Baseball's Career Saves Leaders

The number of Saves is the only meaningful counting stat when it comes to relief pitchers.

Name	Career Saves	Seasons	Avg/Season
Mariano Rivera	652	19	34.3
Trevor Hoffman	601	19	31.6
Lee Smith	478	21	22.8
Francisco Rodriguez	437	18	24.3
John Franco	424	21	20.2
Billy Wagner	422	17	24.8
Dennis Eckersley	390	25	15.6
Joe Nathan	377	17	22.2
Jonathan Papelbon	368	13	28.3
Jeff Reardon	367	18	20.4
Troy Percival	358	14	25.6
Randy Myers	347	15	23.1
Craig Kimbrel	346	10	34.6
Rollie Fingers	341	17	20.1
John Wetteland	330	12	27.5
Francisco Cordero	329	16	20.6
Fernando Rodney	327	21	15.6
Roberto Hernandez	326	20	16.3
Huston Street	324	14	23.1
Jose Mesa	321	22	14.6
Todd Jones	319	19	16.8
Rick Aguilera	318	19	16.7
Robb Nen	314	11	28.5
Tom Henke	311	14	22.2
Rich Gossage	310	23	13.5
Jeff Montgomery	304	13	23.4
Doug Jones	303	18	16.8
Kenley Jansen	301	10	30.1
Jason Isringhausen	300	17	17.6
Bruce Sutter	300	12	25
Armando Benitez	289	18	16.1
Jose Valverde	288	12	24
Rod Beck	286	14	20.4
Aroldis Chapman	273	11	24.8
Bob Wickman	267	19	14.1
Todd Worrell	256	11	23.3
Dave Righetti	252	17	14.8
Dan Quisenberry	244	13	18.8
Sparky Lyle	238	18	13.2
Ugueth Urbina	237	14	16.9
Hoyt Wilhelm	227	26	8.7
Brad Lidge	225	11	20.5
Joakim Soria	221	15	14.7
Gene Garber	218	22	9.9
Gregg Olson	217	17	12.8
Dave Smith	216	13	16.6
Rafael Soriano	207	14	14.8
Greg Holland	206	10	20.6
Brian Fuentes	204	14	14.6
Jeff Shaw	203	14	14.5