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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: 7/1/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	585.9
2	4	Max Scherzer	584.6
3	6	Chris Sale	563.0
4	2	Madison Bumgarner	553.8
5	10	Zack Greinke	553.1
6	3	Felix Hernandez	547.4
7	5	David Price	544.1
8	8	Cole Hamels	532.5
9	9	Johnny Cueto	531.1
10	13	Corey Kluber	520.3
11	55	Dallas Keuchel	507.7
12	7	Jon Lester	504.8
13	12	Jordan Zimmermann	504.5
14	45	Chris Archer	501.0
15	29	Francisco Liriano	499.8
16	42	Sonny Gray	499.2
17	11	Adam Wainwright	492.8
18	20	Lance Lynn	491.8
19	17	James Shields	488.9
20	38	Yovani Gallardo	482.7
21	18	Jeff Samardzija	481.7
22	58	Shelby Miller	477.2
23	62	Jason Hammel	477.0
24	16	R.A. Dickey	476.9
25	63	Jake Arrieta	476.3
26	26	Phil Hughes	475.3
27	53	A.J. Burnett	474.9
28	94	Jacob Degrom	473.4
29	27	Jose Quintana	470.7
30	15	Jered Weaver	470.1
31	47	Dan Haren	468.6
32	52	Wei-Yin Chen	468.0
33	34	John Lackey	467.5
34	82	Gerrit Cole	467.0
35	14	Stephen Strasburg	466.9
36	43	Anibal Sanchez	465.8
37	48	Tyson Ross	465.0
38	22	Gio Gonzalez	464.8
39	49	Edinson Volquez	464.2
40	40	Mark Buehrle	463.6
41	71	Clay Buchholz	461.8
42	57	C.J. Wilson	461.3
43	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	459.4
44	19	Doug Fister	455.8
45	44	Jorge de la Rosa	453.3
46	41	Miguel Gonzalez	451.5
47	24	Chris Tillman	451.3
48	88	Scott Kazmir	450.7
49	31	Julio Teheran	447.8
50	50	Wade Miley	447.5
51	72	Collin McHugh	445.4
52	46	Mike Leake	444.9
53	30	Kyle Lohse	444.6
54	36	Ian Kennedy	444.4
55	76	Aaron Harang	444.3
56	104	Hector Santiago	442.6
57	39	Rick Porcello	437.5
58	74	Garrett Richards	435.5
59	84	Tom Koehler	433.4
60	87	Alex Wood	433.1
61	83	Ryan Vogelsong	432.4
62	100	Jake Odorizzi	432.3
63	69	Yordano Ventura	431.4
64	67	Jonathon Niese	430.9
65	61	Bartolo Colon	430.6
66	115	Michael Wacha	429.0
67	111	Kyle Gibson	428.1
68	54	Jason Vargas	425.1
69	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	423.9
70	79	Andrew Cashner	423.8
71	89	Drew Hutchison	422.7
72	90	J.A. Happ	421.2
73	60	Scott Feldman	420.6
74	64	Wily Peralta	419.9
75	35	Bud Norris	419.1
76	51	Jeremy Guthrie	419.0
77	120	Carlos Carrasco	418.4
78	117	Trevor Bauer	418.0
79	77	Tim Hudson	417.5
80	33	Jake Peavy	414.8
81	66	Matt Garza	412.6
82	80	Mat Latos	411.9
83	98	Matthew Shoemaker	410.8
84	130	Colby Lewis	408.4
85	131	Danny Salazar	407.8
86	23	Justin Verlander	407.1
87	127	Chase Anderson	406.4
88	99	Kyle Kendrick	404.0
89	68	Brandon McCarthy	403.8
90	86	Josh Collmenter	402.6
91	101	Tim Lincecum	400.4
92	159	Matt Harvey	400.2
93	159	Carlos Martinez	399.9
94	134	Michael Fiers	399.1
95	108	Masahiro Tanaka	397.8
96	106	Chris Young	396.2
97	107	Nathan Eovaldi	396.2
98	139	Kyle Hendricks	394.0
99	85	Travis Wood	393.1
100	118	Jeff Locke	392.7
101	140	Michael Pineda	391.4
102	96	Jarred Cosart	391.3
103	105	John Danks	390.2
104	141	Nicholas Martinez	389.4
105	92	Danny Duffy	389.0
106	91	Ricky Nolasco	388.5
107	110	Roenis Elias	386.1
108	73	Henderson Alvarez	385.6
109	59	Homer Bailey	385.2
110	159	Nate Karns	384.7
111	122	Tom Milone	384.4
112	159	Rubby De La Rosa	383.9
113	159	Brett Anderson	383.2
