| Top 50 Saves (2001) | |||||
| RK | PLAYER | YRS | G | SV | ERA |
| 1 | Lee Smith | 18 | 1022 | 478 | 3.03 |
| 2 | John Franco | 18 | 998 | 422 | 2.75 |
| 3 | Dennis Eckersley | 24 | 1071 | 390 | 3.50 |
| 4 | Jeff Reardon | 16 | 880 | 367 | 3.16 |
| 5 | Randy Myers | 14 | 728 | 347 | 3.19 |
| 6 | Rollie Fingers | 17 | 944 | 341 | 2.90 |
| 7 | John Wetteland | 12 | 618 | 330 | 2.93 |
| 8 | Rick Aguilera | 16 | 732 | 318 | 3.57 |
| 9 | Trevor Hoffman | 9 | 571 | 314 | 2.79 |
| 10 | Tom Henke | 14 | 642 | 311 | 2.67 |
| 11 | Rich Gossage | 22 | 1002 | 310 | 3.01 |
| 12 | Jeff Montgomery | 13 | 700 | 304 | 3.27 |
| 13 | Doug Jones | 16 | 846 | 303 | 3.30 |
| 14 | Bruce Sutter | 12 | 661 | 300 | 2.83 |
| 15 | Roberto Hernandez | 11 | 643 | 294 | 3.14 |
| 16 | Robb Nen | 9 | 575 | 271 | 3.07 |
| 17 | Rod Beck | 11 | 642 | 266 | 3.28 |
| 18 | Todd Worrell | 11 | 617 | 256 | 3.09 |
| 19 | Dave Righetti | 16 | 718 | 252 | 3.46 |
| 20 | Dan Quisenberry | 12 | 674 | 244 | 2.76 |
| 21 | Sparky Lyle | 16 | 899 | 238 | 2.88 |
| 22 | Hoyt Wilhelm | 21 | 1070 | 227 | 2.52 |
| 23 | Gene Garber | 19 | 931 | 218 | 3.34 |
| 24 | Gregg Olson | 14 | 622 | 217 | 3.46 |
| 25 | Dave Smith | 13 | 609 | 216 | 2.67 |
| 26 | Mariano Rivera | 7 | 403 | 215 | 2.58 |
| 27 | Troy Percival | 7 | 417 | 210 | 3.09 |
| 28 | Jeff Shaw | 12 | 633 | 203 | 3.54 |
| 29 | Bobby Thigpen | 9 | 448 | 201 | 3.43 |
| 30 | Mike Henneman | 10 | 561 | 193 | 3.21 |
| 31 | Roy Face | 16 | 848 | 193 | 3.48 |
| 32 | Mitch Williams | 11 | 619 | 192 | 3.64 |
| 33 | Mike Marshall | 14 | 723 | 188 | 3.14 |
| 34 | Jeff Russell | 14 | 589 | 186 | 3.75 |
| 35 | Kent Tekulve | 16 | 1050 | 184 | 2.85 |
| 36 | Steve Bedrosian | 14 | 732 | 184 | 3.38 |
| 37 | Todd Jones | 9 | 528 | 183 | 3.62 |
| 38 | Tug McGraw | 19 | 824 | 180 | 3.14 |
| 39 | Jose Mesa | 13 | 627 | 180 | 4.30 |
| 40 | Ron Perranoski | 13 | 737 | 179 | 2.79 |
| 41 | Bryan Harvey | 9 | 322 | 177 | 2.42 |
| 42 | Jeff Brantley | 14 | 615 | 172 | 3.39 |
| 43 | Lindy McDaniel | 21 | 987 | 172 | 3.45 |
| 44 | Roger McDowell | 12 | 723 | 159 | 3.30 |
| 45 | Jay Howell | 15 | 568 | 155 | 3.34 |
| 46 | Dan Plesac | 16 | 946 | 155 | 3.64 |
| 47 | Stu Miller | 16 | 704 | 154 | 3.24 |
| 48 | Don McMahon | 18 | 874 | 153 | 2.96 |
| 49 | Greg Minton | 16 | 710 | 150 | 3.10 |
| 50 | Ted Abernathy | 14 | 681 | 148 | 3.46 |