who has best era in last 30 years with minimum 2000 innings pitched

Between December 16, 1995 and December 16, 2025, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when pitching at least 2000 innings, with an ERA of 2.53.

	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	H/9
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	6.91
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.86	2373.0	355	184	79	.700	353	2,711	43	14	0	1,866	755	833	202	591	115	1	22	9,551	48	10.28	2.24	4.59	0.77	28.4	6.2	1.04	.281	3.16	7.08
3	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	7.31
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.17	2675.2	400	204	102	.667	387	3,251	59	22	1	2,221	942	1,065	293	742	124	5	28	10,885	52	10.94	2.50	4.38	0.99	29.9	6.8	1.11	.298	3.58	7.47
5	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	7.67
6	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	7.39
7	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.26	2383.1	360	172	86	.667	359	2,339	24	10	0	2,042	862	946	188	830	77	0	22	9,888	79	8.83	3.13	2.82	0.71	23.7	8.4	1.21	.287	3.57	7.71
8	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	8.10
9	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	7.68
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.36	2887.2	443	205	134	.605	443	1,900	39	15	0	2,849	1,077	1,198	245	438	77	0	94	11,762	33	5.92	1.37	4.34	0.76	16.2	3.7	1.14	.286	3.73	8.88
11	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	8.81
12	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	3.38	2749.1	416	203	105	.659	390	2,117	67	20	1	2,646	1,034	1,135	236	592	81	6	28	11,287	56	6.93	1.94	3.58	0.77	18.8	5.2	1.18	.292	3.72	8.66
13	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	8.20
14	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	8.09
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3.43	2456.0	363	173	104	.625	341	2,498	64	14	9	2,267	935	970	283	470	40	21	20	9,933	49	9.15	1.72	5.31	1.04	25.1	4.7	1.11	.299	3.55	8.31
16	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	8.18
17	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	3.49	3126.2	482	222	133	.625	479	2,080	26	13	0	2,957	1,213	1,319	248	917	124	0	84	13,005	84	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.1	1.24	.281	3.80	8.51
18	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	8.52
19	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	8.83
20	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	8.35
21	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	8.69
22	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	3.55	2692.1	420	181	121	.599	420	1,576	23	12	0	2,649	1,061	1,149	243	921	40	0	91	11,352	22	5.27	3.08	1.71	0.81	13.9	8.1	1.33	.281	3.84	8.86
23	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	8.32
24	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	8.08
25	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	8.57