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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: 6/15/2016
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	637.8
2	4	Jake Arrieta	570.2
3	6	Madison Bumgarner	568.3
4	3	Max Scherzer	564.7
5	2	Zack Greinke	556.9
6	5	David Price	545.3
7	10	Jon Lester	541.8
8	7	Chris Sale	537.9
9	13	Johnny Cueto	531.8
10	8	Corey Kluber	530.5
11	16	John Lackey	520.5
12	11	Cole Hamels	519.4
13	15	Stephen Strasburg	515.0
14	12	Felix Hernandez	499.6
15	23	Jose Quintana	498.4
16	14	Jacob Degrom	496.1
17	28	Julio Teheran	492.5
18	33	Justin Verlander	489.9
19	45	Marco Estrada	488.3
20	9	Dallas Keuchel	487.5
21	51	Danny Salazar	481.3
22	18	R.A. Dickey	479.9
23	54	Chris Tillman	479.0
24	25	Gerrit Cole	476.0
25	17	Jordan Zimmermann	475.4
26	22	Chris Archer	473.6
27	48	Masahiro Tanaka	472.9
28	66	Noah Syndergaard	468.0
29	43	Jeff Samardzija	464.5
30	27	Edinson Volquez	463.7
31	55	Jason Hammel	463.7
32	35	Hisashi Iwakuma	461.9
33	31	Gio Gonzalez	460.7
34	30	Wei-Yin Chen	459.4
35	62	Rick Porcello	458.1
36	24	Francisco Liriano	457.9
37	53	J.A. Happ	457.7
38	20	Sonny Gray	456.5
39	38	Mike Leake	455.7
40	65	Kyle Hendricks	455.6
41	41	Ian Kennedy	453.8
42	60	Jake Odorizzi	451.3
43	29	Carlos Carrasco	450.9
44	21	James Shields	450.7
45	36	Matt Harvey	449.5
46	47	Scott Kazmir	448.4
47	75	Colby Lewis	448.3
48	32	Collin McHugh	446.7
49	64	Bartolo Colon	442.2
50	42	Yordano Ventura	439.2
51	19	Tyson Ross	438.8
52	40	Garrett Richards	438.3
53	73	Carlos Martinez	437.0
54	46	Wade Miley	435.9
55	63	Alex Wood	435.0
56	61	Michael Fiers	431.2
57	50	Jake Peavy	430.2
58	69	Tom Koehler	428.4
59	90	Jimmy Nelson	424.7
60	139	Jose Fernandez	424.2
61	34	Shelby Miller	421.8
62	72	Trevor Bauer	420.9
63	76	Matthew Shoemaker	420.2
64	70	Jonathon Niese	420.1
65	37	Jorge de la Rosa	418.3
66	67	Hector Santiago	417.6
67	52	Jered Weaver	415.5
68	85	Chase Anderson	415.3
69	68	Michael Wacha	415.2
70	112	CC Sabathia	413.2
71	71	Andrew Cashner	412.9
72	44	Yovani Gallardo	412.6
73	59	Phil Hughes	412.3
74	94	Taijuan Walker	411.9
75	84	Nathan Eovaldi	411.5
76	110	Doug Fister	409.5
77	134	Aaron Nola	409.5
78	49	Ubaldo Jimenez	408.7
79	91	Jaime Garcia	407.5
80	106	Jeremy Hellickson	406.0
81	57	Kyle Gibson	401.9
82	135	Tanner Roark	401.6
83	107	Robbie Ray	401.5
84	88	Michael Pineda	401.4
85	101	Carlos Rodon	399.9
86	96	Rubby De La Rosa	399.6
87	81	Ervin Santana	397.5
88	162	Steven Wright	397.3
89	89	Jeff Locke	394.8
90	162	Tyler Chatwood	393.5
91	113	Drew Smyly	393.3
92	NR	Miguel Gonzalez	392.3
93	142	Jerad Eickhoff	392.2
94	133	Josh Tomlin	391.3
95	145	Martin Perez	389.9
96	118	Nate Karns	389.9
97	162	Drew Pomeranz	389.8
98	26	Lance Lynn	386.8
99	162	Aaron Sanchez	386.1
100	124	Kevin Gausman	385.5
101	77	Anibal Sanchez	385.2
