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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: 8/22/2018
1	1	Max Scherzer	598.6
2	5	Chris Sale	595.8
3	2	Corey Kluber	563.5
4	3	Justin Verlander	558.9
5	13	Jacob Degrom	553.4
6	4	Clayton Kershaw	538.0
7	28	Trevor Bauer	534.3
8	7	Zack Greinke	529.5
9	8	Carlos Carrasco	523.4
10	6	Stephen Strasburg	516.3
11	39	Gerrit Cole	513.8
12	58	Aaron Nola	503.5
13	10	Masahiro Tanaka	494.1
14	66	Patrick Corbin	490.6
15	9	Jake Arrieta	489.4
16	25	Luis Severino	488.0
17	23	J.A. Happ	487.2
18	83	Blake Snell	485.4
19	12	Kyle Hendricks	482.4
20	22	Cole Hamels	481.1
21	20	Dallas Keuchel	479.5
22	33	Rick Porcello	478.0
23	71	Charlie Morton	477.9
24	56	James Paxton	477.5
25	14	Jose Quintana	474.8
26	29	Julio Teheran	473.3
27	17	Jon Lester	470.9
28	55	Kyle Gibson	467.5
29	88	Mike Foltynewicz	467.3
30	36	CC Sabathia	466.9
31	102	Kyle Freeland	466.8
32	21	Carlos Martinez	466.5
33	50	Jonathan Gray	466.0
34	40	Kevin Gausman	463.8
35	61	Jhoulys Chacin	463.6
36	30	Chase Anderson	463.5
37	24	Rich Hill	462.7
38	43	Tanner Roark	461.8
39	91	Michael Clevinger	461.2
40	72	David Price	461.1
41	85	Michael Fiers	459.5
42	90	Jose Berrios	459.3
43	19	Chris Archer	458.8
44	18	Robbie Ray	457.4
45	11	Madison Bumgarner	453.2
46	35	Jake Odorizzi	451.7
47	63	Sean Manaea	451.1
48	80	German Marquez	450.4
49	32	Marco Estrada	448.4
50	15	Gio Gonzalez	448.1
51	48	Alex Wood	448.0
52	75	Eduardo Rodriguez	447.3
53	57	Mike Leake	447.0
54	47	Kenta Maeda	444.2
55	67	Zachary Godley	439.9
56	84	James Shields	438.8
57	27	Johnny Cueto	438.7
58	65	Michael Wacha	438.4
59	64	Michael Fulmer	438.1
60	52	Danny Duffy	438.1
61	93	Lance McCullers	437.6
62	70	Lance Lynn	436.8
63	110	Matt Boyd	436.1
64	60	Noah Syndergaard	435.6
65	113	Tyler Anderson	435.5
66	38	Yu Darvish	434.3
67	114	Jameson Taillon	433.2
68	101	Trevor Williams	431.2
69	42	Sonny Gray	431.2
70	45	Ian Kennedy	429.0
71	34	Marcus Stroman	428.7
72	68	Ivan Nova	427.2
73	99	Jose Urena	426.3
74	53	Andrew Cashner	426.2
75	107	Luis Castillo	424.7
76	26	Jeff Samardzija	422.6
77	115	Sean Newcomb	421.4
78	78	Jeremy Hellickson	418.9
79	49	Daniel Straily	418.8
80	171	Zack Wheeler	418.4
81	62	Dylan Bundy	418.3
82	37	Drew Pomeranz	415.7
83	86	Alex Cobb	415.4
84	NR	Miles Mikolas	413.2
85	51	Felix Hernandez	411.6
86	171	Jack Flaherty	409.5
87	74	Tyler Chatwood	409.1
88	89	Chad Kuhl	408.5
89	104	Clayton Richard	402.7
90	407	Vincent Velasquez	402.6
91	103	Jordan Zimmermann	402.2
92	120	Junior Guerra	400.9
93	54	Zachary Davies	399.7
94	171	Marco Gonzales	399.7
95	171	Andrew Heaney	399.2
96	46	Taijuan Walker	398.7
