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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: 6/15/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	585.6
2	4	Max Scherzer	570.2
3	6	Chris Sale	550.9
4	5	David Price	544.9
5	2	Madison Bumgarner	542.2
6	3	Felix Hernandez	541.4
7	10	Zack Greinke	538.1
8	8	Cole Hamels	537.3
9	9	Johnny Cueto	530.4
10	13	Corey Kluber	517.4
11	7	Jon Lester	504.3
12	42	Sonny Gray	503.5
13	17	James Shields	501.2
14	45	Chris Archer	497.2
15	11	Adam Wainwright	496.8
16	55	Dallas Keuchel	491.8
17	29	Francisco Liriano	491.1
18	12	Jordan Zimmermann	490.6
19	20	Lance Lynn	485.8
20	53	A.J. Burnett	477.7
21	58	Shelby Miller	474.7
22	18	Jeff Samardzija	474.7
23	15	Jered Weaver	474.2
24	62	Jason Hammel	471.4
25	16	R.A. Dickey	471.1
26	27	Jose Quintana	469.4
27	22	Gio Gonzalez	467.5
28	82	Gerrit Cole	465.9
29	47	Dan Haren	465.5
30	41	Miguel Gonzalez	463.8
31	38	Yovani Gallardo	463.2
32	49	Edinson Volquez	461.8
33	57	C.J. Wilson	460.2
34	63	Jake Arrieta	458.9
35	94	Jacob Degrom	458.5
36	14	Stephen Strasburg	457.7
37	26	Phil Hughes	457.7
38	52	Wei-Yin Chen	456.7
39	34	John Lackey	455.1
40	19	Doug Fister	453.4
41	48	Tyson Ross	450.0
42	31	Julio Teheran	448.9
43	24	Chris Tillman	448.4
44	40	Mark Buehrle	448.3
45	43	Anibal Sanchez	447.9
46	44	Jorge de la Rosa	447.2
47	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	446.7
48	76	Aaron Harang	446.2
49	71	Clay Buchholz	443.7
50	39	Rick Porcello	442.7
51	30	Kyle Lohse	441.6
52	46	Mike Leake	440.8
53	88	Scott Kazmir	439.6
54	61	Bartolo Colon	439.2
55	100	Jake Odorizzi	436.3
56	36	Ian Kennedy	435.9
57	69	Yordano Ventura	434.6
58	50	Wade Miley	434.1
59	54	Jason Vargas	429.1
60	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	427.9
61	104	Hector Santiago	427.2
62	72	Collin McHugh	425.4
63	60	Scott Feldman	424.6
64	64	Wily Peralta	423.9
65	66	Matt Garza	423.7
66	74	Garrett Richards	423.6
67	115	Michael Wacha	422.3
68	84	Tom Koehler	421.6
69	83	Ryan Vogelsong	420.6
70	111	Kyle Gibson	420.2
71	79	Andrew Cashner	420.2
72	67	Jonathon Niese	419.9
73	33	Jake Peavy	418.8
74	87	Alex Wood	418.6
75	51	Jeremy Guthrie	418.4
76	77	Tim Hudson	417.6
77	90	J.A. Happ	417.5
78	35	Bud Norris	416.7
79	117	Trevor Bauer	415.1
80	98	Matthew Shoemaker	413.5
81	89	Drew Hutchison	410.3
82	23	Justin Verlander	409.3
83	120	Carlos Carrasco	408.8
84	101	Tim Lincecum	408.2
85	68	Brandon McCarthy	407.8
86	86	Josh Collmenter	406.6
87	127	Chase Anderson	406.3
88	80	Mat Latos	405.9
89	99	Kyle Kendrick	404.3
90	131	Danny Salazar	402.4
91	108	Masahiro Tanaka	400.9
92	21	Hiroki Kuroda	398.3
93	85	Travis Wood	397.1
94	107	Nathan Eovaldi	396.8
95	130	Colby Lewis	396.2
96	96	Jarred Cosart	395.3
97	141	Nicholas Martinez	393.6
98	91	Ricky Nolasco	392.5
99	105	John Danks	390.2
100	139	Kyle Hendricks	390.1
101	73	Henderson Alvarez	389.6
102	59	Homer Bailey	389.2
103	134	Michael Fiers	388.9
104	92	Danny Duffy	387.6
105	28	Alex Cobb	387.1
106	106	Chris Young	386.8
107	155	Alfredo Simon	385.2
108	118	Jeff Locke	385.0
