| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.7 | 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 11.1 | |
| 2 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.7 | 2 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.0 | |
| 3 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 8.4 | 3 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 7.7 | |
| 4 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 8.0 | 4 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 7.0 | |
| 5 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 8.0 | 5 | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.0 | |
| 6 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 7.7 | 6 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 6.7 | |
| 7 | Bubic, Kris 4413 | pi sp | kc al | 7.7 | 7 | Irvin, Jake 4805 | pi sp | dc nl | 6.7 | |
| 8 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 7.4 | 8 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | sf nl | 6.4 | |
| 9 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 6.7 | 9 | Greene, Hunter 4651 | pi sp | cin nl | 5.7 | |
| 10 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 6.7 | 10 | Gore, MacKenzie 4582 | pi sp | dc nl | 5.7 | |
| 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 | Kelly, Carson 4098 | ca | chi nl | 4.5 | |
| 6 | Springer, George 3337 | dh rf | tor al | 4.0 | 6 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | ss | lad nl | 4.2 | |
| 7 | O’Hoppe, Logan 4928 | ca | ana al | 4.0 | 7 | Carroll, Corbin 4818 | rf | ari nl | 4.2 | |
| 8 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | dh | bos al | 3.7 | 8 | Chourio, Jackson 4970 | lf cf | mil nl | 4.0 | |
| 9 | Bregman, Alex 3721 | 3b | bos al | 3.7 | 9 | Wood, James 5078 | dh lf | dc nl | 3.7 | |
| 10 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf dh | nyy al | 3.5 | 10 | Hoskins, Rhys 3909 | 1b | mil nl | 3.5 |
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fourth straight week, also leading National League pitchers.
Meanwhile, all other Box-Toppers team rankings category leaders remain the same as last week: Carlos Rodón of the Yankees leads American League pitchers, Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters.
Wheeler leads
Wheeler has 11.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, picking up no points in the past week, maintaining first place overall for the fourth week. He leads ahead of second-place player, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón (9.7 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
Carlos Rodón of the Yankees leads for the second week with 9.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place AL pitcher Max Fried of the Yankees (8.7 points).
Rodón ranks second overall.
National League batters
Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters for the third 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 17th among all players.
American League batters
Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters for the third 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 (5.0 points).
Greene ranks 20th among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters increased their share of Player of the Game honors won this week but still won fewer than half of all games played. Batters won in 39 of the 94 games played (41.5 percent) while pitchers won in 55 (58.5 percent). Batters share of all Player of the Game honors won this season increased from 38.4 percent last week to 38.7 percent this week (361 of 933 games played). Pitchers have won 61.3 percent (572 of 933 games played).
Batters also had an increase in their share of Box-Toppers points earned this season from 38.5 percent last week to 38.9 percent this week (432.6 points out of 1,113.2 total awarded). Pitchers have won 61.1 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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