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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: 5/15/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	564.5
2	3	Felix Hernandez	556.3
3	4	Max Scherzer	544.8
4	2	Madison Bumgarner	538.0
5	10	Zack Greinke	526.1
6	9	Johnny Cueto	525.9
7	5	David Price	520.0
8	8	Cole Hamels	516.2
9	6	Chris Sale	511.0
10	7	Jon Lester	506.0
11	11	Adam Wainwright	504.5
12	13	Corey Kluber	499.3
13	12	Jordan Zimmermann	487.3
14	17	James Shields	486.7
15	20	Lance Lynn	479.4
16	42	Sonny Gray	477.8
17	29	Francisco Liriano	476.8
18	16	R.A. Dickey	473.4
19	18	Jeff Samardzija	472.0
20	15	Jered Weaver	471.1
21	55	Dallas Keuchel	469.7
22	14	Stephen Strasburg	466.9
23	22	Gio Gonzalez	465.2
24	27	Jose Quintana	462.1
25	45	Chris Archer	460.9
26	19	Doug Fister	459.9
27	58	Shelby Miller	458.7
28	46	Mike Leake	457.3
29	53	A.J. Burnett	453.2
30	26	Phil Hughes	453.1
31	41	Miguel Gonzalez	452.6
32	34	John Lackey	452.5
33	57	C.J. Wilson	449.2
34	62	Jason Hammel	447.9
35	24	Chris Tillman	446.6
36	49	Edinson Volquez	445.6
37	63	Jake Arrieta	445.3
38	38	Yovani Gallardo	445.2
39	31	Julio Teheran	444.3
40	39	Rick Porcello	444.1
41	43	Anibal Sanchez	443.6
42	52	Wei-Yin Chen	443.6
43	76	Aaron Harang	443.1
44	48	Tyson Ross	442.4
45	61	Bartolo Colon	442.0
46	30	Kyle Lohse	441.7
47	47	Dan Haren	440.4
48	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	438.0
49	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	435.7
50	23	Justin Verlander	433.6
51	82	Gerrit Cole	430.9
52	66	Matt Garza	429.6
53	21	Hiroki Kuroda	429.3
54	88	Scott Kazmir	428.9
55	64	Wily Peralta	428.6
56	67	Jonathon Niese	427.4
57	36	Ian Kennedy	427.3
58	50	Wade Miley	427.2
59	33	Jake Peavy	426.5
60	72	Collin McHugh	425.7
61	40	Mark Buehrle	423.6
62	79	Andrew Cashner	423.2
63	100	Jake Odorizzi	422.4
64	51	Jeremy Guthrie	421.3
65	54	Jason Vargas	421.3
66	60	Scott Feldman	421.1
67	69	Yordano Ventura	420.2
68	74	Garrett Richards	419.6
69	28	Alex Cobb	418.1
70	44	Jorge de la Rosa	417.2
71	35	Bud Norris	416.8
72	71	Clay Buchholz	415.8
73	68	Brandon McCarthy	415.5
74	90	J.A. Happ	411.0
75	84	Tom Koehler	411.0
76	77	Tim Hudson	410.2
77	25	Yu Darvish	408.9
78	83	Ryan Vogelsong	408.1
79	80	Mat Latos	408.1
80	104	Hector Santiago	407.8
81	94	Jacob Degrom	406.9
82	85	Travis Wood	403.6
83	86	Josh Collmenter	402.3
84	96	Jarred Cosart	402.0
85	73	Henderson Alvarez	401.8
86	37	Ervin Santana	401.2
87	111	Kyle Gibson	401.0
88	87	Alex Wood	401.0
89	101	Tim Lincecum	399.4
90	89	Drew Hutchison	398.4
91	59	Homer Bailey	397.0
92	115	Michael Wacha	396.7
93	93	Eric Stults	394.6
94	56	Hyun-Jin Ryu	394.3
95	92	Danny Duffy	393.3
96	97	Dillon Gee	392.7
97	130	Colby Lewis	392.2
98	117	Trevor Bauer	392.0
99	98	Matthew Shoemaker	388.2
100	107	Nathan Eovaldi	388.0
