most complete games by an active pitcher

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

Interpreted as:

most regular-season complete games by an 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	555	266	158	.627	555	3.32	3,553	9	0	3567.2	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	25	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.1
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	16	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	2,579	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
4	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	12	177	52	67	.437	169	3.65	931	4	0	1075.1	934	436	485	113	330	44	3	8	4,425	26	7.79	2.76	2.82	0.95	21.0	7.5	1.18	.273	4.06	86	3.85	92	7.82	37.7
5	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	9	188	81	52	.609	166	3.36	1,053	3	0	1080.2	912	404	444	87	389	58	7	1	4,483	61	8.77	3.24	2.71	0.72	23.5	8.7	1.20	.285	3.70	81	3.50	84	7.60	77.8
6	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
7	Sonny Gray S. Gray	7	339	125	102	.551	330	3.58	1,925	5	0	1918.0	1,675	763	836	192	621	57	2	5	7,952	106	9.03	2.91	3.10	0.90	24.2	7.8	1.20	.288	3.92	87	3.51	85	7.86	136.2
8	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	7	373	110	142	.437	354	4.51	1,860	2	2	2047.2	2,179	1,025	1,102	284	630	51	10	24	8,809	67	8.18	2.77	2.95	1.25	21.1	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.58	9.7
9	Max Fried M. Fried	6	200	92	41	.692	183	3.03	1,052	4	0	1079.2	947	364	405	90	297	45	10	6	4,415	47	8.77	2.48	3.54	0.75	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.38	71	3.24	78	7.89	112
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6	285	109	89	.551	285	3.83	1,876	4	0	1715.2	1,522	730	769	217	449	56	0	16	7,039	18	9.84	2.36	4.18	1.14	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	4.03	91	3.50	82	7.98	147.1
11	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	6	307	105	91	.536	301	3.79	1,373	4	0	1745.0	1,668	734	788	209	407	69	4	19	7,213	12	7.08	2.10	3.37	1.08	19.0	5.6	1.19	.283	4.06	92	3.96	96	8.60	34.9
12	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
13	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	5	143	66	34	.660	141	3.24	995	2	0	883.1	786	318	339	102	195	19	1	1	3,574	34	10.14	1.99	5.10	1.04	27.8	5.5	1.11	.302	3.45	76	3.15	75	8.01	106.7
14	José Berríos J. Berríos	5	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	1,481	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	99	8.44	14.3
15	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	5	200	68	67	.504	188	4.28	922	3	1	1073.2	1,106	511	550	162	221	32	5	14	4,501	14	7.73	1.85	4.17	1.36	20.5	4.9	1.24	.298	4.61	103	4.13	97	9.27	14
16	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	5	206	70	66	.515	204	4.30	1,198	3	0	1158.2	1,017	554	593	183	441	41	1	7	4,873	49	9.31	3.43	2.72	1.42	24.6	9.0	1.26	.277	4.61	101	4.40	101	7.90	-3.7
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	5	283	113	75	.601	283	3.28	1,820	3	0	1728.1	1,475	630	683	166	490	76	0	14	7,086	41	9.48	2.55	3.71	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.14	.289	3.56	82	3.28	80	7.68	164.6
18	Shelby Miller S. Miller	5	302	50	69	.420	133	4.04	789	5	13	921.2	848	414	450	103	359	31	62	24	3,924	20	7.70	3.51	2.20	1.01	20.1	9.1	1.31	.282	4.39	101	4.13	105	8.28	-22.6
19	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	5	316	102	84	.548	297	3.89	1,487	3	0	1702.1	1,661	736	780	188	466	55	5	17	7,124	54	7.86	2.46	3.19	0.99	20.9	6.5	1.25	.299	4.12	95	3.75	92	8.78	66.2
20	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	4	203	68	72	.486	200	4.67	1,069	2	0	1146.1	1,175	595	642	165	354	38	0	14	4,907	61	8.39	2.78	3.02	1.30	21.8	7.2	1.33	.308	5.04	97	4.19	95	9.23	31.8
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	4	248	96	65	.596	248	2.57	1,851	2	0	1539.2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.4
22	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	4	361	112	113	.498	322	3.81	1,954	2	0	1911.0	1,835	810	866	233	535	38	11	11	7,986	64	9.20	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.08	92	3.59	85	8.64	132.7
23	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	4	325	91	93	.495	279	4.41	1,153	3	0	1631.2	1,750	800	883	191	590	52	14	11	7,070	43	6.36	3.25	1.95	1.05	16.3	8.3	1.43	.307	4.87	100	4.44	103	9.65	-24.3
24	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3	104	30	21	.588	85	3.24	509	1	1	535.2	495	193	211	45	128	13	4	1	2,193	16	8.55	2.15	3.98	0.76	23.2	5.8	1.16	.300	3.55	77	3.14	74	8.32	63.7
25	Dylan Cease D. Cease	3	188	65	58	.528	188	3.88	1,231	3	0	1015.1	854	438	482	121	430	35	0	9	4,304	55	10.91	3.81	2.86	1.07	28.6	10.0	1.26	.295	4.27	93	3.66	85	7.57	67.6