Pitcher WAR Rankings

Our Player Rankings are based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and a combination of career, short and long peak performance, prime performance, and performance during championship seasons.

SCORE
Our formula that combines career, peak, prime, and championship WAR.

WAR
Career Wins Above Replacement.

WAR7
Top 7 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.

WAR5C
Best 5 consecutive seasons by Wins Above Replacement.

WAR3
Top 3 seasons, based on Wins Above Replacement.

CHWAR
Wins Above Replacement in pennant-winning seasons.

RANK	PLAYER	HOF	FROM	TO	SCORE	WAR	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	CHWAR
1	Walter Johnson	Y	1907	1927	592.7	165.2	83.1	61.3	40.0	11.9
2	Greg Maddux	Y	1986	2008	494.6	106.7	55.5	43.8	27.4	20.0
3	Tom Seaver	Y	1967	1986	460.2	110.1	56.7	40.9	28.8	17.9
4	Randy Johnson	Y	1988	2009	460.1	101.1	63.3	43.8	30.1	10.0
5	Lefty Grove	Y	1925	1941	460.0	106.1	66.5	46.0	30.8	26.6
6	Bob Feller	Y	1936	1956	459.4	63.9	51.8	48.5	29.2	3.7
7	Pete Alexander	Y	1911	1930	459.2	120.2	67.2	46.2	33.6	17.1
8	Roger Clemens	N	1984	2007	453.8	139.6	65.7	41.4	31.9	33.9
9	Pedro Martinez	Y	1992	2009	429.4	84.0	59.1	42.8	30.4	5.5
10	Bob Gibson	Y	1959	1975	414.1	89.4	55.9	42.5	30.5	19.7
11	Cy Young	Y	1890	1911	413.5	168.0	79.7	56.6	38.9	7.1
12	Phil Niekro	Y	1964	1987	413.4	96.2	53.6	40.1	26.7	0.0
13	Bert Blyleven	Y	1970	1992	410.2	95.0	50.7	35.0	25.0	7.8
14	Warren Spahn	Y	1942	1965	401.9	99.9	49.7	34.0	26.2	12.1
15	Steve Carlton	Y	1965	1988	398.1	90.5	51.6	31.8	29.2	15.7
16	Robin Roberts	Y	1948	1966	385.7	86.0	53.0	42.6	27.1	7.3
17	Christy Mathewson	Y	1900	1916	385.3	104.0	63.4	45.2	30.2	36.2
18	Curt Schilling	N	1988	2007	384.7	79.6	49.8	36.3	25.4	23.3
19	Mike Mussina	Y	1991	2008	376.0	83.0	44.5	28.2	21.9	13.7
20	Fergie Jenkins	Y	1965	1983	372.8	84.4	50.1	36.5	25.3	0.0
21	Justin Verlander	N	2005	2020	359.9	71.6	48.4	31.0	24.1	24.1
22	Clayton Kershaw	N	2008	2020	357.6	68.0	47.7	36.3	23.2	8.9
23	Nolan Ryan	Y	1966	1993	347.0	81.8	43.4	27.5	21.8	0.7
24	Roy Halladay	Y	1998	2013	345.8	64.3	51.3	34.0	25.3	0.0
25	Zack Greinke	N	2004	2020	341.4	71.7	45.2	26.8	25.2	1.3
---	HOF Starting Pitcher	---	---	---	337.7	76.8	47.7	34.9	24.8	13.3
26	Tom Glavine	Y	1987	2008	336.9	80.8	36.6	25.2	18.6	25.7
27	David Cone	N	1986	2003	334.7	62.4	43.7	30.7	21.0	11.0
28	Max Scherzer	N	2008	2020	334.7	60.3	47.0	34.9	22.8	10.0
29	Juan Marichal	Y	1960	1975	332.9	63.0	49.8	37.1	27.2	3.5
30	Gaylord Perry	Y	1962	1983	327.9	90.4	53.2	37.0	27.5	0.0
31	Sandy Koufax	Y	1955	1966	326.8	49.0	48.7	40.7	29.1	31.2
32	Jim Palmer	Y	1965	1984	326.2	68.9	47.0	30.7	22.6	19.3
33	Carl Hubbell	Y	1928	1943	322.0	68.4	45.6	37.3	25.6	22.4
34	Ed Walsh	Y	1904	1917	314.8	66.0	59.9	48.1	32.4	4.7
35	Stan Coveleski	Y	1916	1928	314.8	60.3	52.9	40.3	26.5	15.0
36	John Smoltz	Y	1988	2009	313.7	69.1	37.3	24.0	18.6	24.9
37	Rube Waddell	Y	1897	1910	308.2	58.3	51.2	43.6	29.4	18.8
38	Luis Tiant	N	1964	1982	307.0	66.5	44.7	28.2	22.8	2.6
39	CC Sabathia	N	2001	2019	305.4	63.0	38.8	30.4	19.5	6.2
40	Johan Santana	N	2000	2012	305.1	51.6	44.2	35.6	23.3	0.0
41	Eddie Plank	Y	1901	1917	305.1	91.5	48.2	33.3	22.8	24.1
42	Don Drysdale	Y	1956	1969	304.5	67.2	42.1	29.9	21.0	17.9
43	Dazzy Vance	Y	1915	1935	301.7	60.1	51.2	36.6	28.3	1.0
44	Jim Bunning	Y	1955	1971	301.6	59.6	47.9	31.7	24.8	0.0
