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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: 10/5/2015
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	636.3
2	10	Zack Greinke	594.6
3	4	Max Scherzer	583.8
4	63	Jake Arrieta	577.7
5	2	Madison Bumgarner	577.2
6	5	David Price	576.9
7	6	Chris Sale	555.6
8	13	Corey Kluber	547.2
9	7	Jon Lester	543.2
10	8	Cole Hamels	537.3
11	55	Dallas Keuchel	535.0
12	3	Felix Hernandez	532.8
13	14	Stephen Strasburg	519.1
14	9	Johnny Cueto	518.4
15	16	R.A. Dickey	510.8
16	34	John Lackey	509.9
17	12	Jordan Zimmermann	509.1
18	48	Tyson Ross	507.6
19	42	Sonny Gray	507.3
20	17	James Shields	506.8
21	27	Jose Quintana	505.6
22	94	Jacob Degrom	505.2
23	45	Chris Archer	505.0
24	29	Francisco Liriano	502.6
25	82	Gerrit Cole	501.8
26	20	Lance Lynn	490.3
27	31	Julio Teheran	488.0
28	120	Carlos Carrasco	486.1
29	52	Wei-Yin Chen	485.3
30	22	Gio Gonzalez	484.4
31	23	Justin Verlander	482.2
32	32	Hisashi Iwakuma	481.0
33	58	Shelby Miller	481.0
34	72	Collin McHugh	480.4
35	44	Jorge de la Rosa	479.6
36	46	Mike Leake	478.6
37	47	Dan Haren	476.1
38	36	Ian Kennedy	475.6
39	74	Garrett Richards	474.9
40	49	Edinson Volquez	474.2
41	69	Yordano Ventura	473.6
42	18	Jeff Samardzija	473.3
43	38	Yovani Gallardo	469.4
44	11	Adam Wainwright	468.8
45	50	Wade Miley	468.7
46	62	Jason Hammel	468.6
47	70	Ubaldo Jimenez	466.5
48	33	Jake Peavy	466.4
49	88	Scott Kazmir	466.2
50	131	Danny Salazar	465.3
51	15	Jered Weaver	465.3
52	108	Masahiro Tanaka	465.0
53	90	J.A. Happ	464.1
54	24	Chris Tillman	463.8
55	40	Mark Buehrle	462.1
56	159	Matt Harvey	461.3
57	111	Kyle Gibson	461.3
58	26	Phil Hughes	460.1
59	134	Michael Fiers	459.5
60	53	A.J. Burnett	459.5
61	100	Jake Odorizzi	459.1
62	61	Bartolo Colon	457.7
63	87	Alex Wood	457.3
64	39	Rick Porcello	457.2
65	71	Clay Buchholz	450.0
66	104	Hector Santiago	449.8
67	145	Marco Estrada	449.3
68	139	Kyle Hendricks	449.2
69	43	Anibal Sanchez	448.1
70	57	C.J. Wilson	447.5
71	115	Michael Wacha	447.1
72	84	Tom Koehler	442.8
73	67	Jonathon Niese	441.2
74	79	Andrew Cashner	440.8
75	117	Trevor Bauer	439.9
76	159	Carlos Martinez	437.3
77	NR	Noah Syndergaard	436.3
78	19	Doug Fister	433.6
79	41	Miguel Gonzalez	432.4
80	60	Scott Feldman	432.2
81	130	Colby Lewis	431.5
82	98	Matthew Shoemaker	430.9
83	107	Nathan Eovaldi	427.8
84	105	John Danks	424.2
85	92	Danny Duffy	424.2
86	37	Ervin Santana	423.3
87	159	Erasmo Ramirez	422.1
88	127	Chase Anderson	420.6
89	118	Jeff Locke	418.4
90	76	Aaron Harang	417.9
91	30	Kyle Lohse	417.4
92	140	Michael Pineda	417.3
93	159	Jimmy Nelson	417.0
94	159	Jaime Garcia	416.5
95	80	Mat Latos	416.3
96	89	Drew Hutchison	416.1
97	159	Taijuan Walker	416.0
98	NR	Lance McCullers	416.0
99	83	Ryan Vogelsong	415.8
100	122	Tom Milone	415.3
101	77	Tim Hudson	414.6
102	159	Rubby De La Rosa	413.2
103	159	Chris Heston	412.8
104	64	Wily Peralta	411.5
105	159	Anthony DeSclafani	411.2
106	159	Brett Anderson	410.7
107	106	Chris Young	409.0
108	NR	Carlos Rodon	408.7
109	132	Joseph Kelly	408.4
110	54	Jason Vargas	405.6
111	150	Jeremy Hellickson	405.6
112	99	Kyle Kendrick	405.4
113	159	Nate Karns	405.3
114	159	Robbie Ray	405.2
115	NR	Eduardo Rodriguez	403.6
116	66	Matt Garza	403.4
117	159	CC Sabathia	400.0
118	102	Drew Smyly	398.4
119	110	Roenis Elias	396.9
120	NR	Taylor Jungmann	396.8
121	35	Bud Norris	396.1
122	159	Chad Bettis	395.6
123	51	Jeremy Guthrie	392.0
