Best Starting Pitchers in MLB 2026

Source MLB StatcastThrough Oct 25, 2026266 ranked starting pitchersRatings refreshed nightly

Shohei Ohtani is the highest-rated starting pitcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck, at 99 overall. The top three are Shohei Ohtani, Chris Sale, Cam Schlittler, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data. Every player here is a playable card.

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Best starting pitchers2026 · 266 ranked

Every starting pitcher who played an MLB game in 2026, ranked by Legends Deck card rating, with team, pitching stats and Statcast numbers.
#	Player	OVR ▾	W	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	xERA
1	Shohei Ohtani	99	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.74	View card ›
2	Chris Sale	97	14	2.16	0.98	11.1	1.7	0.6	2.97	View card ›
3	Cam Schlittler	97	14	1.95	0.92	11.1	2.3	0.7	2.85	View card ›
4	Jacob Misiorowski	97	16	1.80	0.80	13.0	2.3	0.7	2.13	View card ›
5	Tarik Skubal	96	12	2.72	0.96	10.6	1.5	0.8	2.94	View card ›
6	Jesús Luzardo	95	14	2.86	1.07	11.1	2.6	0.8	2.83	View card ›
7	Dylan Cease	94	11	2.40	1.10	12.7	4.2	0.6	2.92	View card ›
8	Payton Tolle	94	9	3.03	1.10	10.3	2.4	0.9	2.70	View card ›
9	Zack Wheeler	93	14	3.00	1.05	10.7	2.6	1.2	2.88	View card ›
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	93	14	2.53	0.87	8.8	2.0	1.0	2.94	View card ›
11	Max Fried	93	5	2.80	0.99	8.3	2.6	0.3	2.51	View card ›
12	Drew Rasmussen	93	16	2.67	0.91	9.1	1.7	0.7	3.06	View card ›
13	Parker Messick	93	12	2.56	1.06	9.3	2.4	0.8	3.15	View card ›
14	Tyler Glasnow	92	5	3.53	0.95	11.9	3.0	0.8	2.88	View card ›
15	Cristopher Sánchez	92	18	2.91	1.20	10.0	2.0	0.8	3.39	View card ›
16	Chase Burns	92	15	2.86	1.17	10.8	3.3	1.0	3.25	View card ›
17	Paul Skenes	91	10	3.82	1.12	10.3	2.5	1.0	3.30	View card ›
18	Reid Detmers	91	7	3.36	1.04	10.3	2.3	0.9	3.30	View card ›
19	Logan Henderson	91	11	2.47	0.84	10.1	1.7	1.3	2.74	View card ›
20	Jared Jones	91	5	3.72	1.08	10.9	2.7	1.1	3.18	View card ›
21	Cade Cavalli	90	13	3.02	1.16	10.6	2.5	0.9	3.68	View card ›
22	Jacob deGrom	89	11	4.20	1.14	11.1	2.5	1.1	3.47	View card ›
23	Bryan Woo	89	12	4.01	1.10	9.1	2.0	0.9	3.68	View card ›
24	Hunter Brown	89	6	3.19	1.27	10.4	4.6	0.9	3.32	View card ›
25	Braxton Ashcraft	89	14	3.65	1.09	9.4	1.9	1.2	3.45	View card ›
26	Ranger Suarez	89	8	3.22	1.19	8.5	2.8	0.6	3.63	View card ›
27	Nolan McLean	89	12	3.16	1.17	9.7	3.5	0.8	3.63	View card ›
28	Walbert Ureña	89	9	2.97	1.23	8.6	4.1	0.6	3.30	View card ›
29	Logan Gilbert	88	12	3.73	1.09	9.9	2.4	1.4	3.63	View card ›
30	Hunter Greene	87	2	6.83	1.37	10.7	2.9	1.3	4.51	View card ›
31	Gavin Williams	87	14	3.76	1.11	12.1	3.0	1.4	3.84	View card ›
32	Brandon Woodruff	87	2	2.98	0.84	9.3	2.0	1.0	2.88	View card ›
33	Blake Snell	87	4	1.90	1.10	11.6	3.4	0.0	2.17	View card ›
34	Joe Ryan	86	7	3.79	1.16	9.9	1.9	1.3	3.70	View card ›
35	Sean Burke	86	11	3.34	1.20	9.7	3.2	1.0	3.78	View card ›
36	Ben Brown	86	4	1.85	0.94	8.6	2.5	0.3	3.25	View card ›
37	Kris Bubic	86	4	3.76	1.20	9.2	4.3	0.7	4.21	View card ›
38	Trevor Rogers	86	10	4.03	1.18	8.3	2.1	1.0	3.60	View card ›
39	Christian Scott	86	4	3.85	1.27	11.0	3.9	1.0	3.70	View card ›
40	Jake Bennett	86	9	3.65	1.10	7.2	1.7	0.9	3.42	View card ›
41	Sonny Gray	85	18	2.72	1.15	7.9	2.5	0.8	3.87	View card ›
42	Garrett Crochet	85	3	6.30	1.47	11.1	3.3	1.5	5.12	View card ›
43	Carlos Rodón	85	7	2.67	1.06	9.7	4.1	0.8	3.89	View card ›
44	Nick Pivetta	84	3	2.86	1.01	10.9	2.1	0.5	3.20	View card ›