45	Vic Willis	N	1898	1910	296.6	63.7	51.5	34.7	27.7	9.7
46	Hal Newhouser	Y	1939	1955	294.9	63.3	50.5	40.9	28.7	12.5
47	Dennis Eckersley	Y	1975	1998	291.0	62.4	38.3	27.7	19.9	8.2
48	Joe McGinnity	Y	1899	1908	290.7	57.9	51.9	43.6	30.0	12.2
49	Bret Saberhagen	N	1984	2001	289.2	59.0	43.1	30.5	25.0	7.3
50	Kevin Brown	N	1986	2005	289.1	68.0	46.3	36.7	23.8	15.6
51	Dave Stieb	N	1979	1998	286.8	56.7	44.7	35.9	22.6	0.0
52	Wes Ferrell	N	1927	1941	286.5	61.2	46.2	30.2	23.3	0.0
53	Ted Lyons	Y	1923	1946	283.8	71.5	38.6	23.8	18.6	0.0
54	Red Faber	Y	1914	1933	283.4	65.0	41.5	32.4	26.7	2.3
55	Don Sutton	Y	1966	1988	281.1	67.0	34.5	22.6	18.3	12.0
56	Orel Hershiser	N	1983	2000	280.0	56.3	37.3	28.7	20.6	13.2
57	Kevin Appier	N	1989	2004	279.7	54.7	43.3	32.3	23.3	1.8
58	Dwight Gooden	N	1984	2000	274.8	53.0	36.1	29.2	22.1	7.0
59	Felix Hernandez	N	2005	2019	274.6	50.1	38.6	27.6	19.5	0.0
60	Eddie Cicotte	N	1905	1920	274.4	58.7	44.0	32.9	28.2	20.9
61	Wilbur Wood	N	1961	1978	274.0	50.3	47.2	39.1	29.9	0.0
62	Mordecai Brown	Y	1903	1916	273.2	58.3	40.8	35.7	24.0	25.4
63	Mark Buehrle	N	2000	2015	272.7	59.3	35.7	23.5	17.3	4.8
64	Frank Tanana	N	1973	1993	272.3	57.6	38.4	30.7	23.2	0.0
65	Ron Guidry	N	1975	1988	271.8	48.1	38.0	28.7	21.4	17.5
66	Cole Hamels	N	2006	2019	270.4	59.6	36.6	27.7	18.5	6.3
67	Chuck Finley	N	1986	2002	267.1	58.1	39.7	25.9	22.0	0.0
68	Tim Hudson	N	1999	2015	263.6	58.2	37.5	27.1	20.1	1.5
69	Red Ruffing	Y	1924	1947	262.3	68.7	33.8	23.5	18.2	29.0
70	Whitey Ford	Y	1950	1967	262.2	56.9	33.3	23.7	17.1	42.4
71	Mickey Lolich	N	1963	1979	261.4	48.3	38.6	30.3	21.6	0.9
72	Urban Shocker	N	1916	1928	261.2	58.9	42.7	31.4	21.5	7.3
73	Tommy John	N	1963	1989	260.7	62.0	34.4	20.9	16.6	11.1
74	Frank Viola	N	1982	1996	260.5	47.2	41.3	28.9	22.2	8.1
75	Jimmy Key	N	1984	1998	260.2	49.1	36.9	22.0	18.7	6.8
76	Mark Langston	N	1984	1999	259.7	50.3	41.7	26.9	22.4	0.0
77	Early Wynn	Y	1939	1963	259.1	61.1	35.0	23.9	19.3	8.0
78	Rick Reuschel	N	1972	1991	258.6	69.7	43.0	31.1	21.4	4.3
79	Dizzy Dean	Y	1930	1947	257.2	45.6	40.7	34.6	22.1	15.2
80	Andy Pettitte	N	1995	2013	256.9	60.3	34.9	22.3	20.8	30.6
81	Cliff Lee	N	2002	2014	254.3	43.5	40.0	30.1	22.8	2.5
82	Roy Oswalt	N	2001	2013	254.0	50.1	38.0	25.5	19.6	5.9
83	Billy Pierce	N	1945	1964	253.9	53.2	38.6	26.4	20.3	3.9
84	Mariano Rivera	Y	1995	2013	253.1	56.2	28.7	18.4	13.5	29.4
85	Chris Sale	N	2010	2019	252.0	45.3	39.6	27.3	19.5	6.9
86	Jerry Koosman	N	1967	1985	249.0	53.9	37.9	18.4	19.4	11.7
87	Hippo Vaughn	N	1908	1921	248.0	46.4	41.7	33.7	21.9	7.8
88	David Wells	N	1987	2007	247.2	53.6	30.8	19.8	14.1	7.2
89	Sam McDowell	N	1961	1975	245.8	41.9	42.0	26.7	23.0	0.0
90	Vida Blue	N	1969	1986	245.3	45.4	38.7	21.0	22.5	4.8
91	Curt Davis	N	1934	1946	244.1	38.6	30.7	30.2	18.7	2.4
92	Larry Jackson	N	1955	1968	242.5	52.1	35.1	24.1	18.5	0.0
93	Jacob deGrom	N	2014	2020	242.1	34.9	34.9	29.6	22.1	5.2
94	Steve Rogers	N	1973	1985	241.2	44.9	37.6	24.2	18.7	0.0
95	Bucky Walters	N	1934	1950	240.8	53.3	37.5	25.5	21.2	14.6
96	Dennis Martinez	N	1976	1998	240.7	49.0	34.0	22.8	16.2	7.7
97	Fernando Valenzuela	N	1980	1997	240.3	42.1	33.2	24.0	16.5	4.8
98	Bobo Newsom	N	1929	1953	240.1	47.9	38.4	26.6	21.8	9.7
99	Eddie Rommel	N	1920	1932	240.0	49.7	39.2	28.4	18.9	6.4
100	Wilbur Cooper	N	1912	1926	239.2	53.7	38.3	27.5	19.3	0.0

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