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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: 6/1/2016
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	634.1
2	4	Jake Arrieta	572.8
3	6	Madison Bumgarner	555.8
4	3	Max Scherzer	548.5
5	7	Chris Sale	548.5
6	2	Zack Greinke	540.0
7	5	David Price	532.7
8	13	Johnny Cueto	524.6
9	10	Jon Lester	518.9
10	8	Corey Kluber	516.7
11	15	Stephen Strasburg	511.1
12	11	Cole Hamels	510.0
13	16	John Lackey	504.5
14	12	Felix Hernandez	502.9
15	23	Jose Quintana	500.4
16	9	Dallas Keuchel	487.5
17	14	Jacob Degrom	486.3
18	17	Jordan Zimmermann	484.8
19	28	Julio Teheran	480.5
20	33	Justin Verlander	479.7
21	45	Marco Estrada	477.9
22	25	Gerrit Cole	473.3
23	43	Jeff Samardzija	473.2
24	18	R.A. Dickey	473.1
25	21	James Shields	470.7
26	51	Danny Salazar	469.0
27	48	Masahiro Tanaka	468.7
28	22	Chris Archer	467.9
29	54	Chris Tillman	467.6
30	24	Francisco Liriano	465.5
31	41	Ian Kennedy	463.0
32	66	Noah Syndergaard	462.5
33	53	J.A. Happ	460.3
34	30	Wei-Yin Chen	458.8
35	27	Edinson Volquez	458.6
36	55	Jason Hammel	458.0
37	38	Mike Leake	454.6
38	31	Gio Gonzalez	454.4
39	35	Hisashi Iwakuma	453.2
40	62	Rick Porcello	452.2
41	47	Scott Kazmir	449.7
42	32	Collin McHugh	449.6
43	29	Carlos Carrasco	449.3
44	60	Jake Odorizzi	449.1
45	20	Sonny Gray	448.0
46	65	Kyle Hendricks	446.7
47	19	Tyson Ross	442.3
48	40	Garrett Richards	441.8
49	46	Wade Miley	438.9
50	75	Colby Lewis	438.9
51	63	Alex Wood	437.5
52	64	Bartolo Colon	435.9
53	36	Matt Harvey	435.0
54	42	Yordano Ventura	432.9
55	90	Jimmy Nelson	429.8
56	73	Carlos Martinez	426.2
57	67	Hector Santiago	426.0
58	34	Shelby Miller	425.3
59	50	Jake Peavy	424.2
60	61	Michael Fiers	421.3
61	84	Nathan Eovaldi	420.5
62	52	Jered Weaver	419.0
63	70	Jonathon Niese	418.7
64	59	Phil Hughes	417.5
65	44	Yovani Gallardo	416.1
66	69	Tom Koehler	415.4
67	49	Ubaldo Jimenez	414.9
68	37	Jorge de la Rosa	413.8
69	106	Jeremy Hellickson	411.4
70	91	Jaime Garcia	410.6
71	68	Michael Wacha	409.1
72	139	Jose Fernandez	408.3
73	71	Andrew Cashner	408.0
74	134	Aaron Nola	405.9
75	57	Kyle Gibson	405.6
76	94	Taijuan Walker	403.1
77	96	Rubby De La Rosa	403.1
78	89	Jeff Locke	402.8
79	81	Ervin Santana	402.6
80	72	Trevor Bauer	401.6
81	26	Lance Lynn	400.8
82	76	Matthew Shoemaker	399.0
83	112	CC Sabathia	397.9
84	85	Chase Anderson	397.8
85	135	Tanner Roark	396.1
86	101	Carlos Rodon	395.2
87	113	Drew Smyly	394.0
88	118	Nate Karns	391.2
89	107	Robbie Ray	389.9
90	110	Doug Fister	389.6
91	NR	Miguel Gonzalez	388.9
92	77	Anibal Sanchez	387.4
94	103	Mat Latos	385.8
95	137	Matthew Wisler	385.3
96	162	Rich Hill	384.3
97	162	Steven Wright	384.2
98	117	Chad Bettis	384.1
99	88	Michael Pineda	383.7
100	145	Martin Perez	381.5
101	162	Drew Pomeranz	378.1
102	86	Chris Young	378.0
103	78	Lance McCullers	377.3
104	162	Tyler Chatwood	376.7
