Most Consecutive Games Played

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

Rank	Games	Player	Start Date	End Date	MLB	NPB
1	2,632	Cal Ripken, Jr.	May 30, 1982	September 19, 1998	2632	0
2	2,215	Sachio Kinugasa	October 19, 1970	October 22, 1987	0	2215
3	2,130	Lou Gehrig	June 1, 1925	April 30, 1939	2130	0
4	1,939	Takashi Toritani	September 9, 2004	May 29, 2013	0	1939
5	1,768	Hideki Matsui	August 22, 1993	May 10, 2006	518	1250
6	1,766	Tomoaki Kanemoto	July 10, 1998	April 15, 2011	0	1766
7	1,346	Hideto Asamura	August 8, 2015	May 20, 2025	0	1346
8	1,307	Everett Scott	June 20, 1916	May 5, 1925	1307	0
9	1,246	Tokuji Iida	September 12, 1948	May 24, 1958	0	1246
10	1,213	Kazuo Matsui	July 22, 1995	June 23, 2004	70	1143
11	1,207	Steve Garvey	September 3, 1975	July 29, 1983	1207	0
12	1,180	Katsumi Hirosawa	October 12, 1986	October 8, 1995	0	1180
13	1,152	Miguel Tejada	June 2, 2000	June 21, 2007	1152	0
14	1,117	Billy Williams	September 22, 1963	September 2, 1970	1117	0
15	1,103	Joe Sewell	September 13, 1922	April 30, 1930	1103	0
16	1,014	Fumio Fujimura	August 30, 1946	July 31, 1954	0	1014
17	895	Stan Musial	April 15, 1952	August 23, 1957	895	0
18	894	Kazuhiko Ishimine	August 14, 1988	July 12, 1995	0	894
19	890	Katsuo Ohsugi	September 21, 1968	August 20, 1975	0	890
20	882	Hideshi Miyake	April 11, 1956	September 5, 1962	0	882
21	872	Koji Yamamoto	October 22, 1976	August 28, 1983	0	872
22	843	Matt Olson*	May 2, 2021	June 2, 2026*	843	0
23	833	Koji Akiyama	April 6, 1985	June 16, 1991	0	833
24	829	Eddie Yost	April 30, 1949	May 11, 1955	829	0
25	822	Gus Suhr	September 11, 1931	June 4, 1937	822	0
26	821	Sadayuki Tokutake	April 9, 1961	April 10, 1967	0	821
27	809	Shinichi Etoh	April 11, 1959	April 16, 1965	0	809
28	803	Ryuzoh Yamasaki	October 16, 1983	April 28, 1990	0	803
29	798	Nellie Fox	August 8, 1955	September 3, 1960	798	0
30	763	Ichiro Suzuki	April 9, 1994	August 24, 1999	0	763
31	746	Shogo Akiyama	September 6, 2014	August 8, 2020	8	738
32	745	Pete Rose	September 2, 1978	August 23, 1983	745	0
33	740	Dale Murphy	September 26, 1981	July 8, 1986	740	0
34	739	Norihiro Komada	October 21, 1993	July 16, 1999	0	739
35	733	Kazuo Horii	April 19, 1950	March 24, 1956	0	733
36	730	Richie Ashburn	June 7, 1950	April 13, 1955	730	0
37	717	Ernie Banks	August 28, 1956	June 22, 1961	717	0
38	717	Junichi Kashiwabara	August 14, 1979	May 9, 1985	0	717
39	708	Nobuyuki Hikichi	May 18, 1952	August 29, 1957	0	708

• Denotes an active streak; date as of latest milestone

Alexander Ramos set the record in Cuba with 1,112 games while Gerardo Sánchez holds the Mexican League record at 1,415. Cheng-Hsien Chen set the Chinese Professional Baseball League mark of 665.

Further Reading

• David Adler and Chad Thornburg: "MLB's all-time consecutive games leaders", mlb.com', April 12, 2026. [1]
• John Eisenberg: The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, NY, 2017. ISBN 978-0-5441-0767-0
• Marty Friedrich: The Iron Men of Baseball, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2006.
• Sarah Langs: "Consecutive games streaks since Ripken", mlb.com, September 6, 2020. [2]