| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 11.4 | 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.1 | |
| 2 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 11.1 | 2 | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 11.0 | |
| 3 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 11.0 | 3 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 10.4 | |
| 4 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 10.7 | 4 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.0 | |
| 5 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.7 | 5 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.7 | |
| 6 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.7 | 6 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 8.7 | |
| 7 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 8.7 | 7 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 8.0 | |
| 8 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 8.0 | 8 | Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.0 | |
| 9 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 7.7 | 9 | Irvin, Jake 4805 | pi sp | dc nl | 7.7 | |
| 10 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 7.7 | 10 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 7.4 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Greene, Riley 4675 | lf cf | det al | 7.5 | 1 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh | mil nl | 8.2 | |
| 2 | Abreu, Wilyer 4911 | rf | bos al | 6.0 | 2 | Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | dh | chi nl | 7.5 | |
| 3 | Springer, George 3337 | dh | tor al | 5.5 | 3 | Crow-Armstrong, Pete 5073 | cf | chi nl | 6.5 | |
| 4 | Lowe, Brandon 4108 | 2b | tb al | 5.0 | 4 | Wood, James 5078 | lf dh | dc nl | 6.2 | |
| 5 | Baez, Javier 3395 | cf ss | det al | 5.0 | 5 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 6.0 | |
| 6 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | lf | ana al | 4.5 | 6 | Ramírez, Agustín 5160 | dh | fla nl | 6.0 | |
| 7 | Caminero, Junior 5089 | 3b dh | tb al | 4.5 | 7 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 5.5 | |
| 8 | Jeffers, Ryan 4432 | ca dh | min al | 4.0 | 8 | Collins, Isaac 5165 | lf | mil nl | 5.5 | |
| 9 | Arias, Gabriel 4920 | ss 2b | cle al | 4.0 | 9 | Flores, Wilmer 3345 | dh | sf nl | 5.0 | |
| 10 | O’Hoppe, Logan 4928 | ca | ana al | 4.0 | 10 | Goodman, Hunter 5033 | ca dh | col nl | 4.9 |
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the seventh straight week, also leading National League pitchers.
Meanwhile, Hunter Brown of the Astros rises to lead American League pitchers, passing previous leader Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox. Also, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to lead National League batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers maintains his lead among AL batters.
Wheeler leads
Wheeler has 14.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, picking up 1.0 point in the past week, leading second-place player, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown (11.4 points). He leads NL pitchers ahead of second-place Nick Pivetta of the Padres (11.0 points).
Wheeler led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2024 with 21.4.
American League pitchers
Hunter Brown of the Astros rises from fifth place last week to first place this week with 11.4 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.0 points in the past week. He passes previous AL pitching leader Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox, who falls to second place with 11.1 points.
Brown ranks second overall.
National League batters
Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises from second place last week to first place this week with 8.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.5 points in the past week. He passes previous NL batting leader Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs, who falls to second place with 7.5 points.
Yelich ranks 14th among all players.
American League batters
Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters for the sixth week with 7.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point 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 Player of the Game honors in 37 of the 92 games played this week (40.2 percent) with pitchers winning the other 55 (59.8 percent).
That increased batters’ share of Player of the Game honors for the season to 38.7 percent (469 times in 1,212 total games) from 38.6 percent last week. Pitchers have won Player of the Game honors in the other 743 games (61.3 percent).
Batters also had an increase in their share of Box-Toppers points earned this season from 38.75 percent last week to 38.81 percent this week (560.9 points out of 1,445.4 total awarded). Pitchers have won 61.19 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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