45	Emmet Sheehan	84	5	4.57	1.18	10.6	2.6	1.7	3.57	View card ›
46	Peter Lambert	84	8	3.82	1.25	8.9	3.4	1.0	3.70	View card ›
47	Bryce Miller	83	4	4.17	1.16	9.0	2.9	1.6	3.70	View card ›
48	Keider Montero	83	10	3.48	1.04	6.2	2.1	1.0	3.52	View card ›
49	Max Meyer	83	9	2.68	1.14	9.8	3.3	0.9	3.89	View card ›
50	Trey Yesavage	83	5	3.69	1.14	8.9	4.3	1.1	3.37	View card ›
51	Michael Soroka	83	9	3.41	1.09	8.8	2.3	0.8	4.12	View card ›
52	Shane Drohan	83	7	4.19	1.32	9.0	3.2	1.0	3.81	View card ›
53	Freddy Peralta	82	10	4.42	1.33	8.3	3.4	1.2	3.84	View card ›
54	Joey Cantillo	82	11	3.62	1.42	9.7	4.6	1.0	4.01	View card ›
55	Landen Roupp	82	9	4.01	1.30	8.3	4.3	0.6	3.84	View card ›
56	Taj Bradley	82	12	3.73	1.22	10.3	3.8	1.2	3.98	View card ›
57	Ian Seymour	82	9	4.21	1.13	10.7	2.4	1.7	3.55	View card ›
58	Joe Boyle	82	0	5.21	1.16	9.9	4.3	0.5	3.98	View card ›
59	Eury Pérez	82	8	3.91	1.21	9.6	3.9	1.1	4.06	View card ›
60	Troy Melton	82	8	2.76	1.13	7.4	2.9	1.0	3.84	View card ›
61	Andrew Alvarez	82	2	3.43	1.30	9.1	4.1	0.6	4.21	View card ›
62	Gerrit Cole	82	10	3.61	1.10	9.3	1.8	1.6	3.78	View card ›
63	Cole Ragans	81	1	4.84	1.42	11.5	5.9	2.5	5.12	View card ›
64	Logan Webb	81	8	4.31	1.17	7.5	2.3	0.7	4.09	View card ›
65	Sandy Alcantara	81	13	3.87	1.23	6.4	2.5	1.0	3.81	View card ›
66	Hayden Wesneski	81	6	3.25	1.13	6.8	3.0	0.6	3.81	View card ›
67	Paul Blackburn	81	7	1.59	1.08	7.3	3.5	0.7	3.68	View card ›
68	Ryan Weathers	81	5	3.60	1.22	9.4	2.5	1.2	4.32	View card ›
69	Connor Prielipp	81	6	4.87	1.29	9.2	3.1	1.0	3.95	View card ›
70	Kevin Gausman	80	9	4.51	1.27	9.3	2.4	1.3	4.03	View card ›
71	Shota Imanaga	80	11	3.77	1.10	9.0	1.9	1.8	3.81	View card ›
72	Andre Pallante	80	12	3.83	1.27	6.1	2.8	0.7	4.15	View card ›
73	Kyle Harrison	80	11	4.20	1.35	11.0	2.8	1.6	4.01	View card ›
74	Shane McClanahan	80	10	3.36	1.12	8.1	3.0	0.8	4.30	View card ›
75	Brandon Pfaadt	79	8	3.77	1.18	6.2	2.1	0.9	3.92	View card ›
76	Casey Mize	79	6	4.32	1.23	7.5	2.6	1.2	3.87	View card ›
77	Shane Baz	79	6	4.11	1.35	7.7	3.2	0.8	4.27	View card ›
78	Nick Martinez	79	15	3.10	1.09	5.5	1.3	1.1	3.98	View card ›
79	George Kirby	79	9	4.33	1.40	7.6	2.4	1.1	4.21	View card ›
80	Connelly Early	79	7	3.33	1.23	8.9	3.2	1.4	4.27	View card ›
81	Clay Holmes	78	6	3.29	1.19	6.9	3.7	0.5	3.87	View card ›
82	MacKenzie Gore	78	8	4.58	1.34	9.1	3.7	1.0	4.18	View card ›
83	Michael Wacha	78	9	3.32	1.11	7.1	2.4	1.4	4.01	View card ›
84	Tyler Mahle	78	7	3.99	1.23	8.3	2.8	1.2	3.95	View card ›
85	Emerson Hancock	78	7	3.57	1.14	8.2	2.1	1.3	4.01	View card ›
86	Cal Quantrill	78	9	2.86	1.04	6.6	2.0	1.1	3.87	View card ›
87	J.T. Ginn	78	9	3.71	1.24	7.9	3.7	1.1	4.12	View card ›
88	Robert Gasser	78	5	3.87	1.19	8.5	2.9	1.2	4.27	View card ›
89	Noah Cameron	78	9	4.11	1.23	8.0	2.9	1.1	4.12	View card ›
90	Quinn Mathews	78	2	3.83	1.38	8.4	3.6	0.9	3.84	View card ›
91	Kade Anderson	78	2	3.79	1.23	8.1	2.3	1.0	3.89	View card ›
92	Hunter Dobbins	77	3	3.67	1.35	8.7	4.0	1.2	3.95	View card ›
93	Drew Anderson	77	5	3.67	1.27	9.5	3.6	1.3	3.92	View card ›
94	Will Warren	76	11	3.92	1.37	9.1	3.1	1.2	4.35	View card ›
95	Nathan Eovaldi	76	11	4.20	1.22	8.9	2.2	1.5	4.30	View card ›
96	Michael King	76	12	3.21	1.18	7.7	3.4	1.0	4.42	View card ›
97	Jack Flaherty	76	3	4.48	1.39	10.5	4.3	1.1	4.38	View card ›
98	Eduardo Rodriguez	76	16	2.89	1.24	6.8	2.9	0.9	4.30	View card ›
99	José Soriano	76	12	3.91	1.29	8.6	3.7	0.9	4.45	View card ›
100	Brad Lord	76	5	3.78	1.22	8.3	3.6	1.1	3.92	View card ›
