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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: 5/15/2016
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	620.8
2	4	Jake Arrieta	569.8
3	7	Chris Sale	549.4
4	3	Max Scherzer	543.0
5	6	Madison Bumgarner	537.6
6	2	Zack Greinke	534.5
7	5	David Price	526.0
8	10	Jon Lester	520.4
9	8	Corey Kluber	511.3
10	11	Cole Hamels	511.3
11	13	Johnny Cueto	502.1
12	15	Stephen Strasburg	501.6
13	12	Felix Hernandez	500.6
14	23	Jose Quintana	497.0
15	16	John Lackey	492.0
16	17	Jordan Zimmermann	488.6
17	9	Dallas Keuchel	488.3
18	21	James Shields	483.0
19	14	Jacob Degrom	479.1
20	18	R.A. Dickey	472.4
21	28	Julio Teheran	465.9
22	22	Chris Archer	465.8
23	43	Jeff Samardzija	463.1
24	31	Gio Gonzalez	462.4
25	25	Gerrit Cole	461.9
26	51	Danny Salazar	461.8
27	33	Justin Verlander	460.8
28	24	Francisco Liriano	460.7
29	54	Chris Tillman	457.6
30	20	Sonny Gray	457.1
31	27	Edinson Volquez	456.9
32	48	Masahiro Tanaka	456.8
33	30	Wei-Yin Chen	456.2
34	45	Marco Estrada	456.1
35	41	Ian Kennedy	455.4
36	29	Carlos Carrasco	453.6
37	53	J.A. Happ	453.4
38	62	Rick Porcello	451.0
39	55	Jason Hammel	447.7
40	19	Tyson Ross	446.5
41	35	Hisashi Iwakuma	446.3
42	40	Garrett Richards	446.0
43	66	Noah Syndergaard	444.0
44	36	Matt Harvey	440.3
45	38	Mike Leake	436.2
46	46	Wade Miley	435.8
47	42	Yordano Ventura	435.6
48	47	Scott Kazmir	435.2
49	32	Collin McHugh	433.9
50	65	Kyle Hendricks	432.3
51	34	Shelby Miller	432.2
52	60	Jake Odorizzi	432.0
53	64	Bartolo Colon	430.3
54	49	Ubaldo Jimenez	428.6
55	75	Colby Lewis	426.4
56	61	Michael Fiers	425.7
57	37	Jorge de la Rosa	424.6
58	63	Alex Wood	424.1
59	67	Hector Santiago	422.0
60	44	Yovani Gallardo	420.4
61	73	Carlos Martinez	420.1
62	68	Michael Wacha	419.9
63	26	Lance Lynn	417.8
64	50	Jake Peavy	416.2
65	59	Phil Hughes	415.1
66	91	Jaime Garcia	414.7
67	52	Jered Weaver	413.8
68	57	Kyle Gibson	409.8
69	90	Jimmy Nelson	409.4
70	69	Tom Koehler	407.4
71	71	Andrew Cashner	406.1
73	70	Jonathon Niese	401.8
74	96	Rubby De La Rosa	398.6
75	94	Taijuan Walker	398.6
76	84	Nathan Eovaldi	397.1
77	81	Ervin Santana	396.5
78	72	Trevor Bauer	396.1
79	113	Drew Smyly	395.7
80	77	Anibal Sanchez	394.7
81	134	Aaron Nola	392.6
82	106	Jeremy Hellickson	390.8
84	117	Chad Bettis	387.0
86	88	Michael Pineda	385.9
87	103	Mat Latos	384.3
88	101	Carlos Rodon	384.1
89	89	Jeff Locke	383.4
90	86	Chris Young	382.2
91	NR	Miguel Gonzalez	380.2
92	107	Robbie Ray	380.1
93	85	Chase Anderson	378.8
94	118	Nate Karns	378.5
95	110	Doug Fister	378.5
96	82	Erasmo Ramirez	376.8
97	76	Matthew Shoemaker	375.3
98	135	Tanner Roark	374.8
100	111	Clay Buchholz	373.5
101	112	CC Sabathia	373.3
102	93	Tom Milone	373.2
103	128	Patrick Corbin	371.5
104	83	Scott Feldman	371.4
105	139	Jose Fernandez	369.8
106	124	Kevin Gausman	366.3
