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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: 6/1/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	569.4
2	3	Felix Hernandez	564.0
3	4	Max Scherzer	563.3
4	2	Madison Bumgarner	539.0
5	10	Zack Greinke	537.0
6	8	Cole Hamels	532.8
7	6	Chris Sale	531.3
8	5	David Price	526.7
9	9	Johnny Cueto	522.7
10	13	Corey Kluber	515.9
11	7	Jon Lester	514.8
12	11	Adam Wainwright	500.3
13	12	Jordan Zimmermann	499.4
14	17	James Shields	497.3
15	55	Dallas Keuchel	487.4
16	18	Jeff Samardzija	487.1
17	42	Sonny Gray	485.3
18	15	Jered Weaver	483.5
19	29	Francisco Liriano	481.3
20	45	Chris Archer	480.2
21	20	Lance Lynn	479.8
22	58	Shelby Miller	475.1
23	16	R.A. Dickey	467.3
24	53	A.J. Burnett	466.1
25	34	John Lackey	466.0
26	27	Jose Quintana	464.8
27	26	Phil Hughes	462.0
28	22	Gio Gonzalez	461.3
29	62	Jason Hammel	460.9
30	14	Stephen Strasburg	460.4
31	49	Edinson Volquez	457.7
32	41	Miguel Gonzalez	457.5
33	19	Doug Fister	456.9
34	47	Dan Haren	456.3
35	76	Aaron Harang	455.8
36	63	Jake Arrieta	452.5
37	52	Wei-Yin Chen	451.0
38	57	C.J. Wilson	451.0
39	38	Yovani Gallardo	450.6
40	48	Tyson Ross	449.2
41	82	Gerrit Cole	448.9
42	24	Chris Tillman	447.1
43	30	Kyle Lohse	442.6
44	31	Julio Teheran	442.6
45	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	440.1
46	69	Yordano Ventura	439.9
47	39	Rick Porcello	439.3
48	43	Anibal Sanchez	438.4
49	40	Mark Buehrle	437.9
50	71	Clay Buchholz	437.0
51	100	Jake Odorizzi	434.4
52	50	Wade Miley	433.9
53	46	Mike Leake	433.1
54	72	Collin McHugh	433.0
55	94	Jacob Degrom	432.8
56	79	Andrew Cashner	431.7
57	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	431.4
58	88	Scott Kazmir	430.8
59	61	Bartolo Colon	430.5
60	60	Scott Feldman	428.1
61	104	Hector Santiago	427.8
62	44	Jorge de la Rosa	427.6
63	64	Wily Peralta	427.4
64	83	Ryan Vogelsong	424.8
65	36	Ian Kennedy	424.2
66	74	Garrett Richards	424.0
67	33	Jake Peavy	422.3
68	54	Jason Vargas	421.0
69	23	Justin Verlander	416.6
70	77	Tim Hudson	416.4
71	89	Drew Hutchison	415.3
72	84	Tom Koehler	415.0
73	117	Trevor Bauer	414.8
74	90	J.A. Happ	414.4
75	66	Matt Garza	414.3
76	111	Kyle Gibson	414.0
77	35	Bud Norris	412.8
78	115	Michael Wacha	412.5
79	21	Hiroki Kuroda	412.3
80	67	Jonathon Niese	411.8
81	68	Brandon McCarthy	411.3
82	87	Alex Wood	410.3
83	51	Jeremy Guthrie	410.1
84	98	Matthew Shoemaker	408.1
85	86	Josh Collmenter	406.7
86	101	Tim Lincecum	405.4
87	120	Carlos Carrasco	402.0
88	28	Alex Cobb	401.1
89	85	Travis Wood	400.6
90	80	Mat Latos	399.0
91	96	Jarred Cosart	398.8
92	105	John Danks	397.0
93	99	Kyle Kendrick	395.4
94	91	Ricky Nolasco	394.7
95	73	Henderson Alvarez	393.1
96	59	Homer Bailey	392.7
97	25	Yu Darvish	391.9
98	127	Chase Anderson	391.9
99	92	Danny Duffy	391.1
100	107	Nathan Eovaldi	388.8
101	131	Danny Salazar	388.6
102	93	Eric Stults	388.5
103	97	Dillon Gee	388.4
104	141	Nicholas Martinez	386.9
105	140	Michael Pineda	385.6
