| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 17.4 | 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 20.1 | |
| 2 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 14.1 | 2 | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 16.7 | |
| 3 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 13.0 | 3 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 16.1 | |
| 4 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 12.7 | 4 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 14.0 | |
| 5 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 12.4 | 5 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 14.0 | |
| 6 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 12.4 | 6 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.7 | |
| 7 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.7 | 7 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.7 | |
| 8 | Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | tor al | 10.7 | 8 | Boyd, Matthew 3550 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 | |
| 9 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 10.7 | 9 | Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | pi sp | phi nl | 10.0 | |
| 10 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | tex al | 10.7 | 10 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.1 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 9.5 | 1 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh | mil nl | 9.7 | |
| 2 | Greene, Riley 4675 | lf cf | det al | 9.0 | 2 | Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | dh | chi nl | 9.5 | |
| 3 | Springer, George 3337 | dh rf | tor al | 8.7 | 3 | Crow-Armstrong, Pete 5073 | cf | chi nl | 9.5 | |
| 4 | Abreu, Wilyer 4911 | rf | bos al | 8.5 | 4 | Schwarber, Kyle 3536 | dh | phi nl | 8.0 | |
| 5 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | lf | ana al | 8.5 | 5 | Wood, James 5078 | lf dh | dc nl | 7.7 | |
| 6 | Altuve, Jose 3007 | lf 2b dh | hou al | 8.0 | 6 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 7.5 | |
| 7 | Caminero, Junior 5089 | 3b | tb al | 8.0 | 7 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 7.2 | |
| 8 | Perez, Salvador 2972 | ca 1b | kc al | 7.5 | 8 | Stowers, Kyle 5019 | rf | fla nl | 7.0 | |
| 9 | Story, Trevor 3607 | ss | bos al | 7.0 | 9 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | sf nl | 6.5 | |
| 10 | Jeffers, Ryan 4432 | ca dh | min al | 6.7 | 10 | Baldwin, Drake 5149 | ca | atl nl | 6.5 |
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 13th straight week, expanding his lead since last week.
Meanwhile, José Ramírez of the Guardians rises to first place among American League batters in 2025 Box-Toppers points, passing Riley Greene of the Tigers, who had led for the past 11 weeks.
Other rankings category leaders remain the same from last week: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads AL pitchers and Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads National League batters.
Wheeler leads
Wheeler has 20.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, picking up 1.0 point in the past week, leading second-place Skubal (17.4 points). He leads NL pitchers ahead of second-place Nick Pivetta of the Padres (16.7 points).
Wheeler led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2024 with 21.4.
American League pitchers
Tarik Skubal of the Tigers leads for the sixth week with 17.4 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place AL pitcher Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox (14.1 points).
Skubal ranks second overall.
American League batters
José Ramírez of the Guardians rises from fourth place last week to first place this week with 9.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.5 in the past week. He passes Riley Greene of the Tigers who held the AL batting lead since May 16 and now falls to second place with 9.0 points.
Ramírez ranks 27th among all players.
National League batters
Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads for the third week with 9.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs (9.5 points).
There are no changes among the top 10 NL batters this week as none of them earned Player of the Game honors since Aug. 8.
Yelich ranks 24th among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters won Player of the Game honors in 35 of the 94 games played in the past week (37.2 percent) with pitchers winning the other 59 (62.8 percent).
Batters’ share of Player of the Game honors for the season decreased from 39.3 percent last week to 39.2 percent this week (713 times in 1,819 total games). Pitchers have won Player of the Game honors in the other 1,106 games (60.8 percent).
Batters’ share of Box-Toppers points earned this season decreased from 39.4 percent last week to 39.3 percent this week (850.2 points out of 2,163.9 total awarded). Pitchers have won 60.7 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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