107	153	Marcus Stroman	365.6
108	145	Martin Perez	364.9
109	92	Drew Hutchison	364.6
110	119	Charlie Morton	361.8
111	133	Josh Tomlin	361.4
112	162	Drew Pomeranz	361.2
113	98	Wily Peralta	361.2
114	137	Matthew Wisler	361.2
115	78	Lance McCullers	360.2
116	162	Rich Hill	359.0
117	162	Steven Wright	357.8
118	102	Joseph Kelly	357.2
119	162	Vincent Velasquez	355.7
120	NR	Kenta Maeda	355.7
121	162	Aaron Sanchez	354.9
122	132	Raisel Iglesias	353.1
123	154	Adam Conley	352.8
124	162	Tyler Chatwood	352.4
125	121	Alfredo Simon	352.2
126	104	Ryan Vogelsong	351.8
127	142	Jerad Eickhoff	351.4
128	144	Ricky Nolasco	351.1
129	122	Mike Pelfrey	348.8
130	115	Taylor Jungmann	346.5
131	156	Joe Ross	344.8
133	159	Steven Matz	342.7
134	162	Juan Nicasio	340.1
135	105	Brett Anderson	339.3
137	136	Luis Severino	339.0
138	162	Jonathan Gray	338.8
139	97	Chris Heston	338.3
140	123	Andrew Heaney	338.1
141	162	Colin Rea	337.6
142	129	Cody Anderson	336.9
143	80	Danny Duffy	336.9
144	162	Brandon Finnegan	336.4
145	162	Nicholas Tropeano	335.3
146	126	Jarred Cosart	334.9
147	99	Anthony DeSclafani	334.7
148	NR	A.J. Griffin	334.2
149	162	Matt Moore	333.7
150	NR	Ross Stripling	333.5
151	149	Williams Perez	333.5
152	162	Daniel Straily	333.4
153	138	Tyler Duffey	333.0
155	162	Jhoulys Chacin	330.7
156	162	Mike Wright	330.4
157	155	Kendall Graveman	328.9
158	147	Adam Wainwright	328.1
159	162	Matt Andriese	325.8
160	109	Eduardo Rodriguez	325.3
161	162	Tyler Wilson	325.1
162	148	Chris Bassitt	324.9
163	114	Roenis Elias	323.4
164	NR	Junior Guerra	322.8
165	100	C.J. Wilson	322.7
166	NR	Christopher Devenski	322.1
167	162	Derek Holland	322.0
168	162	Mike Foltynewicz	321.9
169	158	Justin Nicolino	319.4
170	NR	Timothy Adleman	318.4
171	NR	Cesar Vargas	317.9
172	150	Adam Morgan	317.8
173	162	Matt Cain	317.7
174	162	Eddie Butler	317.1
175	NR	Aaron Blair	316.5
176	162	John Lamb	315.7
177	151	Henry Owens	315.3
178	141	Chris Rusin	314.6
179	146	Ivan Nova	314.3
180	162	Zachary Davies	313.8
181	NR	Jose Berrios	311.5
182	162	Jesse Hahn	310.9
183	162	Logan Verrett	310.1
184	162	Kris Medlen	309.7
185	162	Jon Moscot	309.5
186	120	Jeremy Guthrie	309.2
187	162	Jordan Lyles	308.6
188	162	Christian Friedrich	308.5
189	NR	Michael Fulmer	308.5
190	116	Matt Garza	307.9
191	NR	Robert Stephenson	307.8
192	162	Shane Greene	307.4
193	162	Kendry Flores	306.9
194	NR	Blake Snell	306.2
195	162	Robert Erlin	306.1
196	162	Archie Bradley	305.7
197	131	Michael Bolsinger	304.6
198	162	Vance Worley	304.5
199	162	Dillon Gee	304.4
200	NR	Luis David Perdomo	303.7
201	162	Bud Norris	303.7
202	NR	Eric Surkamp	302.3
203	162	Sean O'Sullivan	302.3
204	162	Christian Bergman	301.8
205	162	Cesar Ramos	301.3
206	NR	Alex Meyer	301.2
207	162	Erik Johnson	300.6

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