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List of Major League Baseball career saves leaders

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List of Major League Baseball career saves leaders
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In baseball statistics, a relief pitcher is credited with a save (denoted by SV) who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. Most commonly a pitcher earns a save by entering in the ninth inning of a game in which his team is winning by three or fewer runs and finishing the game by pitching one inning without losing the lead.[1]

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Mariano Rivera, the all-time leader in saves.

Mariano Rivera[2][3][4] is the all-time leader in saves with 652. Rivera and Trevor Hoffman[5] are the only pitchers in MLB history to save more than 600 career games. Lee Smith,[6] Kenley Jansen,[7] Craig Kimbrel,[8] Francisco Rodríguez,[9] John Franco,[10] and Billy Wagner[11] are the only other pitchers to save more than 400 games in their careers.

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Kenley Jansen is the active leader in career saves and 4th all-time. He is also 1 of 2 active players with 400 or more saves.
  • Stats updated as of August 17, 2025.
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Notes

  1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

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