101	Foster Griffin	76	15	3.60	1.21	8.2	2.4	1.2	4.35	View card ›
102	Chad Patrick	75	9	3.40	1.24	7.9	4.0	0.9	4.30	View card ›
103	Chase Dollander	74	3	3.89	1.30	9.6	3.7	1.2	3.98	View card ›
104	Corbin Burnes	73	0	7.84	1.55	7.0	3.5	4.3	6.85	View card ›
105	Framber Valdez	73	10	4.03	1.36	7.0	3.5	0.8	4.38	View card ›
106	Carmen Mlodzinski	73	8	3.95	1.37	7.1	3.2	0.7	4.89	View card ›
107	Jacob Lopez	73	7	5.47	1.49	8.2	4.2	1.7	3.65	View card ›
108	Bubba Chandler	73	8	4.50	1.40	8.2	4.7	0.9	4.30	View card ›
109	Trevor McDonald	73	3	5.12	1.31	7.3	2.9	0.9	4.09	View card ›
110	Gabriel Hughes	73	0	6.33	1.44	7.9	3.4	1.0	3.92	View card ›
111	Dustin May	72	7	4.70	1.32	8.9	3.1	0.9	4.45	View card ›
112	Brandon Young	72	9	3.56	1.35	7.6	3.5	1.3	4.32	View card ›
113	Kyle Bradish	72	7	4.12	1.46	8.3	4.1	1.2	4.48	View card ›
114	Justin Wrobleski	72	12	3.66	1.14	7.6	2.0	1.4	4.54	View card ›
115	Kendry Rojas	72	1	3.34	1.52	10.3	6.7	0.6	3.47	View card ›
116	David Sandlin	72	3	5.58	1.21	8.9	2.9	1.6	3.98	View card ›
117	Tatsuya Imai	72	6	4.93	1.42	11.4	6.0	1.1	4.60	View card ›
118	Aaron Civale	72	6	4.20	1.44	7.4	2.8	1.5	4.35	View card ›
119	Reynaldo López	71	4	4.54	1.44	8.3	3.9	1.3	4.82	View card ›
120	Tanner Bibee	70	7	4.36	1.22	7.1	2.6	1.4	4.35	View card ›
121	Clarke Schmidt	70	0	0.00	3.00	27.0	0.0	0.0	8.52	View card ›
122	Roki Sasaki	70	5	4.49	1.32	9.1	3.5	1.6	4.30	View card ›
123	Dean Kremer	70	5	4.68	1.14	8.6	2.9	1.8	4.15	View card ›
124	Kyle Leahy	70	10	3.66	1.34	8.5	2.6	1.0	4.89	View card ›
125	Bryce Elder	70	8	4.11	1.27	7.3	3.0	1.4	4.15	View card ›
126	Janson Junk	70	6	4.22	1.29	6.5	2.4	1.1	4.21	View card ›
127	Javier Assad	70	6	3.63	1.14	6.0	2.6	1.5	4.48	View card ›
128	José Urquidy	70	2	4.95	1.49	7.4	1.7	1.0	3.42	View card ›
129	Albert Suárez	70	3	3.86	1.22	6.6	2.9	1.1	4.09	View card ›
130	Gage Jump	70	6	5.47	1.52	9.8	4.2	1.1	4.63	View card ›
131	Aaron Nola	69	7	4.67	1.35	9.1	3.0	1.9	4.18	View card ›
132	Shane Smith	69	0	10.80	2.52	11.9	9.7	1.1	4.76	View card ›
133	Patrick Sandoval	69	1	5.12	1.68	9.3	4.1	0.9	4.86	View card ›
134	Kumar Rocker	68	6	4.38	1.41	8.4	3.7	1.2	4.48	View card ›
135	Luis Severino	68	2	4.16	1.47	9.3	4.5	1.3	4.30	View card ›
136	Matthew Boyd	68	10	3.91	1.21	6.8	2.8	1.1	4.66	View card ›
137	Davis Martin	68	9	3.95	1.32	7.5	2.8	0.9	4.69	View card ›
138	Ken Waldichuk	68	0	6.75	1.50	7.7	5.8	3.9	7.21	View card ›
139	Andrew Painter	68	3	5.40	1.41	8.2	3.3	1.5	4.42	View card ›
140	Zac Thornton	68	5	3.42	1.14	6.7	1.9	1.5	4.51	View card ›
141	Walker Buehler	67	9	4.63	1.35	7.7	3.3	1.3	4.30	View card ›
142	Zebby Matthews	67	9	4.90	1.26	8.0	2.7	1.7	4.38	View card ›
143	Spencer Strider	67	4	5.31	1.36	10.6	4.6	2.1	3.52	View card ›
144	Cade Horton	67	1	2.45	0.82	4.9	2.5	1.2	3.35	View card ›
145	Brayan Bello	66	6	4.33	1.37	7.1	2.8	0.9	4.89	View card ›
146	Yusei Kikuchi	66	1	4.92	1.54	8.9	4.0	0.9	4.76	View card ›
147	Matt Waldron	66	2	6.54	1.59	7.0	2.3	1.5	3.55	View card ›
148	Cesar Perdomo	66	0	3.65	1.38	5.1	2.5	1.5	4.48	View card ›
149	David Peterson	65	9	4.79	1.50	8.3	3.9	0.9	4.76	View card ›
150	Ronel Blanco	65	0	6.68	1.37	7.8	4.3	2.4	4.89	View card ›
151	Griffin Canning	65	5	5.68	1.52	8.8	4.2	1.4	4.69	View card ›
152	Josiah Gray	64	0	0.00	1.00	4.5	2.3	0.0	2.34	View card ›
153	Sean Manaea	63	6	4.78	1.30	8.6	2.6	1.5	4.76	View card ›
154	Martín Pérez	63	9	3.04	1.27	6.5	3.9	0.9	4.51	View card ›
155	Ethan Pecko	63	2	3.93	1.14	6.0	3.7	1.3	4.42	View card ›
156	Mason Adams	63	0	4.03	1.48	9.6	3.7	1.9	5.09	View card ›