106	37	Ervin Santana	384.2
107	108	Masahiro Tanaka	382.7
108	124	Jordan Lyles	382.3
109	106	Chris Young	380.7
110	139	Kyle Hendricks	379.2
111	110	Roenis Elias	378.7
112	130	Colby Lewis	378.6
113	116	Fausto Carmona	378.5
114	118	Jeff Locke	377.5
115	56	Hyun-Jin Ryu	377.3
116	159	Matt Harvey	374.7
117	134	Michael Fiers	372.9
118	102	Drew Smyly	372.6
119	75	Tanner Roark	371.0
120	132	Joseph Kelly	369.4
121	114	Hector Noesi	369.1
122	123	Tyler Matzek	367.4
123	159	Carlos Martinez	364.6
124	155	Alfredo Simon	364.5
125	159	Nate Karns	363.0
126	113	Justin Masterson	363.0
127	144	Shane Greene	362.9
128	157	Jesse Chavez	362.4
129	159	Jimmy Nelson	360.6
130	152	James Paxton	360.6
131	159	Rubby De La Rosa	360.4
132	128	Vance Worley	357.1
133	159	Mike Pelfrey	356.2
134	159	Chris Heston	355.5
135	65	Cliff Lee	354.0
136	159	Brett Anderson	353.7
137	159	Adam Warren	353.6
138	159	Anthony DeSclafani	352.7
139	122	Tom Milone	352.5
140	NR	Aaron Sanchez	352.2
141	159	Jesse Hahn	352.2
142	159	David Phelps	351.7
143	150	Jeremy Hellickson	351.6
144	78	Zack Wheeler	350.0
145	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	349.8
146	95	Charlie Morton	348.9
147	159	Wandy Rodriguez	347.4
148	121	Trevor Cahill	344.0
149	81	Mike Minor	343.4
150	159	Michael Bolsinger	342.7
151	159	Trevor May	341.2
152	159	Eddie Butler	338.7
153	159	Drew Pomeranz	338.2
154	159	CC Sabathia	337.4
155	153	Jerome Williams	337.4
156	159	Chad Bettis	336.0
157	159	Kyle Lobstein	333.7
158	159	Erasmo Ramirez	333.5
159	159	Taijuan Walker	333.4
160	NR	Mike Foltynewicz	333.3
161	NR	Michael Lorenzen	332.8
162	NR	Noah Syndergaard	329.4
163	159	Brandon Morrow	329.2
164	136	Bradley Peacock	329.2
165	159	Alex Colome	327.8
166	135	T.J. House	326.1
167	NR	Archie Bradley	326.0
168	NR	Williams Perez	325.2
169	137	David Buchanan	325.0
170	145	Marco Estrada	324.8
171	148	Tsuyoshi Wada	324.4
172	159	Carlos Frias	323.3
173	NR	Carlos Rodon	322.1
174	103	Vidal Nuno	321.2
175	NR	Lance McCullers	320.8
176	159	Sean O'Sullivan	320.2
177	159	Daniel Norris	319.2
178	159	Jason Marquis	318.7
179	159	Steven Wright	318.3
180	159	Chase Whitley	318.3
181	NR	Raisel Iglesias	317.3
182	125	Brett Oberholtzer	316.5
183	159	Ross Detwiler	316.1
184	NR	Kendall Graveman	314.9
185	NR	Eduardo Rodriguez	314.3
186	109	Marcus Stroman	312.8
187	159	Shaun Marcum	312.8
188	NR	Severino Gonzalez	312.0
189	159	Jaime Garcia	311.2
190	159	Chris Rusin	310.0
191	NR	Alex Gonzalez	309.5
192	147	Brad Hand	308.8
193	NR	Alex Wilson	308.3
194	154	Chris Capuano	308.0
195	159	Tyler Lyons	307.4
196	NR	Tyler Wilson	306.9
197	159	David Hale	306.7
198	159	Robbie Ray	306.5
199	159	Yusmeiro Petit	304.6
200	NR	Mike Wright	304.2
201	143	Zachary McAllister	303.8
202	NR	Phil Klein	303.4
203	112	Matt Cain	303.2
204	159	Scott Baker	302.4
205	159	Todd Redmond	302.2
206	159	Nicholas Tropeano	302.1
207	119	Felix Doubront	301.1
208	NR	Chris Beck	300.6

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