102	78	Lance McCullers	384.3
103	128	Patrick Corbin	383.4
104	NR	Kenta Maeda	383.4
105	117	Chad Bettis	381.8
106	162	Rich Hill	381.5
107	103	Mat Latos	380.7
108	162	Daniel Straily	378.1
109	86	Chris Young	378.1
110	80	Danny Duffy	376.8
111	162	Brandon Finnegan	374.5
112	137	Matthew Wisler	373.6
113	156	Joe Ross	373.6
115	111	Clay Buchholz	372.5
116	153	Marcus Stroman	370.9
117	159	Steven Matz	370.4
118	NR	Michael Fulmer	370.0
119	154	Adam Conley	369.7
120	82	Erasmo Ramirez	369.1
121	162	Jonathan Gray	368.4
122	98	Wily Peralta	367.2
123	162	Vincent Velasquez	367.2
124	162	Zachary Davies	366.9
125	122	Mike Pelfrey	366.0
127	144	Ricky Nolasco	365.5
128	93	Tom Milone	365.4
129	147	Adam Wainwright	363.8
130	83	Scott Feldman	363.7
132	102	Joseph Kelly	358.2
133	92	Drew Hutchison	356.8
134	NR	Junior Guerra	355.7
136	162	Matt Moore	354.8
137	119	Charlie Morton	354.1
138	162	Derek Holland	353.9
139	162	Juan Nicasio	352.6
140	162	Jhoulys Chacin	351.8
141	162	Nicholas Tropeano	351.4
142	104	Ryan Vogelsong	350.9
143	121	Alfredo Simon	347.5
144	149	Williams Perez	346.5
145	162	Matt Andriese	345.6
146	132	Raisel Iglesias	345.4
147	162	Christian Friedrich	345.2
148	162	Colin Rea	344.3
149	162	Mike Wright	344.1
150	155	Kendall Graveman	342.3
151	138	Tyler Duffey	341.8
152	146	Ivan Nova	340.5
153	162	Matt Cain	339.4
154	129	Cody Anderson	338.8
155	115	Taylor Jungmann	338.8
156	162	Tyler Wilson	335.7
157	NR	Sean Manaea	335.3
158	141	Chris Rusin	333.8
159	162	Mike Foltynewicz	333.5
160	162	John Lamb	333.0
161	136	Luis Severino	332.3
162	162	Archie Bradley	331.9
163	158	Justin Nicolino	331.0
164	123	Andrew Heaney	330.3
165	150	Adam Morgan	329.5
166	NR	Pat Dean	328.9
167	126	Jarred Cosart	327.1
168	162	Eddie Butler	327.0
169	NR	Ross Stripling	326.6
170	NR	A.J. Griffin	326.5
171	162	Yu Darvish	325.3
172	NR	Cesar Vargas	324.8
173	131	Michael Bolsinger	323.0
174	109	Eduardo Rodriguez	321.3
175	NR	Jameson Taillon	319.7
176	NR	Timothy Adleman	317.9
177	162	James Paxton	317.7
178	162	Bud Norris	317.6
179	148	Chris Bassitt	317.2
180	162	Matt Boyd	316.2
181	99	Anthony DeSclafani	316.1
182	NR	Julio Urias	315.1
183	162	Jesse Hahn	314.4
185	NR	Aaron Blair	313.4
186	NR	Christopher Devenski	313.2
187	NR	Tyler Anderson	311.6
188	NR	Albert Suarez	311.0
189	162	Dillon Gee	309.8
190	105	Brett Anderson	308.3
192	162	Zachary Godley	308.1
193	162	Cesar Ramos	307.6
194	151	Henry Owens	307.5
195	97	Chris Heston	307.3
196	NR	Daniel Mengden	306.3
197	162	Logan Verrett	306.3
198	116	Matt Garza	304.1
199	NR	John Gant	304.0
200	162	Jon Moscot	302.2
201	162	Kris Medlen	302.2
202	162	Erik Johnson	301.2
203	162	Jordan Lyles	300.9
204	NR	Jose Berrios	300.6
205	162	Kendry Flores	300.4
206	NR	Robert Stephenson	300.1

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