MLB Top 10 Pitcher WAR By Season Since 2000

Name the top 10 pitchers of every season from 2000 through the present day!

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2000
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	11.7	BOS	Pedro Martinez
2.	8.1	ARI	Randy Johnson
3.	7.0	LAD	Kevin Brown
4.	6.5	ATL	Greg Maddux
5.	6.2	MIN	Brad Radke
6.	5.7	BAL	Mike Mussina
7.	5.2	PHI/ARI	Curt Schilling
8.	5.1	PIT	Kris Benson
9.	5.0	TEX	Kenny Rogers
10.	5.0	MIL	Jeff D'Amico

2001
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	10.1	ARI	Randy Johnson
2.	8.8	ARI	Curt Schilling
3.	7.1	NYY	Mike Mussina
4.	6.6	MIN	Joe Mays
5.	6.0	CHW	Mark Buehrle
6.	5.7	MON	Javier Vázquez
7.	5.7	NYY	Roger Clemens
8.	5.6	OAK	Mark Mulder
9.	5.3	HOU	Wade Miller
10.	5.2	ATL	Greg Maddux

2002
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	10.7	ARI	Randy Johnson
2.	8.6	ARI	Curt Schilling
3.	7.3	TOR	Roy Halladay
4.	7.2	BOS	Derek Lowe
5.	7.2	OAK	Barry Zito
6.	7.1	CLE/MON	Bartolo Colon
7.	7.0	HOU	Roy Oswalt
8.	6.9	OAK	Tim Hudson
9.	6.5	BOS	Pedro Martinez
10.	5.6	SEA	Jamie Moyer

2003
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.1	TOR	Roy Halladay
2.	8.0	BOS	Pedro Martinez
3.	7.4	OAK	Tim Hudson
4.	7.4	CHC	Mark Prior
5.	7.2	CHW	Esteban Loaiza
6.	6.7	SFG	Jason Schmidt
7.	6.6	NYY	Mike Mussina
8.	6.3	MON	Liván Hernández
9.	6.1	ARI	Brandon Webb
10.	6.1	CHC	Kerry Wood

2004
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.7	MIN	Johan Santana
2.	8.4	ARI	Randy Johnson
3.	7.8	BOS	Curt Schilling
4.	7.2	MIL	Ben Sheets
5.	6.8	SFG	Jason Schmidt
6.	6.6	CHC	Carlos Zambrano
7.	5.9	MIN	Brad Radke
8.	5.7	PIT	Óliver Pérez
9.	5.6	TBR	Joe Kennedy
10.	5.5	BOS	Pedro Martinez

2005
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	7.8	HOU	Roger Clemens
2.	7.3	FLA	Dontrelle Willis
3.	7.2	MIN	Johan Santana
4.	7.0	NYM	Pedro Martinez
5.	6.8	HOU	Andy Pettitte
6.	5.9	HOU	Roy Oswalt
7.	5.8	STL	Chris Carpenter
8.	5.8	NYY	Randy Johnson
9.	5.6	CHC	Carlos Zambrano
10.	5.5	TOR	Roy Halladay

2006
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	7.6	MIN	Johan Santana
2.	7.0	ARI	Brandon Webb
3.	6.8	CIN	Bronson Arroyo
4.	6.0	NYY	Chien-Ming Wang
5.	5.9	ATL	John Smoltz
6.	5.9	HOU	Roy Oswalt
7.	5.5	BOS	Curt Schilling
8.	5.3	TOR	Roy Halladay
9.	5.3	CIN	Aaron Harang
10.	5.3	CHC	Carlos Zambrano

2007
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	6.6	HOU	Roy Oswalt
2.	6.5	BOS	Josh Beckett
3.	6.4	ARI	Brandon Webb
4.	6.3	CLE	CC Sabathia
5.	6.3	LAA	John Lackey
6.	6.2	CHW	Javier Vázquez
7.	6.2	CLE	Fausto Carmona
8.	6.2	SDP	Jake Peavy
9.	6.1	CHW	Mark Buehrle
10.	6.0	CIN	Aaron Harang

