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Here's something to jazz up your baseball debates: a ranking of the top starting pitchers in the major leagues. These rankings (which include postseason performances) will be updated every morning, though we'll show each pitcher's rank as of April 1st of each year (that's the "Started Season" column). If you're interested in how we put this together, read about Bill's concept in this article.

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Starting Pitcher Rankings

Rank	Started Season	Name	Current Score
World's #1 Starting Pitcher Rankings: 4/12/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	563.2
2	3	Felix Hernandez	541.3
3	4	Max Scherzer	528.7
4	5	David Price	527.4
5	2	Madison Bumgarner	526.6
6	9	Johnny Cueto	514.1
7	6	Chris Sale	513.8
8	8	Cole Hamels	508.6
9	7	Jon Lester	505.1
10	10	Zack Greinke	504.5
11	11	Adam Wainwright	503.4
12	13	Corey Kluber	497.2
13	12	Jordan Zimmermann	496.7
14	17	James Shields	481.3
15	14	Stephen Strasburg	478.0
16	16	R.A. Dickey	478.0
17	20	Lance Lynn	470.3
18	18	Jeff Samardzija	469.5
19	19	Doug Fister	469.4
20	15	Jered Weaver	465.8
21	22	Gio Gonzalez	461.8
22	21	Hiroki Kuroda	461.6
23	24	Chris Tillman	461.2
24	23	Justin Verlander	459.9
25	29	Francisco Liriano	454.8
26	31	Julio Teheran	453.7
27	26	Phil Hughes	450.7
28	28	Alex Cobb	448.1
29	42	Sonny Gray	445.8
30	27	Jose Quintana	445.3
31	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	442.9
32	25	Yu Darvish	441.9
33	33	Jake Peavy	439.7
34	45	Chris Archer	437.5
35	30	Kyle Lohse	436.9
36	34	John Lackey	436.2
37	38	Yovani Gallardo	433.0
38	41	Miguel Gonzalez	432.9
39	49	Edinson Volquez	432.8
40	37	Ervin Santana	432.7
41	43	Anibal Sanchez	432.4
42	36	Ian Kennedy	432.1
43	39	Rick Porcello	432.0
44	40	Mark Buehrle	430.5
45	55	Dallas Keuchel	429.5
46	47	Dan Haren	429.5
47	57	C.J. Wilson	428.9
48	50	Wade Miley	427.1
49	35	Bud Norris	426.2
50	44	Jorge de la Rosa	426.0
51	46	Mike Leake	425.8
52	63	Jake Arrieta	425.2
53	61	Bartolo Colon	424.8
54	53	A.J. Burnett	424.5
55	48	Tyson Ross	423.7
56	54	Jason Vargas	423.6
57	58	Shelby Miller	423.5
58	51	Jeremy Guthrie	423.5
59	60	Scott Feldman	423.3
60	52	Wei-Yin Chen	422.3
61	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	421.8
62	62	Jason Hammel	419.9
63	71	Clay Buchholz	419.6
64	56	Hyun-Jin Ryu	418.3
65	64	Wily Peralta	418.0
66	69	Yordano Ventura	417.1
67	76	Aaron Harang	413.2
68	67	Jonathon Niese	412.0
69	72	Collin McHugh	411.2
70	66	Matt Garza	411.2
71	68	Brandon McCarthy	410.7
72	73	Henderson Alvarez	409.7
73	59	Homer Bailey	408.2
74	65	Cliff Lee	404.0
75	88	Scott Kazmir	402.5
76	77	Tim Hudson	402.3
77	75	Tanner Roark	402.1
78	78	Zack Wheeler	399.3
79	84	Tom Koehler	399.0
80	82	Gerrit Cole	398.3
81	79	Andrew Cashner	396.4
82	89	Drew Hutchison	396.1
83	74	Garrett Richards	394.7
84	81	Mike Minor	393.4
85	87	Alex Wood	393.4
86	85	Travis Wood	392.7
87	83	Ryan Vogelsong	391.7
88	90	J.A. Happ	390.5
89	94	Jacob Degrom	389.4
90	100	Jake Odorizzi	389.1
91	86	Josh Collmenter	387.5
92	96	Jarred Cosart	385.9
93	80	Mat Latos	385.5
94	93	Eric Stults	385.2
95	92	Danny Duffy	384.5
96	99	Kyle Kendrick	384.0
97	98	Matthew Shoemaker	382.9
98	91	Ricky Nolasco	381.8
99	97	Dillon Gee	377.2
100	101	Tim Lincecum	376.7
101	95	Charlie Morton	375.0
102	104	Hector Santiago	373.9
103	103	Vidal Nuno	371.2
104	105	John Danks	370.7
105	117	Trevor Bauer	370.5
106	107	Nathan Eovaldi	368.6
107	108	Masahiro Tanaka	367.7
108	102	Drew Smyly	367.3
109	120	Carlos Carrasco	365.1
110	106	Chris Young	365.1
111	115	Michael Wacha	364.7
112	113	Justin Masterson	364.0
113	114	Hector Noesi	363.4
114	109	Marcus Stroman	362.8
115	118	Jeff Locke	361.8
116	111	Kyle Gibson	360.1
117	122	Tom Milone	359.9
118	110	Roenis Elias	359.6
119	116	Fausto Carmona	359.0
120	123	Tyler Matzek	358.3
121	124	Jordan Lyles	356.1
122	132	Joseph Kelly	355.8
123	112	Matt Cain	353.2
124	130	Colby Lewis	353.1
125	121	Trevor Cahill	351.7
126	119	Felix Doubront	351.1
127	127	Chase Anderson	347.7
128	126	Kevin Gausman	346.5
129	125	Brett Oberholtzer	346.0
130	128	Vance Worley	344.8
131	131	Danny Salazar	342.3
132	141	Nicholas Martinez	340.8
133	134	Michael Fiers	340.2
134	135	T.J. House	338.0
135	140	Michael Pineda	337.1
136	133	Edwin Jackson	336.9
137	136	Bradley Peacock	336.7
138	144	Shane Greene	335.8
139	129	Kevin Correia	335.4
140	138	Nicholas Tepesch	332.9
141	139	Kyle Hendricks	330.7
142	137	David Buchanan	329.3
143	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	320.7
144	152	James Paxton	320.2
145	153	Jerome Williams	320.0
146	147	Brad Hand	317.2
147	148	Tsuyoshi Wada	316.9
148	143	Zachary McAllister	315.3
149	159	Jimmy Nelson	314.5
150	159	Drew Pomeranz	314.2
151	150	Jeremy Hellickson	314.1
152	NR	Archie Bradley	312.5
153	159	Matt Harvey	311.9
154	156	Derek Holland	311.1
155	145	Marco Estrada	311.0
156	155	Alfredo Simon	310.9
157	159	Chris Heston	310.5
158	154	Chris Capuano	310.1
159	146	Bronson Arroyo	309.1
160	159	Brandon Morrow	308.1
161	159	Anthony DeSclafani	307.6
162	159	Brett Anderson	306.8
163	159	Eddie Butler	306.7
164	159	Jason Marquis	306.4
165	159	Adam Warren	305.8
166	159	Jesse Hahn	305.2
167	159	Daniel Norris	304.9
168	NR	Steve Geltz	304.7
169	149	Franklin Morales	304.2
170	159	CC Sabathia	303.4
171	151	Josh Beckett	303.1
172	159	Mike Pelfrey	302.2
173	159	Nate Karns	300.6
174	NR	Aaron Sanchez	300.4
175	159	Rubby De La Rosa	300.3

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