Since 2000, Aroldis Chapman has the lowest fielding-independent pitching when pitching at least 500 innings, with a FIP of 2.36.

Interpreted as:

best MLB fip by a player (min 500 ip) since 2000

	NAME	FIP	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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-	H/9	PRAA
1	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.36	821.1	863	60	47	.561	0	2.52	1,331	0	0	367	475	230	255	54	408	33	563	7	3,341	87	14.58	4.47	3.26	0.59	39.8	12.2	1.08	.278	2.79	61	57	5.20	161.8
2	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	2.55	519.1	520	28	36	.438	0	2.82	839	0	0	253	356	163	176	54	182	40	395	9	2,105	33	14.54	3.15	4.61	0.94	39.9	8.6	1.04	.305	3.05	70	61	6.17	93.4
3	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.60	821.2	851	56	48	.538	0	2.58	1,282	0	0	440	492	236	263	75	346	40	656	11	3,306	70	14.04	3.79	3.71	0.82	38.8	10.5	1.02	.267	2.88	63	64	5.39	131.8
4	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.61	907.0	849	56	47	.544	0	2.05	836	0	0	523	698	207	227	49	167	38	768	28	3,562	8	8.30	1.66	5.01	0.49	23.5	4.7	0.95	.263	2.25	46	59	6.93	180.9
5	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.62	927.1	934	54	40	.574	0	2.57	1,278	0	0	475	610	265	284	88	282	32	700	20	3,680	21	12.40	2.74	4.53	0.85	34.7	7.7	0.96	.261	2.76	65	64	5.92	147.2
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.70	1539.2	248	96	65	.596	248	2.57	1,851	4	2	0	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
7	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	2.80	725.2	689	41	36	.532	3	2.44	808	0	0	368	572	197	226	57	185	34	585	18	2,938	14	10.02	2.29	4.37	0.71	27.5	6.3	1.04	.278	2.80	58	69	7.09	105.2
8	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.81	650.0	629	30	26	.536	0	2.30	802	0	0	321	443	166	190	60	192	26	529	21	2,577	35	11.10	2.66	4.18	0.83	31.1	7.5	0.98	.256	2.63	53	64	6.13	111.4
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.85	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	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	70	6.91	375.1
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.87	2084.0	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	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	68	7.31	303.3
11	Josh Hader J. Hader	2.88	512.1	468	34	31	.523	0	2.64	829	0	0	226	282	150	164	65	198	24	321	6	2,019	19	14.56	3.48	4.19	1.14	41.1	9.8	0.94	.240	2.88	64	69	4.95	75.7
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.91	1468.0	227	112	50	.691	227	3.01	1,620	18	6	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
13	David Robertson D. Robertson	2.98	894.1	881	68	46	.596	1	2.93	1,176	0	0	179	674	291	315	81	365	25	358	38	3,690	57	11.83	3.67	3.22	0.82	31.9	9.9	1.16	.290	3.17	70	70	6.78	122.3
14	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.01	1062.1	180	69	51	.575	177	3.38	994	3	2	0	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
15	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.01	1470.0	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	1,723	2	2	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
16	Greg Holland G. Holland	3.02	547.2	556	30	28	.517	0	3.14	677	0	0	220	417	191	211	43	241	7	355	20	2,271	50	11.13	3.96	2.81	0.71	29.8	10.6	1.20	.287	3.47	74	73	6.85	66.2
17	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	3.03	726.2	732	37	40	.481	0	2.94	643	0	0	262	657	237	276	44	192	25	454	23	2,981	44	7.96	2.38	3.35	0.54	21.6	6.4	1.17	.295	3.42	73	76	8.14	75.9
18	Rafael Betancourt R. Betancourt	3.04	685.2	680	38	37	.507	0	3.36	724	0	0	75	596	256	274	71	164	1	241	40	2,787	17	9.50	2.15	4.41	0.93	26.0	5.9	1.11	.287	3.60	76	71	7.82	92
19	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	3.07	833.0	768	57	30	.655	15	2.72	922	0	0	376	606	252	272	67	298	22	585	31	3,376	45	9.96	3.22	3.09	0.72	27.3	8.8	1.09	.261	2.94	64	73	6.55	107.5
20	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.09	1058.2	367	56	42	.571	125	3.28	986	6	2	154	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
21	Joakim Soria J. Soria	3.11	763.0	773	36	45	.444	1	3.11	831	0	0	229	633	264	279	67	231	27	427	18	3,146	33	9.80	2.72	3.60	0.79	26.4	7.3	1.13	.284	3.29	73	74	7.47	92.7
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.12	1885.1	287	143	78	.647	281	3.34	2,182	32	12	0	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
23	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.14	766.2	137	54	37	.593	134	3.08	889	1	1	0	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
24	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	3.14	676.0	694	43	38	.531	0	3.41	758	0	0	118	580	256	285	51	268	20	293	34	2,836	21	10.09	3.57	2.83	0.68	26.7	9.4	1.25	.304	3.79	84	77	7.72	75.5
25	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.14	535.2	104	30	21	.588	85	3.24	509	3	1	1	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