124	95	Charlie Morton	391.7
125	155	Alfredo Simon	391.0
126	159	Mike Pelfrey	389.7
127	157	Jesse Chavez	389.7
128	159	Andrew Heaney	388.0
129	126	Kevin Gausman	387.5
130	96	Jarred Cosart	386.2
131	159	Patrick Corbin	383.5
132	NR	Cody Anderson	382.9
133	85	Travis Wood	381.8
134	159	Michael Bolsinger	381.1
135	NR	Raisel Iglesias	379.8
136	68	Brandon McCarthy	379.8
137	86	Josh Collmenter	378.6
138	141	Nicholas Martinez	378.4
139	159	Josh Tomlin	378.2
140	101	Tim Lincecum	376.9
141	NR	Aaron Nola	374.3
142	NR	Luis Severino	372.5
143	75	Tanner Roark	372.3
144	NR	Kendall Graveman	371.4
145	NR	Matthew Wisler	367.8
146	NR	Tyler Duffey	367.4
147	159	Adam Warren	366.2
148	159	Jose Fernandez	365.7
149	NR	Jerad Eickhoff	364.8
150	159	Chris Rusin	364.7
151	91	Ricky Nolasco	362.9
152	159	Jesse Hahn	362.6
153	159	Ivan Nova	362.4
154	73	Henderson Alvarez	361.6
155	59	Homer Bailey	361.2
156	159	Martin Perez	360.4
157	NR	Adam Morgan	359.7
158	NR	Joe Ross	359.7
159	NR	Williams Perez	359.6
160	159	Chris Bassitt	359.3
161	NR	Henry Owens	357.4
162	142	Odrisamer Despaigne	357.1
163	93	Eric Stults	357.0
164	NR	Adam Conley	354.7
165	159	David Phelps	354.1
166	159	Trevor May	352.1
167	124	Jordan Lyles	352.0
168	NR	Michael Montgomery	348.5
169	97	Dillon Gee	346.9
170	116	Fausto Carmona	346.5
171	NR	Justin Nicolino	346.1
172	159	Wandy Rodriguez	346.1
173	NR	Michael Lorenzen	345.4
174	156	Derek Holland	344.2
175	159	Daniel Norris	343.8
176	152	James Paxton	341.9
177	159	Matt Moore	340.4
178	159	Yohan Flande	339.6
179	103	Vidal Nuno	339.4
180	109	Marcus Stroman	339.0
181	NR	John Lamb	338.5
182	NR	Zachary Davies	337.9
183	NR	Alex Gonzalez	337.6
184	113	Justin Masterson	337.6
185	114	Hector Noesi	337.6
186	159	Erik Johnson	336.6
187	NR	Jonathan Gray	336.6
188	123	Tyler Matzek	335.9
189	159	David Hale	335.5
190	159	Kris Medlen	333.9
191	153	Jerome Williams	333.1
192	NR	Aaron Sanchez	332.7
193	NR	Matt Boyd	332.5
194	NR	Zachary Godley	329.8
195	119	Felix Doubront	329.6
196	159	Steven Wright	329.2
197	NR	Steven Matz	328.3
198	NR	Colin Rea	327.9
199	159	Alex Colome	327.8
200	137	David Buchanan	327.8
201	NR	Ryan Weber	327.5
202	128	Vance Worley	326.8
203	NR	Ariel Pena	326.7
204	159	Carlos Frias	326.7
205	159	Nicholas Tropeano	325.6
206	112	Matt Cain	325.1
207	144	Shane Greene	324.9
208	NR	Logan Verrett	324.7
209	147	Brad Hand	324.2
210	159	Aaron Brooks	324.1
211	158	Jhoulys Chacin	322.5
212	125	Brett Oberholtzer	322.3
213	NR	Vincent Velasquez	319.9
214	NR	Mike Foltynewicz	319.2
215	159	Robert Erlin	319.1
216	159	Eddie Butler	318.9
217	NR	Tim Cooney	318.9
218	159	Randy Wolf	317.4
219	NR	Craig Breslow	315.1
220	159	Tyler Lyons	314.7
221	NR	Matt Andriese	313.5
222	148	Tsuyoshi Wada	313.2
223	121	Trevor Cahill	312.5
224	NR	Brandon Finnegan	312.3
225	159	Drew Pomeranz	311.9
226	NR	Keyvius Sampson	311.7
227	NR	Jose Urena	311.7
228	NR	Josh Smith	311.5
229	NR	Tyler Cravy	311.1
230	NR	Alec Asher	310.1
231	NR	Tyler Wilson	309.6
232	NR	Francelis Montas	307.7
233	NR	Jorge Lopez	307.5
234	NR	Sean Gilmartin	307.3
235	NR	Tony Zych	307.0
236	159	Kyle Ryan	306.2
237	NR	Tyler Wagner	305.1
238	NR	Manuel Banuelos	304.3
239	NR	Frank Garces	303.5
240	159	Christian Bergman	303.2
241	159	Barry Zito	302.2
242	159	Kyle Lobstein	301.9
243	NR	Mike Wright	301.2
244	159	David Holmberg	300.8
245	159	Shaun Marcum	300.5

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