active players with the most career pitching strikeouts

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,483 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	3,483	541	262	154	.630	541	3.33	26	9	0	3492.1	2,974	1,292	1,399	365	978	118	0	27	14,282	98	8.98	2.52	3.56	0.94	24.4	6.8	1.13	.279	3.61	79	3.43	81	7.66	306.4
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,431	471	216	112	.659	462	3.17	12	5	0	2901.0	2,368	1,022	1,095	340	763	113	2	20	11,723	79	10.64	2.37	4.50	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.40	76	3.19	77	7.35	308.2
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,003	442	216	95	.695	439	2.52	25	15	0	2793.1	2,139	781	856	233	693	45	1	28	11,023	105	9.68	2.23	4.33	0.75	27.2	6.3	1.01	.270	2.76	64	2.84	70	6.89	366.6
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	297.1
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	2,135	403	143	130	.524	396	4.06	3	2	0	2209.0	2,080	996	1,095	214	825	194	1	26	9,482	70	8.70	3.36	2.59	0.87	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.46	101	3.84	96	8.47	47.3
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,012	283	110	89	.553	283	3.58	2	1	0	1709.2	1,397	680	714	217	547	78	0	8	7,027	79	10.59	2.88	3.68	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	126
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,867	347	108	108	.500	308	3.86	3	1	0	1822.2	1,768	781	836	225	517	38	11	10	7,639	63	9.22	2.55	3.61	1.11	24.4	6.8	1.25	.309	4.13	93	3.62	86	8.73	120.5
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,837	325	119	97	.551	316	3.51	7	5	0	1842.1	1,585	718	786	177	602	57	2	5	7,619	105	8.97	2.94	3.05	0.86	24.1	7.9	1.19	.285	3.84	85	3.48	84	7.74	136.8
10	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	146
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,803	359	109	138	.441	341	4.50	7	2	2	1985.2	2,114	992	1,066	277	606	49	9	23	8,539	65	8.17	2.75	2.98	1.26	21.1	7.1	1.37	.317	4.83	107	4.13	99	9.58	7.8
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,775	372	108	106	.505	346	3.73	2	2	0	2041.0	1,989	845	914	208	622	54	7	23	8,559	75	7.83	2.74	2.85	0.92	20.7	7.3	1.28	.302	4.03	90	3.71	89	8.77	98.7
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,773	277	112	73	.605	277	3.26	5	3	0	1694.2	1,441	613	665	158	482	71	0	14	6,942	40	9.42	2.56	3.68	0.84	25.5	6.9	1.13	.288	3.53	81	3.25	79	7.65	165.7
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,771	236	93	59	.612	236	2.50	4	2	0	1473.1	1,125	410	447	131	331	24	0	13	5,784	28	10.82	2.02	5.35	0.80	30.6	5.7	0.99	.282	2.73	64	2.62	65	6.87	239.7
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,670	252	86	76	.531	248	3.87	2	1	0	1371.2	1,184	590	629	206	577	48	1	19	5,797	57	10.96	3.79	2.89	1.35	28.8	10.0	1.28	.297	4.13	92	4.03	98	7.77	10.2
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,444	309	97	84	.536	290	3.95	5	3	0	1655.2	1,629	726	770	182	458	53	5	17	6,949	52	7.85	2.49	3.15	0.99	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.19	97	3.75	92	8.86	62.7
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,439	263	104	80	.565	262	4.03	5	1	0	1518.0	1,411	680	724	206	456	96	0	7	6,369	35	8.53	2.70	3.16	1.22	22.6	7.2	1.23	.289	4.29	96	4.12	97	8.37	23.6
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,424	230	78	81	.491	230	3.54	1	0	0	1338.1	1,140	527	575	163	441	44	0	8	5,531	17	9.58	2.97	3.23	1.10	25.7	8.0	1.18	.282	3.87	85	3.71	88	7.67	76.8
19	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,374	297	104	71	.594	276	3.88	2	2	0	1560.2	1,507	673	716	190	491	41	4	18	6,580	42	7.92	2.83	2.80	1.10	20.9	7.5	1.28	.294	4.13	96	3.99	98	8.69	10.1
20	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
21	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
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,341	218	85	69	.552	213	3.78	3	1	0	1206.1	1,032	506	545	152	445	60	1	5	5,067	65	10.00	3.32	3.01	1.13	26.5	8.8	1.22	.287	4.07	91	3.81	90	7.70	55.4
23	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,324	294	102	87	.540	288	3.75	6	4	0	1676.1	1,601	699	752	200	388	68	4	19	6,928	12	7.11	2.08	3.41	1.07	19.1	5.6	1.19	.283	4.04	91	3.94	96	8.60	34.5
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,301	836	58	46	.558	0	2.56	0	0	351	797.0	466	227	252	53	403	33	543	7	3,253	82	14.69	4.55	3.23	0.60	40.0	12.4	1.09	.282	2.85	62	2.37	57	5.26	155.3
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,256	910	52	38	.578	0	2.60	0	0	462	903.0	603	261	280	86	274	31	680	20	3,592	21	12.52	2.73	4.58	0.86	35.0	7.6	0.97	.266	2.79	66	2.60	64	6.01	145