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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: 7/15/2016
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	629.2
2	6	Madison Bumgarner	583.3
3	3	Max Scherzer	579.6
4	2	Zack Greinke	555.9
5	4	Jake Arrieta	554.8
6	5	David Price	548.8
7	13	Johnny Cueto	539.4
8	8	Corey Kluber	538.3
9	7	Chris Sale	536.7
10	15	Stephen Strasburg	529.0
11	10	Jon Lester	524.7
12	11	Cole Hamels	519.4
13	14	Jacob Degrom	507.8
14	16	John Lackey	504.1
15	28	Julio Teheran	502.2
16	23	Jose Quintana	501.5
17	45	Marco Estrada	498.9
18	9	Dallas Keuchel	496.5
19	12	Felix Hernandez	492.1
20	18	R.A. Dickey	490.2
21	33	Justin Verlander	490.1
22	51	Danny Salazar	486.3
23	29	Carlos Carrasco	480.9
24	53	J.A. Happ	478.2
25	48	Masahiro Tanaka	477.6
26	22	Chris Archer	477.3
27	54	Chris Tillman	477.3
28	66	Noah Syndergaard	472.9
29	41	Ian Kennedy	469.7
30	62	Rick Porcello	469.2
31	25	Gerrit Cole	468.7
32	17	Jordan Zimmermann	468.4
33	65	Kyle Hendricks	468.2
34	43	Jeff Samardzija	465.2
35	35	Hisashi Iwakuma	461.2
36	73	Carlos Martinez	459.7
37	55	Jason Hammel	459.2
38	30	Wei-Yin Chen	458.2
39	32	Collin McHugh	458.1
40	20	Sonny Gray	457.5
41	38	Mike Leake	457.0
42	27	Edinson Volquez	453.4
43	24	Francisco Liriano	452.6
44	75	Colby Lewis	451.8
45	31	Gio Gonzalez	451.6
46	47	Scott Kazmir	451.4
47	21	James Shields	450.6
48	60	Jake Odorizzi	449.1
49	64	Bartolo Colon	447.3
50	139	Jose Fernandez	445.0
51	67	Hector Santiago	443.8
52	72	Trevor Bauer	441.3
53	36	Matt Harvey	441.1
54	42	Yordano Ventura	440.3
55	50	Jake Peavy	438.5
56	61	Michael Fiers	436.2
57	37	Jorge de la Rosa	432.9
58	76	Matthew Shoemaker	432.5
59	68	Michael Wacha	432.2
60	19	Tyson Ross	431.3
61	40	Garrett Richards	430.8
62	46	Wade Miley	428.2
63	106	Jeremy Hellickson	427.7
64	63	Alex Wood	427.5
65	81	Ervin Santana	426.8
66	69	Tom Koehler	426.5
67	90	Jimmy Nelson	426.4
68	52	Jered Weaver	424.9
69	162	Drew Pomeranz	422.7
70	88	Michael Pineda	422.2
71	135	Tanner Roark	420.5
72	94	Taijuan Walker	420.0
73	34	Shelby Miller	419.9
74	110	Doug Fister	418.7
75	57	Kyle Gibson	418.3
76	44	Yovani Gallardo	418.2
77	162	Aaron Sanchez	417.4
78	91	Jaime Garcia	417.2
79	107	Robbie Ray	413.6
80	112	CC Sabathia	411.7
81	162	Steven Wright	411.1
82	70	Jonathon Niese	410.6
83	49	Ubaldo Jimenez	407.9
84	NR	Kenta Maeda	407.2
85	NR	Miguel Gonzalez	406.7
86	142	Jerad Eickhoff	405.5
87	80	Danny Duffy	405.2
88	59	Phil Hughes	404.8
89	133	Josh Tomlin	403.8
90	84	Nathan Eovaldi	403.6
91	101	Carlos Rodon	402.8
92	71	Andrew Cashner	402.7
93	85	Chase Anderson	401.1
94	78	Lance McCullers	399.7
95	154	Adam Conley	399.7
96	89	Jeff Locke	399.7
97	NR	Michael Fulmer	397.1
98	124	Kevin Gausman	395.0
99	117	Chad Bettis	394.4
100	162	Tyler Chatwood	393.6
101	162	Jonathan Gray	393.4
102	113	Drew Smyly	393.2
103	162	Rich Hill	392.3
104	NR	Junior Guerra	392.1
105	96	Rubby De La Rosa	392.1
106	147	Adam Wainwright	390.6
107	118	Nate Karns	390.4
108	145	Martin Perez	389.7
109	134	Aaron Nola	387.7
