best era from the past 20 years at least 100 starts

Between November 2, 2005 and November 2, 2025, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 100+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

Interpreted as:

best era by a player from the past 20 years at least 100 starts

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	451	455	223	96	.699	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.91
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	248	248	96	65	.596	1,851	4	2	0	1539.2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	6.86
3	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	3.00	100	100	39	20	.661	670	1	1	0	528.2	388	176	184	56	182	24	0	2	2,139	52	11.41	3.10	3.68	0.95	31.3	8.5	1.08	.275	3.13	6.61
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.01	312	393	145	88	.622	2,579	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	7.31
5	Max Fried M. Fried	3.03	183	200	92	41	.692	1,052	6	4	0	1079.2	947	364	405	90	297	45	10	6	4,415	47	8.77	2.48	3.54	0.75	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.38	7.89
6	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	3.06	136	137	59	34	.634	720	13	6	0	925.0	848	314	344	67	207	39	0	13	3,775	10	7.01	2.01	3.48	0.65	19.1	5.5	1.14	.285	3.35	8.25
7	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.08	134	137	54	37	.593	889	1	1	0	766.2	614	262	287	90	172	26	1	0	3,056	11	10.44	2.02	5.17	1.06	29.1	5.6	1.03	.279	3.37	7.21
8	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	127	142	53	28	.654	871	2	1	1	745.0	580	257	269	84	190	32	4	1	2,984	8	10.52	2.30	4.58	1.01	29.2	6.4	1.03	.274	3.25	7.01
9	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	122	158	60	25	.706	710	0	0	4	717.0	599	248	274	84	193	28	11	5	2,917	12	8.91	2.42	3.68	1.05	24.3	6.6	1.10	.271	3.44	7.52
10	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.12	176	176	80	53	.602	1,087	11	7	0	1169.2	1,027	406	440	133	302	17	0	11	4,782	24	8.36	2.32	3.60	1.02	22.7	6.3	1.14	.276	3.39	7.90
11	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.15	222	222	81	62	.566	1,440	1	1	0	1158.0	891	405	440	111	521	11	0	6	4,791	86	11.19	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.42	6.92
12	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.15	149	210	63	38	.624	1,114	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	10.36	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	7.03
13	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	3.17	231	232	124	62	.667	1,307	47	12	0	1633.0	1,543	575	618	138	293	50	0	17	6,607	26	7.20	1.61	4.46	0.76	19.8	4.4	1.12	.292	3.41	8.50
14	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.18	317	317	153	80	.657	2,251	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	7.49
15	Brandon Webb B. Webb	3.19	102	102	56	25	.691	557	12	7	0	702.0	637	249	283	42	189	24	0	15	2,889	16	7.14	2.42	2.95	0.54	19.3	6.5	1.18	.286	3.63	8.17
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.22	474	483	220	117	.653	3,489	12	5	0	2963.0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	7.39
17	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.24	141	143	66	34	.660	995	5	2	0	883.1	786	318	339	102	195	19	1	1	3,574	34	10.14	1.99	5.10	1.04	27.8	5.5	1.11	.302	3.45	8.01
18	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.24	247	247	113	62	.646	1,723	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	7.45
19	Hyun Jin Ryu H. Jin Ryu	3.27	185	186	78	48	.619	934	4	3	1	1055.1	1,013	384	416	116	236	17	1	13	4,339	15	7.97	2.01	3.96	0.99	21.5	5.4	1.18	.295	3.55	8.64
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.28	283	283	113	75	.601	1,820	5	3	0	1728.1	1,475	630	683	166	490	76	0	14	7,086	41	9.48	2.55	3.71	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.14	.289	3.56	7.68
21	Cliff Lee C. Lee	3.29	248	252	108	74	.593	1,470	28	12	0	1713.0	1,687	627	689	164	303	37	1	8	7,023	28	7.72	1.59	4.85	0.86	20.9	4.3	1.16	.302	3.62	8.86
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.31	553	553	266	156	.630	3,546	26	9	0	3556.1	3,031	1,308	1,419	370	999	120	0	28	14,553	98	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.280	3.59	7.67
23	David Price D. Price	3.32	322	400	157	82	.657	2,076	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	8.10
24	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.33	484	529	212	128	.624	2,765	15	5	1	3061.1	2,831	1,133	1,221	318	683	58	8	22	12,449	96	8.13	2.01	4.05	0.93	22.2	5.5	1.15	.291	3.59	8.32
25	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	3.36	166	188	81	52	.609	1,053	9	3	0	1080.2	912	404	444	87	389	58	7	1	4,483	61	8.77	3.24	2.71	0.72	23.5	8.7	1.20	.285	3.70	7.60