Since 2000, Paul Skenes has the lowest fielding-independent pitching, with a FIP of 2.39.

Interpreted as:

MLB lowest fip with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player since 2000

	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.39	55	21	13	.618	55	1.96	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	58	6.46	61
2	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.43	76	38	17	.691	76	2.58	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	64	6.82	73
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.70	248	96	65	.596	248	2.57	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	66	66	6.86	239.4
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.82	48	19	10	.655	48	2.66	306	0	0	0	263.2	191	78	85	21	81	4	0	0	1,052	7	10.45	2.76	3.78	0.72	29.1	7.7	1.03	.266	2.90	65	67	6.52	39.5
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.85	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	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	65	70	6.91	375.1
6	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	2.86	136	27	24	.529	64	2.95	549	1	1	0	424.1	345	139	151	45	119	11	18	2	1,725	15	11.64	2.52	4.61	0.95	31.8	6.9	1.09	.300	3.20	70	67	7.32	64.7
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.87	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	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	70	68	7.31	303.3
8	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
9	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.01	180	69	51	.575	177	3.38	994	3	2	0	1062.1	1,020	399	440	74	250	36	0	4	4,350	22	8.42	2.12	3.98	0.63	22.9	5.7	1.20	.316	3.73	83	75	8.64	121.8
10	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.01	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	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	80	75	7.45	165.9
11	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
12	Spencer Strider S. Strider	3.09	90	38	24	.613	77	3.74	626	0	0	0	455.0	368	189	198	52	160	20	3	2	1,881	13	12.38	3.16	3.91	1.03	33.3	8.5	1.16	.309	3.92	87	75	7.28	52.1
13	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
14	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.14	137	54	37	.593	134	3.08	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	75	76	7.21	84
15	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.14	104	30	21	.588	85	3.24	509	3	1	1	535.2	495	193	211	45	128	13	4	1	2,193	16	8.55	2.15	3.98	0.76	23.2	5.8	1.16	.300	3.55	77	74	8.32	63.7
16	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.15	143	66	34	.660	141	3.24	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	76	75	8.01	106.7
17	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.16	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	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	79	77	7.49	213.5
18	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	3.16	83	21	20	.512	66	3.66	461	1	0	0	384.0	312	156	168	35	144	10	1	2	1,585	22	10.80	3.38	3.20	0.82	29.1	9.1	1.19	.296	3.94	86	76	7.31	42.6
19	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.18	142	53	28	.654	127	3.10	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	73	75	7.01	89
20	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	3.22	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1641.2	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	9.46	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	78	8.15	161.7
21	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.23	483	220	117	.653	474	3.22	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	77	78	7.39	302.5
22	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
23	Max Fried M. Fried	3.24	200	92	41	.692	183	3.03	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	71	78	7.89	112
24	George Kirby G. Kirby	3.25	112	44	34	.564	112	3.58	621	1	0	0	637.2	616	254	270	72	93	25	0	1	2,601	13	8.76	1.31	6.68	1.02	23.9	3.6	1.11	.304	3.81	93	82	8.69	52.6
25	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.25	210	63	38	.624	149	3.15	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	75	78	7.03	100.7