In the 2024 year, Logan Gilbert was ahead of the pack in starting assignments with 33. Holding down 2nd place was Seth Lugo, collecting a starting assignments total of 33. Having earned a mark of 33, Logan Webb held on to the third spot. Rounding out the top 5 were Aaron Nola (33) in addition to 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 |