157	Bailey Ober	62	7	4.47	1.30	6.6	2.5	1.4	4.66	View card ›
158	Robbie Ray	62	13	3.59	1.35	7.6	4.6	1.2	4.82	View card ›
159	Stephen Kolek	62	4	4.50	1.24	5.7	2.0	1.3	3.87	View card ›
160	Ryan Gusto	62	1	4.09	1.44	7.6	2.9	1.1	5.02	View card ›
161	Luis Gil	62	1	4.61	1.43	5.6	5.9	2.0	5.77	View card ›
162	Johan Oviedo	61	0	9.82	1.91	7.4	2.5	4.9	12.25	View card ›
163	Randy Dobnak	61	3	3.51	1.40	5.9	3.1	0.8	4.86	View card ›
164	Jose Cabrera	61	0	5.72	1.52	6.3	3.5	1.9	5.23	View card ›
165	Robert Stock	61	1	5.93	1.75	8.6	4.5	0.6	5.09	View card ›
166	Chris Bassitt	60	9	4.41	1.55	6.5	3.4	0.9	4.92	View card ›
167	Grant Holmes	60	10	3.44	1.31	6.8	3.7	1.3	5.05	View card ›
168	Jack Leiter	60	3	5.29	1.44	9.3	3.9	1.6	4.86	View card ›
169	Slade Cecconi	60	5	4.91	1.43	7.4	2.9	1.4	4.76	View card ›
170	Cristian Javier	60	2	5.14	1.46	8.4	4.0	1.4	4.76	View card ›
171	Cade Povich	59	2	4.38	1.49	6.8	3.6	1.5	4.69	View card ›
172	Landon Knack	59	1	3.86	1.20	6.2	1.5	3.1	4.09	View card ›
173	José Fermín	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.13	View card ›
174	Elmer Rodríguez	59	0	5.40	1.58	7.1	5.4	0.7	5.58	View card ›
175	Sean Sullivan	59	0	8.87	2.01	6.5	4.4	2.0	4.82	View card ›
176	Jackson Kent	59	2	5.94	1.79	7.4	6.2	0.5	5.44	View card ›
177	Yunior Marte	59	0	4.44	1.40	5.5	3.7	1.9	5.69	View card ›
178	Matthew Liberatore	58	6	5.23	1.47	8.9	3.2	1.6	5.02	View card ›
179	Michael McGreevy	58	7	3.95	1.28	6.1	2.6	1.1	5.37	View card ›
180	Mike Burrows	58	4	5.99	1.55	7.1	3.3	2.0	4.82	View card ›
181	Dylan Ross	58	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.57	View card ›
182	Domingo Gonzalez	58	0	4.70	1.83	5.9	5.9	1.2	10.17	View card ›
183	Winston Santos	58	0	9.00	1.50	4.5	4.5	4.5	6.77	View card ›
184	Josh White	58	0	—	7.50	13.5	54.0	13.5	45.75	View card ›
185	Kervin Castro	58	0	1.42	0.79	11.4	2.8	0.0	2.30	View card ›
186	Riley Martin	58	0	2.16	0.84	10.8	2.2	1.1	2.60	View card ›
187	Austin Peterson	58	0	2.57	0.86	10.3	2.6	2.6	5.69	View card ›
188	Welinton Herrera	58	0	0.00	1.29	7.7	3.9	0.0	4.79	View card ›
189	Andrew Abbott	57	6	4.61	1.45	7.1	4.1	1.4	4.92	View card ›
190	Ryan Feltner	57	7	5.40	1.51	6.7	3.9	1.5	4.89	View card ›
191	Randy Vásquez	57	10	3.90	1.27	5.6	2.4	1.0	5.54	View card ›
192	Adrian Houser	57	4	4.02	1.30	6.2	2.8	1.2	4.95	View card ›
193	Brandon Sproat	57	3	5.57	1.44	9.4	4.8	1.6	5.02	View card ›
194	Ryan Johnson	57	5	5.04	1.39	7.1	3.9	1.6	4.86	View card ›
195	Colton Gordon	57	0	8.79	2.02	7.5	2.5	3.8	6.11	View card ›
196	Anthony Kay	57	10	4.44	1.37	7.3	3.2	1.2	5.05	View card ›
197	Seth Lugo	56	7	5.17	1.47	7.0	2.8	1.2	5.09	View card ›
198	Simeon Woods Richardson	56	2	6.68	1.76	5.5	5.0	1.5	5.99	View card ›
199	JP Sears	56	3	4.68	1.35	6.9	3.0	1.6	5.16	View card ›
200	Erick Fedde	56	8	3.83	1.35	6.3	3.3	1.5	4.79	View card ›
201	Jesse Scholtens	56	5	4.34	1.34	7.0	2.8	2.3	5.19	View card ›
202	Max Scherzer	56	4	5.74	1.33	7.2	3.7	1.6	4.24	View card ›
203	Mike Paredes	56	0	4.72	1.43	5.0	3.4	1.6	5.26	View card ›
204	Edward Cabrera	55	5	5.96	1.49	8.0	4.0	1.8	5.40	View card ›
205	Ryne Nelson	55	3	4.95	1.26	6.8	2.5	1.9	5.30	View card ›
206	JR Ritchie	55	1	4.91	1.47	8.3	5.3	1.6	5.16	View card ›
207	Luis Castillo	54	4	5.85	1.49	7.7	3.0	1.7	5.02	View card ›
208	Colin Rea	54	8	4.34	1.33	6.6	3.1	1.4	5.37	View card ›
209	Mitch Keller	54	6	5.29	1.37	6.9	3.3	1.2	5.51	View card ›
210	Logan Allen	54	0	5.94	1.74	8.6	3.2	1.6	4.21	View card ›
211	Shane Bieber	54	5	4.37	1.42	7.1	3.9	1.6	5.99	View card ›
