most career complete games active pitcher

Justin Verlander has pitched the most career complete games by an active pitcher, with 26 complete games.

Interpreted as:

most career regular-season complete games active pitcher

	NAME	CG	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	26	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	3,457	9	0	3467.2	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	302.9
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	25	435	212	94	.693	432	2.51	2,974	15	0	2753.2	2,102	768	841	228	684	44	1	28	10,863	103	9.72	2.24	4.35	0.75	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.87	365.9
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	16	384	141	86	.621	304	3.04	2,500	3	12	2026.0	1,655	684	737	209	474	125	25	15	8,165	47	11.11	2.11	5.27	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.27	71	2.89	69	7.35	290.5
4	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	12	157	43	62	.410	149	3.59	829	4	0	951.2	825	380	427	99	302	37	3	8	3,917	22	7.84	2.86	2.75	0.94	21.2	7.7	1.18	.274	4.04	85	3.85	92	7.80	32.5
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	3,408	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.9
6	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	9	169	73	45	.619	147	3.29	939	3	0	966.2	800	353	389	78	345	54	7	1	3,988	52	8.74	3.21	2.72	0.73	23.5	8.7	1.18	.281	3.62	79	3.51	84	7.45	68.4
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	8	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	2,251	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
8	Max Fried M. Fried	6	180	80	37	.684	163	2.98	933	4	0	959.1	840	318	353	81	262	39	10	6	3,913	43	8.75	2.46	3.56	0.76	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.31	70	3.25	78	7.88	96.6
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6	277	105	86	.550	277	3.78	1,831	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	90	3.49	81	7.98	145.4
10	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	6	287	99	87	.532	281	3.74	1,298	4	0	1639.1	1,559	682	731	195	382	68	4	18	6,769	12	7.13	2.10	3.40	1.07	19.2	5.6	1.18	.283	4.01	91	3.94	96	8.56	33.1
11	Sonny Gray S. Gray	6	319	116	95	.550	310	3.51	1,800	4	0	1806.1	1,553	705	773	176	597	56	2	5	7,478	105	8.97	2.97	3.02	0.88	24.1	8.0	1.19	.284	3.85	85	3.51	85	7.74	127.5
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	6	352	106	135	.440	334	4.49	1,770	2	2	1945.2	2,067	971	1,045	272	597	49	9	23	8,366	64	8.19	2.76	2.96	1.26	21.2	7.1	1.37	.316	4.83	107	4.14	99	9.56	5.7
13	Alex Cobb A. Cobb	6	233	78	76	.506	233	3.84	1,108	2	0	1327.2	1,307	566	620	140	383	47	0	15	5,577	51	7.51	2.60	2.89	0.95	19.9	6.9	1.27	.299	4.20	94	3.81	92	8.86	43.8
14	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	5	136	62	32	.660	134	3.22	958	2	0	843.0	752	302	323	94	188	18	1	1	3,415	34	10.23	2.01	5.10	1.00	28.1	5.5	1.12	.305	3.45	76	3.08	73	8.03	108
15	José Berríos J. Berríos	5	256	101	79	.561	255	4.06	1,408	1	0	1475.2	1,377	666	709	203	445	94	0	6	6,202	35	8.59	2.71	3.16	1.24	22.7	7.2	1.23	.290	4.32	96	4.14	98	8.40	20.4
16	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	5	193	66	64	.508	181	4.18	896	3	1	1042.2	1,056	484	523	153	214	32	5	14	4,353	13	7.73	1.85	4.19	1.32	20.6	4.9	1.22	.295	4.51	101	4.07	96	9.12	20.2
17	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	5	186	61	63	.492	184	4.44	1,103	3	0	1045.2	922	516	548	171	395	40	1	7	4,396	46	9.49	3.40	2.79	1.47	25.1	9.0	1.26	.279	4.72	104	4.44	102	7.94	-5.6
18	Shelby Miller S. Miller	5	278	49	67	.422	133	4.05	761	5	8	899.1	830	405	440	99	354	30	50	23	3,836	19	7.62	3.54	2.15	0.99	19.8	9.2	1.32	.282	4.40	101	4.14	106	8.31	-23.7
19	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	5	306	95	84	.531	287	3.96	1,431	3	0	1641.2	1,617	723	766	182	455	52	5	16	6,894	52	7.85	2.49	3.15	1.00	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	59.3
20	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	4	189	67	63	.515	186	4.56	1,024	2	0	1078.0	1,084	546	587	146	327	36	0	13	4,587	59	8.55	2.73	3.13	1.22	22.3	7.1	1.31	.307	4.90	95	4.02	91	9.05	47.9
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	4	230	89	59	.601	230	2.51	1,732	2	0	1436.1	1,102	401	438	129	325	23	0	13	5,646	28	10.85	2.04	5.33	0.81	30.7	5.8	0.99	.283	2.74	65	2.63	65	6.91	231.7
22	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	4	264	87	86	.503	255	3.77	1,211	2	2	1467.2	1,436	615	684	141	443	39	3	5	6,145	47	7.43	2.72	2.73	0.86	19.7	7.2	1.28	.300	4.19	91	3.74	89	8.81	79.5
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	4	271	109	72	.602	271	3.32	1,719	3	0	1654.2	1,420	610	660	156	475	70	0	14	6,794	39	9.35	2.58	3.62	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.289	3.59	83	3.29	80	7.72	153.8
24	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	4	318	91	88	.508	273	4.43	1,127	3	0	1595.2	1,724	785	867	186	579	51	14	11	6,925	43	6.36	3.27	1.95	1.05	16.3	8.4	1.44	.309	4.89	101	4.44	103	9.72	-23.6
25	Dylan Cease D. Cease	3	168	58	50	.537	168	3.81	1,094	3	0	911.0	763	386	426	108	380	31	0	8	3,851	52	10.81	3.75	2.88	1.07	28.4	9.9	1.25	.293	4.21	91	3.66	85	7.54	62