League Leaders Who Led?
Clayton Kershaw

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Clayton Kershaw

2008–2025  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  6'4", 225 lb  ·  b. 1988 Dallas, TX

Career 223–96 · 2.53 ERA · 3,052 SO · 2855.1 IP · 464 G · 113 H · 1 HR · 40 RBI · .162 AVG

Seasons leading his league
23
15 best in baseball 8 league only
48 Top-5 finishes
7 Title seasons
8 Categories led
2014 Best season

Spanning 2011–2017, peaking at 5 titles in 2014.

2011 Pitching Triple Crown
Led the NL in 21 W, 2.28 ERA, 248 SO
Led in Earned Run Average for 4 straight seasons (2011–2014) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 46th League titles 23
  • 35th Best in baseball 15
  • 109th Top-5 finishes 48

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Earned Run Average 5 1st 4 yrs (2011–2014) 2011 2.28 2012 2.53 2013 1.83 2014 1.77 2017 NL 2.31 2015 #3
Walks + Hits / IP 4 1st 4 yrs (2011–2014) 2013 0.92 2014 0.86 2011 NL 0.98 2012 NL 1.02 2015 #3 2017 #2
Shutouts 3 1st 2 yrs (2015–2016) 2015 3 2016 3 2013 NL 2 2011 #2 2012 #2 2014 #3
Strikeouts 3 1st — 2015 301 2011 NL 248 2013 NL 232 2012 #2 2014 #3
Wins 3 1st — 2014 21 2017 18 2011 NL 21 2013 #3
Complete Games 2 1st 2 yrs (2014–2015) 2014 6 2015 4 2011 #3 2013 #3 2016 #3
Strikeouts / 9 2 1st 2 yrs (2014–2015) 2014 10.85 2015 NL 11.64 2011 #2
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 2015 232.2 2011 #3 2012 #2 2013 #2

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
2017 2 ERA 2.31 W 18
2016 1 SHO 3
2015 5 SO 301 IP 232.2 K/9 11.64 SHO 3 CG 4
2014 5 ERA 1.77 W 21 WHIP 0.86 K/9 10.85 CG 6
2013 4 ERA 1.83 SO 232 WHIP 0.92 SHO 2
2012 2 ERA 2.53 WHIP 1.02
2011 4 ERA 2.28 W 21 SO 248 WHIP 0.98

Pitching

18 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
2008 LAN NL 5 5 4.26 22 21 0 107.2 109 51 11 52 100 1.50
2009 LAN NL 8 8 2.79 31 30 0 171.0 119 53 7 91 185 1.23
2010 LAN NL 13 10 2.91 32 32 0 204.1 160 66 13 81 212 1.18
2011 LAN NL 21 5 2.28 33 33 0 233.1 174 59 15 54 248 0.98
2012 LAN NL 14 9 2.53 33 33 0 227.2 170 64 16 63 229 1.02
2013 LAN NL 16 9 1.83 33 33 0 236.0 164 48 11 52 232 0.92
2014 LAN NL 21 3 1.77 27 27 0 198.1 139 39 9 31 239 0.86
2015 LAN NL 16 7 2.13 33 33 0 232.2 163 55 15 42 301 0.88
2016 LAN NL 12 4 1.69 21 21 0 149.0 97 28 8 11 172 0.73
2017 LAN NL 18 4 2.31 27 27 0 175.0 136 45 23 30 202 0.95
2018 LAN NL 9 5 2.73 26 26 0 161.1 139 49 17 29 155 1.04
2019 LAN NL 16 5 3.03 29 28 0 178.1 145 60 28 41 189 1.04
2020 LAN NL 6 2 2.16 10 10 0 58.1 41 14 8 8 62 0.84
2021 LAN NL 10 8 3.55 22 22 0 121.2 103 48 15 21 144 1.02
2022 LAN NL 12 3 2.28 22 22 0 126.1 96 32 10 23 137 0.94
2023 LAN NL 13 5 2.46 24 24 0 131.2 100 36 19 40 137 1.06
2024 LAN NL 2 2 4.50 7 7 0 30.0 36 15 2 9 24 1.50
2025 LAN NL 11 2 3.36 23 22 0 112.2 102 42 8 35 84 1.22
Career — — 223 96 2.53 455 451 0 2855.1 2,193 804 235 713 3,052 1.02

Batting

18 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 LAN NL 22 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 .069 .069 .069 .138
2009 LAN NL 31 48 2 5 0 0 0 2 3 16 0 .104 .157 .104 .261
2010 LAN NL 32 55 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 17 0 .055 .071 .055 .126
2011 LAN NL 33 71 10 16 0 0 0 4 3 13 0 .225 .267 .225 .492
2012 LAN NL 34 58 2 12 1 0 0 2 2 19 0 .207 .230 .224 .454
2013 LAN NL 35 77 8 14 3 0 1 10 5 24 0 .182 .241 .260 .501
2014 LAN NL 27 63 5 11 0 1 0 3 4 23 1 .175 .235 .206 .442
2015 LAN NL 34 71 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 23 0 .127 .162 .155 .317
2016 LAN NL 23 46 2 8 1 0 0 3 1 12 0 .174 .192 .196 .387
2017 LAN NL 27 49 6 9 1 0 0 2 4 13 0 .184 .245 .204 .449
2018 LAN NL 27 46 1 11 2 0 0 7 7 11 0 .239 .340 .283 .622
2019 LAN NL 29 49 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 16 0 .102 .120 .122 .242
2020 LAN NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
2021 LAN NL 24 36 2 8 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 .222 .243 .222 .465
2022 LAN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
2023 LAN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
2024 LAN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
2025 LAN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
Career — — 464 698 46 113 11 1 1 40 34 211 1 .162 .205 .185 .390

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 455 85 384 12 16 .975