212	Spencer Arrighetti	54	9	4.96	1.38	8.6	5.2	1.5	5.30	View card ›
213	Grayson Rodriguez	54	5	6.02	1.56	7.8	3.9	1.5	5.69	View card ›
214	Noah Schultz	54	4	5.57	1.33	8.1	3.8	1.3	5.62	View card ›
215	Zach Eflin	53	0	2.45	1.64	17.2	4.9	2.5	3.98	View card ›
216	Gus Varland	53	2	6.55	1.76	8.7	4.1	1.9	6.98	View card ›
217	Trey Gibson	53	2	6.13	1.71	8.4	6.1	1.6	6.15	View card ›
218	Carlos Carrasco	51	0	5.94	1.44	3.8	1.6	1.6	8.95	View card ›
219	Tanner Gordon	51	1	6.68	1.66	7.4	2.1	1.8	5.16	View card ›
220	Antwone Kelly	51	0	4.82	1.45	6.8	3.9	1.9	5.12	View card ›
221	Rhett Lowder	51	7	5.74	1.52	7.0	3.8	1.2	5.44	View card ›
222	Elieser Hernández	51	2	2.25	1.33	9.8	4.5	2.3	2.79	View card ›
223	Nick Lodolo	50	3	4.97	1.48	6.9	3.8	1.7	6.47	View card ›
224	Jake Irvin	50	2	5.48	1.40	9.3	4.0	1.7	5.37	View card ›
225	Patrick Corbin	50	3	5.51	1.54	7.1	2.8	1.4	5.51	View card ›
226	Eric Lauer	50	8	5.23	1.31	6.0	2.9	2.2	5.05	View card ›
227	Brandon Williamson	50	5	5.30	1.46	6.2	5.1	1.5	6.03	View card ›
228	Jeffrey Springs	49	4	6.18	1.46	7.1	3.6	2.2	4.95	View card ›
229	Chris Paddack	49	0	6.79	1.67	6.3	3.0	1.4	5.05	View card ›
230	Jason Alexander	49	1	9.33	1.58	6.9	3.9	2.0	4.73	View card ›
231	Jack Kochanowicz	48	2	6.19	1.58	6.6	5.1	1.0	5.62	View card ›
232	Kyle Freeland	48	4	6.65	1.52	7.2	1.9	1.9	5.54	View card ›
233	Jameson Taillon	47	2	5.65	1.36	8.0	3.4	2.8	5.96	View card ›
234	Tony Gonsolin	47	0	—	2.63	16.9	10.1	3.4	5.88	View card ›
235	Miles Mikolas	46	3	5.82	1.38	4.5	1.8	2.1	5.47	View card ›
236	Zac Gallen	46	3	6.07	1.55	5.5	3.0	1.6	6.64	View card ›
237	Lucas Giolito	46	2	5.16	1.85	5.5	7.0	1.2	5.62	View card ›
238	Brady Singer	45	6	5.85	1.59	7.2	3.5	1.8	5.99	View card ›
239	Tanner Houck	45	0	9.00	1.33	3.0	0.0	6.0	11.13	View card ›
240	Justin Verlander	45	0	7.00	1.56	7.0	3.0	3.0	6.56	View card ›
241	Jonathan Cannon	45	0	9.00	3.00	12.0	15.0	0.0	7.77	View card ›
242	Mitch Spence	45	0	—	3.00	5.8	8.7	2.9	5.73	View card ›
243	Merrill Kelly	45	10	4.94	1.46	6.3	3.9	1.6	6.35	View card ›
244	Joey Estes	45	0	11.05	1.91	6.1	2.5	4.9	7.16	View card ›
245	Zach Pop	45	0	3.68	1.09	7.4	3.7	0.0	4.27	View card ›
246	Luke Little	45	0	9.00	2.00	9.0	0.0	9.0	15.86	View card ›
247	J.P. France	45	0	8.10	1.65	5.4	6.8	1.4	8.31	View card ›
248	Bobby Miller	45	1	3.68	1.23	9.8	4.9	1.2	6.19	View card ›
249	Jhony Brito	45	0	3.00	0.89	6.0	1.0	2.0	3.39	View card ›
250	Braxton Garrett	45	1	7.71	2.36	6.8	10.6	0.0	6.07	View card ›
251	Aaron Brooks	45	0	—	9.00	0.0	54.0	27.0	13.65	View card ›
252	Ty Blach	45	0	0.00	0.33	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.01	View card ›
253	Marco Gonzales	45	0	1.35	1.65	4.0	5.4	0.0	2.97	View card ›
254	Cole Irvin	45	0	9.00	1.83	7.5	4.5	1.5	6.90	View card ›
255	Derek Law	45	0	1.00	1.11	5.0	2.0	0.0	5.84	View card ›
256	Carson Spiers	45	0	7.50	1.00	9.0	0.0	6.0	9.28	View card ›
257	Tomoyuki Sugano	44	12	5.37	1.32	5.6	2.1	1.9	6.35	View card ›
258	Michael Lorenzen	44	3	7.21	1.88	6.4	3.8	1.6	6.15	View card ›
259	Jose Quintana	44	2	5.44	1.50	4.7	3.8	1.9	5.58	View card ›
260	Germán Márquez	44	4	5.26	1.49	6.3	4.1	2.4	5.77	View card ›
261	Bailey Falter	44	0	10.38	2.46	5.5	4.2	2.8	6.72	View card ›
262	Zack Littell	43	8	5.21	1.41	5.3	2.8	2.2	6.64	View card ›
263	Taijuan Walker	42	1	9.13	2.07	6.8	4.4	3.2	7.86	View card ›
264	Bradley Blalock	42	0	5.56	1.32	9.5	3.2	3.2	4.99	View card ›
265	Keegan Thompson	41	0	8.25	1.75	8.3	1.5	0.8	7.67	View card ›
266	Valente Bellozo	32	0	7.59	1.59	6.8	5.9	4.2	11.61	View card ›

