All-time wins by MLB franchise, 1876 to 2025
The San Francisco Giants hold the most wins in MLB history: 11,622 through 2025. The Los Angeles Dodgers follow at 11,525, then the Chicago Cubs at 11,419, the St. Louis Cardinals at 11,363, and the Atlanta Braves at 11,190.
How it is measured
Each franchise's regular-season wins are summed year by year under its franchise identity in the SABR Lahman Baseball Database (licensed CC BY-SA 3.0), so totals follow a club through relocations and renames: the Giants' count begins in New York in 1883, the Dodgers' in Brooklyn in 1884. The chart covers the 30 active franchises and starts with the National League's founding in 1876; National Association seasons before that are not counted.
What the curve shows
The race is a study in head starts and endurance. The 1876 founders, the Cubs and Braves, led for decades before the Giants overtook them on a century of sustained winning. The gap from first to fifth place is under 450 wins after 150 seasons, while the youngest expansion clubs, Arizona and Tampa Bay, sit near 2,200.
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