Justin Verlander has struck out the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,463 strikeouts.

	NAME	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,463	537	262	151	.634	537	3.32	26	9	0	3472.1	2,950	1,280	1,385	364	974	116	0	27	14,192	97	8.98	2.52	3.56	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.59	79	3.43	81	7.65	303.4
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	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	307.9
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,992	439	215	94	.696	436	2.51	25	15	0	2775.1	2,122	774	849	231	690	44	1	28	10,952	105	9.70	2.24	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.84	70	6.88	366.2
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,528	387	143	87	.622	307	3.02	16	3	12	2047.2	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	71	2.88	69	7.33	296.9
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	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	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,121	400	142	130	.522	393	4.06	3	2	0	2192.2	2,066	990	1,089	213	819	191	1	25	9,409	70	8.71	3.36	2.59	0.87	22.5	8.7	1.32	.306	4.47	101	3.84	96	8.48	46.8
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	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
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,849	344	107	108	.498	305	3.88	3	1	0	1804.0	1,753	777	832	224	509	37	11	10	7,559	63	9.22	2.54	3.63	1.12	24.5	6.7	1.25	.310	4.15	94	3.62	86	8.75	118.6
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	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	145.9
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,814	322	117	96	.549	313	3.52	6	4	0	1822.0	1,574	712	780	177	600	57	2	5	7,546	105	8.96	2.96	3.02	0.87	24.0	8.0	1.19	.285	3.85	85	3.51	85	7.77	130
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,782	355	107	137	.439	337	4.49	7	2	2	1963.2	2,084	980	1,054	274	602	49	9	23	8,441	64	8.17	2.76	2.96	1.26	21.1	7.1	1.37	.316	4.83	107	4.14	99	9.55	5.9
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,763	369	107	105	.505	343	3.72	2	2	0	2024.0	1,974	837	906	207	616	54	7	23	8,488	75	7.84	2.74	2.86	0.92	20.8	7.3	1.28	.302	4.03	90	3.71	89	8.78	97.4
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,753	233	91	59	.607	233	2.50	4	2	0	1455.1	1,114	405	442	129	326	24	0	13	5,715	28	10.84	2.02	5.38	0.80	30.7	5.7	0.99	.283	2.73	64	2.61	64	6.89	237.9
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,743	274	110	72	.604	274	3.29	4	3	0	1671.2	1,431	612	663	157	479	70	0	14	6,860	40	9.38	2.58	3.64	0.85	25.4	7.0	1.14	.289	3.57	83	3.28	80	7.70	159
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,652	249	85	75	.531	245	3.90	1	1	0	1351.0	1,173	586	625	203	571	47	1	19	5,719	57	11.01	3.80	2.89	1.35	28.9	10.0	1.29	.299	4.16	93	4.02	98	7.81	10.9
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,431	306	95	84	.531	287	3.96	5	3	0	1641.2	1,617	723	766	182	455	52	5	16	6,894	52	7.85	2.49	3.15	1.00	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	59.3
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,424	260	102	80	.560	259	4.04	5	1	0	1500.2	1,396	673	717	205	453	95	0	7	6,300	35	8.54	2.72	3.14	1.23	22.6	7.2	1.23	.289	4.30	96	4.14	98	8.37	20.8
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,403	226	76	81	.484	226	3.54	1	0	0	1315.1	1,118	518	566	162	435	43	0	8	5,438	17	9.60	2.98	3.23	1.11	25.8	8.0	1.18	.282	3.87	85	3.73	88	7.65	73.4
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	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	100.8
20	Wade Miley W. Miley	1,368	320	109	99	.524	312	4.09	3	2	0	1757.1	1,783	798	855	198	611	46	3	10	7,519	58	7.01	3.13	2.24	1.01	18.2	8.1	1.36	.299	4.38	98	4.16	101	9.13	-6.3
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,355	293	104	68	.605	272	3.86	2	2	0	1540.2	1,484	660	703	188	481	40	4	18	6,488	41	7.92	2.81	2.82	1.10	20.9	7.4	1.28	.293	4.11	95	3.99	98	8.67	9.9
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,320	214	84	68	.553	209	3.79	3	1	0	1182.1	1,014	498	536	150	437	59	1	5	4,969	63	10.05	3.33	3.02	1.14	26.6	8.8	1.23	.288	4.08	92	3.82	90	7.72	53.4
23	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,314	291	102	87	.540	285	3.74	6	4	0	1662.1	1,586	691	743	198	387	68	4	19	6,869	12	7.11	2.10	3.40	1.07	19.1	5.6	1.19	.283	4.02	91	3.95	96	8.59	33.5
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,291	831	58	46	.558	0	2.58	0	0	349	792.0	463	227	252	53	402	33	540	7	3,234	82	14.67	4.57	3.21	0.60	39.9	12.4	1.09	.282	2.86	63	2.39	57	5.26	152.7
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,246	901	50	38	.568	0	2.62	0	0	461	895.0	599	261	279	86	272	31	676	19	3,561	21	12.53	2.74	4.58	0.86	35.0	7.6	0.97	.266	2.81	66	2.61	64	6.02	142.5