105	124	Kevin Gausman	376.3
106	111	Clay Buchholz	376.0
107	133	Josh Tomlin	374.4
109	82	Erasmo Ramirez	372.6
110	128	Patrick Corbin	371.7
113	93	Tom Milone	368.9
114	162	Aaron Sanchez	368.6
115	142	Jerad Eickhoff	367.7
116	156	Joe Ross	367.5
117	102	Joseph Kelly	367.2
118	83	Scott Feldman	367.2
119	98	Wily Peralta	367.1
120	159	Steven Matz	366.0
121	NR	Kenta Maeda	366.0
122	153	Marcus Stroman	364.9
123	92	Drew Hutchison	360.3
124	162	Daniel Straily	360.2
125	162	Vincent Velasquez	359.3
126	122	Mike Pelfrey	357.8
127	119	Charlie Morton	357.6
128	144	Ricky Nolasco	356.2
129	154	Adam Conley	356.0
130	104	Ryan Vogelsong	354.4
131	162	Nicholas Tropeano	354.1
132	80	Danny Duffy	353.5
133	162	Brandon Finnegan	351.5
134	162	Jhoulys Chacin	350.8
135	132	Raisel Iglesias	348.9
136	149	Williams Perez	347.8
137	162	Jonathan Gray	346.7
138	147	Adam Wainwright	345.6
139	162	Colin Rea	344.7
140	NR	Junior Guerra	344.3
141	162	Derek Holland	343.2
142	129	Cody Anderson	343.2
143	115	Taylor Jungmann	342.3
144	121	Alfredo Simon	342.2
145	162	Matt Cain	341.6
146	162	Juan Nicasio	341.5
147	162	Matt Andriese	341.2
148	138	Tyler Duffey	341.1
149	155	Kendall Graveman	340.3
150	162	Matt Moore	336.8
151	162	Tyler Wilson	336.3
152	162	Mike Wright	336.3
153	NR	Michael Fulmer	336.3
154	162	Mike Foltynewicz	336.0
155	136	Luis Severino	335.8
156	123	Andrew Heaney	333.8
157	146	Ivan Nova	331.8
158	162	Zachary Davies	331.2
159	126	Jarred Cosart	330.6
160	NR	Ross Stripling	330.1
161	NR	A.J. Griffin	330.0
162	158	Justin Nicolino	329.2
163	162	Eddie Butler	328.3
164	NR	Cesar Vargas	327.8
166	162	Christian Friedrich	323.9
167	162	Jesse Hahn	322.5
168	105	Brett Anderson	322.3
170	NR	Timothy Adleman	321.4
171	97	Chris Heston	321.3
172	148	Chris Bassitt	320.7
173	NR	Pat Dean	319.6
174	99	Anthony DeSclafani	317.7
175	141	Chris Rusin	317.7
176	109	Eduardo Rodriguez	317.6
177	NR	Christopher Devenski	316.7
178	NR	Sean Manaea	316.5
179	150	Adam Morgan	316.5
180	162	Cesar Ramos	316.3
182	162	Archie Bradley	313.4
183	162	John Lamb	312.4
184	162	Dillon Gee	312.1
185	NR	Aaron Blair	311.8
186	151	Henry Owens	311.0
187	131	Michael Bolsinger	311.0
188	162	Yu Darvish	310.5
189	162	Logan Verrett	307.1
190	114	Roenis Elias	306.4
191	100	C.J. Wilson	305.7
192	162	Kris Medlen	305.7
193	162	Matt Boyd	305.6
194	162	Jordan Lyles	304.4
195	NR	Jose Berrios	304.1
196	162	Kendry Flores	303.9
197	NR	Robert Stephenson	303.6
198	162	Shane Greene	303.2
199	162	Erik Johnson	302.6
200	NR	Daniel Wright	302.2
201	162	Jon Moscot	302.2
202	162	Casey Kelly	302.0
203	NR	Michael Clevinger	302.0
204	NR	Blake Snell	302.0
205	162	Robert Erlin	301.8
206	NR	Eric Surkamp	301.6
207	162	Sean O'Sullivan	300.9
208	NR	Luis David Perdomo	300.7
209	NR	Julio Urias	300.5
210	162	Vance Worley	300.3

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