| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 10.7 | 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.1 | |
| 2 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.7 | 2 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.0 | |
| 3 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.7 | 3 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 8.7 | |
| 4 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 8.4 | 4 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 8.4 | |
| 5 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 8.4 | 5 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 8.0 | |
| 6 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 8.0 | 6 | Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.0 | |
| 7 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 7.7 | 7 | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.0 | |
| 8 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 7.7 | 8 | Irvin, Jake 4805 | pi sp | dc nl | 6.7 | |
| 9 | Bubic, Kris 4413 | pi sp | kc al | 7.7 | 9 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 10 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 7.0 | 10 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | sf nl | 6.4 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Greene, Riley 4675 | lf cf | det al | 6.5 | 1 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh | mil nl | 6.7 | |
| 2 | Abreu, Wilyer 4911 | rf | bos al | 6.0 | 2 | Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | dh rf | chi nl | 6.5 | |
| 3 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | lf | ana al | 4.5 | 3 | Crow-Armstrong, Pete 5073 | cf | chi nl | 6.5 | |
| 4 | Caminero, Junior 5089 | 3b dh | tb al | 4.5 | 4 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 5.5 | |
| 5 | Lowe, Brandon 4108 | 2b dh | tb al | 4.0 | 5 | Flores, Wilmer 3345 | dh | sf nl | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Springer, George 3337 | dh rf | tor al | 4.0 | 6 | Nimmo, Brandon 3895 | lf | nym nl | 4.5 | |
| 7 | O’Hoppe, Logan 4928 | ca | ana al | 4.0 | 7 | Kelly, Carson 4098 | ca | chi nl | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | dh | bos al | 3.7 | 8 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | ss | lad nl | 4.2 | |
| 9 | Bregman, Alex 3721 | 3b | bos al | 3.7 | 9 | Carroll, Corbin 4818 | rf | ari nl | 4.2 | |
| 10 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf dh | nyy al | 3.5 | 10 | Chourio, Jackson 4970 | lf cf | mil nl | 4.0 |
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fifth straight week, also leading National League pitchers.
Meanwhile, Tarik Skubal of the Tigers rises to lead American League pitchers, passing previous leader Carlos Rodón of the Yankees. Christian Yelich of the Brewers continues to lead NL batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers continues to lead AL batters.
Wheeler leads
Wheeler has 12.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, picking up 1.0 point in the past week, leading second-place player, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (10.7 points). He leads NL pitchers ahead of second-place Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers (9.0 points).
Wheeler led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2024 with 21.4.
American League pitchers
Tarik Skubal of the Tigers rises from fourth place last week to first place this week with 10.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.7 points in the past week. He passes previous AL pitching leader Carlos Rodón of the Yankees, who falls to second place with 9.7 points.
Skubal ranks second overall. Skubal also ranked second overall and led AL pitchers in Box-Toppers points (21.1) at the end of the 2024 season.
National League batters
Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters for the fourth week with 6.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs (6.5 points).
Yelich ranks 19th among all players.
American League batters
Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters for the fourth week with 6.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place AL batter Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox (6.0 points).
Greene ranks 23rd among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters won fewer Player of the Game honors this week, winning just 33.7 percent of all games (31 of 92), while pitchers won in 61 games.
That lowered their share of Player of the Game honors for the season to 38.2 percent (392 times in 1,025 total games) from 38.7 percent last week. Pitchers have won Player of the Game honors in 633 of the 1,025 games (61.8 percent).
Batters also had a decrease in their share of Box-Toppers points earned this season from 38.9 percent last week to 38.5 percent this week (470.8 points out of 1,223.6 total awarded). Pitchers have won 61.5 percent of all points.
Last year, batters had the lowest share of points compared to pitchers (37.2 percent) in any season since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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.
About Box-Toppers
Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.
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