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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: 5/1/2016
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	602.3
2	4	Jake Arrieta	562.3
3	2	Zack Greinke	537.7
4	7	Chris Sale	537.2
5	3	Max Scherzer	535.6
6	5	David Price	531.4
7	6	Madison Bumgarner	530.7
8	10	Jon Lester	519.7
9	8	Corey Kluber	510.9
10	11	Cole Hamels	507.1
11	12	Felix Hernandez	506.8
12	9	Dallas Keuchel	500.9
13	13	Johnny Cueto	497.9
14	15	Stephen Strasburg	496.8
15	17	Jordan Zimmermann	486.3
16	23	Jose Quintana	482.0
17	14	Jacob Degrom	480.4
18	21	James Shields	474.6
19	16	John Lackey	473.3
20	20	Sonny Gray	470.2
21	24	Francisco Liriano	465.2
22	25	Gerrit Cole	465.0
23	22	Chris Archer	462.9
24	31	Gio Gonzalez	459.2
25	29	Carlos Carrasco	457.1
26	30	Wei-Yin Chen	456.7
27	18	R.A. Dickey	455.0
28	27	Edinson Volquez	452.3
29	19	Tyson Ross	450.0
30	28	Julio Teheran	448.6
31	33	Justin Verlander	448.3
32	40	Garrett Richards	448.2
33	48	Masahiro Tanaka	447.4
34	41	Ian Kennedy	445.8
35	62	Rick Porcello	444.3
36	55	Jason Hammel	443.2
37	35	Hisashi Iwakuma	442.2
38	43	Jeff Samardzija	442.0
39	51	Danny Salazar	441.0
40	45	Marco Estrada	440.4
41	42	Yordano Ventura	439.7
42	54	Chris Tillman	439.4
43	53	J.A. Happ	438.8
44	36	Matt Harvey	437.5
45	66	Noah Syndergaard	435.0
46	49	Ubaldo Jimenez	432.2
47	26	Lance Lynn	431.8
48	46	Wade Miley	430.0
49	34	Shelby Miller	429.6
50	32	Collin McHugh	429.6
51	38	Mike Leake	429.5
52	37	Jorge de la Rosa	427.8
53	47	Scott Kazmir	426.8
54	67	Hector Santiago	426.4
55	60	Jake Odorizzi	425.8
56	59	Phil Hughes	425.2
57	52	Jered Weaver	424.9
58	44	Yovani Gallardo	423.9
59	64	Bartolo Colon	421.9
60	61	Michael Fiers	421.2
61	65	Kyle Hendricks	420.8
62	73	Carlos Martinez	419.3
63	63	Alex Wood	418.2
65	68	Michael Wacha	416.1
66	57	Kyle Gibson	413.3
67	50	Jake Peavy	409.5
68	75	Colby Lewis	405.0
69	70	Jonathon Niese	404.3
70	69	Tom Koehler	404.2
71	71	Andrew Cashner	404.1
74	113	Drew Smyly	397.1
75	91	Jaime Garcia	395.7
76	90	Jimmy Nelson	395.4
77	94	Taijuan Walker	394.2
78	81	Ervin Santana	392.9
79	84	Nathan Eovaldi	392.4
80	103	Mat Latos	387.4
81	96	Rubby De La Rosa	387.3
82	77	Anibal Sanchez	386.6
83	101	Carlos Rodon	382.9
84	86	Chris Young	382.9
85	88	Michael Pineda	382.9
86	106	Jeremy Hellickson	382.7
87	72	Trevor Bauer	381.3
88	117	Chad Bettis	380.7
89	82	Erasmo Ramirez	380.3
90	76	Matthew Shoemaker	378.9
91	89	Jeff Locke	376.7
92	93	Tom Milone	376.7
93	79	John Danks	376.3
94	85	Chase Anderson	375.1
95	107	Robbie Ray	375.0
96	83	Scott Feldman	374.9
97	NR	Miguel Gonzalez	374.7
98	78	Lance McCullers	371.9
99	134	Aaron Nola	368.1