97	96	Bartolo Colon	398.1
98	156	Derek Holland	397.3
99	166	Nick Pivetta	396.3
100	128	Jakob Junis	396.1
101	142	Anibal Sanchez	395.7
102	133	Tyler Skaggs	392.8
103	79	Jaime Garcia	390.6
104	69	Jason Hammel	385.8
105	81	Jordan Montgomery	385.8
106	171	Ross Stripling	385.4
107	171	Trevor Cahill	385.3
108	171	Tyson Ross	384.6
109	130	Sal Romano	383.3
110	109	Hyun-Jin Ryu	382.8
111	92	Wade Miley	382.4
112	NR	Walker Buehler	382.0
113	129	Carlos Rodon	382.0
114	171	Zach Eflin	381.2
115	131	Brent Suter	380.9
116	171	Wade LeBlanc	379.9
117	154	Luke Weaver	379.6
118	171	Reynaldo Lopez	379.6
119	171	Matt Harvey	379.3
120	NR	Jaime Barria	379.2
121	NR	Dereck Rodriguez	379.2
122	117	Francisco Liriano	378.1
123	144	Lucas Giolito	377.4
124	158	Edwin Jackson	376.9
125	171	Steven Matz	375.3
126	NR	Ryne Stanek	373.9
127	157	Caleb Smith	373.2
128	171	Clay Buchholz	373.1
129	87	Matt Moore	372.9
130	171	Brett Anderson	372.7
131	171	Joe Musgrove	370.4
132	151	Daniel Mengden	369.7
133	168	Garrett Richards	369.1
134	145	Aaron Sanchez	369.1
135	169	Joey Lucchesi	369.0
136	NR	Andrew Suarez	368.4
137	171	Tyler Mahle	368.2
138	171	Nathan Eovaldi	365.8
139	NR	Mike Minor	365.7
140	171	Wei-Yin Chen	365.7
141	171	Anthony DeSclafani	365.2
142	76	Josh Tomlin	364.3
143	82	Martin Perez	362.7
144	NR	Brad Keller	362.3
145	NR	Trevor Richards	362.3
146	170	Chad Bettis	361.5
147	98	Jason Vargas	360.1
148	152	Chris Stratton	358.9
149	136	Michael Montgomery	357.2
150	171	John Gant	356.0
151	121	Doug Fister	355.9
152	NR	Blaine Hardy	355.2
153	NR	Pablo Lopez	354.0
154	171	Brian Johnson	353.8
155	171	Sam Gaviglio	353.7
156	NR	Freddy Peralta	353.6
157	NR	Shane Bieber	353.6
158	127	Jacob Faria	352.9
159	73	Miguel Gonzalez	352.8
160	116	Yovani Gallardo	352.3
161	97	Kendall Graveman	352.2
162	16	Ervin Santana	350.9
163	171	Nicholas Tropeano	349.3
164	NR	Jalen Beeks	349.3
165	149	Antonio Senzatela	349.3
166	NR	Austin Gomber	348.1
167	NR	Shohei Ohtani	348.0
168	163	Brandon McCarthy	347.6
169	171	Tyler Glasnow	347.1
170	NR	Ryan Borucki	345.2
171	NR	Felix Pena	344.2
172	NR	Hunter Wood	343.5
173	171	Matt Koch	342.9
174	123	Adalberto Mejia	342.1
175	NR	Eric Lauer	341.9
176	NR	Corey Oswalt	341.7
177	171	Robert Erlin	341.2
178	NR	Heath Fillmyer	339.9
179	122	Ty Blach	339.6
180	135	Homer Bailey	339.3
181	171	Max Fried	338.5
182	NR	Fernando Romero	338.2
183	124	Erasmo Ramirez	336.4
184	NR	Daniel Poncedeleon	336.1
185	106	Luis David Perdomo	335.6
186	NR	Ryan Yarbrough	335.5
187	NR	Nick Kingham	334.9
188	171	Dylan Covey	334.3
189	NR	Yefry Ramirez	333.6
190	NR	Adam Plutko	332.9
191	171	Tom Milone	332.7
