Between the 2000 and 2012 seasons, Stephen Strasburg had the lowest fielding-independent pitching, with a FIP of 2.47.

Interpreted as:

MLB best fip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player between 2000 to 2012

	NAME	FIP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	ERA-	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	2.47	45	21	10	.677	45	2.94	313	0	0	0	251.1	207	82	92	20	67	4	0	1	1,015	7	11.21	2.40	4.67	0.72	30.8	6.6	1.09	.306	3.29	74	63	7.41	40.2
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.91	227	112	50	.691	227	3.01	1,620	18	6	0	1468.0	1,171	491	530	132	350	86	0	10	5,917	24	9.93	2.15	4.63	0.81	27.4	5.9	1.04	.279	3.25	68	67	7.18	241.6
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3.00	151	61	37	.622	149	2.79	974	8	5	0	944.0	732	293	315	62	341	17	1	23	3,832	34	9.29	3.25	2.86	0.59	25.4	8.9	1.14	.275	3.00	72	75	6.98	102.1
4	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.09	367	56	42	.571	125	3.28	986	6	2	154	1058.2	982	386	405	93	236	19	204	29	4,324	26	8.38	2.01	4.18	0.79	22.8	5.5	1.15	.297	3.44	76	71	8.35	147.5
5	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	3.11	189	79	56	.585	188	3.31	1,317	8	5	0	1214.0	1,025	447	480	89	469	29	0	23	5,073	73	9.76	3.48	2.81	0.66	26.0	9.2	1.23	.295	3.56	84	79	7.60	119.6
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.12	287	143	78	.647	281	3.34	2,182	32	12	0	1885.1	1,616	699	790	212	484	89	3	22	7,686	34	10.42	2.31	4.51	1.01	28.4	6.3	1.11	.298	3.77	75	70	7.71	275.2
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.18	109	21	11	.656	29	2.89	303	1	0	12	286.1	234	92	93	27	88	8	25	8	1,152	9	9.52	2.77	3.44	0.85	26.3	7.6	1.12	.285	2.92	68	74	7.36	34.1
8	Josh Johnson J. Johnson	3.19	154	56	37	.602	144	3.15	832	4	0	0	916.2	822	321	346	59	308	22	1	27	3,792	29	8.17	3.02	2.70	0.58	21.9	8.1	1.23	.297	3.40	76	78	8.07	89.6
9	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	3.20	365	190	93	.671	357	3.28	1,971	64	19	0	2524.0	2,426	919	1,007	203	475	67	4	26	10,284	46	7.03	1.69	4.15	0.72	19.2	4.6	1.15	.294	3.59	74	73	8.65	320.2
10	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	3.23	87	36	30	.545	84	3.20	478	2	1	0	534.0	512	190	211	48	124	17	1	14	2,205	4	8.06	2.09	3.85	0.81	21.7	5.6	1.19	.302	3.56	87	86	8.63	30.9
11	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3.23	243	117	63	.650	221	3.54	1,545	26	7	9	1569.1	1,515	618	630	194	257	21	21	9	6,368	23	8.86	1.47	6.01	1.11	24.3	4.0	1.13	.304	3.61	78	73	8.69	204.8
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	3.28	29	16	9	.640	29	3.90	221	0	0	0	191.1	156	83	89	14	89	10	0	1	816	8	10.40	4.19	2.48	0.66	27.1	10.9	1.28	.295	4.19	90	77	7.34	20.3
13	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	3.29	238	98	76	.563	238	3.22	1,487	23	9	0	1620.1	1,484	579	648	130	480	54	0	14	6,690	85	8.26	2.67	3.10	0.72	22.2	7.2	1.21	.298	3.60	78	79	8.24	161
14	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	3.31	214	80	48	.625	151	3.15	908	11	4	3	1073.0	998	376	412	79	301	29	11	13	4,455	26	7.62	2.52	3.02	0.66	20.4	6.8	1.21	.293	3.46	78	80	8.37	97.1
15	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.34	137	54	36	.600	129	3.30	696	6	1	0	825.2	766	303	342	68	218	31	0	7	3,417	26	7.59	2.38	3.19	0.74	20.4	6.4	1.19	.290	3.73	78	76	8.35	99.9
16	Jaime Garcia J. Garcia	3.34	90	34	23	.596	81	3.43	394	3	3	0	495.2	508	189	232	35	152	6	4	7	2,105	31	7.15	2.76	2.59	0.64	18.7	7.2	1.33	.312	4.21	90	87	9.22	27.5
17	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	3.37	356	163	96	.629	335	3.28	1,818	20	8	0	2213.0	2,150	807	866	194	511	79	7	34	9,150	29	7.39	2.08	3.56	0.79	19.9	5.6	1.20	.299	3.52	77	78	8.74	232.8
18	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	3.38	53	19	8	.704	31	3.67	220	0	0	1	210.2	193	86	88	19	75	11	4	4	880	4	9.40	3.20	2.93	0.81	25.0	8.5	1.27	.314	3.76	96	88	8.25	10.7
19	Mark Prior M. Prior	3.40	106	42	29	.592	106	3.51	757	5	1	0	657.0	582	256	277	77	223	31	0	10	2,771	21	10.37	3.05	3.39	1.05	27.3	8.0	1.23	.300	3.79	81	78	7.97	70.6
20	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.40	232	124	65	.656	232	3.40	1,454	20	6	0	1553.2	1,353	587	636	137	470	60	0	19	6,408	57	8.42	2.72	3.09	0.79	22.7	7.3	1.17	.284	3.68	78	79	7.84	155.3
21	Michael Pineda M. Pineda	3.42	28	9	10	.474	28	3.74	173	0	0	0	171.0	133	71	76	18	55	5	0	1	696	9	9.11	2.89	3.15	0.95	24.9	7.9	1.10	.258	4.00	98	87	7.00	9.6
22	Jarrod Parker J. Parker	3.42	30	13	8	.619	30	3.37	141	0	0	0	187.0	170	70	71	11	64	3	0	3	773	10	6.79	3.08	2.20	0.53	18.2	8.3	1.25	.287	3.42	85	85	8.18	13.1
23	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.42	229	107	50	.682	228	3.34	1,356	3	1	0	1454.1	1,268	539	596	129	478	45	0	19	6,029	53	8.39	2.96	2.84	0.80	22.5	7.9	1.20	.283	3.69	75	76	7.85	169.1
24	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.43	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	2025.2	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	81	7.67	187.6
25	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.44	272	91	78	.538	231	3.77	1,332	12	3	1	1492.0	1,482	625	675	149	379	45	8	12	6,231	43	8.03	2.29	3.51	0.90	21.4	6.1	1.25	.308	4.07	87	81	8.94	131.8