100	92	Drew Hutchison	368.1
101	98	Wily Peralta	366.5
102	135	Tanner Roark	366.2
103	119	Charlie Morton	365.3
104	112	CC Sabathia	364.6
105	118	Nate Karns	363.3
106	111	Clay Buchholz	362.3
107	102	Joseph Kelly	360.7
108	110	Doug Fister	360.1
110	132	Raisel Iglesias	356.6
111	104	Ryan Vogelsong	355.3
112	139	Jose Fernandez	354.5
113	128	Patrick Corbin	354.4
114	105	Brett Anderson	353.3
116	97	Chris Heston	352.3
117	80	Danny Duffy	350.9
118	144	Ricky Nolasco	349.4
119	115	Taylor Jungmann	349.3
120	142	Jerad Eickhoff	348.9
121	99	Anthony DeSclafani	348.7
122	133	Josh Tomlin	348.7
123	NR	Kenta Maeda	347.1
124	124	Kevin Gausman	346.6
125	122	Mike Pelfrey	345.4
127	153	Marcus Stroman	343.5
128	154	Adam Conley	343.4
129	137	Matthew Wisler	342.8
130	145	Martin Perez	342.1
131	123	Andrew Heaney	341.6
132	162	Aaron Sanchez	339.7
133	109	Eduardo Rodriguez	339.3
134	121	Alfredo Simon	338.8
135	162	Vincent Velasquez	338.6
136	162	Steven Wright	338.5
137	126	Jarred Cosart	338.4
138	162	Rich Hill	337.9
139	114	Roenis Elias	337.4
140	162	Derek Holland	337.2
141	162	Tyler Chatwood	337.0
142	162	Matt Moore	336.9
143	100	C.J. Wilson	336.7
144	129	Cody Anderson	336.7
145	156	Joe Ross	336.3
146	162	Juan Nicasio	336.3
147	136	Luis Severino	333.2
148	162	Drew Pomeranz	330.6
149	155	Kendall Graveman	328.4
150	162	Jhoulys Chacin	328.2
151	162	Brandon Finnegan	327.9
152	148	Chris Bassitt	327.7
153	138	Tyler Duffey	326.1
154	162	Nicholas Tropeano	325.2
155	162	Colin Rea	324.9
156	120	Jeremy Guthrie	323.2
157	147	Adam Wainwright	322.8
158	NR	Ross Stripling	322.8
159	159	Steven Matz	322.7
160	NR	A.J. Griffin	322.6
161	149	Williams Perez	322.5
162	116	Matt Garza	321.9
163	162	Mike Wright	321.3
164	162	Daniel Straily	320.2
165	162	Logan Verrett	318.9
166	141	Chris Rusin	318.7
167	131	Michael Bolsinger	318.6
168	162	Kris Medlen	316.9
169	NR	Cesar Vargas	315.3
170	151	Henry Owens	313.6
171	NR	Aaron Blair	312.8
172	162	Matt Cain	312.7
173	125	Jesse Chavez	312.7
174	162	Jon Moscot	312.5
175	158	Justin Nicolino	312.3
176	162	Jordan Lyles	312.1
177	162	Jesse Hahn	311.5
178	NR	Robert Stephenson	311.3
179	162	Shane Greene	310.9
180	130	Travis Wood	310.8
182	162	Tyler Wilson	310.1
183	NR	Blake Snell	309.7
184	162	Robert Erlin	309.6
185	162	Vance Worley	308.0
186	162	Bud Norris	306.7
187	150	Adam Morgan	306.0
188	NR	Christopher Devenski	305.5
189	162	Christian Bergman	305.3
190	NR	Michael Fulmer	305.1
191	162	Cesar Ramos	304.8
192	162	Jonathan Gray	303.6
193	NR	Sean Manaea	303.2
194	146	Ivan Nova	302.9
195	162	Zachary Davies	302.0
196	NR	Jose Berrios	300.6
197	140	Adam Warren	300.5

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