Brian Anderson has the highest career fielding-independent pitching, with a FIP of 5.06.

Interpreted as:

highest fip with a minimum of 1500 IP of all-time MLB players

	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	Brian Anderson B. Anderson	5.06	1547.0	291	82	83	.497	245	4.74	723	12	4	1	1,743	814	906	264	337	23	11	28	6,532	22	4.21	1.96	2.15	1.54	11.1	5.2	1.34	.285	5.27	103	111	10.14	-85.6
2	Rick Helling R. Helling	5.00	1526.1	301	93	81	.534	234	4.68	1,058	10	4	0	1,540	793	842	247	562	48	22	24	6,564	48	6.24	3.31	1.88	1.46	16.1	8.6	1.38	.278	4.96	100	108	9.08	-61.1
3	Bruce Chen B. Chen	4.91	1532.0	400	82	81	.503	227	4.62	1,140	4	1	1	1,578	786	849	257	546	45	56	40	6,619	30	6.70	3.21	2.09	1.51	17.2	8.2	1.39	.285	4.99	108	115	9.27	-108.7
4	Jose Lima J. Lima	4.90	1567.2	348	89	102	.466	235	5.26	980	9	1	5	1,783	917	972	267	393	53	40	27	6,790	43	5.63	2.26	2.49	1.53	14.4	5.8	1.39	.297	5.58	119	111	10.24	-88.6
5	Jamey Wright J. Wright	4.86	2036.2	719	97	130	.427	248	4.81	1,189	6	3	2	2,168	1,088	1,208	200	978	155	133	73	9,038	87	5.25	4.32	1.22	0.88	13.2	10.8	1.54	.302	5.34	105	109	9.58	-84.5
6	Jason Marquis J. Marquis	4.86	1968.1	377	124	118	.512	318	4.61	1,174	8	5	1	2,079	1,008	1,114	253	769	88	26	41	8,623	56	5.37	3.52	1.53	1.16	13.6	8.9	1.45	.288	5.09	110	115	9.51	-139
7	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	4.85	2542.2	448	140	146	.490	417	4.70	1,390	16	5	0	2,843	1,328	1,451	337	871	94	16	58	11,139	89	4.92	3.08	1.60	1.19	12.5	7.8	1.46	.297	5.14	105	109	10.06	-111.6
8	Steve Trachsel S. Trachsel	4.83	2501.0	420	143	159	.474	417	4.39	1,591	20	7	0	2,587	1,219	1,327	348	943	52	1	63	10,799	64	5.73	3.39	1.69	1.25	14.7	8.7	1.41	.285	4.78	101	110	9.31	-121.2
9	Jordan Lyles J. Lyles	4.77	1509.0	357	72	107	.402	245	5.22	1,145	5	1	2	1,626	876	950	237	493	67	36	16	6,586	60	6.83	2.94	2.32	1.41	17.4	7.5	1.40	.299	5.67	124	115	9.70	-101.4
10	Jeremy Guthrie J. Guthrie	4.77	1765.1	306	91	109	.455	273	4.42	1,046	8	2	0	1,862	867	930	250	510	88	12	16	7,558	33	5.33	2.60	2.05	1.27	13.8	6.7	1.34	.285	4.74	104	113	9.49	-105.1
11	Eric Milton E. Milton	4.77	1582.1	271	89	85	.511	270	4.99	1,127	10	4	0	1,665	878	935	267	453	35	0	14	6,826	29	6.41	2.58	2.49	1.52	16.5	6.6	1.34	.283	5.32	108	106	9.47	-42.6
12	Jack Knott J. Knott	4.76	1557.0	325	82	103	.443	192	4.97	484	62	4	19	1,787	860	991	140	642	20	78		7,007	42	2.80	3.71	0.75	0.81	6.9	9.2	1.56	.288	5.73	107	106	10.33	-37.9
