cubs strikeout leaders per year after 2020

Since 2021, Justin Steele has fanned the most hitters for the Cubs in a season, with 176 strikeouts in 2023.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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 Steele J. Steele	176	2023	CHC	30	16	5	.762	30	3.06	0	0	0	173.1	167	59	71	14	36	7	0	0	716	9	9.14	1.87	4.89	0.73	24.6	5.0	1.17	.317	3.69	72	3.01	70	8.67	24.9
2	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	174	2024	CHC	29	15	3	.833	29	2.91	0	0	0	173.1	149	56	66	27	28	3	0	0	694	3	9.03	1.45	6.21	1.40	25.1	4.0	1.02	.264	3.43	72	3.71	93	7.74	5
3	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	154	2025	CHC	31	14	8	.636	31	3.21	0	0	0	179.2	154	64	69	19	42	9	0	0	718	2	7.71	2.10	3.67	0.95	21.4	5.8	1.09	.273	3.46	78	3.64	90	7.71	8.2
4	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	141	2023	CHC	41	11	11	.500	23	5.00	0	0	0	142.1	147	79	89	26	56	6	4	0	626	9	8.92	3.54	2.52	1.64	22.5	8.9	1.43	.305	5.63	118	4.95	115	9.30	-10.8
5	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	140	2023	CHC	30	8	10	.444	29	4.84	0	0	1	154.1	156	83	96	27	41	5	1	0	655	2	8.16	2.39	3.41	1.57	21.4	6.3	1.28	.292	5.60	114	4.61	107	9.10	-5.7
6	Justin Steele J. Steele	135	2024	CHC	24	5	5	.500	24	3.07	1	0	0	134.2	111	46	54	12	37	4	0	0	555	1	9.02	2.47	3.65	0.80	24.3	6.7	1.10	.270	3.61	76	3.23	81	7.42	11.3
7	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	131	2021	CHC	32	14	7	.667	32	4.77	1	0	0	181.0	200	96	101	31	44	13	0	3	785	2	6.51	2.19	2.98	1.54	16.7	5.6	1.35	.299	5.02	115	4.89	116	9.94	-14.1
8	Adbert Alzolay A. Alzolay	128	2021	CHC	29	5	13	.278	21	4.58	0	0	1	125.2	112	64	66	25	34	5	1	2	519	2	9.17	2.44	3.76	1.79	24.7	6.6	1.16	.266	4.73	110	4.64	111	8.02	-6.3
9	Colin Rea C. Rea	127	2025	CHC	32	11	7	.611	27	3.95	0	0	1	159.1	155	70	73	20	44	6	3	0	662	2	7.17	2.49	2.89	1.13	19.2	6.6	1.25	.290	4.12	96	4.11	101	8.76	-1.2
10	Justin Steele J. Steele	126	2022	CHC	24	4	7	.364	24	3.18	0	0	0	119.0	111	42	53	8	50	3	0	0	512	4	9.53	3.78	2.52	0.61	24.6	9.8	1.35	.317	4.01	79	3.20	81	8.39	9.9
11	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	125	2024	CHC	28	12	8	.600	28	3.27	0	0	0	165.1	154	60	67	21	33	1	0	0	675	4	6.80	1.80	3.79	1.14	18.5	4.9	1.13	.269	3.65	81	3.92	98	8.38	1
12	Javier Assad J. Assad	124	2024	CHC	29	7	6	.538	29	3.73	0	0	0	147.0	143	61	64	20	63	5	0	0	638	5	7.59	3.86	1.97	1.22	19.4	9.9	1.40	.289	3.92	92	4.63	116	8.76	-11
13	Ben Brown B. Brown	121	2025	CHC	25	5	8	.385	15	5.92	0	0	1	106.1	121	70	73	18	32	4	3	0	472	5	10.24	2.71	3.78	1.52	25.6	6.8	1.44	.347	6.18	143	4.07	100	10.24	-0.3
14	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	119	2023	CHC	27	10	9	.526	25	3.95	1	1	0	136.2	120	60	68	9	52	3	1	0	575	3	7.84	3.42	2.29	0.59	20.7	9.0	1.26	.283	4.48	93	3.57	83	7.90	11
15	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	119	2022	CHC	25	6	7	.462	25	3.50	0	0	0	138.2	123	54	61	16	36	4	0	0	569	2	7.72	2.34	3.31	1.04	20.9	6.3	1.15	.272	3.96	87	3.76	95	7.98	2.9
16	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	117	2025	CHC	25	9	8	.529	25	3.73	0	0	0	144.2	117	60	62	31	26	1	0	0	567	1	7.28	1.62	4.50	1.93	20.6	4.6	0.99	.219	3.86	90	4.86	120	7.28	-13.4
17	Zach Davies Z. Davies	114	2021	CHC	32	6	12	.333	32	5.78	0	0	0	148.0	162	95	99	25	75	5	0	2	668	0	6.93	4.56	1.52	1.52	17.1	11.2	1.60	.305	6.02	139	5.44	130	9.85	-20.7
18	Keegan Thompson K. Thompson	108	2022	CHC	29	10	5	.667	17	3.76	0	0	1	115.0	103	48	54	16	43	9	4	0	485	5	8.45	3.37	2.51	1.25	22.3	8.9	1.27	.282	4.23	94	4.39	111	8.06	-5.8
19	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	98	2025	CHC	23	11	7	.611	23	3.68	0	0	0	129.2	110	53	54	24	27	0	0	0	519	1	6.80	1.87	3.63	1.67	18.9	5.2	1.06	.232	3.75	89	4.65	115	7.63	-8.9
20	Julian Merryweather J. Merryweather	98	2023	CHC	69	5	1	.833	0	3.38	0	0	2	72.0	58	27	28	8	36	1	15	0	303	3	12.25	4.50	2.72	1.00	32.3	11.9	1.31	.313	3.50	79	3.52	82	7.25	6.2
21	Cade Horton C. Horton	97	2025	CHC	23	11	4	.733	22	2.67	0	0	0	118.0	95	35	40	10	33	6	0	0	476	1	7.40	2.52	2.94	0.76	20.4	6.9	1.08	.258	3.05	65	3.58	88	7.25	6.2
22	Javier Assad J. Assad	94	2023	CHC	32	5	3	.625	10	3.05	0	0	0	109.1	93	37	38	13	41	3	9	1	449	3	7.74	3.38	2.29	1.07	20.9	9.1	1.23	.268	3.13	72	4.29	100	7.66	-0.1
23	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	93	2023	CHC	24	6	8	.429	24	3.74	0	0	0	137.0	138	57	68	13	27	4	0	0	578	0	6.11	1.77	3.44	0.85	16.1	4.7	1.20	.283	4.47	88	3.81	89	9.07	7.4
24	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	91	2022	CHC	22	7	8	.467	22	3.47	0	0	0	106.1	101	41	46	16	26	5	0	0	447	3	7.70	2.20	3.50	1.35	20.4	5.8	1.19	.275	3.89	87	4.23	107	8.55	-3.4
25	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	87	2024	CHC	29	4	12	.250	24	5.92	0	0	0	130.2	147	86	88	21	43	3	4	0	567	0	5.99	2.96	2.02	1.45	15.3	7.6	1.45	.305	6.06	146	4.97	125	10.13	-14.9

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