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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: 8/31/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	626.1
2	10	Zack Greinke	583.2
3	5	David Price	570.3
4	2	Madison Bumgarner	568.4
5	6	Chris Sale	567.3
6	4	Max Scherzer	564.8
7	13	Corey Kluber	552.0
8	9	Johnny Cueto	542.3
9	63	Jake Arrieta	539.8
10	42	Sonny Gray	528.8
11	55	Dallas Keuchel	527.7
12	8	Cole Hamels	527.3
13	3	Felix Hernandez	525.5
14	7	Jon Lester	522.5
15	45	Chris Archer	515.2
16	12	Jordan Zimmermann	510.1
17	17	James Shields	504.8
18	94	Jacob Degrom	502.8
19	29	Francisco Liriano	499.0
20	20	Lance Lynn	497.1
21	34	John Lackey	495.9
22	82	Gerrit Cole	490.5
23	58	Shelby Miller	489.0
24	16	R.A. Dickey	488.7
25	88	Scott Kazmir	487.4
26	48	Tyson Ross	486.1
27	14	Stephen Strasburg	483.5
28	27	Jose Quintana	483.1
29	52	Wei-Yin Chen	480.0
30	46	Mike Leake	479.1
31	38	Yovani Gallardo	479.0
32	49	Edinson Volquez	478.2
33	40	Mark Buehrle	477.8
34	11	Adam Wainwright	477.5
35	36	Ian Kennedy	477.5
36	120	Carlos Carrasco	475.3
37	18	Jeff Samardzija	475.1
38	62	Jason Hammel	473.2
39	24	Chris Tillman	472.8
40	72	Collin McHugh	471.3
41	44	Jorge de la Rosa	471.3
42	22	Gio Gonzalez	465.8
43	31	Julio Teheran	465.4
44	26	Phil Hughes	462.2
45	23	Justin Verlander	461.5
46	115	Michael Wacha	461.4
47	47	Dan Haren	460.9
48	71	Clay Buchholz	458.7
49	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	458.5
50	50	Wade Miley	458.0
51	15	Jered Weaver	457.5
52	43	Anibal Sanchez	456.8
53	57	C.J. Wilson	456.2
54	53	A.J. Burnett	454.3
55	131	Danny Salazar	453.4
56	74	Garrett Richards	453.2
57	69	Yordano Ventura	453.0
58	104	Hector Santiago	452.0
59	134	Michael Fiers	451.7
60	159	Matt Harvey	451.5
61	67	Jonathon Niese	449.3
62	87	Alex Wood	447.5
63	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	447.4
64	100	Jake Odorizzi	447.1
65	108	Masahiro Tanaka	444.9
66	111	Kyle Gibson	443.6
67	19	Doug Fister	442.4
68	117	Trevor Bauer	442.3
69	60	Scott Feldman	442.1
70	61	Bartolo Colon	441.0
71	79	Andrew Cashner	440.8
72	41	Miguel Gonzalez	439.4
73	33	Jake Peavy	437.3
74	84	Tom Koehler	436.8
75	39	Rick Porcello	434.3
76	98	Matthew Shoemaker	433.3
77	107	Nathan Eovaldi	432.4
78	89	Drew Hutchison	431.8
79	130	Colby Lewis	431.4
80	83	Ryan Vogelsong	431.3
81	90	J.A. Happ	429.8
82	159	Carlos Martinez	426.8
83	30	Kyle Lohse	426.2
84	80	Mat Latos	426.0
85	92	Danny Duffy	424.6
86	159	Jimmy Nelson	420.4
87	139	Kyle Hendricks	419.5
88	64	Wily Peralta	419.4
89	145	Marco Estrada	416.5
90	105	John Danks	415.7
91	54	Jason Vargas	414.3
92	159	Taijuan Walker	414.1
93	76	Aaron Harang	413.8
94	66	Matt Garza	413.3
95	159	Nate Karns	412.8
96	118	Jeff Locke	412.3
97	127	Chase Anderson	410.4
98	159	Rubby De La Rosa	409.9
99	51	Jeremy Guthrie	409.4
100	NR	Noah Syndergaard	409.2
101	159	Chris Heston	408.4
102	159	Brett Anderson	407.3
103	35	Bud Norris	404.9
104	77	Tim Hudson	404.0
105	132	Joseph Kelly	402.6
106	159	Erasmo Ramirez	402.1
107	NR	Taylor Jungmann	400.4
108	122	Tom Milone	400.4
109	106	Chris Young	399.9
110	150	Jeremy Hellickson	399.9
111	159	Anthony DeSclafani	399.8
112	140	Michael Pineda	399.2
113	95	Charlie Morton	396.3
114	157	Jesse Chavez	396.2
115	159	Jaime Garcia	395.5
116	99	Kyle Kendrick	393.8
117	159	Mike Pelfrey	390.1
118	68	Brandon McCarthy	388.5
119	NR	Lance McCullers	387.6
120	86	Josh Collmenter	387.3
121	141	Nicholas Martinez	387.1
122	NR	Carlos Rodon	385.8
