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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: 9/1/2016
1	1	Clayton Kershaw	617.2
2	3	Max Scherzer	600.0
3	6	Madison Bumgarner	572.4
4	8	Corey Kluber	564.3
5	4	Jake Arrieta	562.1
6	7	Chris Sale	560.7
7	5	David Price	550.3
8	11	Cole Hamels	544.6
9	10	Jon Lester	544.1
10	33	Justin Verlander	542.0
11	2	Zack Greinke	534.4
12	13	Johnny Cueto	527.7
13	23	Jose Quintana	526.1
14	16	John Lackey	521.2
15	15	Stephen Strasburg	516.3
16	65	Kyle Hendricks	515.1
17	62	Rick Porcello	514.4
18	22	Chris Archer	508.5
19	14	Jacob Degrom	507.4
20	9	Dallas Keuchel	506.3
21	28	Julio Teheran	504.0
22	53	J.A. Happ	503.6
23	48	Masahiro Tanaka	503.0
24	12	Felix Hernandez	502.1
25	45	Marco Estrada	496.6
26	41	Ian Kennedy	495.9
27	29	Carlos Carrasco	495.6
28	66	Noah Syndergaard	492.7
29	60	Jake Odorizzi	484.0
30	55	Jason Hammel	483.0
31	18	R.A. Dickey	481.7
32	73	Carlos Martinez	479.2
33	31	Gio Gonzalez	478.4
34	35	Hisashi Iwakuma	476.4
35	54	Chris Tillman	476.3
36	43	Jeff Samardzija	475.1
37	42	Yordano Ventura	470.4
38	51	Danny Salazar	467.0
39	139	Jose Fernandez	466.9
40	76	Matthew Shoemaker	465.9
41	25	Gerrit Cole	464.1
42	81	Ervin Santana	462.1
43	64	Bartolo Colon	459.3
44	24	Francisco Liriano	458.8
45	32	Collin McHugh	458.4
46	135	Tanner Roark	458.2
47	72	Trevor Bauer	453.8
48	80	Danny Duffy	452.5
49	38	Mike Leake	452.2
50	162	Drew Pomeranz	452.2
51	37	Jorge de la Rosa	450.8
52	69	Tom Koehler	450.6
53	47	Scott Kazmir	450.5
54	107	Robbie Ray	450.4
55	61	Michael Fiers	450.3
56	17	Jordan Zimmermann	449.4
57	106	Jeremy Hellickson	448.5
58	162	Aaron Sanchez	447.5
59	30	Wei-Yin Chen	445.5
60	27	Edinson Volquez	445.3
61	88	Michael Pineda	443.6
62	20	Sonny Gray	443.4
63	67	Hector Santiago	441.6
64	75	Colby Lewis	439.8
65	46	Wade Miley	439.4
66	21	James Shields	436.4
67	110	Doug Fister	435.6
68	124	Kevin Gausman	435.6
69	162	Jonathan Gray	433.5
70	50	Jake Peavy	433.2
71	NR	Michael Fulmer	432.9
72	NR	Kenta Maeda	432.8
73	101	Carlos Rodon	430.3
74	142	Jerad Eickhoff	430.0
75	162	Matt Moore	429.3
76	36	Matt Harvey	429.1
77	113	Drew Smyly	428.8
78	112	CC Sabathia	428.7
79	68	Michael Wacha	428.1
80	71	Andrew Cashner	427.8
81	91	Jaime Garcia	426.7
82	44	Yovani Gallardo	426.5
83	162	Daniel Straily	425.0
84	162	Steven Wright	424.6
85	85	Chase Anderson	424.3
86	117	Chad Bettis	423.6
87	NR	Miguel Gonzalez	423.3
88	162	Brandon Finnegan	422.2
89	57	Kyle Gibson	422.1
90	52	Jered Weaver	420.4
91	153	Marcus Stroman	419.3
92	19	Tyson Ross	419.3
93	40	Garrett Richards	418.8
94	84	Nathan Eovaldi	418.8
95	78	Lance McCullers	417.2
96	90	Jimmy Nelson	416.5
97	63	Alex Wood	415.5
98	49	Ubaldo Jimenez	415.2
99	155	Kendall Graveman	413.4
100	34	Shelby Miller	412.0
101	94	Taijuan Walker	411.8
102	145	Martin Perez	409.8
103	147	Adam Wainwright	409.7
104	77	Anibal Sanchez	408.6
105	144	Ricky Nolasco	408.4
106	162	Zachary Davies	408.0
107	162	Tyler Chatwood	408.0
108	99	Anthony DeSclafani	407.3
109	159	Steven Matz	407.1
110	NR	Junior Guerra	406.3
111	NR	Tyler Anderson	405.5
112	154	Adam Conley	403.7
113	70	Jonathon Niese	401.7
114	162	Vincent Velasquez	399.3
115	133	Josh Tomlin	399.2
116	162	Rich Hill	393.6
117	NR	Sean Manaea	393.0
118	59	Phil Hughes	392.8
119	146	Ivan Nova	392.6
