who has the most wins in a season mlb in the last 20 years

Between November 7, 2005 and November 7, 2025, Justin Verlander has won the most games in a season, with 24 wins in 2011.

	NAME	W	SEASON	TM	L	W%	G	GS	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	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	24	2011	DET	5	.828	34	34	2.40	250	4	2	0	251.0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	6.24
2	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	22	2016	BOS	4	.846	33	33	3.15	189	3	0	0	223.0	193	78	85	23	32	13	0	0	890	3	7.63	1.29	5.91	0.93	21.2	3.6	1.01	.269	3.43	7.79
3	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	22	2015	CHC	6	.786	33	33	1.77	236	4	3	0	229.0	150	45	52	10	48	6	0	2	870	6	9.28	1.89	4.92	0.39	27.1	5.5	0.86	.246	2.04	5.90
4	Cliff Lee C. Lee	22	2008	CLE	3	.880	31	31	2.54	170	4	2	0	223.1	214	63	68	12	34	5	0	1	891	4	6.85	1.37	5.00	0.48	19.1	3.8	1.11	.301	2.74	8.62
5	Brandon Webb B. Webb	22	2008	ARI	7	.759	34	34	3.30	183	3	1	0	226.2	206	83	95	13	65	12	0	5	944	8	7.27	2.58	2.82	0.52	19.4	6.9	1.20	.288	3.77	8.18
6	Kyle Wright K. Wright	21	2022	ATL	5	.808	30	30	3.19	174	0	0	0	180.1	156	64	67	19	53	9	0	0	738	7	8.68	2.65	3.28	0.95	23.6	7.2	1.16	.284	3.34	7.79
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	21	2019	HOU	6	.778	34	34	2.58	300	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	5.53
8	Blake Snell B. Snell	21	2018	TBR	5	.808	31	31	1.89	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	5.58
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	21	2014	LAD	3	.875	27	27	1.77	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	6.31
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	21	2013	DET	3	.875	32	32	2.90	240	0	0	0	214.1	152	69	73	18	56	4	0	0	836	6	10.08	2.35	4.29	0.76	28.7	6.7	0.97	.259	3.07	6.38
11	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	21	2012	WSH	8	.724	32	32	2.89	207	2	1	0	199.1	149	64	69	9	76	5	0	3	822	10	9.35	3.43	2.72	0.41	25.2	9.2	1.13	.267	3.12	6.73
12	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	21	2011	ARI	4	.840	33	33	2.88	198	1	1	0	222.0	186	71	73	19	55	9	0	0	900	11	8.03	2.23	3.60	0.77	22.0	6.1	1.09	.270	2.96	7.54
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	21	2011	LAD	5	.808	33	33	2.28	248	5	2	0	233.1	174	59	66	15	54	3	0	2	912	5	9.57	2.08	4.59	0.58	27.2	5.9	0.98	.269	2.55	6.71
14	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	21	2010	PHI	10	.677	33	33	2.44	219	9	4	0	250.2	231	68	74	24	30	6	0	1	993	5	7.86	1.08	7.30	0.86	22.1	3.0	1.04	.290	2.66	8.29
15	CC Sabathia	21	2010	NYY	7	.750	34	34	3.18	197	2	0	0	237.2	209	84	92	20	74	7	0	6	970	8	7.46	2.80	2.66	0.76	20.3	7.6	1.19	.281	3.48	7.91
16	Julio Urías J. Urías	20	2021	LAD	3	.870	32	32	2.96	195	0	0	0	185.2	151	61	67	19	38	7	0	3	745	2	9.45	1.84	5.13	0.92	26.2	5.1	1.02	.272	3.25	7.32
17	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	20	2019	HOU	5	.800	33	33	2.50	326	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	6.02
18	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	20	2018	CLE	7	.741	33	33	2.89	222	2	1	0	215.0	179	69	75	25	34	3	0	0	842	2	9.29	1.42	6.53	1.05	26.4	4.0	0.99	.276	3.14	7.49
19	J.A. Happ	20	2016	TOR	4	.833	32	32	3.18	163	0	0	0	195.0	168	69	72	22	60	6	0	0	796	3	7.52	2.77	2.72	1.02	20.5	7.5	1.17	.268	3.32	7.75
20	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	20	2016	WSH	7	.741	34	34	2.96	284	1	0	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	11.19	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	6.50
21	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	20	2015	HOU	8	.714	33	33	2.48	216	3	2	0	232.0	185	64	68	17	51	2	0	0	911	9	8.38	1.98	4.24	0.66	23.7	5.6	1.02	.269	2.64	7.18
22	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	20	2014	CIN	9	.690	34	34	2.25	242	4	2	0	243.2	169	61	69	22	65	15	0	2	961	1	8.94	2.40	3.72	0.81	25.2	6.8	0.96	.238	2.55	6.24
23	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	20	2014	STL	9	.690	32	32	2.38	179	5	3	0	227.0	184	60	64	10	50	7	0	5	898	4	7.10	1.98	3.58	0.40	19.9	5.6	1.03	.267	2.54	7.30
24	R.A. Dickey	20	2012	NYM	6	.769	34	33	2.73	230	5	3	0	233.2	192	71	78	24	54	9	1	2	927	4	8.86	2.08	4.26	0.92	24.8	5.8	1.05	.275	3.00	7.40
25	David Price D. Price	20	2012	TBR	5	.800	31	31	2.56	205	2	1	0	211.0	173	60	63	16	59	5	0	2	836	8	8.74	2.52	3.47	0.68	24.5	7.1	1.10	.285	2.69	7.38