110	128	Patrick Corbin	387.4
111	162	Vincent Velasquez	385.2
112	153	Marcus Stroman	383.5
113	159	Steven Matz	382.9
114	137	Matthew Wisler	382.8
115	162	Matt Moore	382.1
116	162	Daniel Straily	381.0
117	156	Joe Ross	378.8
118	86	Chris Young	378.1
119	77	Anibal Sanchez	377.8
120	162	Zachary Davies	376.6
121	144	Ricky Nolasco	374.4
122	103	Mat Latos	373.2
123	155	Kendall Graveman	373.0
124	111	Clay Buchholz	373.0
125	93	Tom Milone	371.0
126	162	Brandon Finnegan	370.7
127	122	Mike Pelfrey	370.6
128	83	Scott Feldman	365.0
129	138	Tyler Duffey	363.9
130	162	Colin Rea	362.7
131	82	Erasmo Ramirez	361.6
132	162	Archie Bradley	361.4
133	162	Nicholas Tropeano	361.3
134	98	Wily Peralta	360.2
136	92	Drew Hutchison	356.9
137	26	Lance Lynn	356.8
138	162	Bud Norris	353.0
139	146	Ivan Nova	351.2
140	162	Christian Friedrich	351.1
141	NR	Sean Manaea	350.9
142	99	Anthony DeSclafani	350.8
143	162	John Lamb	350.8
144	102	Joseph Kelly	350.7
145	162	Derek Holland	349.0
146	119	Charlie Morton	346.6
147	162	Mike Foltynewicz	346.5
148	NR	Tyler Anderson	346.1
149	162	Matt Andriese	344.8
150	162	Juan Nicasio	343.7
151	104	Ryan Vogelsong	343.4
153	NR	A.J. Griffin	341.6
154	162	Tyler Wilson	341.5
155	162	Jhoulys Chacin	340.1
156	121	Alfredo Simon	340.0
157	149	Williams Perez	339.0
158	132	Raisel Iglesias	337.9
159	NR	Zach Eflin	335.5
160	162	James Paxton	335.0
161	162	Mike Wright	334.1
162	162	Matt Cain	332.9
163	NR	Julio Urias	332.4
164	NR	Daniel Mengden	331.8
165	NR	Albert Suarez	331.5
166	129	Cody Anderson	331.3
167	115	Taylor Jungmann	331.3
169	158	Justin Nicolino	327.4
170	141	Chris Rusin	326.3
171	150	Adam Morgan	325.4
172	NR	Jameson Taillon	325.2
174	136	Luis Severino	324.8
175	162	Eddie Butler	323.1
176	123	Andrew Heaney	322.8
177	NR	Luis David Perdomo	320.3
178	NR	John Gant	320.1
179	126	Jarred Cosart	319.6
180	NR	Blake Snell	319.1
181	NR	Ross Stripling	319.1
182	162	Wade LeBlanc	318.3
183	162	Yu Darvish	317.8
184	NR	Cesar Vargas	317.3
185	162	Matt Boyd	317.1
186	NR	Pat Dean	316.3
187	162	Brandon McCarthy	315.9
188	109	Eduardo Rodriguez	315.9
189	161	Daniel Norris	314.0
190	131	Michael Bolsinger	312.5
191	NR	Chad Green	310.9
192	162	Sean O'Sullivan	310.8
193	162	Logan Verrett	310.6
194	NR	Timothy Adleman	310.4
195	NR	Aaron Blair	309.8
196	116	Matt Garza	309.8
197	148	Chris Bassitt	309.7
198	162	Michael Montgomery	309.6
199	NR	Chad Kuhl	309.4
200	NR	Tim Lincecum	309.3
201	140	Adam Warren	308.7
202	162	Dillon Gee	307.7
203	162	Jesse Hahn	306.9
204	157	Nicholas Martinez	306.7
205	NR	Lucas Giolito	306.4
206	NR	Cody Reed	306.1
207	NR	Christopher Devenski	305.7
208	NR	Tyrell Jenkins	305.7
209	NR	Steven Brault	304.4
210	NR	Tyler Glasnow	304.4
211	NR	Joel De La Cruz	304.3
212	162	Zachary Godley	304.1
213	162	Yusmeiro Petit	301.2
214	162	Zachary McAllister	301.2
215	162	Cesar Ramos	301.1
216	162	Alex Gonzalez	300.9
217	162	Erik Johnson	300.5
219	NR	Andrew Triggs	300.3
220	151	Henry Owens	300.0

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