109	93	Eric Stults	385.0
110	110	Roenis Elias	384.3
111	140	Michael Pineda	383.8
112	159	Carlos Martinez	380.9
113	124	Jordan Lyles	380.0
114	159	Matt Harvey	378.6
115	132	Joseph Kelly	378.6
116	25	Yu Darvish	377.9
117	116	Fausto Carmona	374.5
118	75	Tanner Roark	373.7
119	97	Dillon Gee	373.6
120	159	Chris Heston	372.1
121	37	Ervin Santana	370.2
122	102	Drew Smyly	369.1
123	159	Nate Karns	368.6
124	157	Jesse Chavez	365.7
125	114	Hector Noesi	365.6
126	159	Anthony DeSclafani	365.6
127	159	Wandy Rodriguez	365.2
128	159	Mike Pelfrey	364.4
129	123	Tyler Matzek	363.9
130	56	Hyun-Jin Ryu	363.3
131	122	Tom Milone	362.2
132	159	Jimmy Nelson	361.9
133	159	Trevor May	361.6
134	159	Brett Anderson	361.5
135	159	Adam Warren	361.0
136	NR	Aaron Sanchez	360.7
137	159	Rubby De La Rosa	360.0
138	95	Charlie Morton	360.0
139	113	Justin Masterson	359.5
140	159	Jesse Hahn	359.1
141	159	Michael Bolsinger	358.8
142	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	357.9
143	152	James Paxton	357.6
144	144	Shane Greene	357.3
145	159	David Phelps	357.2
146	150	Jeremy Hellickson	355.6
147	NR	Lance McCullers	354.2
148	128	Vance Worley	353.6
149	159	Chad Bettis	350.0
150	159	CC Sabathia	348.2
151	159	Taijuan Walker	348.1
152	159	Jaime Garcia	343.9
153	159	Erasmo Ramirez	342.7
154	NR	Carlos Rodon	341.7
155	121	Trevor Cahill	340.5
156	65	Cliff Lee	340.0
157	159	Alex Colome	338.9
158	NR	Kendall Graveman	337.9
159	NR	Williams Perez	337.2
160	153	Jerome Williams	336.9
161	145	Marco Estrada	336.8
162	NR	Michael Lorenzen	336.3
163	78	Zack Wheeler	336.0
164	159	Eddie Butler	335.9
165	125	Brett Oberholtzer	335.4
166	159	Drew Pomeranz	334.7
167	159	Shaun Marcum	331.0
168	NR	Alex Gonzalez	331.0
169	159	Carlos Frias	330.7
170	NR	Eduardo Rodriguez	330.3
171	159	Kyle Lobstein	330.2
172	81	Mike Minor	329.4
173	NR	Mike Foltynewicz	328.7
174	159	David Hale	327.8
175	NR	Noah Syndergaard	327.1
176	159	Brandon Morrow	325.7
177	136	Bradley Peacock	325.7
178	NR	Jose Urena	323.6
179	159	Sean O'Sullivan	323.5
180	NR	Archie Bradley	323.0
181	NR	Michael Montgomery	322.9
182	135	T.J. House	322.6
183	148	Tsuyoshi Wada	322.4
184	159	Robbie Ray	321.7
185	159	Steven Wright	321.6
186	137	David Buchanan	321.5
187	NR	Taylor Jungmann	316.7
188	159	Daniel Norris	315.7
189	159	Chris Rusin	315.6
190	NR	Joe Ross	315.4
191	159	Jason Marquis	315.2
192	NR	Raisel Iglesias	314.8
193	159	Chase Whitley	314.8
194	159	Ross Detwiler	312.6
195	159	Tyler Lyons	311.9
196	NR	Scott Copeland	310.4
197	147	Brad Hand	309.5
198	159	Kyle Ryan	309.5
199	NR	Vincent Velasquez	309.1
200	NR	Tyler Cravy	308.9
201	NR	Jon Moscot	308.9
202	129	Kevin Correia	308.9
203	NR	Severino Gonzalez	307.3
204	103	Vidal Nuno	307.2
205	NR	Matt Andriese	307.0
206	159	Allen Webster	306.8
207	NR	J.R. Graham	305.3
208	154	Chris Capuano	305.2
209	NR	Alex Wilson	305.0
210	159	Juan Nicasio	304.9
211	NR	Tyler Wilson	303.9
212	NR	Mike Wright	302.9
213	159	Yusmeiro Petit	301.1
214	143	Zachary McAllister	300.3

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