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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: 8/1/2016
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	625.0
2	3	Max Scherzer	587.2
3	6	Madison Bumgarner	584.9
4	4	Jake Arrieta	558.5
5	2	Zack Greinke	551.7
6	8	Corey Kluber	550.7
7	7	Chris Sale	543.1
8	5	David Price	541.6
9	15	Stephen Strasburg	539.1
10	11	Cole Hamels	534.9
11	13	Johnny Cueto	533.6
12	10	Jon Lester	528.6
13	33	Justin Verlander	519.2
14	14	Jacob Degrom	515.9
15	23	Jose Quintana	513.3
16	28	Julio Teheran	510.7
17	16	John Lackey	510.2
18	45	Marco Estrada	499.1
19	9	Dallas Keuchel	494.9
20	29	Carlos Carrasco	494.4
21	53	J.A. Happ	494.0
22	22	Chris Archer	490.6
23	12	Felix Hernandez	486.2
24	48	Masahiro Tanaka	485.1
25	54	Chris Tillman	484.5
26	51	Danny Salazar	484.5
27	62	Rick Porcello	484.2
28	25	Gerrit Cole	479.4
29	65	Kyle Hendricks	479.1
30	66	Noah Syndergaard	476.8
31	18	R.A. Dickey	476.8
32	55	Jason Hammel	473.0
33	41	Ian Kennedy	472.5
34	21	James Shields	467.9
35	60	Jake Odorizzi	466.6
36	35	Hisashi Iwakuma	466.5
37	17	Jordan Zimmermann	464.1
38	73	Carlos Martinez	462.8
39	31	Gio Gonzalez	461.4
40	27	Edinson Volquez	458.5
41	47	Scott Kazmir	457.9
42	43	Jeff Samardzija	457.1
43	67	Hector Santiago	455.3
44	32	Collin McHugh	455.1
45	42	Yordano Ventura	453.5
46	139	Jose Fernandez	453.5
47	30	Wei-Yin Chen	453.3
48	38	Mike Leake	451.1
49	24	Francisco Liriano	450.7
50	64	Bartolo Colon	448.2
51	75	Colby Lewis	447.5
52	76	Matthew Shoemaker	447.1
53	20	Sonny Gray	446.9
54	81	Ervin Santana	444.9
55	46	Wade Miley	444.2
56	106	Jeremy Hellickson	443.8
57	72	Trevor Bauer	441.1
58	162	Aaron Sanchez	440.1
59	50	Jake Peavy	440.0
60	61	Michael Fiers	439.6
61	69	Tom Koehler	439.2
62	36	Matt Harvey	436.9
63	88	Michael Pineda	436.6
64	135	Tanner Roark	435.5
65	68	Michael Wacha	432.7
66	37	Jorge de la Rosa	432.6
67	90	Jimmy Nelson	432.4
68	57	Kyle Gibson	432.3
69	71	Andrew Cashner	427.1
70	19	Tyson Ross	427.0
71	40	Garrett Richards	426.5
72	107	Robbie Ray	426.3
73	52	Jered Weaver	425.9
74	NR	Miguel Gonzalez	425.3
75	63	Alex Wood	423.3
76	162	Drew Pomeranz	422.7
77	78	Lance McCullers	422.4
78	44	Yovani Gallardo	422.3
79	110	Doug Fister	421.8
80	142	Jerad Eickhoff	421.3
81	133	Josh Tomlin	420.6
82	162	Jonathan Gray	419.7
83	162	Steven Wright	417.9
84	80	Danny Duffy	417.8
85	94	Taijuan Walker	415.8
86	34	Shelby Miller	415.7
87	117	Chad Bettis	415.5
88	91	Jaime Garcia	415.2
89	84	Nathan Eovaldi	415.1
90	112	CC Sabathia	415.1
91	NR	Junior Guerra	414.0
92	NR	Kenta Maeda	413.8
93	154	Adam Conley	412.8
94	49	Ubaldo Jimenez	410.2
95	NR	Michael Fulmer	409.7
96	85	Chase Anderson	408.2
97	162	Daniel Straily	407.4
98	70	Jonathon Niese	406.6
99	147	Adam Wainwright	406.5
100	124	Kevin Gausman	405.5
101	162	Tyler Chatwood	403.9
102	113	Drew Smyly	402.3
103	162	Matt Moore	400.9
104	59	Phil Hughes	400.6
105	101	Carlos Rodon	399.8
106	162	Zachary Davies	399.7
107	162	Vincent Velasquez	397.4
108	134	Aaron Nola	393.4
109	145	Martin Perez	393.3
110	162	Rich Hill	392.7
111	89	Jeff Locke	392.5
112	159	Steven Matz	392.3
