Most Consecutive Games Played

From BR Bullpen

A list of players with the greater than 700 consecutive games played in Major League Baseball and Nippon Pro Baseball.

Active streaks are in italics.

Rank	Games	Player	Start Date	End Date	MLB	NPB
1	2632	Cal Ripken, Jr.	May 30, 1982	September 19, 1998	2632	0
2	2215	Sachio Kinugasa	October 19, 1970	October 22, 1987	0	2215
3	2130	Lou Gehrig	June 1, 1925	April 30, 1939	2130	0
4	1768	Hideki Matsui	August 22, 1993	May 10, 2006	518	1250
5	1331	Tomoaki Kanemoto	July 10, 1998	Through 2007	0	1331
6	1307	Everett Scott	June 20, 1916	May 5, 1925	1307	0
7	1246	Tokuji Iida	September 12, 1948	May 24, 1958	0	1246
8	1213	Kazuo Matsui	July 22, 1995	June 23, 2004	70	1143
9	1207	Steve Garvey	September 3, 1975	July 29, 1983	1207	0
10	1180	Katsumi Hirosawa	October 12, 1986	October 8, 1995	0	1180
11	1152	Miguel Tejada	June 2, 2000	June 21, 2007	1152	0
12	1117	Billy Williams	September 22, 1963	September 2, 1970	1117	0
13	1103	Joe Sewell	September 13, 1922	April 30, 1930	1103	0
14	1014	Fumio Fujimura	August 30, 1946	July 31, 1954	0	1014
15	895	Stan Musial	April 15, 1952	August 23, 1957	895	0
16	894	Kazuhiko Ishimine	August 14, 1988	July 12, 1995	0	894
17	890	Katsuo Ohsugi	September 21, 1968	August 20, 1975	0	890
18	882	Hideshi Miyake	April 11, 1956	September 5, 1962	0	882
19	872	Koji Yamamoto	October 22, 1976	August 28, 1983	0	872
20	833	Koji Akiyama	April 6, 1985	June 16, 1991	0	833
21	829	Eddie Yost	April 30, 1949	May 11, 1955	829	0
22	822	Gus Suhr	September 11, 1931	June 4, 1937	822	0
23	821	Sadayuki Tokutate	April 9, 1961	April 10, 1967	0	821
24	809	Shinichi Etoh	April 11, 1959	April 16, 1965	0	809
25	803	Ryuzoh Yamasaki	October 16, 1983	April 28, 1990	0	803
26	798	Nellie Fox	August 8, 1955	September 3, 1960	798	0
27	763	Ichiro Suzuki	April 9, 1994	August 24, 1999	0	763
28	745	Pete Rose	September 2, 1978	August 23, 1983	745	0
29	740	Dale Murphy	September 26, 1981	July 8, 1986	740	0
30	739	Norihiro Komada	October 21, 1993	July 16, 1999	0	739
31	733	Kazuo Horii	April 19, 1950	March 24, 1956	0	733
32	730	Richie Ashburn	June 7, 1950	April 13, 1955	730	0
33	717	Ernie Banks	August 28, 1956	June 22, 1961	717	0
34	717	Jyunichi Kashiwabara	August 14, 1979	May 9, 1985	0	717
35	708	Nobuyuki Hikichi	May 18, 1952	August 29, 1957	0	708