The Los Angeles Dodgers hold the top spot for the eighth consecutive week in the penultimate (and next-to-last) Box-Toppers team rankings report for the 2026 season.
Team rankings
Here are Box-Toppers 2026 team rankings through games of Thursday, Sept. 17. The column BTP shows the number of Box-Toppers points players on the team have accumulated this season. The column BTP/wk shows the number of points teams have accumulated in the past week. The column Wk ago shows the team's rank as of Sept 10.
| Teams | BTP | BTP/wk | Wk ago | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dodgers | 133.5 | 7.2 | 1 |
| 2 | Brewers | 128.3 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 3 | Phillies | 114.4 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 4 | Yankees | 113.9 | 5.7 | 4 |
| 5 | Rays | 110.0 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 6 | Braves | 107.7 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 7 | Cubs | 105.7 | 4.0 | 7 |
| 8 | Guardians | 103.7 | 4.0 | 8 |
| 9 | Red Sox | 101.6 | 4.2 | 9 |
| 10 | Mariners | 99.2 | 2.0 | 11 |
| 11 | Blue Jays | 98.4 | 1.0 | 10 |
| 12 | Padres | 98.0 | 6.5 | 14 |
| 13 | Pirates | 95.7 | 2.5 | 12 |
| 14 | White Sox | 94.4 | 1.3 | 13 |
| 15 | Twins | 91.6 | 3.0 | 15 |
| 16 | Rangers | 91.4 | 4.0 | 16 |
| 17 | Diamondbacks | 87.1 | 3.0 | 17 |
| 18 | Marlins | 83.0 | 4.0 | 18 |
| 19 | Reds | 80.2 | 2.0 | 19 |
| 20 | Astros | 79.8 | 2.0 | 20 |
| 21 | Orioles | 78.0 | 4.0 | 21 |
| 22 | Cardinals | 77.4 | 3.7 | 22 |
| 23 | Royals | 74.9 | 2.0 | 23 |
| 24 | Tigers | 74.3 | 6.5 | 24 |
| 25 | Nationals | 71.6 | 5.0 | 25 |
| 26 | Athletics | 67.7 | 2.5 | 27 |
| 27 | Mets | 66.9 | 1.0 | 26 |
| 28 | Angels | 59.6 | 4.7 | 30 |
| 29 | Rockies | 58.6 | 1.5 | 28 |
| 30 | Giants | 58.4 | 2.7 | 29 |
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Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers maintain second place overall and the New York Yankees continue to hold the lead among American League teams.
Dodgers lead overall
The Dodgers lead all teams with 133.5 Box-Toppers points, including gaining 7.2 this week, most of any team.
The Dodgers won four of their seven games this week, but in all of those wins, Dodgers players earned bonus points:
On Sept. 11, Kyle Tucker earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points as NL Batter of the Day.
On Sept. 14, Tarik Skubal earned 2.0 points as Player of the Day.
On Sept. 15, Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned 2.0 points as Player of the Day.
On Sept. 17, Justin Wrobleski earned 1.7 points as NL Player of the Day.
Los Angeles has held the top spot in 16 of the past 17 reports—and 21 of the past 23—while leading National League teams in 23 of 24 reports this season.
The Dodgers expanded their lead over the Brewers (128.3 points, gaining 5.5 points this week), who are in second place overall and among NL teams. The Dodgers have baseball’s third-best winning percentage (.608), behind the Brewers (.621) and the Tampa Bay Rays (.612). The Rays are fifth overall with 110.0 Box-Toppers points.
The Dodgers are led by Yoshinobu Yamamoto with 17.4 Box-Toppers points, seventh overall and fourth among NL pitchers. The Dodgers’ top batter is Shohei Ohtani with 15.7 Box-Toppers points (7.0 as a batter and 8.7 as a pitcher). He ranks first among NL batters and eighth among NL pitchers. Twenty-eight Dodgers have earned Box-Toppers points in 2026.
Yankees lead AL teams
The Yankees lead AL teams for a fifth straight week with 113.9 Box-Toppers points (+5.7 this week), remaining fourth overall. The Yankees have led AL teams 20 of the past 21 weeks. The Tampa Bay Rays rank second in the AL (110.0 points) despite holding a five-game lead over New York in the AL East and having the AL’s best winning percentage over the Yankees (.612 vs. .579).
New York is led by pitcher Cam Schlittler (21.7 points, third overall and first among AL pitchers). Top batter is Jazz Chisholm Jr. (6.5 points, 10th among AL batters). Twenty-eight Yankees players have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2026.
Last place: San Francisco Giants
The Giants fall from 29th to 30th and last place with 58.4 points, gaining 2.7 in the past week. Last week’s last-place team, the Los Angeles Angels, rise to 28th place with 59.6 points, gaining 4.7 points in the past week.
This is the next-to-last (and also penultimate) Box-Toppers team rankings report for the season. With a little over one week to go in the season, final team rankings will be posted after the conclusion of regular season games, Sunday, Sept. 27.
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