120	137	Matthew Wisler	392.5
121	134	Aaron Nola	386.1
122	98	Wily Peralta	385.4
123	162	Yu Darvish	384.4
124	111	Clay Buchholz	382.8
125	162	Archie Bradley	382.5
126	89	Jeff Locke	381.4
127	162	Mike Foltynewicz	381.3
128	96	Rubby De La Rosa	380.1
129	118	Nate Karns	378.4
130	NR	Jameson Taillon	376.6
131	NR	A.J. Griffin	373.9
132	162	James Paxton	373.2
133	128	Patrick Corbin	372.9
134	122	Mike Pelfrey	370.8
135	138	Tyler Duffey	369.7
136	162	Matt Boyd	369.4
137	93	Tom Milone	369.4
138	109	Eduardo Rodriguez	368.3
139	104	Ryan Vogelsong	367.9
140	156	Joe Ross	366.8
141	162	Colin Rea	366.3
142	86	Chris Young	366.1
143	162	Christian Friedrich	365.2
144	162	Bud Norris	362.8
145	103	Mat Latos	361.2
146	NR	Luis David Perdomo	359.4
147	162	Derek Holland	358.3
148	116	Matt Garza	355.5
149	NR	Blake Snell	354.9
150	NR	Dylan Bundy	353.3
151	83	Scott Feldman	353.0
152	NR	Julio Urias	353.0
153	162	Nicholas Tropeano	350.3
154	126	Jarred Cosart	350.1
155	82	Erasmo Ramirez	349.6
156	162	Matt Andriese	348.2
157	NR	Chad Kuhl	347.9
159	92	Drew Hutchison	344.9
160	162	Matt Cain	344.7
161	162	Brandon McCarthy	342.8
162	162	David Phelps	341.4
163	162	Dillon Gee	339.1
164	102	Joseph Kelly	338.7
165	NR	Zach Eflin	337.3
166	NR	Ross Stripling	337.0
167	150	Adam Morgan	336.9
168	162	Wade LeBlanc	336.2
169	162	Tyler Skaggs	335.3
170	119	Charlie Morton	334.6
171	162	Jhoulys Chacin	334.1
172	NR	Andrew Triggs	333.6
173	NR	Braden Shipley	333.5
174	161	Daniel Norris	332.4
175	162	Juan Nicasio	331.7
176	162	John Lamb	331.2
177	162	Tyler Wilson	329.5
178	NR	Chad Green	328.6
179	162	Jose Urena	328.5
180	121	Alfredo Simon	328.0
181	149	Williams Perez	327.0
182	NR	Luke Weaver	326.3
183	NR	Paul Clemens	325.9
184	132	Raisel Iglesias	325.9
185	NR	Lucas Harrell	325.5
186	162	Clayton Richard	325.2
187	NR	Daniel Mengden	324.9
188	162	Ross Detwiler	324.8
189	NR	Joe Musgrove	324.5
190	NR	Albert Suarez	324.1
191	NR	Luis Cessa	323.0
192	NR	Seth Lugo	322.5
193	162	Mike Wright	322.1
194	NR	Joel De La Cruz	321.9
195	NR	Rob Whalen	321.9
196	162	Edwin Jackson	321.5
197	NR	Tyrell Jenkins	321.3
198	162	Homer Bailey	320.8
199	162	Michael Montgomery	320.0
200	162	Logan Verrett	319.9
201	NR	Reynaldo Lopez	319.4
202	129	Cody Anderson	319.3
203	158	Justin Nicolino	319.3
204	115	Taylor Jungmann	319.3
205	NR	Timothy Adleman	318.7
206	NR	Ariel Miranda	318.1
207	NR	Zachary Neal	317.0
208	162	Zachary Godley	316.2
209	NR	Cody Reed	316.0
210	141	Chris Rusin	314.3
211	162	A.J. Cole	314.1
212	136	Luis Severino	313.8
213	NR	Jeff Hoffman	312.3
214	NR	Jake Thompson	311.5
215	162	Eddie Butler	311.1
216	123	Andrew Heaney	310.8
217	NR	Brock Stewart	310.6
218	NR	Michael Clevinger	309.4
219	26	Lance Lynn	308.8
220	162	Anthony Ranaudo	308.7
221	162	Jesse Hahn	308.5
222	162	Rafael Montero	308.2
223	NR	John Gant	308.1
224	NR	Christopher Devenski	307.9
225	NR	Jose Berrios	307.5
226	NR	Alexander Reyes	307.5
227	162	Trevor Cahill	307.4
228	162	Brett Oberholtzer	305.9
229	NR	Cesar Vargas	305.3
230	162	Vance Worley	304.8
231	162	Cody Martin	304.2
232	NR	Robert Gsellman	304.0
233	NR	Steven Brault	303.9
234	NR	Lucas Giolito	302.6
235	NR	Jake Esch	302.2
236	NR	Pat Dean	300.9
237	131	Michael Bolsinger	300.5
238	162	Fausto Carmona	300.2

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