2008
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	7.8	SFG	Tim Lincecum
2.	7.1	NYM	Johan Santana
3.	6.9	CHC	Ryan Dempster
4.	6.8	CLE	Cliff Lee
5.	6.7	CLE/MIL	CC Sabathia
6.	6.4	CHW	John Danks
7.	6.2	TOR	Roy Halladay
8.	6.1	BOS	Jon Lester
9.	6.1	ARI	Dan Haren
10.	5.9	OAK/CHC	Rich Harden

2009
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	10.4	KCR	Zack Greinke
2.	7.4	SFG	Tim Lincecum
3.	6.9	TOR	Roy Halladay
4.	6.7	FLA	Josh Johnson
5.	6.5	ATL	Jair Jurrjens
6.	6.5	ARI	Dan Haren
7.	6.5	STL	Chris Carpenter
8.	6.3	STL	Adam Wainwright
9.	6.2	NYY	CC Sabathia
10.	6.2	BOS	Jon Lester

2010
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.5	PHI	Roy Halladay
2.	7.5	COL	Ubaldo Jiménez
3.	7.2	SEA	Félix Hernández
4.	7.0	FLA	Josh Johnson
5.	6.2	STL	Adam Wainwright
6.	6.0	HOU/PHI	Roy Oswalt
7.	5.8	ATL	Tim Hudson
8.	5.6	LAD	Clayton Kershaw
9.	5.6	BOS	Clay Buchholz
10.	5.5	PHI	Cole Hamels

2011
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.8	PHI	Roy Halladay
2.	8.6	DET	Justin Verlander
3.	8.5	PHI	Cliff Lee
4.	6.9	LAA	Jered Weaver
5.	6.8	LAD	Clayton Kershaw
6.	6.4	PHI	Cole Hamels
7.	6.4	NYY	CC Sabathia
8.	6.4	TOR	Ricky Romero
9.	5.8	BOS	Josh Beckett
10.	5.8	TBR	James Shields

2012
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.1	DET	Justin Verlander
2.	6.6	TBR	David Price
3.	6.4	LAD	Clayton Kershaw
4.	5.8	TEX	Matt Harrison
5.	5.7	NYM	RA Dickey
6.	5.7	CHW	Chris Sale
7.	5.3	NYY	Hiroki Kuroda
8.	5.3	SEA	Félix Hernández
9.	5.2	CIN	Johnny Cueto
10.	5.0	CHW	Jake Peavy

2013
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.1	LAD	Clayton Kershaw
2.	7.0	SEA	Hisashi Iwakuma
3.	6.6	PHI	Cliff Lee
4.	6.5	CHW	Chris Sale
5.	6.5	DET	Max Scherzer
6.	6.3	STL	Adam Wainwright
7.	6.2	MIA	José Fernández
8.	6.1	DET	Aníbal Sánchez
9.	5.8	COL	Jhoulys Chacín
10.	5.6	OAK	Bartolo Colón

2014
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.1	CLE	Corey Kluber
2.	7.7	LAD	Clayton Kershaw
3.	6.6	CIN	Johnny Cueto
4.	6.4	PHI	Cole Hamels
5.	6.4	SEA	Félix Hernández
6.	6.1	CHW	Chris Sale
7.	6.1	STL	Adam Wainwright
8.	5.8	DET	Max Scherzer
9.	5.3	CHC	Jake Arrieta
10.	4.7	WSN	Tanner Roark

2015
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.9	LAD	Zack Greinke
2.	8.3	CHC	Jake Arrieta
3.	7.2	LAD	Clayton Kershaw
4.	6.9	WSN	Max Scherzer
5.	6.6	HOU	Dallas Keuchel
6.	6.3	DET/TOR	David Price
7.	5.8	STL	John Lackey
8.	5.4	OAK	Sonny Gray
9.	5.3	NYM	Jacob deGrom
10.	5.0	SFG	Madison Bumgarner

2016
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	7.4	DET	Justin Verlander
2.	6.3	WSN	Max Scherzer
3.	5.8	LAD	Clayton Kershaw
4.	5.7	STL	Carlos Martínez
5.	5.6	CLE	Corey Kluber
6.	5.6	CHC	Jon Lester
7.	5.5	WSN	Tanner Roark
8.	5.4	SFG	Johnny Cueto
9.	5.4	DET	Michael Fulmer
10.	5.3	CHW	Jose Quintana