192	NR	Touki Toussaint	332.6
193	NR	Jefry Rodriguez	332.4
194	162	Hector Santiago	332.3
195	NR	Yonny Chirinos	332.3
196	NR	Bryse Wilson	332.1
197	171	Hector Velazquez	331.7
198	NR	Ariel Jurado	331.2
199	100	Ariel Miranda	331.1
200	NR	Framber Valdez	331.0
201	NR	Francelis Montas	330.9
202	NR	David Hess	330.3
203	NR	Glenn Sparkman	330.1
204	NR	Michael Kopech	329.9
205	NR	Diego Castillo	329.9
206	171	Drew Hutchison	329.8
207	NR	Mike Hauschild	329.5
208	171	Luis Cessa	329.3
209	NR	Nick Vincent	329.2
210	94	Bradley Peacock	328.3
211	NR	Michael Lorenzen	328.0
212	171	Buck Farmer	327.8
213	NR	Jacob Nix	327.3
214	NR	John Axford	327.0
215	NR	Ryan Carpenter	326.9
216	143	Robert Stephenson	326.9
217	171	Ross Detwiler	326.2
218	NR	Domingo German	326.2
219	NR	Jimmy Yacabonis	326.1
220	NR	Chance Adams	325.9
221	NR	Taylor Cole	325.9
222	171	Andrew Triggs	325.6
223	NR	Keury Mella	325.6
224	118	Adam Wainwright	325.4
225	171	Artie Lewicki	325.4
226	NR	Kohl Stewart	325.0
227	171	Miguel Castro	325.0
227	171	Jen-Ho Tseng	325.0
227	171	Mark Leiter	325.0
227	171	Chad Green	325.0
227	171	Troy Scribner	325.0
227	171	Dillon Overton	325.0
227	NR	Zack Littell	325.0
227	171	Eric Skoglund	325.0
227	171	Brandon Woodruff	325.0
227	171	Daniel Gossett	325.0
227	171	Brandon Finnegan	325.0
227	NR	Chih-Wei Hu	325.0
227	NR	Trevor Oaks	325.0
227	171	Aaron Wilkerson	325.0
227	NR	Elieser Hernandez	325.0
227	171	Brock Stewart	325.0
227	105	Dinelson Lamet	325.0
227	NR	Tyler Beede	325.0
227	NR	P.J. Conlon	325.0
227	NR	Jarlin Garcia	325.0
227	171	Carson Fulmer	325.0
227	171	Andrew Moore	325.0
227	NR	Sandy Baez	325.0
227	171	Francis Martes	325.0
227	NR	Merandy Gonzalez	325.0
227	171	David Paulino	325.0
227	171	Erick Fedde	325.0
227	171	Jeff Hoffman	325.0
227	171	Braden Shipley	325.0
227	171	Luiz Gohara	325.0
227	171	Daniel Wright	325.0
227	171	Aaron Slegers	325.0
227	171	Cody Reed	325.0
227	171	Austin Pruitt	325.0
227	171	Steven Brault	325.0
227	171	Kyle Lloyd	325.0
227	171	Jose De Leon	325.0
227	NR	Austin Voth	325.0
227	141	Ben Lively	325.0
227	171	Aaron Blair	325.0
227	171	Rookie Davis	325.0
227	171	Rob Zastryzny	325.0
227	171	Luke Farrell	325.0
227	171	Tyler Danish	325.0
227	NR	Drew Anderson	325.0
227	NR	Luis Santos	325.0
227	171	Alexander Reyes	325.0
227	171	Chase De Jong	325.0
227	171	Felix Jorge	325.0
227	NR	Duane Underwood Jr.	325.0
227	171	Anthony Banda	325.0
227	171	Paul Blackburn	325.0
227	NR	Wes Parsons	325.0
227	171	Julio Urias	325.0
227	171	Jake Thompson	325.0
227	125	Adam Conley	325.0
227	171	Amir Garrett	325.0
227	NR	Yohander Mendez	325.0
227	171	Jackson Stephens	325.0
227	171	Rob Whalen	325.0
