Head to head · 2026 pitching

Aaron Nola vs Max Scherzer

In 2026 Aaron Nola has been worth 0.8 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
Two of the 25 most valuable pitching careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.

Aaron Nola PHI

Max Scherzer TOR

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Aaron Nola	Max Scherzer
G	33	18
GS	33	18
IP	175.1	84.2
W	7	4
SO	177	68
ERA	4.67	5.74
FIP	4.87	5.11
WHIP	1.35	1.33
K/9	9.1	7.2
BB/9	3.0	3.7
FIP−	117	122
WAR	0.9	0.1

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Aaron Nola	Max Scherzer
G	12	33
GS	12	28
IP	57.1	157.1
W	5	8
SV	0	1
SO	62	182
BB	13	62
ERA	4.24	3.78
WHIP	1.19	1.16
K/9	9.7	10.4
BB/9	2.0	3.5

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Aaron Nola	Max Scherzer
G	318	501
GS	318	492
IP	1,891.0	3,047.2
W	116	225
L	101	126
SV	0	0
SO	2,053	3,557
BB	508	814
ERA	3.91	3.29
WHIP	1.17	1.09
K/9	9.8	10.5
BB/9	2.4	2.4
HR/9	1.2	1.1
WAR	36.1	66.4

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More head to heads

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How these are computed

FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.