| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 3.7 | 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 2.7 | |
| 2 | Mahle, Tyler 3929 | pi sp | tex al | 2.7 | 2 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 2.7 | |
| 3 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 2.0 | 3 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.0 | |
| 4 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 2.0 | 4 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 | |
| 5 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 2.0 | 5 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 | |
| 6 | Ragans, Cole 4889 | pi sp | kc al | 2.0 | 6 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 2.0 | |
| 7 | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | oak al | 2.0 | 7 | Singer, Brady 4337 | pi sp | cin nl | 2.0 | |
| 8 | Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | bos al | 2.0 | 8 | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 2.0 | |
| 9 | Lynch, Daniel 4488 | pi mr sp | kc al | 2.0 | 9 | Greene, Hunter 4651 | pi sp | cin nl | 2.0 | |
| 10 | Lucas, Easton 5068 | pi sp mr | tor al | 2.0 | 10 | Heaney, Andrew 3515 | pi sp | pit nl | 2.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf dh | nyy al | 3.5 | 1 | Chourio, Jackson 4970 | lf | mil nl | 3.0 | |
| 2 | O’Neill, Tyler 4074 | rf lf | bal al | 3.0 | 2 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 3.0 | |
| 3 | Bregman, Alex 3721 | 3b | bos al | 2.7 | 3 | Carroll, Corbin 4818 | rf ph | ari nl | 2.5 | |
| 4 | Abreu, Wilyer 4911 | rf ph | bos al | 2.5 | 4 | Suarez, Eugenio 3355 | 3b | ari nl | 2.0 | |
| 5 | Paris, Kyren 5130 | cf dh pr | ana al | 2.0 | 5 | Wade, LaMonte Jr. 4523 | 1b rf ph | sf nl | 2.0 | |
| 6 | Chisholm, Jazz Jr. 4364 | cf | nyy al | 1.7 | 6 | Flores, Wilmer 3345 | dh 1b | sf nl | 2.0 | |
| 7 | Grisham, Trent 4246 | cf | nyy al | 1.7 | 7 | Wood, James 5078 | dh lf | dc nl | 1.7 | |
| 8 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 1.5 | 8 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | ss rf | lad nl | 1.7 | |
| 9 | Springer, George 3337 | rf | tor al | 1.5 | 9 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | dh | atl nl | 1.5 | |
| 10 | Gimenez, Andres 4288 | 2b | tor al | 1.5 | 10 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b dh | sd nl | 1.5 |
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Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert leads Box-Toppers first weekly player rankings report of the 2025 season.
Gilbert also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters, Jackson Chourio leads National League batters and Zack Wheeler of the Phillies leads NL pitchers.
Gilbert leads
Gilbert has 3.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025, first overall, ahead of Aaron Judge of the Yankees, who ranks second overall with 3.0 points. Gilbert ranks ahead of second-place AL pitcher Tyler Mahle of the Rangers (2.7).
Gilbert earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points as Player of the Day on March 27 and 1.7 points as AL Player of the Day on April 7.
Gilbert earned 13.0 Box-Toppers points in 2024, 20th overall and 11th among AL pitchers.
American League batters
Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads with 3.0 Box-Toppers points, second overall. He ranks ahead of second-place AL batter Tyler O'Neill of the Orioles (3.0). Judge led AL batters in 2024 with 13.0 points, 21st among all players.
National League batters
Jackson Chourio of the Brewers leads with 3.0 Box-Toppers points, third overall. He ranks ahead of second-place NL batter Pete Alonso of the Mets (3.0). Though they both have 3.0 points in 2025, Chourio ranks higher because he has more 2024 points—5.7 vs. 5.0.
National League pitchers
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads with 2.7 Box-Toppers points, sixth overall. He ranks ahead of second-place NL pitcher Jesús Luzardo of the Phillies. Though they both have 2.7 points in 2025, Wheeler ranks ahead because he has more 2024 points—21.4 vs. 2.0.
Wheeler led all players in 2024 with 21.4 points.
Box-Toppers almanac
In 2024, batters set a new record for the lowest share of Box-Toppers points earned in a season in 2024 with 37.2 percent, breaking the previous record low of 38.1 percent in 2022.
Batters are starting 2025 just above that record-low mark, winning 40 percent of all Box-Toppers points so far this season (91.5 of 228.5). Pitchers have won 60 percent (137.0 of 228.5).
Pitchers have won Player of the Game honors in 114 of the 190 games played in 2025 (60 percent) while batters have won in 76 games (40 percent). This past week (April 4 to 10), pitchers won in 52 of the 90 games played (57.8 percent) while batters won in 38 games (42.2 percent).
While batters have struggled to reach parity with pitchers in recent seasons, it wasn’t always this way: From 1995 to 2009, batters generally won half or more of all Box-Toppers points each season. But their share of points dropped precipitously after 2009.
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