227	171	Tyler Duffey	325.0
227	150	Robert Gsellman	325.0
227	171	Matt Strahm	325.0
227	NR	Walker Lockett	325.0
227	171	Chris O'Grady	325.0
227	171	Chris Flexen	325.0
227	171	Dietrich Enns	325.0
227	NR	Caleb Ferguson	325.0
227	NR	Jonathan Loaisiga	325.0
227	NR	Michael Soroka	325.0
227	NR	Enyel De Los Santos	325.0
227	NR	Sandy Alcantara	325.0
227	NR	Kolby Allard	325.0
227	171	Dillon Peters	325.0
227	171	Miguel Diaz	325.0
227	171	Chris Rowley	325.0
227	171	Jorge de la Rosa	325.0
227	171	Jeremy Guthrie	325.0
227	171	Alfredo Simon	325.0
227	171	Bronson Arroyo	325.0
227	171	Ryan Vogelsong	325.0
227	41	R.A. Dickey	325.0
227	171	Colby Lewis	325.0
227	31	John Lackey	325.0
227	171	Zachary McAllister	325.0
227	171	Jeff Locke	325.0
227	171	Chris Young	325.0
227	171	T.J. McFarland	325.0
227	146	Matt Garza	325.0
227	108	Ubaldo Jimenez	325.0
227	171	Mat Latos	325.0
227	77	Ricky Nolasco	325.0
227	171	Brett Oberholtzer	325.0
227	171	Rubby De La Rosa	325.0
227	153	Edinson Volquez	325.0
227	171	Yusmeiro Petit	325.0
227	171	Chris Smith	325.0
227	171	Jonathon Niese	325.0
227	171	Jered Weaver	325.0
227	171	Scott Kazmir	325.0
227	171	Mike Pelfrey	325.0
227	164	Matthew Shoemaker	325.0
227	159	Matt Cain	325.0
227	NR	Wilmer Font	325.0
227	119	Chris Tillman	325.0
227	137	Michael Pineda	325.0
227	171	Nik Turley	325.0
227	NR	Tyler Clippard	325.0
227	171	Henderson Alvarez	325.0
227	171	Timothy Melville	325.0
227	171	Cesar Valdez	325.0
227	171	Jeremy Jeffress	325.0
227	171	Bud Norris	325.0
227	171	Austin Bibens-Dirkx	325.0
227	171	Michael Blazek	325.0
227	171	Vidal Nuno	325.0
227	NR	David Hale	325.0
227	171	Adam Wilk	325.0
227	NR	Michael Brady	325.0
227	171	John Lamb	325.0
227	171	Steven Wright	325.0
227	171	Paolo Espino	325.0
227	126	J.C. Ramirez	325.0
227	NR	Josh Lindblom	325.0
227	171	Christian Friedrich	325.0
227	171	Paul Clemens	325.0
227	NR	Richard Bleier	325.0
227	NR	Jerry Blevins	325.0
227	171	Andrew Albers	325.0
227	171	Jesse Chavez	325.0
227	161	Scott Feldman	325.0
227	171	David Phelps	325.0
227	59	Danny Salazar	325.0
227	171	Randall Delgado	325.0
227	171	Albert Suarez	325.0
227	171	Kyle Kendrick	325.0
227	171	Vance Worley	325.0
227	147	Tom Koehler	325.0
227	171	Jordan Lyles	325.0
227	171	David Holmberg	325.0
227	171	Wily Peralta	325.0
227	171	Phil Hughes	325.0
227	112	Collin McHugh	325.0
227	NR	Patrick Venditte	325.0
227	NR	Daniel Hudson	325.0
227	NR	Jonny Venters	325.0
227	171	Josh Collmenter	325.0
227	171	Dillon Gee	325.0
227	171	Alec Asher	325.0
227	171	Eddie Butler	325.0
227	171	Luke Sims	325.0
227	148	Daniel Norris	325.0
227	171	Ryan Merritt	325.0
227	NR	Clay Holmes	325.0
