Since 2000, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when pitching at least 2000 innings, with an ERA of 2.53.

Interpreted as:

best era by a player since 2000 min 2000 ip

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	25	15	0	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	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.1
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.01	2084.0	393	145	88	.622	312	2,579	16	3	12	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	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
3	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.20	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.22	2963.0	483	220	117	.653	474	3,489	12	5	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	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
5	David Price D. Price	3.32	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	2,076	17	3	3	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	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.32	3567.2	555	266	158	.627	555	3,553	26	9	0	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
7	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	3.36	2245.1	365	163	102	.615	341	1,852	20	8	0	2,199	838	897	197	520	80	7	34	9,301	30	7.42	2.08	3.56	0.79	19.9	5.6	1.21	.301	3.60	79	3.36	78	8.81	236.2
8	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	3.36	2586.0	378	194	98	.664	370	2,022	65	19	0	2,481	966	1,055	215	511	77	4	27	10,566	50	7.04	1.78	3.96	0.75	19.1	4.8	1.16	.293	3.67	77	3.27	75	8.63	304.7
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	3.42	2729.2	419	169	136	.554	418	2,524	25	11	0	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
10	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	3.43	2698.0	423	163	122	.572	422	2,560	17	7	0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
11	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	3.47	2209.1	358	134	124	.519	355	2,070	16	7	0	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
12	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.49	3389.1	586	225	156	.591	541	2,979	17	5	1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
13	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	3.50	2990.1	461	211	131	.617	458	1,948	25	13	0	2,836	1,164	1,263	240	855	120	0	82	12,425	78	5.86	2.57	2.28	0.72	15.7	6.9	1.23	.280	3.80	84	3.79	91	8.54	131.3
14	Cliff Lee C. Lee	3.52	2156.2	328	143	91	.611	324	1,824	29	12	0	2,116	843	923	223	464	50	1	12	8,917	41	7.61	1.94	3.93	0.93	20.5	5.2	1.20	.298	3.85	84	3.44	82	8.83	168.2
15	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	3.52	2256.1	370	144	113	.560	365	1,857	18	8	0	2,094	883	955	253	637	120	1	22	9,373	36	7.41	2.54	2.92	1.01	19.8	6.8	1.21	.283	3.81	86	3.93	96	8.35	31.8
16	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	3.53	2668.1	478	200	128	.610	411	2,202	28	11	3	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
17	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	3.63	2067.1	331	150	98	.605	331	1,621	14	8	0	1,912	833	879	262	551	55	0	17	8,531	37	7.06	2.40	2.94	1.14	19.0	6.5	1.19	.273	3.83	89	4.06	99	8.32	5.6
18	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	3.63	2377.0	388	152	126	.547	377	2,207	15	6	0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	3.66	2740.0	452	200	117	.631	451	2,488	15	4	0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
20	Matt Cain M. Cain	3.68	2085.2	342	104	118	.468	331	1,694	15	6	0	1,849	853	910	211	712	62	4	42	8,699	70	7.31	3.07	2.38	0.91	19.5	8.2	1.23	.272	3.93	93	3.91	99	7.98	9.2
21	CC Sabathia	3.74	3577.1	561	251	161	.609	560	3,093	38	12	0	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
22	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	3.74	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	2,015	4	2	1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
23	Dan Haren D. Haren	3.75	2419.2	391	153	131	.539	380	2,013	16	6	1	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
24	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	3.76	2101.1	383	113	110	.507	357	1,816	2	2	0	2,043	877	949	219	641	58	7	23	8,812	75	7.78	2.75	2.83	0.94	20.6	7.3	1.28	.300	4.06	91	3.76	90	8.75	91.5
25	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	3.81	3283.1	518	214	160	.572	493	1,870	33	10	0	3,472	1,391	1,542	361	734	79	6	49	13,705	27	5.13	2.01	2.55	0.99	13.6	5.4	1.28	.292	4.23	87	4.11	93	9.52	111.9