Best starting pitchers seasons, all-time

The best single seasons by a starting pitcher, 9,611 qualified seasons since 1872, ranked by ERA+ (100 x league ERA / pitcher ERA, same league-season, no park adjustment). Swipe the table sideways on mobile; filter by era below.

Era

Showing 160 of 160 ranked seasons

Best starting pitchers seasons, all-time: era-adjusted single-season leaderboard, Lahman 1871-2025
#	Player	Year	Team	ERA+	ERA	W	L	SV	SO	IP	K/9
1	Dutch Leonard	1914	BOS	284	0.96	19	5	3	176	224.7	7.1
2	Pedro Martinez	2000	BOS	282	1.74	18	6	0	284	217	11.8
3	Tim Keefe	1880	TRN	277	0.86	6	6	0	39	105	3.3
4	Shane Bieber	2020	CLE	271	1.63	8	1	0	122	77.3	14.2
5	Greg Maddux	1994	ATL	270	1.56	16	6	0	156	202	7.0
6	Bob Gibson	1968	SLN	266	1.12	22	9	0	268	304.7	7.9
7	Trevor Bauer	2020	CIN	259	1.73	5	4	0	100	73	12.3
8	Walter Johnson	1913	WS1	256	1.14	36	7	2	243	346	6.3
9	Greg Maddux	1995	ATL	256	1.63	19	2	0	181	209.7	7.8
10	Mordecai Brown	1906	CHN	253	1.04	26	6	3	144	277.3	4.7
11	Walter Johnson	1912	WS1	240	1.39	33	12	2	303	369	7.4
12	Jacob deGrom	2018	NYN	237	1.7	10	9	0	269	217	11.2
13	Zack Greinke	2015	LAN	236	1.66	19	3	0	200	222.7	8.1
14	Pedro Martinez	1999	BOS	235	2.07	23	4	0	313	213.3	13.2
15	Dwight Gooden	1985	NYN	235	1.53	24	4	0	268	276.7	8.7
16	Christy Mathewson	1905	NY1	235	1.28	31	9	3	206	338.7	5.5
17	Christy Mathewson	1909	NY1	226	1.14	25	6	2	149	275.3	4.9
18	Pete Alexander	1915	PHI	225	1.22	31	10	3	241	376.3	5.8
19	Blake Snell	2018	TBA	225	1.89	21	5	0	221	180.7	11.0
20	Roger Clemens	2005	HOU	225	1.87	13	8	0	185	211.3	7.9
21	Cy Young	1901	BOS	225	1.62	33	10	0	158	371.3	3.8
22	Roger Clemens	1997	TOR	223	2.05	21	7	0	292	264	10.0
23	Kevin Brown	1996	FLO	223	1.89	17	11	0	159	233	6.1
24	Justin Verlander	2022	HOU	222	1.75	18	4	0	185	175	9.5
25	Yu Darvish	2020	CHN	222	2.01	8	3	0	93	76	11.0
26	Denny Driscoll	1882	PT1	222	1.21	13	9	0	59	201	2.6
27	Dallas Keuchel	2020	CHA	222	1.99	6	2	0	42	63.3	6.0
28	Pedro Martinez	1997	MON	221	1.9	17	8	0	305	241.3	11.4
29	Jake Arrieta	2015	CHN	221	1.77	22	6	0	236	229	9.3
30	Dean Chance	1964	LAA	220	1.65	20	9	4	207	278.3	6.7
31	Walter Johnson	1918	WS1	218	1.27	23	13	3	162	326	4.5
32	Walter Johnson	1919	WS1	217	1.49	20	14	2	147	290.3	4.6
33	Old Hoss Radbourn	1884	PRO	216	1.38	60	12	1	441	678.7	5.8
34	Ron Guidry	1978	NYA	216	1.74	25	3	0	248	273.7	8.2
35	Paul Skenes	2025	PIT	215	1.97	10	10	0	216	187.7	10.4
36	Jack Taylor	1902	CHN	215	1.29	23	11	1	88	333.7	2.4
37	Dinelson Lamet	2020	SDN	214	2.09	3	1	0	93	69	12.1
38	Jack Pfiester	1907	CHN	214	1.15	14	9	0	90	195	4.2
39	Lefty Grove	1931	PHA	213	2.06	31	4	5	175	288.7	5.5
40	Ed Reulbach	1905	CHN	211	1.42	18	14	1	152	291.7	4.7
41	Carl Lundgren	1907	CHN	210	1.17	18	7	0	84	207	3.7
42	Sandy Koufax	1966	LAN	209	1.73	27	9	0	317	323	8.8
43	Clayton Kershaw	2014	LAN	207	1.77	21	3	0	239	198.3	10.8
44	Dolf Luque	1923	CIN	207	1.93	27	8	2	151	322	4.2
45	Guy Hecker	1882	LS2	207	1.3	6	6	0	33	104	2.9
46	Zack Greinke	2009	KCA	206	2.16	16	8	0	242	229.3	9.5
47	Nolan Ryan	1981	HOU	206	1.69	11	5	0	140	149	8.5
48	Addie Joss	1908	CLE	205	1.16	24	11	2	130	325	3.6
49	Clayton Kershaw	2013	LAN	204	1.83	16	9	0	232	236	8.8
50	Sandy Koufax	1964	LAN	204	1.74	19	5	1	223	223	9.0
51	Pedro Martinez	2003	BOS	204	2.22	14	4	0	206	186.7	9.9
52	Warren Spahn	1953	ML1	204	2.1	23	7	3	148	265.7	5.0
53	Cherokee Fisher	1872	BL1	203	1.8	10	1	1	20	110	1.6
54	Roger Clemens	1990	BOS	202	1.93	21	6	0	209	228.3	8.2
55	Billy Pierce	1955	CHA	201	1.97	15	10	1	157	205.7	6.9
56	Carl Hubbell	1933	NY1	201	1.66	23	12	5	156	308.7	4.5
57	Spud Chandler	1943	NYA	201	1.64	20	4	0	134	253	4.8
58	Randy Johnson	1997	SEA	200	2.28	20	4	0	291	213	12.3
59	Ed Walsh	1910	CHA	199	1.27	18	20	5	258	369.7	6.3
60	Lefty Gomez	1937	NYA	198	2.33	21	11	0	194	278.3	6.3
61	Al Spalding	1872	BS1	198	1.85	38	8	0	28	404.7	0.6
62	Tom Seaver	1971	NYN	197	1.76	20	10	0	289	286.3	9.1
63	Pedro Martinez	2002	BOS	197	2.26	20	4	0	239	199.3	10.8
64	Mordecai Brown	1909	CHN	197	1.31	27	9	7	172	342.7	4.5
65	Jim McCormick	1884	CNU	197	1.54	21	3	0	161	210	6.9
66	Kyle Hendricks	2016	CHN	195	2.13	16	8	0	170	190	8.1
67	Corey Kluber	2017	CLE	194	2.25	18	4	0	265	203.7	11.7
68	Blake Snell	2023	SDN	194	2.25	14	9	0	234	180	11.7
69	Jack Coombs	1910	PHA	194	1.3	31	9	1	224	353	5.7
70	Chris Bassitt	2020	OAK	194	2.29	5	2	0	55	63	7.9
71	Trevor Bauer	2018	CLE	193	2.21	12	6	1	221	175.3	11.3
72	Lefty Gomez	1934	NYA	193	2.33	26	5	1	158	281.7	5.0
73	Joe Horlen	1964	CHA	193	1.88	13	9	0	138	210.7	5.9
74	Amos Rusie	1894	NY1	192	2.78	36	13	1	195	444	4.0
75	Charlie Sweeney	1884	PRO	192	1.55	17	8	1	145	221	5.9
76	Clark Griffith	1898	CHN	192	1.88	24	10	0	97	325.7	2.7