123	101	Tim Lincecum	385.7
124	110	Roenis Elias	381.3
125	159	Michael Bolsinger	380.6
126	NR	Kendall Graveman	380.1
127	37	Ervin Santana	378.3
128	85	Travis Wood	377.9
129	159	CC Sabathia	377.6
130	155	Alfredo Simon	377.0
131	NR	Eduardo Rodriguez	376.2
132	NR	Raisel Iglesias	374.2
133	91	Ricky Nolasco	373.2
134	159	Robbie Ray	372.1
135	159	Jesse Hahn	371.4
136	96	Jarred Cosart	370.4
137	73	Henderson Alvarez	370.4
138	59	Homer Bailey	370.0
139	159	Andrew Heaney	367.1
140	NR	Joe Ross	366.7
141	93	Eric Stults	365.7
142	159	Chris Bassitt	365.2
143	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	364.6
144	159	Chad Bettis	363.7
145	159	David Phelps	362.9
146	159	Trevor May	360.9
147	124	Jordan Lyles	360.8
148	126	Kevin Gausman	359.4
149	159	Adam Warren	358.4
150	102	Drew Smyly	357.9
151	NR	Michael Montgomery	357.3
152	159	Patrick Corbin	357.0
153	NR	Aaron Nola	356.3
154	97	Dillon Gee	355.6
155	116	Fausto Carmona	355.3
156	NR	Adam Morgan	354.9
157	159	Wandy Rodriguez	354.8
158	159	Jose Fernandez	354.0
159	75	Tanner Roark	353.8
160	159	Chris Rusin	352.2
161	159	Ivan Nova	348.4
162	113	Justin Masterson	346.4
163	114	Hector Noesi	346.3
164	123	Tyler Matzek	344.7
165	NR	Michael Lorenzen	344.7
166	153	Jerome Williams	341.9
167	NR	Aaron Sanchez	341.4
168	NR	Luis Severino	341.0
169	NR	Matthew Wisler	339.1
170	152	James Paxton	338.3
171	NR	Alex Gonzalez	338.2
172	NR	Cody Anderson	338.1
173	159	Steven Wright	337.9
174	159	Josh Tomlin	336.6
175	159	Alex Colome	336.5
176	128	Vance Worley	335.6
177	159	Martin Perez	333.7
178	144	Shane Greene	333.7
179	NR	Williams Perez	333.2
180	159	Yohan Flande	333.1
181	NR	Henry Owens	331.4
182	159	David Hale	331.4
183	125	Brett Oberholtzer	331.1
184	147	Brad Hand	331.0
185	156	Derek Holland	330.0
186	NR	Vincent Velasquez	328.7
187	NR	Mike Foltynewicz	327.9
188	159	Eddie Butler	327.7
189	NR	Tim Cooney	327.6
190	159	Carlos Frias	326.6
191	112	Matt Cain	324.6
192	NR	Tyler Duffey	324.3
193	NR	Jonathan Gray	322.6
194	119	Felix Doubront	322.6
195	148	Tsuyoshi Wada	322.0
196	NR	Justin Nicolino	321.5
197	21	Hiroki Kuroda	321.3
198	121	Trevor Cahill	321.2
199	NR	Zachary Godley	321.0
200	NR	Matt Boyd	320.9
201	159	Drew Pomeranz	320.6
202	NR	John Lamb	320.6
203	NR	Jose Urena	320.4
204	159	Daniel Norris	320.0
205	159	Aaron Brooks	319.0
206	103	Vidal Nuno	318.3
207	158	Jhoulys Chacin	317.0
208	159	Randy Wolf	316.4
209	NR	Jerad Eickhoff	315.9
210	NR	Logan Verrett	315.1
211	NR	Adam Conley	314.6
212	NR	Matt Andriese	314.4
213	NR	Colin Rea	314.2
214	NR	Manuel Banuelos	313.7
215	159	Kris Medlen	312.3
216	159	Kyle Lobstein	311.0
217	28	Alex Cobb	310.1
218	159	David Holmberg	309.3
219	159	Shaun Marcum	309.3
220	NR	Steven Matz	308.8
221	159	Sean O'Sullivan	308.3
222	159	Clayton Richard	306.9
223	159	Brandon Morrow	306.5
224	137	David Buchanan	306.5
225	136	Bradley Peacock	306.4
226	159	Allen Webster	305.3
227	159	Kyle Ryan	304.6
228	159	Matt Harrison	304.4
229	NR	Archie Bradley	303.8
230	159	Buck Farmer	303.5
231	159	Joe Blanton	303.4
232	135	T.J. House	303.3
233	NR	Edgar Olmos	303.0
234	NR	Tyler Wilson	302.7
235	NR	Matt Barnes	302.7
236	NR	Alec Asher	302.5
237	159	Daniel Straily	302.5
238	159	Tyler Lyons	302.2
239	159	Bryan Mitchell	302.1
240	159	Chad Billingsley	301.5
241	25	Yu Darvish	300.9
242	NR	Ian Thomas	300.6
243	159	Brad Mills	300.5
244	NR	Kendry Flores	300.1

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