113	153	Marcus Stroman	391.9
114	96	Rubby De La Rosa	387.8
115	144	Ricky Nolasco	387.8
116	155	Kendall Graveman	386.8
117	118	Nate Karns	386.2
118	128	Patrick Corbin	382.8
119	77	Anibal Sanchez	382.2
120	162	Brandon Finnegan	380.5
121	162	Archie Bradley	379.1
122	137	Matthew Wisler	377.5
123	122	Mike Pelfrey	377.3
124	93	Tom Milone	377.0
125	156	Joe Ross	374.6
126	86	Chris Young	373.8
127	99	Anthony DeSclafani	373.7
128	162	Colin Rea	373.0
129	103	Mat Latos	369.0
130	111	Clay Buchholz	368.7
131	162	Bud Norris	367.1
132	NR	Sean Manaea	366.9
133	146	Ivan Nova	364.6
134	NR	Tyler Anderson	363.3
135	83	Scott Feldman	360.8
136	162	Nicholas Tropeano	358.1
137	82	Erasmo Ramirez	357.3
138	98	Wily Peralta	355.9
139	162	Christian Friedrich	355.3
140	NR	A.J. Griffin	355.1
141	162	Mike Foltynewicz	355.1
142	138	Tyler Duffey	354.9
144	92	Drew Hutchison	352.7
145	NR	Zach Eflin	349.9
146	162	James Paxton	349.0
147	102	Joseph Kelly	346.5
148	NR	Blake Snell	345.3
149	NR	Jameson Taillon	344.9
150	162	Derek Holland	344.8
151	162	Matt Cain	343.0
152	119	Charlie Morton	342.3
153	162	Yu Darvish	341.6
154	162	Brandon McCarthy	341.0
155	162	Matt Andriese	340.5
156	26	Lance Lynn	339.8
157	162	Juan Nicasio	339.5
158	104	Ryan Vogelsong	339.2
159	162	Matt Boyd	338.9
160	162	John Lamb	338.9
161	162	Tyler Wilson	337.3
162	109	Eduardo Rodriguez	336.6
163	162	Jhoulys Chacin	335.8
164	121	Alfredo Simon	335.8
165	NR	Julio Urias	335.2
166	149	Williams Perez	334.8
167	NR	Luis David Perdomo	333.9
168	132	Raisel Iglesias	333.6
169	NR	Daniel Mengden	332.7
170	162	Mike Wright	329.8
171	162	Logan Verrett	329.5
172	NR	Albert Suarez	327.2
173	129	Cody Anderson	327.1
174	115	Taylor Jungmann	327.0
175	116	Matt Garza	326.7
176	126	Jarred Cosart	325.7
178	162	Tyler Skaggs	323.6
179	158	Justin Nicolino	323.2
180	141	Chris Rusin	322.1
181	162	Wade LeBlanc	321.6
182	150	Adam Morgan	321.1
183	136	Luis Severino	320.5
184	NR	Chad Kuhl	319.7
185	NR	Dylan Bundy	319.2
186	162	Eddie Butler	318.9
187	123	Andrew Heaney	318.6
188	NR	Lucas Harrell	318.5
189	NR	Tyrell Jenkins	317.4
190	162	Jesse Hahn	316.2
191	NR	John Gant	315.8
192	NR	Ross Stripling	314.8
193	162	Zachary Godley	314.5
194	NR	Cody Reed	313.5
195	NR	Cesar Vargas	313.1
196	162	Vance Worley	312.5
197	162	Jose Urena	312.4
198	NR	Pat Dean	312.1
199	162	Edwin Jackson	311.6
201	162	Michael Montgomery	311.0
202	NR	Paul Clemens	310.2
203	161	Daniel Norris	309.7
204	162	Dillon Gee	309.2
205	NR	Braden Shipley	308.6
206	131	Michael Bolsinger	308.3
208	162	Anthony Ranaudo	307.6
209	162	Homer Bailey	307.5
210	NR	Joel De La Cruz	307.5
211	162	Keyvius Sampson	307.0
212	NR	Chad Green	306.7
213	162	Sean O'Sullivan	306.5
214	NR	Timothy Adleman	306.2
215	NR	Tyler Glasnow	305.9
216	NR	Steven Brault	305.8
217	NR	Aaron Blair	305.6
218	NR	Lucas Giolito	305.6
219	148	Chris Bassitt	305.4
220	157	Nicholas Martinez	305.0
221	NR	Tim Lincecum	304.6
222	140	Adam Warren	304.5
223	NR	Reynaldo Lopez	302.9
224	NR	Christopher Devenski	301.5
225	NR	Dillon Overton	301.4
226	162	Brian Flynn	300.4

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