Head to head · 2026 pitching
Paul Skenes vs Tarik Skubal
In 2026 Tarik Skubal has been worth 0.9 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.
- Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2025 by dbWAR.
- Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Paul Skenes | Tarik Skubal |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 26 |
| GS | 32 | 26 |
| IP | 174.1 | 158.2 |
| W | 10 | 12 |
| SO | 200 | 186 |
| ERA | 3.82 | 2.72 |
| FIP | 3.33 | 2.51 |
| WHIP | 1.12 | 0.96 |
| K/9 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| FIP− | 80 | 60 |
| WAR | 4.0 | 4.9 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Paul Skenes | Tarik Skubal |
|---|---|---|
| G | — | 8 |
| GS | — | 8 |
| IP | — | 50.2 |
| W | — | 3 |
| SV | — | 0 |
| SO | — | 70 |
| BB | — | 10 |
| ERA | — | 2.13 |
| WHIP | — | 0.79 |
| K/9 | — | 12.4 |
| BB/9 | — | 1.8 |
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.
| Statistic | Paul Skenes | Tarik Skubal |
|---|---|---|
| G | 87 | 163 |
| GS | 87 | 160 |
| IP | 495.0 | 925.1 |
| W | 31 | 66 |
| L | 24 | 44 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 586 | 1,075 |
| BB | 123 | 199 |
| ERA | 2.62 | 3.02 |
| WHIP | 1.01 | 1.01 |
| K/9 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| HR/9 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 14.5 | 23.4 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
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.