
Zac Gallen |
12 |
18th |
Kyle Gibson |
12 |
19th |
Lucas Giolito |
12 |
20th |
Zack Greinke |
12 |
21st |
Andrew Heaney |
12 |
22nd |
Kyle Hendricks |
12 |
23rd |
Dinelson Lamet |
12 |
24th |
Jon Lester |
12 |
25th |
Aaron Nola |
12 |
26th |
Chris Paddack |
12 |
27th |
Martin Perez |
12 |
28th |
Rick Porcello |
12 |
29th |
Hyun Jin Ryu |
12 |
30th |
Max Scherzer |
12 |
2019 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Trevor Bauer |
34 |
2nd |
Madison Bumgarner |
34 |
3rd |
Marco Gonzales |
34 |
4th |
Aaron Nola |
34 |
5th |
Ivan Nova |
34 |
6th |
Eduardo Rodriguez |
34 |
7th |
Justin Verlander |
34 |
8th |
Shane Bieber |
33 |
9th |
Gerrit Cole |
33 |
10th |
Patrick Corbin |
33 |
11th |
Mike Fiers |
33 |
12th |
Jack Flaherty |
33 |
13th |
Zack Greinke |
33 |
14th |
Reynaldo Lopez |
33 |
15th |
Lance Lynn |
33 |
16th |
Wade Miley |
33 |
17th |
Charlie Morton |
33 |
18th |
Robbie Ray |
33 |
19th |
Stephen Strasburg |
33 |
20th |
Julio Teheran |
33 |
21st |
Dakota Hudson |
32 |
22nd |
Sandy Alcantara |
32 |
23rd |
Jose Berrios |
32 |
24th |
Matthew Boyd |
32 |
25th |
Luis Castillo |
32 |
26th |
Jacob deGrom |
32 |
27th |
Merrill Kelly |
32 |
28th |
Yusei Kikuchi |
32 |
29th |
Mike Leake |
32 |
30th |
Miles Mikolas |
32 |
2018 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Jhoulys Chacin |
35 |
2nd |
Dallas Keuchel |
34 |
3rd |
Justin Verlander |
34 |
4th |
James Shields |
33 |
5th |
Patrick Corbin |
33 |
6th |
Kyle Freeland |
33 |
7th |
Zack Greinke |
33 |
8th |
Kyle Hendricks |
33 |
9th |
Corey Kluber |
33 |
10th |
German Marquez |
33 |
11th |
Aaron Nola |
33 |
12th |
Rick Porcello |
33 |
13th |
Max Scherzer |
33 |
14th |
Zack Godley |
32 |
15th |
Nick Pivetta |
32 |
16th |
Tyler Anderson |
32 |
17th |
Jose Berrios |
32 |
18th |
Mike Clevinger |
32 |
19th |
Gerrit Cole |
32 |
20th |
Jacob deGrom |
32 |
21st |
Kyle Gibson |
32 |
22nd |
Lucas Giolito |
32 |
23rd |
Gio Gonzalez |
32 |
24th |
Cole Hamels |
32 |
25th |
Jon Lester |
32 |
26th |
Reynaldo Lopez |
32 |
27th |
Miles Mikolas |
32 |
28th |
Jake Odorizzi |
32 |
29th |
Jose Quintana |
32 |
30th |
Luis Severino |
32 |
2017 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Chris Archer |
34 |
2nd |
Kevin Gausman |
34 |
3rd |
Gerrit Cole |
33 |
4th |
Zach Davies |
33 |
5th |
Marco Estrada |
33 |
6th |
Lance Lynn |
33 |
7th |
Ricky Nolasco |
33 |
8th |
Rick Porcello |
33 |
9th |
Ervin Santana |
33 |
10th |
Dan Straily |
33 |
11th |
Marcus Stroman |
33 |
12th |
Justin Verlander |
33 |
13th |
Patrick Corbin |
32 |
14th |
Carlos Carrasco |
32 |
15th |
Jhoulys Chacin |
32 |
16th |
Gio Gonzalez |
32 |
17th |
Zack Greinke |
32 |
18th |
Jason Hammel |
32 |
19th |
Jon Lester |
32 |
20th |
Carlos Martinez |
32 |
21st |
Wade Miley |
32 |
22nd |
Martin Perez |
32 |
23rd |
Drew Pomeranz |
32 |
24th |
Jose Quintana |
32 |
25th |
Clayton Richard |
32 |
26th |
Chris Sale |
32 |
27th |
Jeff Samardzija |
32 |
28th |
Julio Teheran |
32 |
29th |
Jason Vargas |
32 |
30th |
Trevor Bauer |
31 |
2016 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
David Price |
35 |
2nd |
Madison Bumgarner |
34 |
3rd |
Max Scherzer |
34 |
4th |
Justin Verlander |
34 |
5th |
Edinson Volquez |
34 |
6th |
Bartolo Colon |
33 |
7th |
Tanner Roark |
33 |
8th |
Chris Archer |
33 |
9th |
Jerad Eickhoff |
33 |
10th |
Hisashi Iwakuma |
33 |
11th |
Ian Kennedy |
33 |
12th |
Tom Koehler |
33 |
13th |
Collin McHugh |
33 |
14th |
Matt Moore |
33 |
15th |
Jake Odorizzi |
33 |
16th |
Martin Perez |
33 |
17th |
Rick Porcello |
33 |
18th |
Hector Santiago |
33 |
19th |
James Shields |
33 |
20th |
Adam Wainwright |
33 |
21st |
Chad Bettis |
32 |
22nd |
Johnny Cueto |
32 |
23rd |
Doug Fister |
32 |
24th |
Gio Gonzalez |
32 |
25th |
Cole Hamels |
32 |
26th |
J.A. Happ |
32 |
27th |
Jeremy Hellickson |
32 |
28th |
Corey Kluber |
32 |
29th |
Jon Lester |
32 |
30th |
Kenta Maeda |
32 |
2015 MLB Games Started Leaders
GS Rank |
Team |
GS |
1st |
Chris Archer |
34 |
2nd |
Edinson Volquez |
33 |
3rd |
Jake Arrieta |
33 |
4th |
R.A. Dickey |
33 |
5th |
Yovani Gallardo |
33 |
6th |
Clayton Kershaw |
33 |
7th |
Dallas Keuchel |
33 |
8th |
John Lackey |
33 |
9th |
Colby Lewis |
33 |
10th |
Shelby Miller |
33 |
11th |
Tyson Ross |
33 |
12th |
Max Scherzer |
33 |
13th |
James Shields |
33 |
14th |
Julio Teheran |
33 |
15th |
Jordan Zimmermann |
33 |
16th |
Hector Santiago |
32 |
17th |
Mark Buehrle |
32 |
18th |
Madison Bumgarner |
32 |
19th |
Gerrit Cole |
32 |
20th |
Johnny Cueto |
32 |
21st |
Rubby De La Rosa |
32 |
22nd |
Kyle Gibson |
32 |
23rd |
Zack Greinke |
32 |
24th |
Cole Hamels |
32 |
25th |
Dan Haren |
32 |
26th |
Kyle Hendricks |
32 |
27th |
Ubaldo Jimenez |
32 |
28th |
Corey Kluber |
32 |
29th |
Jon Lester |
32 |
30th |
Collin McHugh |
32 |