Ed Walsh has the lowest career fielding-independent pitching, with a FIP of 2.02.

Interpreted as:

lowest fip with a minimum of 1500 IP by a player

	NAME	FIP	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	2.02	2964.1	430	195	126	.607	315	1.82	1,736	250	57	35	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105	11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	79	7.12	164.3
2	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.03	2961.1	407	193	143	.574	340	2.16	2,316	261	50	5	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54	11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	71	7.48	262
3	Addie Joss A. Joss	2.25	2327.0	286	160	97	.623	260	1.89	920	234	45	5	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22	8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	86	7.30	88.8
4	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.26	4788.2	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	2,507	435	79	30	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73	18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	76	7.93	363
5	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.29	3017.0	459	212	127	.625	334	2.46	1,711	255	40	34	2,645	823	1,108	40	712	102	112	11,895	79	5.10	2.12	2.40	0.12	14.4	6.0	1.11	.279	3.31	88	83	7.89	145.9
6	Tommy Bond T. Bond	2.38	2779.2	322	193	115	.627	314	2.25	860	294	35	0	2,857	695	1,339	32	178		11	11,386	120	2.78	0.58	4.83	0.10	7.6	1.6	1.09	.274	4.34	89	95	9.25	32.3
7	Orval Overall O. Overall	2.39	1535.1	218	108	71	.603	182	2.26	935	133	30	12	1,232	385	520	16	551	45	30	6,145	57	5.48	3.23	1.70	0.09	15.2	9.0	1.16	.264	3.05	81	85	7.22	72.4
8	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.42	3172.1	481	239	130	.648	332	2.06	1,375	271	55	49	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138	12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	83	7.68	161.9
9	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.42	5914.1	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	3,509	531	110	34	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127	23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	76	7.48	472.8
10	John Ward J. Ward	2.43	2469.2	293	164	103	.614	262	2.10	920	245	24	3	2,324	576	1,185	26	253		32	10,164	144	3.35	0.92	3.64	0.09	9.1	2.5	1.04		4.32	82	96	8.47	9.1
11	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.45	4495.2	623	326	194	.627	529	2.35	2,246	410	69	23	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77	17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	86	7.92	195.2
12	Cy Falkenberg C. Falkenberg	2.49	2275.0	330	130	123	.514	266	2.68	1,164	180	27	8	2,090	678	963	23	690	68	48	9,170	93	4.60	2.73	1.69	0.09	12.7	7.5	1.22	.286	3.81	96	92	8.27	63.3
13	Dick Rudolph D. Rudolph	2.50	2049.0	279	121	109	.526	240	2.66	786	172	27	8	1,971	605	778	35	402	27	36	8,286	39	3.45	1.77	1.96	0.15	9.5	4.9	1.16	.275	3.42	94	88	8.66	76.7
14	Doc White D. White	2.51	3041.0	427	189	156	.548	363	2.39	1,384	262	45	5	2,738	808	1,118	33	670	120	53	12,093	63	4.10	1.98	2.07	0.10	11.4	5.5	1.12	.274	3.31	89	96	8.10	22.9
15	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	2.52	1567.1	176	89	80	.527	176	2.43	406	172	9	0	1,627	424	922	12	124		0	6,659	84	2.33	0.71	3.27	0.07	6.1	1.9	1.12		5.29	97	100	9.34	-7.4
16	Frank Smith F. Smith	2.52	2274.0	354	139	111	.556	255	2.59	1,051	184	27	6	1,975	655	891	27	676	41	78	9,064	69	4.16	2.68	1.55	0.11	11.6	7.5	1.17	.268	3.53	98	100	7.82	-10.6
17	Red Ames R. Ames	2.54	3198.0	533	183	167	.523	371	2.63	1,702	209	27	36	2,896	934	1,313	41	1,034	64	118	13,080	156	4.79	2.91	1.65	0.12	13.0	7.9	1.23	.279	3.70	93	88	8.15	121.5
18	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.54	3226.0	502	209	148	.585	361	2.38	1,374	249	35	24	2,897	853	1,161	32	827	52	107	12,731	57	3.83	2.31	1.66	0.09	10.8	6.5	1.15	.274	3.24	82	88	8.08	131.9
19	Bob Ewing B. Ewing	2.55	2301.0	291	124	118	.512	264	2.49	998	205	19	4	2,097	637	940	31	614	55	27	9,157	45	3.90	2.40	1.63	0.12	10.9	6.7	1.18	.277	3.68	86	87	8.20	107.6
20	Nick Altrock N. Altrock	2.56	1514.0	218	83	75	.525	161	2.67	425	128	16	7	1,455	449	600	16	272	22	45	6,016	31	2.53	1.62	1.56	0.10	7.1	4.5	1.14	.272	3.57	104	103	8.65	-22.3
21	Hooks Wiltse H. Wiltse	2.56	2112.1	357	139	90	.607	225	2.47	965	152	27	33	1,892	580	787	54	498	40	109	8,413	41	4.11	2.12	1.94	0.23	11.5	5.9	1.13	.268	3.35	89	90	8.06	70.5
22	George McQuillan G. McQuillan	2.58	1576.1	273	85	89	.489	173	2.38	590	105	17	14	1,382	417	578	23	401	30	76	6,255	16	3.37	2.29	1.47	0.13	9.4	6.4	1.13	.261	3.30	87	93	7.89	31.1
23	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	2.60	2607.0	372	189	109	.634	289	2.59	929	242	27	12	2,518	749	1,071	41	363	59	72	10,380	45	3.21	1.25	2.56	0.14	8.9	3.5	1.11	.276	3.70	85	82	8.69	156.8
24	Nap Rucker N. Rucker	2.60	2375.1	336	134	134	.500	274	2.42	1,217	186	38	14	2,089	639	823	41	701	73	58	9,441	43	4.61	2.66	1.74	0.16	12.9	7.4	1.17	.276	3.12	86	90	7.92	73.7
25	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	2.62	2730.0	390	178	137	.565	332	2.49	1,416	214	41	5	2,461	754	1,039	39	817	85	45	11,225	63	4.67	2.69	1.73	0.13	12.6	7.3	1.20	.273	3.43	83	88	8.11	108.4