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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: 4/15/2016
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	604.2
2	4	Jake Arrieta	545.1
3	3	Max Scherzer	540.3
4	2	Zack Greinke	540.0
5	6	Madison Bumgarner	532.0
6	5	David Price	531.7
7	7	Chris Sale	513.8
8	10	Jon Lester	504.8
9	9	Dallas Keuchel	504.1
10	11	Cole Hamels	503.9
11	8	Corey Kluber	501.5
12	12	Felix Hernandez	500.1
13	13	Johnny Cueto	481.7
14	15	Stephen Strasburg	481.1
15	14	Jacob Degrom	477.9
16	17	Jordan Zimmermann	474.4
17	16	John Lackey	469.2
18	20	Sonny Gray	468.8
19	23	Jose Quintana	467.1
20	21	James Shields	465.4
21	24	Francisco Liriano	463.8
22	18	R.A. Dickey	457.7
23	22	Chris Archer	456.6
24	25	Gerrit Cole	456.6
25	27	Edinson Volquez	454.1
26	19	Tyson Ross	454.0
27	29	Carlos Carrasco	448.5
28	41	Ian Kennedy	445.7
29	31	Gio Gonzalez	445.2
30	26	Lance Lynn	443.3
31	28	Julio Teheran	441.3
32	30	Wei-Yin Chen	439.7
33	35	Hisashi Iwakuma	439.1
34	32	Collin McHugh	436.5
35	42	Yordano Ventura	436.2
36	33	Justin Verlander	436.2
37	43	Jeff Samardzija	435.8
38	36	Matt Harvey	435.4
39	51	Danny Salazar	434.1
40	34	Shelby Miller	432.9
41	40	Garrett Richards	432.9
42	45	Marco Estrada	432.1
43	37	Jorge de la Rosa	432.0
44	44	Yovani Gallardo	430.5
45	48	Masahiro Tanaka	430.4
46	55	Jason Hammel	430.0
48	49	Ubaldo Jimenez	428.1
49	38	Mike Leake	427.8
50	47	Scott Kazmir	426.9
51	53	J.A. Happ	426.1
52	54	Chris Tillman	425.7
53	66	Noah Syndergaard	424.0
54	52	Jered Weaver	423.6
55	59	Phil Hughes	421.2
56	46	Wade Miley	421.2
57	60	Jake Odorizzi	419.9
58	64	Bartolo Colon	417.5
59	57	Kyle Gibson	416.3
61	63	Alex Wood	414.4
62	62	Rick Porcello	414.2
63	65	Kyle Hendricks	414.2
64	50	Jake Peavy	413.4
65	61	Michael Fiers	412.8
67	67	Hector Santiago	412.1
68	68	Michael Wacha	403.6
69	69	Tom Koehler	400.0
70	70	Jonathon Niese	399.8
71	75	Colby Lewis	397.0
72	73	Carlos Martinez	395.7
73	71	Andrew Cashner	394.4
74	81	Ervin Santana	393.8
75	72	Trevor Bauer	392.2
76	91	Jaime Garcia	390.1
77	77	Anibal Sanchez	389.5
78	76	Matthew Shoemaker	388.1
79	85	Chase Anderson	387.7
80	90	Jimmy Nelson	386.3
81	NR	Miguel Gonzalez	384.4
82	101	Carlos Rodon	378.6
83	83	Scott Feldman	377.5
84	78	Lance McCullers	377.4
85	106	Jeremy Hellickson	377.0
86	103	Mat Latos	376.8
87	84	Nathan Eovaldi	376.7
88	88	Michael Pineda	376.7
89	89	Jeff Locke	376.3
90	94	Taijuan Walker	375.8
91	79	John Danks	375.8
92	82	Erasmo Ramirez	374.6
93	86	Chris Young	373.6
94	93	Tom Milone	372.4
95	107	Robbie Ray	371.6
97	92	Drew Hutchison	368.3
98	80	Danny Duffy	366.9
100	96	Rubby De La Rosa	365.4
101	97	Chris Heston	365.3
102	113	Drew Smyly	364.9
103	99	Anthony DeSclafani	363.2
104	117	Chad Bettis	361.0
105	98	Wily Peralta	359.9
106	105	Brett Anderson	358.8
107	112	CC Sabathia	358.4
108	104	Ryan Vogelsong	358.3
110	102	Joseph Kelly	357.1
111	109	Eduardo Rodriguez	355.3
112	119	Charlie Morton	354.7
113	100	C.J. Wilson	352.7
114	111	Clay Buchholz	352.2
115	110	Doug Fister	351.9
116	114	Roenis Elias	349.7
117	128	Patrick Corbin	349.2
118	115	Taylor Jungmann	347.8
119	134	Aaron Nola	347.4
120	121	Alfredo Simon	347.4
121	132	Raisel Iglesias	347.2
122	123	Andrew Heaney	345.6
123	118	Nate Karns	343.8
124	126	Jarred Cosart	341.6
125	129	Cody Anderson	341.4
126	122	Mike Pelfrey	339.8
127	124	Kevin Gausman	339.5
128	120	Jeremy Guthrie	339.2
129	116	Matt Garza	337.9
130	135	Tanner Roark	336.9
131	142	Jerad Eickhoff	336.5
132	139	Jose Fernandez	335.2
133	131	Michael Bolsinger	333.1
134	137	Matthew Wisler	333.0
135	153	Marcus Stroman	332.5
136	162	Vincent Velasquez	331.2
137	133	Josh Tomlin	330.7
138	144	Ricky Nolasco	329.0
139	136	Luis Severino	328.9
140	125	Jesse Chavez	328.7
141	145	Martin Perez	328.5
142	130	Travis Wood	326.8
143	148	Chris Bassitt	326.6
145	154	Adam Conley	322.6
146	155	Kendall Graveman	321.1
147	162	Aaron Sanchez	320.8
148	162	Brandon Finnegan	320.0
149	NR	Kenta Maeda	319.7
150	147	Adam Wainwright	319.7
151	NR	Ross Stripling	319.7
152	138	Tyler Duffey	319.6
153	162	Drew Pomeranz	318.5
154	141	Chris Rusin	317.4
155	140	Adam Warren	316.5
156	149	Williams Perez	315.9
157	162	Derek Holland	315.6
158	146	Ivan Nova	315.1
159	162	Matt Moore	314.9
160	162	Rich Hill	313.4
161	162	Jhoulys Chacin	311.4
162	162	Colin Rea	311.3
163	156	Joe Ross	311.2
164	162	Logan Verrett	311.1
165	162	Robert Erlin	310.9
166	162	Juan Nicasio	310.8
167	151	Henry Owens	309.9
168	162	Tyler Chatwood	309.5
169	162	Matt Cain	309.2
170	162	Shane Greene	308.7
171	162	Steven Wright	308.5
172	162	Nicholas Tropeano	308.3
173	162	Bud Norris	306.3
174	143	Jason Vargas	305.6
175	NR	Timothy Melville	305.6
176	162	Kris Medlen	305.4
177	162	Mike Wright	304.9
178	162	Vance Worley	304.4
179	150	Adam Morgan	304.0
180	162	Jordan Lyles	302.7
181	NR	Robert Stephenson	302.4

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