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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: 12/24/2017
1	3	Corey Kluber	591.5
2	2	Max Scherzer	591.4
3	6	Justin Verlander	578.3
4	1	Clayton Kershaw	572.8
5	8	Chris Sale	561.0
6	23	Stephen Strasburg	549.1
7	15	Zack Greinke	527.8
8	25	Carlos Carrasco	525.1
10	5	Madison Bumgarner	512.2
11	21	Masahiro Tanaka	508.4
12	11	Kyle Hendricks	505.4
13	17	Jose Quintana	500.8
14	29	Jacob Degrom	500.6
15	4	Jon Lester	497.6
16	43	Gio Gonzalez	496.7
17	67	Robbie Ray	495.1
18	33	Ervin Santana	494.2
19	26	Carlos Martinez	490.9
20	18	Chris Archer	490.4
21	31	Dallas Keuchel	487.7
22	79	Rich Hill	483.2
23	19	J.A. Happ	481.9
24	14	Cole Hamels	481.3
25	30	Jeff Samardzija	480.0
26	47	Trevor Bauer	479.2
28	158	Luis Severino	474.6
29	22	Julio Teheran	474.4
30	58	Marcus Stroman	470.5
31	9	Johnny Cueto	468.9
32	12	Rick Porcello	468.3
33	13	Marco Estrada	468.3
35	60	Drew Pomeranz	467.2
36	73	Chase Anderson	466.4
38	56	Gerrit Cole	464.7
39	27	Jake Odorizzi	460.2
40	48	Kevin Gausman	458.3
42	92	Jimmy Nelson	457.4
43	78	Sonny Gray	455.5
44	37	Tanner Roark	455.4
45	10	David Price	448.9
46	89	Taijuan Walker	447.8
47	24	Ian Kennedy	443.3
48	52	Danny Duffy	441.4
49	59	Daniel Straily	441.2
50	114	James Paxton	440.8
51	75	Michael Fulmer	440.0
52	68	Kenta Maeda	439.2
53	70	Jonathan Gray	439.1
55	97	Zachary Davies	438.4
56	66	Mike Leake	436.3
57	137	Jhoulys Chacin	434.1
58	46	Danny Salazar	433.0
59	158	Alex Wood	432.4
60	28	Felix Hernandez	431.1
61	96	Michael Wacha	429.0
62	158	Zachary Godley	427.9
63	158	Aaron Nola	427.4
64	88	Kyle Gibson	426.9
65	20	Noah Syndergaard	426.6
66	42	Jason Hammel	426.1
68	158	Charlie Morton	424.7
69	158	Patrick Corbin	422.7
70	106	Ivan Nova	422.4
72	90	Tyler Chatwood	421.7
73	111	Eduardo Rodriguez	421.6
74	132	Dylan Bundy	419.1
75	81	Josh Tomlin	418.8
77	93	Sean Manaea	418.0
80	NR	Jordan Montgomery	414.0
81	100	Martin Perez	413.0
82	51	Jerad Eickhoff	412.2
83	57	Michael Fiers	412.0
85	55	Matt Moore	410.1
86	74	James Shields	409.1
87	158	German Marquez	407.2
88	140	Chad Kuhl	407.1
89	158	Jose Berrios	406.1
90	158	Michael Clevinger	405.5
91	124	Blake Snell	405.0
93	158	Bradley Peacock	403.3
94	115	Mike Foltynewicz	402.4
96	49	Michael Pineda	401.5
97	158	Jose Urena	398.6
99	139	Ariel Miranda	397.6
101	95	Kendall Graveman	396.2
102	158	Trevor Williams	395.9
103	125	Lance McCullers	395.0
104	NR	Kyle Freeland	394.9
105	53	Matthew Shoemaker	390.8
107	NR	Dinelson Lamet	389.3
108	129	Luis David Perdomo	388.6
109	80	Jordan Zimmermann	387.7
110	NR	Luis Castillo	387.7
112	98	Adam Wainwright	386.4
113	151	Clayton Richard	384.9
115	39	Aaron Sanchez	382.0
116	158	Hyun-Jin Ryu	381.8
117	126	Matt Boyd	380.6
118	104	Tyler Anderson	379.6
119	NR	Parker Bridwell	378.6
120	32	Collin McHugh	378.2
121	84	Yovani Gallardo	376.4
122	NR	J.C. Ramirez	374.2
123	158	Jameson Taillon	370.9
124	NR	Sean Newcomb	370.2
126	65	Carlos Rodon	362.2
127	102	Junior Guerra	360.8
128	NR	Adalberto Mejia	359.0
129	158	Erasmo Ramirez	356.9
130	113	Adam Conley	356.6
131	NR	Jacob Faria	355.3
132	63	Tom Koehler	354.6
133	NR	Jakob Junis	354.5
134	158	Ty Blach	354.3
135	NR	Sal Romano	353.9
137	148	Seth Lugo	352.7
138	NR	Doug Fister	352.4
139	40	Hisashi Iwakuma	352.2
140	NR	Antonio Senzatela	351.2
141	158	Jharel Cotton	350.7
142	158	Michael Montgomery	350.6
144	158	Brent Suter	348.6
145	116	Vincent Velasquez	348.6
147	158	Rafael Montero	348.2
148	138	Matt Andriese	347.4
149	NR	Ben Lively	346.4
152	158	Robert Stephenson	345.1
153	87	Brandon Finnegan	341.7
154	158	Jeff Hoffman	341.0
155	158	Homer Bailey	341.0
156	134	Daniel Norris	339.4
158	153	Robert Gsellman	338.8
159	158	Alex Meyer	338.3
160	158	Lucas Giolito	338.2
161	150	Tyler Skaggs	337.9
162	NR	Chris Stratton	337.8
164	158	Luke Weaver	335.2
165	158	Daniel Mengden	335.1
166	158	Brandon McCarthy	334.8
170	NR	Joseph Biagini	333.4
171	128	Joe Ross	332.7
172	71	Wei-Yin Chen	327.0
173	64	Chad Bettis	326.2
174	NR	Sam Gaviglio	324.6
175	NR	Paul Blackburn	324.0
177	NR	Mark Leiter	320.2
178	158	Odrisamer Despaigne	320.0
181	NR	Nick Pivetta	318.5
182	158	Jake Thompson	317.8
183	158	Reynaldo Lopez	317.7
184	NR	Luke Sims	317.5
185	NR	Brandon Woodruff	316.9
186	158	Garrett Richards	316.6
187	158	A.J. Cole	314.4
188	135	Matt Harvey	313.9
189	NR	Carson Fulmer	313.7
192	127	Steven Matz	310.8
193	NR	Austin Pruitt	310.6
194	158	Eddie Butler	309.8
195	NR	Andrew Moore	309.5
196	NR	Luiz Gohara	309.2
197	158	Buck Farmer	308.0
198	107	Wily Peralta	307.8
200	NR	Dillon Peters	307.1
201	NR	Zack Wheeler	304.1
202	158	Raul Alcantara	302.7
203	147	Joe Musgrove	301.8
204	NR	Tyler Mahle	301.8

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