13	Pat Hentgen P. Hentgen	4.72	2075.1	344	131	112	.539	306	4.32	1,290	34	10	1	2,111	996	1,076	269	775	49	15	29	8,925	66	5.59	3.36	1.66	1.17	14.5	8.7	1.39	.282	4.67	93	102	9.15	-18.7
14	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	4.72	3226.1	627	200	180	.526	463	4.41	2,156	33	6	22	3,152	1,582	1,791	418	1,205	186	78	33	13,939	134	6.01	3.36	1.79	1.17	15.5	8.6	1.35	.274	5.00	96	108	8.79	-137.5
15	Paul Byrd P. Byrd	4.71	1697.0	345	109	96	.532	256	4.41	923	17	6	0	1,857	831	929	247	401	62	30	23	7,266	35	4.90	2.13	2.30	1.31	12.7	5.5	1.33	.286	4.93	99	107	9.85	-63.6
16	Omar Olivares O. Olivares	4.70	1591.2	349	77	86	.472	229	4.67	853	16	2	4	1,678	826	889	159	685	80	42	30	6,966	46	4.82	3.87	1.25	0.90	12.2	9.8	1.48	.293	5.03	107	108	9.49	-58.4
17	George Hemming G. Hemming	4.69	1587.2	204	91	82	.526	168	4.53	362	156	7	6	1,795	800	1,120	55	690	52	34		7,184	40	2.05	3.91	0.52	0.31	5.0	9.6	1.57	.289	6.35	105	106	10.18	-52.4
18	Jon Garland J. Garland	4.68	2151.1	365	136	125	.521	342	4.37	1,156	11	6	1	2,260	1,045	1,149	263	723	63	9	39	9,197	50	4.84	3.02	1.60	1.10	12.6	7.9	1.39	.286	4.81	98	105	9.45	-46.3
19	Russ Ortiz R. Ortiz	4.66	1661.1	311	113	89	.559	266	4.51	1,192	9	3	0	1,618	832	903	179	860	45	13	37	7,316	57	6.46	4.66	1.39	0.97	16.3	11.8	1.49	.286	4.89	105	108	8.77	-63.9
20	Sidney Ponson S. Ponson	4.66	1760.1	298	91	113	.446	278	5.03	1,031	29	4	1	2,004	983	1,051	223	609	45	7	19	7,676	53	5.27	3.11	1.69	1.14	13.4	7.9	1.48	.309	5.37	112	103	10.25	-21.7
21	Kirk Rueter K. Rueter	4.66	1918.0	340	130	92	.586	336	4.27	818	4	1	0	2,092	911	1,004	220	582	25	1	41	8,210	24	3.84	2.73	1.41	1.03	10.0	7.1	1.39	.285	4.71	102	110	9.82	-97.6
22	Woody Williams W. Williams	4.63	2216.1	424	132	116	.532	330	4.19	1,480	10	2	0	2,217	1,031	1,096	309	711	72	34	40	9,475	58	6.01	2.89	2.08	1.25	15.6	7.5	1.32	.276	4.45	97	105	9.00	-59.6
23	Vern Kennedy V. Kennedy	4.60	2025.2	344	104	132	.441	263	4.67	691	127	7	6	2,173	1,052	1,202	130	1,049	24	56		9,055	54	3.07	4.66	0.66	0.58	7.6	11.6	1.59	.285	5.34	107	108	9.65	-72.9
24	Brian Moehler B. Moehler	4.60	1567.1	332	84	107	.440	252	4.81	859	11	6	1	1,834	837	897	199	454	36	40	37	6,844	25	4.93	2.61	1.89	1.14	12.6	6.6	1.46	.309	5.15	108	102	10.53	-11.7
25	Miguel Batista M. Batista	4.59	1956.1	658	102	115	.470	248	4.48	1,250	11	5	41	2,021	974	1,089	194	899	79	164	58	8,643	102	5.75	4.14	1.39	0.89	14.5	10.4	1.49	.294	5.01	101	105	9.30	-41.4