The 2025 MLB power rankings are here. Who’s the best, who’s the worst, and who occupies that big, meaty middle?
The rankings below will be updated throughout the 2025 regular season. Try not to take these too seriously. This is just a sports website, okay?
Before We Begin
All 30 teams are ranked below, in three tiers. The defending champions are the Los Angeles Dodgers.
These power rankings were last updated on May 16, 2025.
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Top 10
Another week of Dodgers supremacy, but please understand that we were very close to putting the Tigers into the top spot. Detroit is playing as well as anyone and they have found their winning rhythm. That’s not to say the Dodgers haven’t, but these teams are neck-and-neck, and the two clear best teams through 45 games or so.
Aside from Seattle having a not-great week and slipping, the top 10 is largely undisturbed. Many of them have gone 6-4, or thereabouts, in their last 10 games, so it’s difficult to distinguish. In that case, just leave them more or less where they are.
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Middle 10
Look at Minnesota surge out of the basement and well into the middle tier. An 11-game win streak out of nowhere will do that for you. How long they can keep this going is anyone’s guess, but they look good doing it.
Atlanta continues a more steady climb out of horribleness, moving to their highest ranking so far at 17. Not bad for a team that started 0-7. The first rule of being in a hole is to stop digging, and it is fair to say the Braves have done that.
2025 MLB Power Rankings: Bottom 10
Not much change to report in the bottom tier of this week’s power rankings. Cincinnati fell down into this Circle of Hell for the first time this season as Minnesota moved out of it. Meanwhile, the bottom six teams are all at the same rankings as last week.
Chicago, probably thanks to having a new Pope who is a Sox fan, is moving further and further away from being the worst team. Of course, that is probably also a function of how historically bad Colorado is. They are off to the worst 43-game start in the World Series era, with no glimmers of hope on the horizon. They remain on a 26-136 pace.
Next power rankings release: May 23, 2025
