Clayton Kershaw vs. Greg Maddux — Career Comparison

Clayton Kershaw
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Greg Maddux
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Clayton Kershaw a clear advantage over Greg Maddux across the core pitching metrics. Clayton Kershaw led in run prevention (ERA+ 140 vs 103), strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 116 vs 102). Greg Maddux held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 142 vs 120). Clayton Kershaw was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Clayton Kershaw and Greg Maddux

Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
23
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.43
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744
1.34
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
740
1.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.7
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
0.64
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.3
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
0.41
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.91
69.91
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
61
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.12
99.12
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.46
99.46
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.2
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.06
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.53
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
1756
3.16
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15025
27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5008.1
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2193
6.91
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
4726
8.49
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
0.74
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
0.63
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
2.25
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
1.8
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
0.32
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3052
9.62
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3371
6.06
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.873
0.873
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.34
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.13
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.14
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.25
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.05
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11279
35.55
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20421
36.7
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
2.78
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
1981
3.56
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.29
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
0.49
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.12
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.21
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.66
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
0.76
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10391
32.75
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18892
33.95
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.55
35.55
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Clayton Kershaw and Greg Maddux

Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
23
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.43
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744
1.34
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
740
1.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15025
27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5008.1
9
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.27
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
0.98
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
1.21
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1194
2.15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.1
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
1.52
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1793
3.22
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
1.48
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1740
3.13
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.04
97.04
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.339
2.339
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.12
99.12
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.46
99.46
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.18
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clayton Kershaw and Greg Maddux

Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
464
328.69
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
759
251.32
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
847
600
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1812
600
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
698
494.45
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1591
526.82
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
113
80.05
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
272
90.07
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
70.84
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
76.16
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
7.79
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
11.59
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.66
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.66
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.21
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
13.91
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
24.44
17.31
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.59
20.4
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
129
91.38
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
326
107.95
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
106.97
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
102.98
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
46
32.59
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
34.11
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
28.34
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
27.81
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
85
60.21
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
60.26
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
19.82
14.04
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.64
15.77
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.83
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.66
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
24.09
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
34
11.26
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
149.47
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
419
138.74
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4.01
4.01
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.32
4.32
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
77.92
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
59.6
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.66
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
10.63
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
4.97
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
3.64
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.99
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Greg Maddux
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.64
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Greg Maddux
Career
Per 600 PA
78.57
78.57