active mlb pitcher with most strikeouts per game

Jacob deGrom has the most career strikeouts per game pitched by an active player, with 7.53.

	NAME	SO/G	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.53	1,732	230	89	59	.601	230	2.51	4	2	0	1436.1	1,102	401	438	129	325	23	0	13	5,646	28	10.85	2.04	5.33	0.81	30.7	5.8	0.99	.283	2.74	65	2.63	65	6.91	231.6
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7.3	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Spencer Strider S. Strider	7.24	514	71	31	14	.689	58	3.59	0	0	0	348.2	262	139	147	37	117	16	3	2	1,424	13	13.27	3.02	4.39	0.96	36.1	8.2	1.09	.304	3.79	84	2.76	67	6.76	53.6
4	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	7.12	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	7.1	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
6	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	7.08	255	36	15	9	.625	36	2.00	1	0	0	216.1	148	48	52	15	51	8	0	0	834	3	10.61	2.12	5.00	0.62	30.6	6.1	0.92	.263	2.16	48	2.49	62	6.16	36.8
7	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	7.07	608	86	38	19	.667	86	3.01	1	1	0	481.2	348	161	169	53	173	24	0	2	1,951	42	11.36	3.23	3.51	0.99	31.2	8.9	1.08	.270	3.16	71	3.30	77	6.50	50.1
8	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	7.04	958	136	62	32	.660	134	3.22	5	2	0	843.0	752	302	323	94	188	18	1	1	3,415	34	10.23	2.01	5.10	1.00	28.1	5.5	1.12	.305	3.45	76	3.08	73	8.03	108
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	6.83	2,976	436	212	94	.693	433	2.52	25	15	0	2758.1	2,108	771	846	229	687	44	1	28	10,886	104	9.71	2.24	4.33	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.76	64	2.83	70	6.88	364.4
10	Hunter Greene H. Greene	6.72	558	83	22	28	.440	83	3.74	1	1	0	447.2	355	186	194	64	167	39	0	0	1,877	18	11.22	3.36	3.34	1.29	29.7	8.9	1.17	.277	3.90	85	3.90	90	7.14	21.5
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.65	1,635	246	85	74	.535	242	3.89	1	1	0	1336.0	1,154	578	614	200	566	47	1	19	5,648	56	11.01	3.81	2.89	1.35	28.9	10.0	1.29	.298	4.14	93	4.02	98	7.77	11.2
12	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6.61	1,831	277	105	86	.550	277	3.78	6	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	90	3.49	81	7.98	145.5
13	Kodai Senga K. Senga	6.59	270	41	19	10	.655	41	2.62	0	0	0	233.2	173	68	76	21	106	7	0	0	965	18	10.40	4.08	2.55	0.81	28.0	11.0	1.19	.271	2.93	63	3.51	83	6.66	18.4
14	Chris Sale C. Sale	6.52	2,510	385	141	87	.618	305	3.03	16	3	12	2032.0	1,658	685	738	209	478	126	25	15	8,190	47	11.12	2.12	5.25	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.27	71	2.89	69	7.34	291.7
15	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6.51	1,101	169	58	51	.532	169	3.82	3	3	0	916.0	768	389	429	108	383	31	0	8	3,874	52	10.82	3.76	2.87	1.06	28.4	9.9	1.26	.293	4.22	91	3.65	85	7.55	63.1
16	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	6.45	3,457	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	26	9	0	3467.2	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	303
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	6.44	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
18	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	6.34	1,719	271	109	72	.602	271	3.32	4	3	0	1654.2	1,420	610	660	156	475	70	0	14	6,794	39	9.35	2.58	3.62	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.289	3.59	83	3.29	80	7.72	153.9
19	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	6.33	747	118	46	33	.582	115	3.24	1	1	0	647.0	526	233	251	78	146	24	1	0	2,593	9	10.39	2.03	5.12	1.09	28.8	5.6	1.04	.280	3.49	79	3.20	77	7.32	65.2
20	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	6.26	601	96	39	28	.582	95	3.80	1	1	0	538.1	445	227	236	84	121	30	0	0	2,182	8	10.05	2.02	4.97	1.40	27.5	5.5	1.05	.268	3.95	93	3.80	93	7.44	17.8
21	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	6.22	1,386	223	76	79	.490	223	3.53	1	0	0	1298.1	1,104	509	555	155	430	42	0	8	5,367	16	9.61	2.98	3.22	1.07	25.8	8.0	1.18	.283	3.85	85	3.68	87	7.65	80.3
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	6.18	1,304	211	83	66	.557	206	3.76	3	1	0	1166.1	1,000	487	524	145	431	56	1	5	4,899	63	10.06	3.33	3.03	1.12	26.6	8.8	1.23	.289	4.04	91	3.78	89	7.72	57.8
23	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	6.16	456	74	33	16	.673	74	3.02	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
24	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	6.13	833	136	50	33	.602	133	3.51	1	0	0	743.0	625	290	313	60	308	42	0	4	3,131	48	10.09	3.73	2.70	0.73	26.6	9.8	1.26	.299	3.79	85	3.37	81	7.57	67.2
25	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	6.12	955	156	57	42	.576	156	3.44	2	2	0	889.0	732	340	361	97	291	34	0	3	3,648	32	9.67	2.95	3.28	0.98	26.2	8.0	1.15	.280	3.65	81	3.54	87	7.41	54.1