227	134	Jharel Cotton	325.0
227	171	Onelki Garcia	325.0
227	160	Joseph Biagini	325.0
227	NR	Warwick Saupold	325.0
227	171	Taylor Jungmann	325.0
227	171	Drew VerHagen	325.0
227	171	Brady Rodgers	325.0
227	NR	Dylan Floro	325.0
227	171	Jesse Hahn	325.0
227	171	Henry Owens	325.0
227	171	Jayson Aquino	325.0
227	171	Alexander Claudio	325.0
227	171	Joe Ross	325.0
227	171	Hisashi Iwakuma	325.0
227	171	Archie Bradley	325.0
227	171	Gabriel Ynoa	325.0
227	171	Sean Gilmartin	325.0
227	NR	Burch Smith	325.0
227	171	Raul Alcantara	325.0
227	171	Cody Anderson	325.0
227	171	Matthew Wisler	325.0
227	171	Joel De La Cruz	325.0
227	165	Andrew Kittredge	325.0
227	171	Alex Meyer	325.0
227	132	Seth Lugo	325.0
227	NR	Drew Gagnon	325.0
227	171	Adam Morgan	325.0
227	171	Mike Wright	325.0
227	171	Nate Karns	325.0
227	95	Jerad Eickhoff	325.0
227	171	Cody Martin	325.0
227	171	Chris Bassitt	325.0
227	171	Phil Klein	325.0
227	171	Tyler Wilson	325.0
227	155	Nicholas Martinez	325.0
227	171	Tyler Pill	325.0
227	171	Jake Esch	325.0
227	138	Rafael Montero	325.0
227	139	Matt Andriese	325.0
227	171	Brian Flynn	325.0
227	171	Yordano Ventura	325.0
227	171	Myles Jaye	325.0
227	NR	Josh Lucas	325.0
227	171	Nicholas Tepesch	325.0
227	NR	Luke Jackson	325.0
227	171	Justin Nicolino	325.0
227	171	Drew Smyly	325.0
227	171	Williams Perez	325.0
227	171	Deck McGuire	325.0
227	NR	Vicente Campos	325.0
227	171	Tyler Cravy	325.0
227	171	Anthony Ranaudo	325.0
227	171	Lisalberto Bonilla	325.0
227	171	Zachary Neal	325.0
227	171	Pat Dean	325.0
227	111	Parker Bridwell	325.0
227	171	Jose Fernandez	325.0
227	171	Dayan Diaz	325.0
227	171	Matt Grace	325.0
227	171	A.J. Cole	325.0
227	171	Zach Lee	325.0
227	171	Bryan Mitchell	325.0
227	171	Ryan Weber	325.0
227	171	Jacob Turner	325.0
227	44	Jimmy Nelson	325.0
227	NR	Scott Alexander	325.0
227	171	Asher Wojciechowski	325.0
227	171	Christian Bergman	325.0
227	171	Josh Smith	325.0
227	171	Jake Buchanan	325.0
227	171	Timothy Adleman	325.0
227	171	Chase Whitley	325.0
227	171	Casey Lawrence	325.0
227	140	A.J. Griffin	325.0
227	171	Michael Bolsinger	325.0
227	171	Kris Medlen	325.0
227	NR	Sergio Romo	325.0
227	171	Travis Wood	325.0
227	171	Chris Volstad	325.0
227	171	Keyvius Sampson	325.0
227	NR	Ashur Tolliver	325.0
227	171	Shelby Miller	325.0
227	NR	Josh Smoker	325.0
227	171	Chad Bell	325.0
227	171	Chris Heston	325.0
227	171	Jarred Cosart	325.0
467	167	Odrisamer Despaigne	324.3
468	NR	Sean Reid-Foley	322.6
469	NR	Stephen Gonsalves	322.1
470	171	Roenis Elias	320.5
471	NR	Brett Kennedy	319.5
472	NR	Ranger Suarez	318.7

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