114	21	Hiroki Kuroda	382.3
115	93	Eric Stults	381.0
116	159	Chris Heston	380.5
117	155	Alfredo Simon	378.7
118	157	Jesse Chavez	378.2
119	159	Jesse Hahn	377.7
120	132	Joseph Kelly	376.4
121	124	Jordan Lyles	376.0
122	159	Adam Warren	373.7
123	159	Jimmy Nelson	372.3
124	28	Alex Cobb	371.1
125	97	Dillon Gee	370.9
126	116	Fausto Carmona	370.5
127	159	Taijuan Walker	370.2
128	159	Anthony DeSclafani	370.1
129	NR	Lance McCullers	370.1
130	75	Tanner Roark	368.3
131	159	Michael Bolsinger	367.8
132	159	Mike Pelfrey	366.2
133	150	Jeremy Hellickson	366.1
134	102	Drew Smyly	365.1
135	159	Trevor May	364.8
136	159	Erasmo Ramirez	364.5
137	145	Marco Estrada	363.8
138	113	Justin Masterson	363.1
139	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	362.9
140	159	Chad Bettis	362.1
141	159	Jaime Garcia	362.0
142	NR	Kendall Graveman	361.9
143	25	Yu Darvish	361.9
144	114	Hector Noesi	361.6
145	159	David Phelps	361.3
146	159	Wandy Rodriguez	361.1
147	123	Tyler Matzek	359.9
148	95	Charlie Morton	359.0
149	NR	Aaron Sanchez	356.7
150	NR	Michael Montgomery	356.6
151	159	CC Sabathia	356.1
152	37	Ervin Santana	354.2
153	152	James Paxton	353.6
154	144	Shane Greene	353.6
155	NR	Michael Lorenzen	352.5
156	NR	Williams Perez	352.0
157	NR	Noah Syndergaard	349.7
158	128	Vance Worley	349.6
159	159	Alex Colome	348.9
160	56	Hyun-Jin Ryu	347.3
161	159	Robbie Ray	344.6
162	NR	Eduardo Rodriguez	344.3
163	NR	Alex Gonzalez	344.1
164	NR	Carlos Rodon	344.0
165	125	Brett Oberholtzer	341.8
166	159	Carlos Frias	340.6
167	148	Tsuyoshi Wada	337.2
168	121	Trevor Cahill	336.5
169	NR	Taylor Jungmann	336.0
170	NR	Jose Urena	335.9
171	159	Eddie Butler	331.9
172	159	David Hale	331.6
173	159	Drew Pomeranz	330.7
174	153	Jerome Williams	329.7
175	159	Kyle Lobstein	326.2
176	NR	Mike Foltynewicz	325.9
177	NR	Joe Ross	325.3
178	159	Shaun Marcum	324.5
179	65	Cliff Lee	324.0
180	NR	Cody Anderson	323.8
181	159	Sean O'Sullivan	323.0
182	159	Brandon Morrow	321.7
183	136	Bradley Peacock	321.7
184	NR	Vincent Velasquez	321.6
185	NR	Matt Andriese	321.6
186	159	Andrew Heaney	321.4
187	78	Zack Wheeler	320.0
188	159	Chris Rusin	319.6
189	NR	Archie Bradley	319.0
190	135	T.J. House	318.6
191	159	Steven Wright	317.6
192	137	David Buchanan	317.5
193	159	Joe Blanton	315.6
194	159	Ivan Nova	315.3
195	159	Kyle Ryan	315.1
196	159	Tyler Lyons	313.8
197	81	Mike Minor	313.4
198	129	Kevin Correia	313.2
199	NR	Jon Moscot	312.4
200	159	Daniel Norris	311.7
201	159	Allen Webster	311.5
202	159	Jason Marquis	311.2
203	NR	Raisel Iglesias	310.8
204	159	Chase Whitley	310.8
205	NR	Justin Nicolino	310.1
206	NR	Steven Matz	309.4
207	159	Ross Detwiler	308.6
208	159	Anthony Ranaudo	308.3
209	NR	Severino Gonzalez	308.3
210	NR	Matthew Wisler	307.7
211	159	Chris Bassitt	307.4
212	NR	Adam Morgan	306.4
213	NR	Josh Smith	305.6
214	147	Brad Hand	305.5
215	NR	Steve Geltz	305.4
216	NR	Matt Boyd	304.9
217	NR	Tyler Cravy	304.9
218	126	Kevin Gausman	304.9
219	NR	Scott Copeland	303.8
220	NR	Toru Murata	301.8
221	159	Buck Farmer	301.6
222	NR	J.R. Graham	301.3
223	154	Chris Capuano	301.2
224	NR	Alex Wilson	301.0
225	NR	Mike Wright	300.9
226	159	Juan Nicasio	300.9

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