Kershaw is 17.3 points behind the second-place player on the career Box-Toppers points list, Pedro Martinez (244.8) and would pass that total this year if he exceeds his five-year average (18.8). (However, Martinez also began his career in 1992, prior to Box-Toppers tracking, and is projected to have 270 points if his entire career were tracked.)

Box-Toppers points are a measure of how much a player provides key contributions to his team’s wins. Specifically, 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.

The chart here shows the rankings of the top 100 players since record keeping began in 1995, along with their career Box-Toppers point total and, where applicable, their Box-Toppers points for 2019. The chart also shows each player’s roster status as of the end of the 2019 season and players’ rank in career Box-Toppers points at the end of the 2018 season, to show their rise or fall in rankings since last season.