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New York Mets Games Started Leaders

Career totals with the Mets 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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Tom Seaver holds the Mets career record with 395 games started. The single-season record is 36, by Jack Fisher in 1965.

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

All-time Mets leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club GS G
1 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1967–1983 395 401
2 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman 1967–1978 346 376
3 Dwight Gooden Dwight Gooden 1984–1994 303 305
4 Sid Fernandez Sid Fernandez 1984–1993 250 255
5 Ron Darling Ron Darling 1983–1991 241 257
6 Al Leiter Al Leiter 1998–2004 213 213
7 Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom 2014–2022 209 209
8 Jon Matlack Jon Matlack 1971–1977 199 203
9 Bobby Jones Bobby Jones 1993–2000 190 193
10 Craig Swan Craig Swan 1973–1984 184 229
11 Jonathon Niese Jonathon Niese 2008–2016 179 188
12 David Cone David Cone 1987–2003 169 187
13 Tom Glavine Tom Glavine 2003–2007 164 164
14 Steve Trachsel Steve Trachsel 2001–2006 160 160
15 Mike Pelfrey Mike Pelfrey 2006–2012 149 153
16 Al Jackson Al Jackson 1962–1969 138 184
16 Rick Reed Rick Reed 1997–2001 138 140
18 Jack Fisher Jack Fisher 1964–1967 133 160
19 Zack Wheeler Zack Wheeler 2013–2019 126 126
20 David Peterson David Peterson 2020–2026 123 147
21 Gary Gentry Gary Gentry 1969–1972 121 131
22 Noah Syndergaard Noah Syndergaard 2015–2021 120 121
23 Pat Zachry Pat Zachry 1977–1982 113 135
24 Dillon Gee Dillon Gee 2010–2015 110 114
25 Bob Ojeda Bob Ojeda 1986–1990 109 140

Single-season Mets records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season GS G
1 Jack Fisher Jack Fisher 1965 36 43
1 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1973 36 36
1 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1970 36 37
1 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1975 36 36
5 Ron Darling Ron Darling 1985 35 36
5 Gary Gentry Gary Gentry 1969 35 35
5 Dwight Gooden Dwight Gooden 1985 35 35
5 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman 1974 35 35
5 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman 1973 35 35
5 Jon Matlack Jon Matlack 1976 35 35
5 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1972 35 35
5 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1968 35 36
5 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1971 35 36
5 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 1969 35 36
5 Craig Swan Craig Swan 1979 35 35
5 Frank Viola Frank Viola 1991 35 35
5 Frank Viola Frank Viola 1990 35 35
18 David Cone David Cone 1991 34 34
18 Ron Darling Ron Darling 1986 34 34
18 Ron Darling Ron Darling 1988 34 34
18 Jack Fisher Jack Fisher 1964 34 40
18 Tom Glavine Tom Glavine 2007 34 34
18 Dwight Gooden Dwight Gooden 1990 34 34
18 Dwight Gooden Dwight Gooden 1988 34 34
18 Jay Hook Jay Hook 1962 34 37