List of Major League Baseball career WHIP leaders

Addie Joss, the all-time leader in career WHIP.

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 ^{[1] [2] [3]} is the all-time leader with a career WHIP of 0.9678. Jacob deGrom ^[4] (0.9934) and Ed Walsh ^[5] (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.
Player	Name of player.
WHIP	Total career WHIP.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player. [note 1]

List

Jacob deGrom, the active leader in career WHIP and 2nd all-time.

• Stats updated as of September 3, 2025.

Rank	Player	WHIP
1	Addie Joss*	0.9678
2	Jacob deGrom	0.9866
3	Ed Walsh*	0.9996
4	Mariano Rivera*	1.0003
5	Clayton Kershaw	1.0152
6	John Montgomery Ward*	1.0435
7	Chris Sale	1.0484
8	Pedro Martínez*	1.0544
9	Christy Mathewson*	1.0581
10	Trevor Hoffman*	1.0584
11	Walter Johnson*	1.0612
12	Mordecai Brown*	1.0658
13	Charlie Sweeney	1.0673
14	Max Scherzer	1.0790
15	Reb Russell	1.0800
16	Jim Devlin	1.0868
17	Smoky Joe Wood	1.0869
18	Gerrit Cole	1.0885
19	Jack Pfiester	1.0887
20	George Bradley	1.0901
21	Tommy Bond	1.0908
22	Babe Adams	1.0920
23	Stephen Strasburg	1.0959
24	Juan Marichal*	1.1012
	Satchel Paige*	1.1012
26	Dick Hall	1.1019
	Rube Waddell*	1.1019
28	Larry Corcoran	1.1048
29	Deacon Phillippe	1.1051
30	Sandy Koufax*	1.1061
31	Fred Glade	1.1066
32	Ed Morris	1.1075
33	Will White	1.1110
34	Chief Bender*	1.1127
35	Charlie Ferguson	1.1171
36	Terry Larkin	1.1172
37	Eddie Plank*	1.1189
38	Doc White	1.1207
39	Tom Seaver*	1.1208
40	Grover Cleveland Alexander*	1.1212
41	Tim Keefe*	1.1230
42	Hoyt Wilhelm*	1.1245
43	Corey Kluber	1.1293
44	Masahiro Tanaka	1.1296
	Cy Young*	1.1296
46	Frank Owen	1.1306
47	George McQuillan	1.1311
48	Hooks Wiltse	1.1315
49	Noodles Hahn	1.1319
50	Johan Santana	1.1320

Rank	Player	WHIP
51	Jim McCormick	1.1322
52	Ray Collins	1.1340
53	Catfish Hunter*	1.1341
54	Lady Baldwin	1.1347
55	Justin Verlander	1.1356
56	Zack Wheeler	1.1369
57	Yu Darvish	1.1373
58	Curt Schilling	1.1374
59	Bruce Sutter*	1.1401
60	Bret Saberhagen	1.1406
61	Nick Altrock	1.1407
62	Sam Leever	1.1411
63	Ferguson Jenkins*	1.1418
64	Don Sutton*	1.1425
65	Greg Maddux*	1.1431
	Ed Reulbach	1.1431
67	Andy Messersmith	1.1433
68	Sid Fernandez	1.1443
69	Jeff Tesreau	1.1447
70	Gary Nolan	1.1453
71	Joe Benz	1.1466
	Jim Whitney	1.1466
73	Don Drysdale*	1.1477
74	Charles Radbourn*	1.1492
75	Barney Pelty	1.1504
76	Jack Chesbro*	1.1520
77	Aaron Nola	1.1524
78	Tiny Bonham	1.1528
79	Fred Goldsmith	1.1530
80	Russ Ford	1.1537
81	Eddie Cicotte	1.1544
	Max Fried	1.1544
83	Madison Bumgarner	1.1546
84	Rollie Fingers*	1.1556
85	Bullet Rogan*	1.1567
86	Bob Caruthers	1.1578
87	Dick Rudolph	1.1581
88	Babe Ruth*	1.1586
89	Harry Coveleski	1.1587
90	Dennis Eckersley*	1.1608
91	Orval Overall	1.1613
92	David Price	1.1625
93	Denny McLain	1.1633
94	Jumbo McGinnis	1.1636
95	George Winter	1.1649
96	Frank Smith	1.1658
97	Carl Hubbell*	1.1659
98	Joe Musgrove	1.1667
99	Guy Hecker	1.1676
100	Jake Weimer	1.1679

Notes

1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

References

1. "Addie Joss Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
2. Semchuck, Alex. "Addie Joss Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
3. "Addie Joss Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
4. "Jacob deGrom Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
5. "Ed Walsh Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

External links

• "Career Leaders & Records for Walks & Hits per IP". Baseball-Reference.com .