In baseball statistics, walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) is a sabermetric measurement of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched. WHIP reflects a pitcher's propensity for allowing batters to reach base, therefore a lower WHIP indicates better performance. WHIP is calculated by adding the number of walks and hits allowed and dividing this sum by the number of innings pitched.

Below is the list of the top 100 Major League Baseball pitchers in walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) with at least 1,000 innings pitched.

Addie Joss is the all-time leader with a career WHIP of 0.9678. Jacob deGrom (0.9941) and Ed Walsh (0.9996) are the only other players with a career WHIP under 1.0000.

Key Rank Rank amongst leaders in career WHIP. A blank field indicates a tie.PlayerName of player.WHIPTotal career WHIP.*Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. BoldDenotes active player.A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

List

Stats updated as of September 27, 2026. RankPlayerWHIP1Addie Joss*0.96782Ed Walsh*0.99963Mariano Rivera*1.00034Jacob deGrom1.00045Clayton Kershaw1.01776Chris Sale1.04117John Montgomery Ward*1.04358Pedro Martínez*1.05449Christy Mathewson*1.058110Trevor Hoffman*1.058411Walter Johnson*1.061212Logan Gilbert1.063313Mordecai Brown*1.065814Charlie Sweeney1.067315Reb Russell1.080016Jim Devlin1.086817Smoky Joe Wood1.086918Jack Pfiester1.088719Gerrit Cole1.089420George Bradley1.090121Tommy Bond1.090822Max Scherzer1.091023Babe Adams1.092024Stephen Strasburg1.095925Juan Marichal*1.1012Satchel Paige*1.101227Dick Hall1.1019Rube Waddell*1.101929Larry Corcoran1.104830Deacon Phillippe1.105131Sandy Koufax*1.106132Fred Glade1.106633Ed Morris1.107534Will White1.111035Chief Bender*1.112736Charlie Ferguson1.117137Terry Larkin1.117238Eddie Plank*1.118939Doc White1.120740Tom Seaver*1.120841Grover Cleveland Alexander*1.121242Tim Keefe*1.123043Hoyt Wilhelm*1.124544Corey Kluber1.129345Zack Wheeler1.129446Masahiro Tanaka1.1296Cy Young*1.129648Frank Owen1.130649George McQuillan1.131150Hooks Wiltse1.1315 RankPlayerWHIP51Noodles Hahn1.131952Johan Santana1.132053Jim McCormick1.132254Ray Collins1.134055Catfish Hunter*1.134156Lady Baldwin1.134757Justin Verlander1.136358Max Fried1.137359Curt Schilling1.137460Yu Darvish1.137861Bruce Sutter*1.140162Bret Saberhagen1.140663Nick Altrock1.140764Sam Leever1.141165Ferguson Jenkins*1.141866Don Sutton*1.142567Greg Maddux*1.1431Ed Reulbach1.143169Andy Messersmith1.143370Sid Fernandez1.144371Jeff Tesreau1.144772Gary Nolan1.145373Joe Benz1.1466Jim Whitney1.146675Don Drysdale*1.147776Charles Radbourn*1.149277Barney Pelty1.150478Jack Chesbro*1.152079Tiny Bonham1.152880Fred Goldsmith1.153081Bullet Rogan*1.153482Russ Ford1.153783Eddie Cicotte1.154484Madison Bumgarner1.154685Rollie Fingers*1.155686Bob Caruthers1.157887Dick Rudolph1.158188Babe Ruth*1.158689Harry Coveleski1.158790Dennis Eckersley*1.160891Orval Overall1.161392Freddy Peralta1.161893David Price1.162594Denny McLain1.163395Jumbo McGinnis1.163696George Winter1.164997Frank Smith1.165898Carl Hubbell*1.165999Joe Musgrove1.1667100Aaron Nola1.1671

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