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Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski leads Box-Toppers overall player rankings for a third consecutive week, despite briefly surrendering the top spot for a single day.
Other Box-Toppers category leaders remain unchanged since last week:
AL Pitchers: Dylan Cease, Blue Jays (16.4 points)
NL Batters: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers (13.7 points)
AL Batters: Yordan Alvarez, Astros (7.5 points)
Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski leads his second straight Box-Toppers player rankings report, while Yordan Alvarez of the Astros rises this week to lead American League batters.
Other Box-Toppers category leaders remain unchanged since the last player rankings report before the All-Star break on July 12:
AL Pitchers: Dylan Cease, Blue Jays (14.4 points)
NL Batters: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers (13.7 points)
The Philadelphia Phillies have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2026 player rankings at the All-Star break.
The Phillies have six players on the list, followed by three teams that have five each—the Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals.
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Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings, passing previous leader Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez.
Also, Dylan Cease of the Blue Jays climbs to first place among American League pitchers in 2026 Box-Toppers points, passing Cam Schlittler of the Yankees.
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Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez leads the Box-Toppers player rankings for a sixth consecutive week.
Sánchez—who also leads National League pitchers—and all other Box-Toppers category leaders remain unchanged from last week:
Cam Schlittler of the Yankees leads American League pitchers.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers tops NL batters.
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics leads AL batters.
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez leads the Box-Toppers player rankings for a fifth consecutive week, while Cam Schlittler of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers.
The batting leaders remain unchanged, with Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) pacing the National League and Nick Kurtz (Athletics) leading the AL.
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Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez leads Box-Toppers player rankings for a fourth consecutive week.
Meanwhile, Bryan Woo of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers and batting leaders remain unchanged from last week:
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads National League batters.
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics leads AL batters.
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez maintains his hold on the overall Box-Toppers player rankings for a third consecutive week, leading a slate of category leaders that remains entirely unchanged:
Gavin Williams of the Guardians leads AL pitchers.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads National League batters.
Nick Kurtz of the Athleics leads AL batters.
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez remains atop Box-Toppers player rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, Nick Kurtz of the Athletics rises to first place among American League batters.
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Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez is this week’s new Box-Toppers player rankings leader, passing Pirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft, who led last week.
Also, Gavin Williams of the Guardians rises to lead American League pitchers and Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox rises to lead AL batters, while Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers continues to lead National League batters.
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Pirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft is this week’s new Box-Toppers player rankings leader, passing teammate Paul Skenes, who led the past two weeks.
Also, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers rises to lead National League batters, while José Soriano of the Angels continues to lead American League pitchers and Jeremiah Jackson of the Orioles maintains his lead among AL batters.
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Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes leads the Box-Toppers player rankings report for a second week.
While Skenes briefly surrendered the top spot early in the week, he reclaimed it Tuesday to hold the overall lead for a second straight week. In the American League, José Soriano of the Angels returns to the top of the pitching leaderboard, while the league batting leaders remain unchanged.
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Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Skenes takes the top overall spot and also is the new leader among National League pitchers. Also, Michael Harris II of the Braves is this week’s new leader among NL batters.
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Yankees pitcher Max Fried is the new overall No. 1 in Box-Toppers rankings.
He takes the top spot this week alongside two new league-leading batters: Jeremiah Jackson (Orioles) in the American League and Sal Stewart (Reds) in the National League.
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Angels pitcher José Soriano leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.
The leaderboard shifted significantly this week, with three major player categories having new season leaders.
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Angels pitcher José Soriano rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Twins pitcher Taj Bradley.
Meanwhile, Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to first place among National League pitchers, Brayan Rocchio of the Guardians rises to lead American League batters and Alec Burleson of the Cardinals maintains his lead among NL batters.
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Twins pitcher Taj Bradley leads Box-Toppers first weekly player rankings report of the 2026 season.
Bradley also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Randy Vásquez of the Padres leads National League pitchers, Alec Burleson of the Cardinals leads NL batters and Brent Rooker of the Athletics leads AL batters.
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The 2024 Box-Toppers rookie leaders, Luis Gil and Shota Imanaga, both faltered during sophomore slumps in 2025, recording the two largest year-over-year Box-Toppers point declines.
Yankees pitcher Gil, whose Box-Toppers point total slid 16.4 points and Cubs pitcher Imanaga, whose total slipped 13.7 points, lead this year’s list of Box-Toppers’ big dippers.
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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is 2025 Box-Toppers Player of the Year, holding the lead in Box-Toppers points since Aug. 31.
Meanwhile, Paul Skenes of the Pirates rises to first place among National League pitchers, passing previous leader Zack Wheeler of the Phillies on Sept. 24.
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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third week in a row.
Meanwhile, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies rises this week to lead National League batters, passing the previous leader, Christian Yelich of the Brewers. Additionally, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who is out for the season, continues to lead National League pitchers, as second-place Paul Skenes of the Pirates was again unable to surpass him this week.
Read MoreBox-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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.