most games started by a pitcher since 1970

Since 1970, Nolan Ryan has started the most games, with 744 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started by a pitcher since 1970

	NAME	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	744	759	312	279	.528	3.18	5,483	217	61	2	5159.2	3,765	1,825	2,085	305	2,664	153	8	70	21,624	268	9.56	4.65	2.06	0.53	25.4	12.3	1.25	.266	3.64	89	2.96	82	6.57	371.5
2	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	740	744	355	227	.610	3.16	3,371	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	707	709	354	184	.658	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	685	692	287	250	.534	3.31	3,701	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
5	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	682	682	305	203	.600	3.54	2,607	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	86	3.94	94	8.76	120.1
6	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	638	696	269	209	.563	4.25	2,441	33	10	0	4074.0	4,231	1,926	2,076	522	1,155	146	15	69	17,356	57	5.39	2.55	2.11	1.15	14.1	6.7	1.32	.283	4.59	97	4.46	102	9.35	-33.5
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	626	662	264	234	.530	3.51	2,806	199	35	9	4516.0	4,281	1,759	2,023	426	1,596	100	23	65	19,074	163	5.59	3.18	1.76	0.85	14.7	8.4	1.30	.273	4.03	89	3.75	96	8.53	79.6
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	619	624	273	196	.582	3.26	2,817	143	47	3	4323.0	3,829	1,564	1,729	404	1,084	68	4	67	17,680	91	5.86	2.26	2.60	0.84	15.9	6.1	1.14	.257	3.60	89	3.35	91	7.97	148.3
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	616	638	240	236	.504	3.66	2,773	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,704	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	94	3.78	96	8.73	66.4
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	606	622	282	210	.573	3.30	3,550	219	45	1	4479.1	4,017	1,641	1,877	373	1,591	43	6	137	18,632	157	7.13	3.20	2.23	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.77	88	3.23	87	8.07	225.9
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	603	618	303	166	.646	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
12	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	562	692	245	193	.559	3.70	2,149	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	71	16,754	83	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	94	3.91	99	8.77	17
13	CC Sabathia	560	561	251	161	.609	3.74	3,093	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
14	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	552	565	247	188	.568	4.12	2,535	38	13	0	3461.2	3,593	1,584	1,719	439	948	64	2	47	14,655	45	6.59	2.46	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.296	4.47	95	4.14	96	9.34	71.6
15	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	546	627	219	191	.534	3.64	1,904	127	39	11	3662.2	3,732	1,483	1,700	245	1,124	57	41	118	15,555	107	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.33	.285	4.18	100	3.45	95	9.17	68.7
16	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	543	549	254	173	.595	2.96	3,057	181	49	0	3980.2	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	3.07	84	7.51	256.3
17	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	541	586	225	156	.591	3.49	2,979	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	536	536	262	150	.636	3.31	3,457	26	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	303
19	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	536	537	270	153	.638	3.68	2,813	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
20	Tommy John T. John	536	567	229	173	.570	3.51	1,552	124	30	1	3601.0	3,798	1,403	1,613	228	917	71	16	66	15,129	141	3.88	2.29	1.69	0.57	10.3	6.1	1.31	.289	4.03	92	3.44	89	9.49	169.2
21	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	529	557	214	191	.528	3.37	2,015	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.10	225.7
22	Jack Morris J. Morris	527	549	254	186	.577	3.90	2,478	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	206	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	96	3.93	95	8.40	93
23	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	521	531	256	153	.626	3.85	2,448	26	4	0	3316.0	3,448	1,418	1,572	288	1,031	55	3	42	14,074	69	6.64	2.80	2.37	0.78	17.4	7.3	1.35	.308	4.27	86	3.73	83	9.36	282.1
24	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	493	518	214	160	.572	3.81	1,870	33	10	0	3283.1	3,472	1,391	1,542	361	734	79	6	49	13,705	27	5.13	2.01	2.55	0.99	13.6	5.4	1.28	.292	4.23	87	4.11	93	9.52	111.9
25	David Wells D. Wells	489	660	239	157	.604	4.13	2,201	54	12	13	3439.0	3,635	1,578	1,702	407	719	83	65	65	14,413	101	5.76	1.88	3.06	1.07	15.3	5.0	1.27	.293	4.45	93	3.99	90	9.51	172.9