Since 2021, Paul Skenes has the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 1.96.

Interpreted as:

MLB best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player since 2021

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	23	11	3	.786	23	170	0	0	0	133.0	94	29	31	10	32	6	0	0	514	2	11.50	2.17	5.31	0.68	33.1	6.2	0.95	.284	2.10	47	2.44	60	6.36	23.9
2	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	2.59	17	8	5	.615	17	137	1	0	0	107.2	71	31	36	19	37	3	0	1	432	3	11.45	3.09	3.70	1.59	31.7	8.6	1.00	.220	3.01	64	4.03	94	5.93	3.1
3	Reynaldo López R. López	2.66	175	21	20	.512	35	349	0	0	6	324.2	251	96	108	29	100	4	27	3	1,297	11	9.67	2.77	3.49	0.80	26.9	7.7	1.08	.272	2.99	63	3.14	75	6.96	37
4	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	2.70	68	27	15	.643	68	475	1	1	0	399.2	292	120	127	45	100	15	0	0	1,581	4	10.70	2.25	4.75	1.01	30.0	6.3	0.98	.261	2.86	65	3.11	74	6.58	48.6
5	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.84	74	34	16	.680	74	542	1	1	0	428.1	307	135	143	47	143	23	0	2	1,724	36	11.39	3.00	3.79	0.99	31.4	8.3	1.05	.268	3.00	67	3.23	76	6.45	47.2
6	Max Fried M. Fried	2.87	101	47	25	.653	101	574	5	4	0	603.0	511	192	211	47	148	20	0	2	2,425	25	8.57	2.21	3.88	0.70	23.7	6.1	1.09	.284	3.15	68	3.10	76	7.63	65.3
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.88	75	37	18	.673	75	442	0	0	0	409.2	335	131	145	46	93	10	0	1	1,637	15	9.71	2.04	4.75	1.01	27.0	5.7	1.04	.276	3.19	70	3.23	76	7.36	46.2
8	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	2.91	29	15	3	.833	29	174	0	0	0	173.1	149	56	66	27	28	3	0	0	694	3	9.03	1.45	6.21	1.40	25.1	4.0	1.02	.264	3.43	73	3.71	93	7.74	5
9	Michael King M. King	2.91	136	25	24	.510	45	456	0	0	7	392.2	324	127	150	36	135	18	23	6	1,631	10	10.45	3.09	3.38	0.83	28.0	8.3	1.17	.292	3.44	71	3.22	77	7.43	41.1
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2.92	89	40	19	.678	89	623	1	0	0	520.2	393	169	177	71	115	26	0	0	2,056	7	10.77	1.99	5.42	1.23	30.3	5.6	0.98	.264	3.06	71	3.36	80	6.79	48
11	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	2.94	125	48	30	.615	125	858	0	0	0	757.0	573	247	273	74	199	29	0	0	3,022	32	10.20	2.37	4.31	0.88	28.4	6.6	1.02	.268	3.25	71	3.08	74	6.81	92
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.94	122	55	30	.647	122	846	3	2	0	758.1	601	248	268	69	171	32	0	2	3,030	16	10.04	2.03	4.95	0.82	27.9	5.6	1.02	.278	3.18	70	2.93	69	7.13	110.6
13	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	2.96	36	17	7	.708	36	235	0	0	0	210.0	159	69	71	17	98	10	0	0	879	8	10.07	4.20	2.40	0.73	26.7	11.1	1.22	.274	3.04	71	3.51	84	6.81	15.2
14	Kodai Senga K. Senga	2.99	30	13	7	.650	30	211	0	0	0	171.2	128	57	62	18	78	6	0	0	714	14	11.06	4.09	2.71	0.94	29.6	10.9	1.20	.274	3.25	71	3.62	84	6.71	13.4
15	Tobias Myers T. Myers	3.00	27	9	6	.600	25	127	0	0	0	138.0	126	46	52	18	36	5	0	0	569	4	8.28	2.35	3.53	1.17	22.3	6.3	1.17	.282	3.39	73	3.91	95	8.22	3
16	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	3.00	18	7	2	.778	18	105	0	0	0	90.0	78	30	32	7	22	1	0	0	368	2	10.50	2.20	4.77	0.70	28.5	6.0	1.11	.305	3.20	74	2.60	63	7.80	15.1
17	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.02	74	33	16	.673	74	456	0	0	0	404.2	331	136	143	48	116	5	0	1	1,627	19	10.14	2.58	3.93	1.07	28.0	7.1	1.10	.282	3.18	77	3.35	84	7.36	29.1
18	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.07	84	48	18	.727	84	478	0	0	0	478.0	390	163	179	66	103	18	0	3	1,916	4	9.00	1.94	4.64	1.24	24.9	5.4	1.03	.259	3.37	75	3.72	88	7.34	27.3
19	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	3.08	112	55	30	.647	112	688	7	3	0	710.1	582	243	269	55	237	38	0	1	2,910	34	8.72	3.00	2.90	0.70	23.6	8.1	1.15	.279	3.41	76	3.40	83	7.37	54.9
20	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.09	72	36	18	.667	72	403	0	0	0	427.2	353	147	162	45	101	17	0	0	1,731	10	8.48	2.13	3.99	0.95	23.3	5.8	1.06	.264	3.41	77	3.48	85	7.43	28.4
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.09	60	29	10	.744	60	407	0	0	0	328.2	278	113	122	30	81	21	0	1	1,335	7	11.15	2.22	5.02	0.82	30.5	6.1	1.09	.312	3.34	71	2.83	68	7.61	48.1
22	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.13	70	28	18	.609	70	459	2	0	0	436.2	390	152	162	43	104	9	0	0	1,774	18	9.46	2.14	4.41	0.89	25.9	5.9	1.13	.299	3.34	78	3.12	77	8.04	45.7
23	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	3.14	93	30	36	.455	93	559	10	2	0	619.0	521	216	243	59	148	24	0	3	2,485	13	8.13	2.15	3.78	0.86	22.5	6.0	1.08	.273	3.53	74	3.43	83	7.58	48.2
24	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.15	103	34	28	.548	103	720	1	1	0	540.2	384	189	197	48	263	9	0	1	2,245	34	11.99	4.38	2.74	0.80	32.1	11.7	1.20	.279	3.28	79	3.18	77	6.39	57.6
25	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.15	113	52	25	.675	113	821	4	3	0	686.0	540	240	252	88	168	17	0	2	2,730	11	10.77	2.20	4.89	1.15	30.1	6.2	1.03	.276	3.31	78	3.26	77	7.08	73.5