2017
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	7.9	CLE	Corey Kluber
2.	7.2	WSN	Max Scherzer
3.	6.9	DET/HOU	Justin Verlander
4.	6.5	WSN	Gio Gonzalez
5.	6.3	WSN	Stephen Strasburg
6.	5.9	BOS	Chris Sale
7.	5.8	ARI	Zack Greinke
8.	5.2	NYY	Luis Severino
9.	5.2	CLE	Carlos Carrasco
10.	5.1	TOR	Marcus Stroman

2018
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	9.7	PHI	Aaron Nola
2.	9.4	NYM	Jacob deGrom
3.	7.9	WSN	Max Scherzer
4.	7.8	COL	Kyle Freeland
5.	7.1	TBR	Blake Snell
6.	6.5	BOS	Chris Sale
7.	6.3	HOU	Justin Verlander
8.	6.0	CLE	Trevor Bauer
9.	6.0	CLE	Corey Kluber
10.	5.4	CLE	Mike Clevinger

2019
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.0	TEX	Mike Minor
2.	7.7	TEX	Lance Lynn
3.	7.4	HOU	Justin Verlander
4.	7.2	NYM	Jacob deGrom
5.	6.7	HOU	Gerrit Cole
6.	6.2	CIN	Sonny Gray
7.	6.0	ATL	Michael Soroka
8.	5.7	STL	Jack Flaherty
9.	5.7	WSN	Stephen Strasburg
10.	5.5	BOS	Eduardo Rodríguez

2020
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	3.2	CLE	Shane Bieber
2.	3.0	CIN	Trevor Bauer
3.	2.9	TOR	Hyun-Jin Ryu
4.	2.9	ATL	Max Fried
5.	2.8	NYM	Zack Wheeler
6.	2.8	CHC	Yu Darvish
7.	2.6	NYM	Jacob deGrom
8.	2.5	ARI	Zac Gallen
9.	2.5	COL	Antonio Senzatela
10.	2.3	SDP	Dinelson Lamet

2021
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	7.5	PHI	Zack Wheeler
2.	7.1	LAD	Walker Buehler
3.	6.9	TOR	Robbie Ray
4.	6.1	WSN/LAD	Max Scherzer
5.	5.7	NYY	Gerrit Cole
6.	5.6	PHI	Ranger Suárez
7.	5.4	CHW	Lance Lynn
8.	5.3	CIN	Wade Miley
9.	5.3	MIL	Brandon Woodruff
10.	5.3	MIL	Corbin Burnes

2022
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	8.0	MIA	Sandy Alcantara
2.	6.4	CHW	Dylan Cease
3.	6.2	LAA	Shohei Ohtani
4.	6.0	ATL	Max Fried
5.	6.0	TOR	Alek Manoah
6.	5.7	PHI	Aaron Nola
7.	5.6	HOU	Justin Verlander
8.	5.3	ARI	Zac Gallen
9.	5.3	NYM	Max Scherzer
10	5.2	SFG	Carlos Rodón

2023
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	7.4	NYY	Gerrit Cole
2.	6.5	SDP	Blake Snell
3.	5.6	SFG	Logan Webb
4.	5.6	MIN	Sonny Gray
5.	4.8	BAL	Kyle Bradish
6.	4.7	MIA	Jesús Luzardo
7.	4.5	NYM	Kodai Senga
8.	4.4	ARI	Zac Gallen
9.	4.3	MIA	Braxton Garrett
10.	4.2	PHI	Zack Wheeler

2024
Rk.	WAR	Team	Player
1.	6.4	DET	Tarik Skubal
2.	6.2	ATL	Chris Sale
3.	6.2	CIN	Hunter Greene
4.	6.1	PHI	Zack Wheeler
5.	5.9	PIT	Paul Skenes
6.	5.6	CHW/STL	Erick Fedde
7.	5.4	KCR	Seth Lugo
8.	5.1	ATL	Reynaldo López
9.	5.0	KCR	Cole Ragans
10.	4.4	CLE	Emmanuel Clase