highest average strikeouts per game by a pitcher since 2012 minimum 200 games pitched

Since 2012, Max Scherzer has the most strikeouts per game pitched when pitching in 200+ games, with 7.86.

	NAME	SO/G	G	SO	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7.86	358	2,814	179	77	.699	358	2.96	12	5	0	2269.0	1,760	746	785	263	549	83	0	16	9,051	52	11.16	2.18	5.13	1.04	31.1	6.1	1.02	.280	3.11	72	3.00	73	6.98	284.1
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	7.85	308	2,417	139	84	.623	307	3.04	16	3	0	1953.1	1,601	659	712	201	444	124	0	12	7,869	44	11.14	2.05	5.44	0.93	30.7	5.6	1.05	.299	3.28	71	2.87	68	7.38	284.1
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.52	234	1,760	92	59	.609	234	2.49	4	2	0	1462.1	1,115	405	442	129	328	24	0	13	5,739	28	10.83	2.02	5.37	0.79	30.7	5.7	0.99	.282	2.72	64	2.61	64	6.86	239.4
4	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	7.12	282	2,007	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	317	2,251	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	6.99	322	2,252	169	66	.719	321	2.38	19	12	0	2065.0	1,562	546	605	186	413	32	0	10	8,041	77	9.82	1.80	5.45	0.81	28.0	5.1	0.96	.267	2.64	61	2.77	68	6.81	289.8
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	6.99	230	1,607	107	58	.648	230	3.29	2	2	0	1378.0	1,146	504	552	144	375	53	0	20	5,600	42	10.50	2.45	4.29	0.94	28.7	6.7	1.10	.293	3.61	81	3.09	77	7.48	144.3
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	6.65	339	2,253	155	95	.620	339	3.19	12	4	0	2162.0	1,794	766	833	246	565	61	0	10	8,761	42	9.38	2.35	3.99	1.02	25.7	6.4	1.09	.275	3.47	78	3.40	82	7.47	181.7
9	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.63	249	1,652	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	10.8
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6.61	277	1,831	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	145.8
11	Blake Snell B. Snell	6.44	213	1,372	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
12	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	6.42	268	1,720	116	77	.601	260	3.42	18	8	1	1637.1	1,480	623	680	177	365	63	2	9	6,663	30	9.45	2.01	4.71	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.300	3.74	83	3.22	78	8.14	161.8
13	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	6.38	222	1,416	83	69	.546	212	3.79	6	3	1	1297.2	1,122	547	592	160	491	66	6	10	5,463	50	9.82	3.41	2.88	1.11	25.9	9.0	1.24	.289	4.11	88	3.86	91	7.78	56.9
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	6.37	275	1,751	110	73	.601	275	3.29	4	3	0	1677.2	1,435	613	664	157	482	70	0	14	6,884	40	9.39	2.59	3.63	0.84	25.4	7.0	1.14	.289	3.56	82	3.27	80	7.70	160.3
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	6.19	227	1,406	76	81	.484	227	3.57	1	0	0	1320.1	1,125	523	571	163	437	43	0	8	5,460	17	9.58	2.98	3.22	1.11	25.8	8.0	1.18	.282	3.89	86	3.73	89	7.67	72.3
16	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	6.16	215	1,325	84	68	.553	210	3.77	3	1	0	1188.1	1,018	498	536	150	438	59	1	5	4,990	63	10.04	3.32	3.03	1.14	26.6	8.8	1.23	.288	4.06	91	3.81	90	7.71	54.7
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	6.07	242	1,469	89	68	.567	242	3.45	7	3	0	1536.2	1,391	589	639	169	475	75	0	17	6,380	40	8.60	2.78	3.09	0.99	23.0	7.4	1.21	.292	3.74	83	3.72	90	8.15	70.2
18	Chris Archer C. Archer	5.98	243	1,454	63	89	.414	240	3.93	3	3	0	1357.0	1,232	592	654	165	476	41	1	8	5,723	72	9.64	3.16	3.05	1.09	25.4	8.3	1.26	.297	4.34	98	3.71	92	8.17	47.9
19	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	5.89	214	1,260	84	69	.549	213	3.60	7	7	0	1341.1	1,212	537	593	148	381	63	0	2	5,533	84	8.45	2.56	3.31	0.99	22.8	6.9	1.19	.289	3.98	91	3.67	90	8.13	51.5
20	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	5.88	303	1,783	114	105	.521	303	3.54	16	7	0	1883.2	1,678	741	809	233	469	79	0	30	7,742	28	8.52	2.24	3.80	1.11	23.0	6.1	1.14	.279	3.87	91	3.72	96	8.02	24
21	Charlie Morton C. Morton	5.75	321	1,845	121	91	.571	315	3.82	0	0	0	1774.2	1,590	753	826	176	637	165	1	15	7,519	50	9.36	3.23	2.90	0.89	24.5	8.5	1.25	.301	4.19	95	3.71	93	8.06	66.2
22	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	5.71	346	1,975	141	98	.590	338	3.75	4	2	0	1971.2	1,831	822	904	228	693	88	2	20	8,384	60	9.02	3.16	2.85	1.04	23.6	8.3	1.28	.297	4.13	92	3.83	93	8.36	64.4
23	Sonny Gray S. Gray	5.63	322	1,814	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	129.9
24	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	5.54	236	1,307	68	97	.412	236	4.12	9	4	0	1475.2	1,400	676	720	189	391	51	0	18	6,126	47	7.97	2.38	3.34	1.15	21.3	6.4	1.21	.289	4.39	104	3.92	99	8.54	3.9
25	José Berríos J. Berríos	5.48	260	1,424	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	20.7