101	108	Masahiro Tanaka	386.9
102	91	Ricky Nolasco	386.3
103	105	John Danks	382.8
104	140	Michael Pineda	382.2
105	99	Kyle Kendrick	381.3
106	116	Fausto Carmona	380.9
107	127	Chase Anderson	380.3
108	120	Carlos Carrasco	380.1
109	131	Danny Salazar	379.6
110	124	Jordan Lyles	378.3
111	102	Drew Smyly	376.8
112	118	Jeff Locke	375.7
113	123	Tyler Matzek	371.7
114	65	Cliff Lee	371.0
115	141	Nicholas Martinez	370.3
116	75	Tanner Roark	369.1
117	114	Hector Noesi	368.2
118	78	Zack Wheeler	367.0
119	106	Chris Young	366.8
120	113	Justin Masterson	366.5
121	132	Joseph Kelly	366.1
122	110	Roenis Elias	364.8
123	134	Michael Fiers	362.3
124	159	Matt Harvey	360.6
125	81	Mike Minor	360.4
126	128	Vance Worley	360.1
127	122	Tom Milone	356.7
128	139	Kyle Hendricks	356.4
129	144	Shane Greene	355.1
130	155	Alfredo Simon	351.8
131	159	Chris Heston	349.3
132	159	Nate Karns	349.0
133	121	Trevor Cahill	348.2
134	152	James Paxton	345.4
135	159	Anthony DeSclafani	343.7
136	159	Rubby De La Rosa	342.5
137	95	Charlie Morton	342.0
138	159	Jimmy Nelson	341.4
139	159	Mike Pelfrey	338.2
140	103	Vidal Nuno	338.2
141	159	Brett Anderson	338.1
142	159	David Phelps	337.6
143	NR	Aaron Sanchez	333.9
144	159	Drew Pomeranz	333.9
145	159	Brandon Morrow	333.5
146	136	Bradley Peacock	333.4
147	159	Wandy Rodriguez	332.2
148	159	CC Sabathia	331.0
149	150	Jeremy Hellickson	331.0
150	NR	Archie Bradley	330.8
151	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	330.3
152	135	T.J. House	330.3
153	157	Jesse Chavez	330.2
154	159	Adam Warren	330.1
155	159	Eddie Butler	329.9
156	109	Marcus Stroman	329.8
157	153	Jerome Williams	329.5
158	137	David Buchanan	329.3
159	159	Kyle Lobstein	327.1
160	159	Carlos Martinez	326.8
161	159	Daniel Norris	323.4
162	159	Trevor May	323.3
163	159	Jesse Hahn	322.4
164	159	Chase Whitley	321.3
165	112	Matt Cain	320.2
166	159	Jason Marquis	320.0
167	125	Brett Oberholtzer	319.8
168	159	Carlos Frias	319.3
169	159	Ross Detwiler	319.1
170	119	Felix Doubront	318.1
171	159	Taijuan Walker	316.8
172	NR	Michael Lorenzen	316.7
173	126	Kevin Gausman	314.3
174	159	Alex Colome	313.7
175	NR	Raisel Iglesias	312.8
176	159	Erasmo Ramirez	312.6
177	NR	Mike Foltynewicz	312.2
178	159	Michael Bolsinger	311.6
179	159	Robbie Ray	310.8
180	159	Sean O'Sullivan	309.4
181	NR	Carlos Rodon	308.8
182	159	Tyler Lyons	308.5
183	143	Zachary McAllister	308.1
184	159	Scott Baker	306.6
185	159	Nicholas Tropeano	306.4
186	145	Marco Estrada	305.6
187	NR	Noah Syndergaard	304.0
188	133	Edwin Jackson	303.9
189	156	Derek Holland	303.8
190	NR	Matt Andriese	303.3
191	159	Rafael Montero	303.2
192	129	Kevin Correia	302.4
193	138	Nicholas Tepesch	301.4
194	159	Chad Bettis	301.2
195	159	Christian Bergman	300.7
196	NR	Casey Sadler	300.3

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