77	Monty Stratton	1937	CHA	192	2.4	15	5	0	69	164.7	3.8
78	Dazzy Vance	1928	BRO	191	2.09	22	10	2	200	280.3	6.4
79	Vida Blue	1971	OAK	190	1.82	24	8	0	301	312	8.7
80	Randy Johnson	1995	SEA	190	2.48	18	2	0	294	214.3	12.3
81	Greg Maddux	1998	ATL	190	2.22	18	9	0	204	251	7.3
82	Claude Hendrix	1914	CHF	190	1.69	29	10	5	189	362	4.7
83	Greg Maddux	1997	ATL	190	2.2	19	4	0	177	232.7	6.8
84	Dazzy Vance	1930	BRO	190	2.61	17	15	0	173	258.7	6.0
85	Walter Johnson	1915	WS1	189	1.55	27	13	4	203	336.7	5.4
86	Jake Peavy	2004	SDN	189	2.27	15	6	0	173	166.3	9.4
87	Hyun Jin Ryu	2019	LAN	189	2.32	14	5	0	163	182.7	8.0
88	George Bradley	1876	SL3	188	1.23	45	19	0	103	573	1.6
89	Silver King	1888	SL4	187	1.63	45	20	0	258	584.7	4.0
90	Whitey Ford	1958	NYA	187	2.01	14	7	1	145	219.3	5.9
91	Henry Boyle	1886	SL5	187	1.76	9	15	0	101	210	4.3
92	Luis Tiant	1968	CLE	186	1.6	21	9	0	264	258.3	9.2
93	Hal Newhouser	1945	DET	186	1.81	25	9	2	212	313.3	6.1
94	John Tudor	1985	SLN	186	1.93	21	8	0	169	275	5.5
95	Mort Cooper	1942	SLN	186	1.78	22	7	0	152	278.7	4.9
96	Randy Johnson	1999	ARI	184	2.48	17	9	0	364	271.7	12.1
97	Lefty Grove	1930	PHA	183	2.54	28	5	9	209	291	6.5
98	Jason Schmidt	2003	SFN	183	2.34	17	5	0	208	207.7	9.0
99	Billy Rhines	1890	CIN	183	1.95	28	17	0	182	401.3	4.1
100	Lefty Grove	1939	BOS	182	2.54	15	4	0	81	191	3.8
101	Hal Newhouser	1946	DET	181	1.94	26	9	1	275	292.7	8.5
102	Wilbur Wood	1971	CHA	181	1.91	22	13	1	210	334	5.7
103	Jim Palmer	1975	BAL	181	2.09	23	11	1	193	323	5.4
104	Billy Taylor	1884	SLU	181	1.68	25	4	4	154	263	5.3
105	Johnny Allen	1937	CLE	181	2.55	15	1	0	87	173	4.5
106	Guy Hecker	1884	LS2	180	1.8	52	20	0	385	670.7	5.2
107	Bret Saberhagen	1989	KCA	180	2.16	23	6	0	193	262.3	6.6
108	Hank Aguirre	1962	DET	180	2.21	16	8	3	156	216	6.5
109	Dazzy Vance	1924	BRO	179	2.16	28	6	0	262	308.3	7.6
110	Tim Keefe	1885	NY1	179	1.58	32	13	0	227	400	5.1
111	Kevin Brown	2000	LAN	179	2.58	13	6	0	216	230	8.5
112	Kevin Brown	2003	LAN	179	2.39	14	9	0	185	211	7.9
113	Lefty Grove	1936	BOS	179	2.81	17	12	2	130	253.3	4.6
114	Johan Santana	2004	MIN	178	2.61	20	6	0	265	228	10.5
115	Allie Reynolds	1952	NYA	178	2.06	20	8	6	160	244.3	5.9
116	Max Lanier	1943	SLN	178	1.9	15	7	3	123	213.3	5.2
117	Billy Rhines	1896	CIN	178	2.45	8	6	0	32	143	2.0
118	Orel Hershiser	1985	LAN	177	2.03	19	3	0	157	239.7	5.9
119	Johnny Antonelli	1954	NY1	177	2.3	21	7	2	152	258.7	5.3
120	Harry Brecheen	1948	SLN	177	2.24	20	7	1	149	233.3	5.7
121	Carl Hubbell	1934	NY1	177	2.3	21	12	8	118	313	3.4
122	Gene Bearden	1948	CLE	177	2.43	20	7	1	80	229.7	3.1
123	Harry McCormick	1882	CN2	177	1.52	14	11	0	33	219.7	1.4
124	Tom Seaver	1973	NYN	176	2.08	19	10	0	251	290	7.8
125	Hoyt Wilhelm	1959	BAL	176	2.19	15	11	0	139	226	5.5
126	Steve Carlton	1972	PHI	175	1.97	27	10	0	310	346.3	8.1
127	Sandy Koufax	1963	LAN	175	1.88	25	5	0	306	311	8.9
128	Thornton Lee	1941	CHA	175	2.37	22	11	1	130	300.3	3.9
129	Henry Boyle	1884	SLU	175	1.74	15	3	1	88	150	5.3
130	Sandy Koufax	1965	LAN	174	2.04	26	8	2	382	335.7	10.2
131	Gary Peters	1966	CHA	174	1.98	12	10	0	129	204.7	5.7
132	Carl Hubbell	1936	NY1	174	2.31	26	6	3	123	304	3.6
133	Warren Spahn	1947	BSN	174	2.33	21	10	3	123	289.7	3.8
134	Ted Lyons	1942	CHA	174	2.1	14	6	0	50	180.3	2.5
135	Red Faber	1921	CHA	173	2.48	25	15	1	124	330.7	3.4
136	Gary Nolan	1972	CIN	173	1.99	15	5	0	90	176	4.6
137	Mel Harder	1934	CLE	172	2.61	20	12	4	91	255.3	3.2
138	Juan Marichal	1969	SFN	171	2.1	21	11	0	205	299.7	6.2
139	Greg Maddux	1993	ATL	171	2.36	20	10	0	197	267	6.6
140	Bucky Walters	1939	CIN	171	2.29	27	11	0	137	319	3.9
141	Bill Walker	1931	NY1	171	2.26	16	9	3	121	239.3	4.6
142	Whitey Ford	1964	NYA	170	2.13	17	6	1	172	244.7	6.3
143	Bill Swift	1992	SFN	169	2.08	10	4	1	77	164.7	4.2
144	Roger Clemens	1986	BOS	168	2.48	24	4	0	238	254	8.4
145	Kevin Appier	1993	KCA	168	2.56	18	8	0	186	238.7	7.0
146	Whitey Ford	1956	NYA	168	2.47	19	6	1	141	225.7	5.6
147	Dick Donovan	1961	WS2	168	2.4	10	10	0	62	168.7	3.3
148	Rick Honeycutt	1983	TEX	168	2.42	14	8	0	56	174.7	2.9
149	Mike Scott	1986	HOU	167	2.22	18	10	0	306	275.3	10.0
150	Dave Stieb	1985	TOR	167	2.48	14	13	0	167	265	5.7
151	Spud Chandler	1946	NYA	167	2.1	20	8	2	138	257.3	4.8
152	John Candelaria	1977	PIT	167	2.34	20	5	0	133	230.7	5.2
153	Jon Matlack	1978	TEX	166	2.27	15	13	1	157	270	5.2
154	Al Benton	1945	DET	166	2.02	13	8	3	76	191.7	3.6
155	Herb Score	1956	CLE	165	2.53	20	9	0	263	249.3	9.5
156	Eddie Lopat	1953	NYA	165	2.42	16	4	0	50	178.3	2.5
157	Roger Clemens	1992	BOS	164	2.41	18	11	0	208	246.7	7.6
158	Jose Rijo	1993	CIN	163	2.48	14	9	0	227	257.3	7.9
159	Chuck Finley	1990	CAL	163	2.4	18	9	0	177	236	6.8
160	Don Sutton	1980	LAN	163	2.2	13	5	1	128	212.3	5.4

