Misiorowski, 24, joined American League recipient Cam Schlittler as the third AL/NL duo in Major League Baseball history to win the award for best pitcher together by unanimous vote.
The other two times were in 2022 (Justin Verlander / Sandy Alcantara) and 1968 (Denny McLain / Bob Gibson). He capped off his historic season by becoming the ace to help bring the Brewers their first-ever World Series title, becoming the fifth pitcher in NL history to win the Cy Young and a ring in the same season.
He also joins Schlittler, Dwight Gooden (1985), and Paul Skenes (Pittsburgh Pirates) as the only pitchers to win the award in their second year.
Misiorowski went on to become the fourth pitcher in Brewers history to win the Cy Young Award and the second since the team moved into the NL, joining Rollie Fingers (1981 - AL), Pete Vuckovich (1982 - AL), and Corbin Burnes (2021 - NL).
In just his second season, Misiorowski earned an All-Star bid for the second time before going on to win the Earned Run Average Title after leading all of baseball with a whopping 1.80 ERA. It marks the lowest for an NL Cy Young recipient since Trevor Bauer (2020) and the lowest by a pitcher in Brewers history with at least 20 starts in a season, beating out the previous record of 2.36 set by Mike Caldwell (1978).
He finished the season 16-5, while leading all of baseball with 252 strikeouts through 174.2 innings.
Misiorowski broke multiple records throughout the 2026 season. He became the first pitcher in league history to finish a season with at least 1,000 pitches thrown above 100 mph, most thrown in a World Series at 100+ mph (38 pitches), beating out Aroldis Chapman (24), most thrown over 103+ mph in a single game (33 vs. Colorado Rockies, July 26), and, of course, the fastest pitch ever thrown in the Statcast Era (2008-present) that clocked in at 105.5 mph.
The Brewers' ace also made history on June 12th after tossing a record-high 15 strikeouts in his 'Maddux' (complete game in fewer than 100 pitches), beating out Tarik Skubal's record of 13.