2015–2026 · rankings
MLB Leaders by Season
12 seasons of batting and pitching leaderboards, each ranked by dbWAR and sortable across the whole qualified pool. The leaders named below are the WAR leaders of their year.
| Season | Batting leader | wRC+ | WAR | Pitching leader | ERA | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 batting · pitching · in progress | Pete Crow-Armstrong | 156 | 8.2 | Cam Schlittler | 1.94 | 6.1 |
| 2025 batting · pitching | Aaron Judge | 210 | 9.8 | Cristopher Sánchez | 2.50 | 6.5 |
| 2024 batting · pitching | Aaron Judge | 216 | 11.9 | Chris Sale | 2.38 | 6.2 |
| 2023 batting · pitching | Ronald Acuña Jr. | 173 | 9.1 | Spencer Strider | 3.86 | 5.5 |
| 2022 batting · pitching | Aaron Judge | 206 | 10.8 | Aaron Nola | 3.25 | 6.0 |
| 2021 batting · pitching | Bryce Harper | 184 | 7.3 | Corbin Burnes | 2.43 | 7.2 |
| 2020 batting · pitching | Freddie Freeman | 192 | 3.6 | Shane Bieber | 1.63 | 3.1 |
| 2019 batting · pitching | Alex Bregman | 164 | 8.3 | Gerrit Cole | 2.50 | 7.1 |
| 2018 batting · pitching | Mike Trout | 194 | 9.5 | Jacob deGrom | 1.70 | 7.7 |
| 2017 batting · pitching | Charlie Blackmon | 150 | 7.9 | Chris Sale | 2.90 | 7.2 |
| 2016 batting · pitching | Mike Trout | 173 | 8.7 | Noah Syndergaard | 2.60 | 6.2 |
| 2015 batting · pitching | Bryce Harper | 207 | 9.6 | Clayton Kershaw | 2.13 | 8.1 |