Between the 2008 and 2020 seasons, Jon Lester started the most games, with 397 starts.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games started by a player from 2008 to 2020

	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	Jon Lester J. Lester	397	397	182	109	.625	3.54	2,287	15	4	0	2454.1	2,299	965	1,055	252	763	81	0	7	10,218	57	8.39	2.80	3.00	0.92	22.4	7.5	1.25	.299	3.87	83	3.61	88	8.43	128.5
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	390	390	191	112	.630	3.26	2,699	24	7	0	2589.0	2,155	939	1,017	268	719	72	0	23	10,518	64	9.38	2.50	3.75	0.93	25.7	6.8	1.11	.279	3.54	77	3.29	78	7.49	266
3	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	388	388	187	91	.673	3.14	2,364	14	5	0	2482.2	2,223	865	937	236	558	46	0	15	10,039	81	8.57	2.02	4.24	0.86	23.5	5.6	1.12	.291	3.40	76	3.18	78	8.06	249.3
4	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	371	372	139	109	.560	3.39	2,238	15	7	0	2382.1	2,144	898	965	266	676	94	0	35	9,814	47	8.45	2.55	3.31	1.00	22.8	6.9	1.18	.287	3.65	82	3.65	88	8.10	126
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	368	377	175	93	.653	3.21	2,784	11	5	0	2357.1	1,953	841	906	264	641	86	2	20	9,573	71	10.63	2.45	4.34	1.01	29.1	6.7	1.10	.291	3.46	77	3.13	76	7.46	262.2
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	354	357	175	76	.697	2.43	2,526	25	15	0	2333.0	1,756	631	690	181	585	34	1	27	9,179	88	9.74	2.26	4.32	0.70	27.5	6.4	1.00	.269	2.66	63	2.75	69	6.77	320.6
7	James Shields J. Shields	353	355	127	123	.508	3.99	1,946	21	9	0	2276.1	2,238	1,008	1,100	315	672	82	1	17	9,579	89	7.69	2.66	2.90	1.25	20.3	7.0	1.28	.293	4.35	99	4.18	102	8.85	-28.2
8	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	351	355	150	125	.545	4.40	1,561	10	3	0	2096.1	2,270	1,025	1,122	260	489	84	2	17	8,912	70	6.70	2.10	3.19	1.12	17.5	5.5	1.32	.308	4.82	102	4.06	97	9.75	26.3
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	345	346	139	111	.556	3.31	2,106	22	9	0	2264.0	2,022	833	938	216	669	94	0	10	9,332	135	8.37	2.66	3.15	0.86	22.6	7.2	1.19	.289	3.73	83	3.49	86	8.04	144
10	CC Sabathia	341	342	151	98	.606	3.68	1,951	22	7	0	2171.0	2,086	887	977	251	635	80	0	30	9,116	45	8.09	2.63	3.07	1.04	21.4	7.0	1.25	.296	4.05	87	3.79	88	8.65	126.1
11	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	328	344	131	101	.565	3.70	1,860	4	2	0	1933.0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	8.66	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	91	3.67	91	8.12	77.3
12	David Price D. Price	311	321	150	80	.652	3.31	1,981	17	3	0	2029.2	1,813	746	819	207	527	59	1	12	8,314	39	8.78	2.34	3.76	0.92	23.8	6.3	1.15	.290	3.63	81	3.34	82	8.04	164.7
13	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	308	308	128	90	.587	3.41	1,612	17	8	0	1919.2	1,741	728	787	202	556	107	0	18	7,964	34	7.56	2.61	2.90	0.95	20.2	7.0	1.20	.280	3.69	84	3.83	94	8.16	45.5
14	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	304	326	100	109	.478	4.12	1,640	7	6	0	1804.0	1,772	825	897	213	588	50	9	40	7,695	53	8.18	2.93	2.79	1.06	21.3	7.6	1.31	.300	4.48	100	3.89	95	8.84	38.8
15	Ervin Santana E. Santana	302	303	114	97	.540	3.91	1,560	20	10	0	1933.2	1,832	839	904	258	579	75	0	27	8,101	76	7.26	2.69	2.69	1.20	19.3	7.1	1.25	.280	4.21	96	4.23	103	8.53	-31.1
16	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	299	312	110	113	.493	4.34	1,649	9	3	1	1780.1	1,682	859	918	175	808	72	4	27	7,710	90	8.34	4.08	2.04	0.88	21.4	10.5	1.40	.301	4.64	102	4.00	95	8.50	45.3
17	J.A. Happ	297	323	123	91	.575	3.96	1,534	4	3	0	1737.1	1,638	765	814	228	618	38	10	16	7,356	43	7.95	3.20	2.48	1.18	20.9	8.4	1.30	.286	4.22	97	4.19	101	8.49	-4
18	Mike Leake M. Leake	296	301	105	98	.517	4.05	1,231	6	2	0	1829.0	1,940	824	905	238	403	68	2	29	7,693	33	6.06	1.98	3.05	1.17	16.0	5.2	1.28	.296	4.45	101	4.23	104	9.55	-35.5
19	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	295	298	120	96	.556	3.20	1,824	15	6	0	1887.2	1,669	672	734	205	441	68	1	36	7,697	25	8.70	2.10	4.14	0.98	23.7	5.7	1.12	.284	3.50	84	3.40	89	7.96	84.1
20	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	294	298	151	85	.640	3.35	1,622	23	10	0	1890.1	1,788	703	754	156	498	51	2	30	7,801	32	7.72	2.37	3.26	0.74	20.8	6.4	1.21	.298	3.59	85	3.34	83	8.51	136
21	Yovani Gallardo Y. Gallardo	290	299	112	96	.538	4.09	1,483	4	3	1	1706.1	1,667	775	830	197	673	22	5	24	7,327	75	7.82	3.55	2.20	1.04	20.2	9.2	1.37	.297	4.38	100	4.08	99	8.79	4.7
22	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	287	366	96	105	.478	4.16	1,633	2	1	30	1762.1	1,675	814	873	252	592	79	53	22	7,488	76	8.34	3.02	2.76	1.29	21.8	7.9	1.29	.289	4.46	103	4.25	107	8.55	-55.9
23	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	286	290	102	105	.493	4.53	1,403	12	6	0	1726.1	1,862	869	921	216	410	45	1	38	7,347	44	7.31	2.14	3.42	1.13	19.1	5.6	1.32	.312	4.80	112	3.89	97	9.71	23.7
24	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	284	284	126	89	.586	3.67	1,401	14	8	0	1783.1	1,640	728	766	230	473	50	0	13	7,346	31	7.07	2.39	2.96	1.16	19.1	6.4	1.18	.272	3.87	92	4.08	101	8.28	-8.4
25	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	280	385	99	109	.476	4.28	1,638	3	1	0	1669.0	1,541	793	865	171	777	61	15	15	7,215	91	8.83	4.19	2.11	0.92	22.7	10.8	1.39	.300	4.66	105	3.98	98	8.31	11.7