Starter seasons: IP >= the league's scheduled games that year (1 inning per scheduled team game); relief seasons: IP >= one-third of that bar. Era adjustment is league-season normalization only, not park-adjusted; WAR-style value is tracked separately.

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every starting pitcher using real 2026 Statcast data. For pitchers, the key inputs are fastball velocity, spin rate, expected ERA (xERA), xwOBA against, put-away rate, and zone control. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning: the same fixed pipeline for every player.

Full methodology: How Legends Deck card ratings work. Or read the ranked breakdown: Best Starting Pitchers in MLB 2026.

The historical board above covers 1871-2025 and is built from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA): a season counts at a position when the player played the most games there that year, and seasons where pitching made up at least half of a player's games stay on the pitcher boards. Rankings use league-season-normalized OPS+ and ERA+ (no park adjustment); WAR-style value rankings are planned separately and not used here yet.

Questions

Who is the best starting pitcher in MLB 2026?

Shohei Ohtani is the highest-rated starting pitcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Shohei Ohtani, Chris Sale, Cam Schlittler, ranked by a percentile transform of real Statcast data refreshed nightly.

How are MLB starting pitchers ranked on Legends Deck?

Pitchers are scored on a percentile-normalized blend of fastball velocity, spin rate, expected ERA (xERA), xwOBA against, put-away rate, and zone control — pulled live. No editorial weights, just math.

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