highest average strikeouts per game by a pitcher since 1997

Since 1997, Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts per game pitched, with 8.2.

	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	8.2	3,166	386	199	102	.661	379	3.16	59	22	0	2614.1	2,173	917	1,038	285	717	122	3	28	10,629	49	10.90	2.47	4.42	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.57	70	3.04	68	7.48	416
2	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	7.75	589	76	38	17	.691	76	2.58	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	7.73	2,489	322	171	69	.713	320	2.78	39	13	0	2156.1	1,677	666	733	183	521	112	1	19	8,650	42	10.39	2.17	4.78	0.76	28.8	6.0	1.02	.280	3.06	62	2.75	63	7.00	398.5
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.53	1,746	232	90	59	.604	232	2.50	4	2	0	1449.1	1,109	403	440	129	325	24	0	13	5,691	28	10.84	2.02	5.37	0.80	30.7	5.7	0.99	.283	2.73	64	2.62	64	6.89	235.9
5	Juan Pena J. Pena	7.5	15	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.69	0	0	0	13.0	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	49	0	10.38	2.08	5.00	0.00	30.6	6.1	0.92	.290	0.69	14	1.51	32	6.23	4.7
6	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	307.9
7	Spencer Strider S. Strider	7.29	532	73	32	15	.681	60	3.54	0	0	0	360.2	268	142	151	37	121	16	3	2	1,471	13	13.28	3.02	4.40	0.92	36.2	8.2	1.08	.302	3.77	83	2.70	66	6.69	57.4
8	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	7.25	29	4	3	0	1.000	4	1.71	0	0	0	21.0	14	4	4	3	6	0	0	0	81	0	12.43	2.57	4.83	1.29	35.8	7.4	0.95	.256	1.71	42	3.02	75	6.00	2.3
9	Mark Prior M. Prior	7.14	757	106	42	29	.592	106	3.51	5	1	0	657.0	582	256	277	77	223	31	0	10	2,771	21	10.37	3.05	3.39	1.05	27.3	8.0	1.23	.300	3.79	81	3.40	78	7.97	70.6
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	7.03	267	38	15	9	.625	38	1.89	1	0	0	229.0	154	48	53	15	54	8	0	0	879	3	10.49	2.12	4.94	0.59	30.4	6.1	0.91	.260	2.08	45	2.45	61	6.05	39.9
15	Chris Saenz C. Saenz	7	7	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	24	0	10.50	4.50	2.33	0.00	29.2	12.5	0.83	.154	0.00	0	2.71	61	3.00	1.1
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	6.98	1,723	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	6.87	2,316	337	164	94	.636	315	3.45	56	12	9	2272.2	2,118	870	901	267	420	37	21	15	9,201	44	9.17	1.66	5.51	1.06	25.2	4.6	1.12	.300	3.57	76	3.17	72	8.39	306
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	6.82	2,988	438	214	94	.695	435	2.51	25	15	0	2770.1	2,117	772	847	229	688	44	1	28	10,931	104	9.71	2.24	4.34	0.74	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.88	368.1
19	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	21.6
20	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.64	1,640	247	85	74	.535	243	3.90	1	1	0	1340.0	1,160	580	618	200	568	47	1	19	5,669	57	11.01	3.81	2.89	1.34	28.9	10.0	1.29	.299	4.15	93	4.01	98	7.79	12.2
21	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	145.6
22	Dylan Cease D. Cease	6.54	1,112	170	59	51	.536	170	3.79	3	3	0	923.0	771	389	429	108	388	31	0	8	3,903	52	10.84	3.78	2.87	1.05	28.5	9.9	1.26	.293	4.18	90	3.64	85	7.52	64.6
23	Kodai Senga K. Senga	6.53	281	43	20	10	.667	43	2.53	0	0	0	245.1	179	69	77	22	109	7	0	0	1,007	18	10.31	4.00	2.58	0.81	27.9	10.8	1.17	.267	2.82	61	3.49	83	6.57	19.6
24	Chris Sale C. Sale	6.53	2,521	386	142	87	.620	306	3.03	16	3	12	2039.0	1,663	686	739	209	480	126	25	15	8,217	47	11.13	2.12	5.25	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.26	71	2.88	69	7.34	294.3
25	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	303.1