Nolan Ryan pitched his most complete games in a season in 1974 and in 1973, with 26 complete games.

Interpreted as:

Nolan Ryan record in complete games in a regular season

	NAME	CG	SEASON	TM	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	26	1974	CAL	42	22	16	.579	41	2.89	367	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	26	1973	CAL	41	21	16	.568	39	2.87	383	4	1	326.0	238	104	113	18	162	7	2	2	1,355	15	10.57	4.47	2.36	0.50	28.3	12.0	1.23	.280	3.12	80	2.48	69	6.57	40.9
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	22	1977	CAL	37	19	16	.543	37	2.77	341	4	0	299.0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	10.26	6.14	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	72	3.11	79	5.96	27.9
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	21	1976	CAL	39	17	18	.486	39	3.36	327	7	0	284.1	193	106	117	13	183	5	0	2	1,196	5	10.35	5.79	1.79	0.41	27.3	15.3	1.32	.269	3.70	99	2.91	85	6.11	16.5
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	20	1972	CAL	39	19	16	.543	39	2.28	329	9	0	284.0	166	72	80	14	157	10	0	4	1,154	18	10.43	4.98	2.10	0.44	28.5	13.6	1.14	.236	2.54	79	2.48	83	5.26	16.6
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	17	1979	CAL	34	16	14	.533	34	3.60	223	5	0	222.2	169	89	104	15	114	6	0	3	937	9	9.01	4.61	1.96	0.61	23.8	12.2	1.27	.266	4.20	88	3.21	78	6.83	22.2
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	14	1978	CAL	31	10	13	.435	31	3.72	260	3	0	234.2	183	97	106	12	148	3	0	7	1,008	13	9.97	5.68	1.76	0.46	25.8	14.7	1.41	.292	4.07	103	2.95	79	7.02	20.3
8	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	10	1982	HOU	35	16	12	.571	35	3.16	245	3	0	250.1	196	88	100	20	109	8	0	3	1,050	18	8.81	3.92	2.25	0.72	23.3	10.4	1.22	.263	3.60	93	3.19	95	7.05	4
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	10	1975	CAL	28	14	12	.538	28	3.45	186	5	0	198.0	152	76	90	13	132	7	0	0	864	12	8.45	6.00	1.41	0.59	21.5	15.3	1.43	.264	4.09	96	3.66	99	6.91	0.5
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	6	1989	TEX	32	16	10	.615	32	3.20	301	2	0	239.1	162	85	96	17	98	9	0	3	988	19	11.32	3.69	3.07	0.64	30.5	9.9	1.09	.258	3.61	82	2.50	65	6.09	35.1
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5	1990	TEX	30	13	9	.591	30	3.44	232	2	0	204.0	137	78	86	18	74	7	0	2	818	9	10.24	3.26	3.14	0.79	28.4	9.0	1.03	.244	3.79	88	2.86	73	6.04	23.7
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5	1984	HOU	30	12	11	.522	30	3.04	197	2	0	183.2	143	62	78	12	69	4	0	2	760	6	9.65	3.38	2.86	0.59	25.9	9.1	1.15	.274	3.82	88	2.66	79	7.01	15.1
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5	1983	HOU	29	14	9	.609	29	2.98	183	2	0	196.1	134	65	74	9	101	4	0	3	804	5	8.39	4.63	1.81	0.41	22.8	12.6	1.20	.247	3.39	87	3.08	88	6.14	8.7
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5	1981	HOU	21	11	5	.688	21	1.69	140	3	0	149.0	99	28	34	2	68	1	0	1	605	16	8.46	4.11	2.06	0.12	23.1	11.2	1.12	.246	2.05	52	2.28	70	5.98	16.5
15	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5	1970	NYM	27	7	11	.389	19	3.42	125	2	1	131.2	86	50	59	10	97	4	4	2	570	8	8.54	6.63	1.29	0.68	21.9	17.0	1.39	.228	4.03	86	4.02	107	5.88	-4
16	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4	1988	HOU	33	12	11	.522	33	3.52	228	1	0	220.0	186	86	98	18	87	7	0	6	930	10	9.33	3.56	2.62	0.74	24.5	9.4	1.24	.285	4.01	105	3.03	91	7.61	7.1
17	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4	1985	HOU	35	10	12	.455	35	3.80	209	0	0	232.0	205	98	108	12	95	9	0	8	983	14	8.11	3.69	2.20	0.47	21.3	9.7	1.29	.293	4.19	111	2.89	84	7.95	14.2
18	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4	1980	HOU	35	11	10	.524	35	3.35	200	2	0	233.2	205	87	100	10	98	3	0	1	982	10	7.70	3.77	2.04	0.39	20.4	10.0	1.30	.291	3.85	99	2.89	83	7.90	15.1
19	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3	1971	NYM	30	10	14	.417	26	3.97	137	0	0	152.0	125	67	78	8	116	15	1	4	705	6	8.11	6.87	1.18	0.47	19.4	16.5	1.59	.273	4.62	117	3.91	118	7.40	-10.6
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3	1968	NYM	21	6	9	.400	18	3.09	133	0	0	134.0	93	46	50	12	75	4	1	4	559	7	8.93	5.04	1.77	0.81	23.8	13.4	1.25	.242	3.36	103	3.33	118	6.25	-7.6
21	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2	1992	TEX	27	5	9	.357	27	3.72	157	0	0	157.1	138	65	75	9	69	12	0	0	675	9	8.98	3.95	2.28	0.51	23.3	10.2	1.32	.301	4.29	95	3.07	79	7.89	14.5
22	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2	1991	TEX	27	12	6	.667	27	2.91	203	2	0	173.0	102	56	58	12	72	5	0	0	683	8	10.56	3.75	2.82	0.62	29.7	10.5	1.01	.230	3.02	72	2.74	68	5.31	24.4
23	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2	1969	NYM	25	6	3	.667	10	3.53	92	0	1	89.1	60	35	38	3	53	1	4	3	375	1	9.27	5.34	1.74	0.30	24.5	14.1	1.26	.252	3.83	99	2.69	79	6.04	7.1
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1	1986	HOU	30	12	8	.600	30	3.34	194	0	0	178.0	119	66	72	14	82	4	0	5	729	15	9.81	4.15	2.37	0.71	26.6	11.2	1.13	.241	3.64	95	3.05	87	6.02	9.2