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Knuckle curve: Fastest Recorded Pitch 2025

Highest recorded speed in miles per hour. This uses available measurements and may miss a faster pitch that was not measured. Uses pitches recorded as knuckle curve.

Season

Recorded pitch types. Usage divides by all delivered pitches, including unknown types. Speed is in mph, spin in rpm and extension in feet. Averages use measured pitches only. Whiffs divide misses by swings. Data through December 31, 2025. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Knuckle curve: Fastest Recorded Pitch / 2025

Jhoan Duran

PHI

91.6

Season leader

Knuckle curve: Fastest Recorded Pitch2025 season
#	Player	Team	KC max mph
1	J. DuranJhoan Duran	PHI	91.6
2	L. VarlandLouis Varland	TOR	91.4
3	B. BrownBen Brown	CHC	91.1
4	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	90.1
5	T. MegillTrevor Megill	MIL	90.0
6	C. CavalliCade Cavalli	WSH	90.0
7	S. BazShane Baz	TB	89.3
8	B. LittleBrendon Little	TOR	88.9
9	S. HjelleSean Hjelle	SF	88.8
10	C. SchmidtClarke Schmidt	NYY	88.2
11	J. SorianoJosé Soriano	LAA	88.0
12	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	87.9
13	D. RobertsonDavid Robertson	PHI	87.7
14	D. CeaseDylan Cease	SD	87.1
15	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	87.0
16	D. PomeranzDrew Pomeranz	CHC	86.8
17	B. MillerBryce Miller	SEA	86.7
18	A. DeSclafaniAnthony DeSclafani	AZ	86.1
19	C. KimbrelCraig Kimbrel	HOU	86.0
20	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	86.0
21	M. BrashMatt Brash	SEA	85.9
22	C. HernándezCarlos Hernández	CLE	85.8
23	D. Lynch IVDaniel Lynch IV	KC	85.7
24	L. McCullers Jr.Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	85.6
25	M. LazarMax Lazar	PHI	85.4
26	R. RayRobbie Ray	SF	85.3
27	S. BurkeSean Burke	CWS	85.0
28	B. de GeusBrett de Geus	PHI	85.0
29	C. SelbyColin Selby	BAL	84.9
30	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	84.8
31	S. BieberShane Bieber	TOR	84.5
32	J. LópezJorge López	WSH	83.9
33	G. CanningGriffin Canning	NYM	83.5
34	L. KnackLandon Knack	LAD	83.4
35	M. BrownMcCade Brown	COL	83.2
36	C. RagansCole Ragans	KC	83.1
37	K. MonteroKeider Montero	DET	82.5
38	J. RyanJoe Ryan	MIN	82.3
39	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	DET	81.7
40	A. PallanteAndre Pallante	STL	81.7
41	D. CoulombeDanny Coulombe	TEX	80.8
42	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	80.8
43	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	80.5
44	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	PHI	79.9
45	C. JavierCristian Javier	HOU	79.3
46	A. GomberAustin Gomber	COL	78.8
47	D. DunningDane Dunning	ATL	77.3
48	Y. DíazYilber Díaz	AZ	77.0
49	S. OgasawaraShinnosuke Ogasawara	WSH	76.8

KC max mph: Highest recorded speed in miles per hour. This uses available measurements and may miss a faster pitch that was not measured. Uses pitches recorded as knuckle curve.

Understanding Knuckle curve: Fastest Recorded Pitch

Highest recorded speed in miles per hour. This uses available measurements and may miss a faster pitch that was not measured. Uses pitches recorded as knuckle curve.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC.