Chicago Cubs Saves Leaders

Career totals with the Cubs and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through September 27: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Lee Smith holds the Cubs career record with 180 saves. The single-season record is 53, by Randy Myers in 1993.

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

All-time Cubs leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	SV	G
1	Lee Smith	1980–1987	180	458
2	Bruce Sutter	1976–1980	133	300
3	Carlos Marmol	2006–2013	117	483
4	Randy Myers	1993–1995	112	168
5	Ryan Dempster	2004–2012	87	374
6	Hector Rondon	2013–2017	77	296
7	Don Elston	1953–1964	63	449
8	Phil Regan	1968–1972	60	246
9	Rod Beck	1998–1999	58	112
10	Kevin Gregg	2009–2013	56	134
11	Mitch Williams	1989–1990	52	135
12	Joe Borowski	2001–2005	44	175
13	Charlie Root	1926–1941	40	605
14	Ted Abernathy	1965–1970	39	171
14	Mordecai Brown	1904–1916	39	346
14	Lindy McDaniel	1963–1965	39	191
17	Craig Kimbrel	2019–2021	38	80
18	Terry Adams	1995–1999	37	276
18	Rick Aguilera	1999–2000	37	98
20	Kerry Wood	1998–2012	35	341
21	Paul Assenmacher	1989–1993	33	279
22	Wade Davis	2017	32	59
23	Jack Aker	1972–1973	29	95
23	LaTroy Hawkins	2004–2005	29	98
23	Pedro Strop	2013–2021	29	413

Single-season Cubs records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	SV	G
1	Randy Myers	1993	53	73
2	Rod Beck	1998	51	81
3	Carlos Marmol	2010	38	77
3	Randy Myers	1995	38	57
5	Bruce Sutter	1979	37	62
6	Lee Smith	1987	36	62
6	Mitch Williams	1989	36	76
8	Carlos Marmol	2011	34	75
8	Kerry Wood	2008	34	65
10	Joe Borowski	2003	33	68
10	Ryan Dempster	2005	33	63
10	Kevin Gregg	2013	33	62
10	Lee Smith	1985	33	65
10	Lee Smith	1984	33	69
15	Wade Davis	2017	32	59
16	Ted Abernathy	1965	31	84
16	Lee Smith	1986	31	66
16	Bruce Sutter	1977	31	62
19	Hector Rondon	2015	30	72
20	Rick Aguilera	2000	29	54
20	Hector Rondon	2014	29	64
20	Lee Smith	1983	29	66
23	Ryan Dempster	2007	28	66
23	Bruce Sutter	1980	28	60
25	Tom Gordon	2001	27	47