highest career strikeouts for active mlb pitchers

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career hitters by an active pitcher, with 3,546 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	3,546	554	265	158	.626	554	3.32	26	9	0	3561.2	3,041	1,315	1,426	369	1,003	121	0	28	14,583	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.93	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	312.1
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,484	482	220	116	.655	473	3.21	12	5	0	2958.0	2,423	1,055	1,128	353	779	114	2	20	11,962	80	10.60	2.37	4.47	1.07	29.1	6.5	1.08	.286	3.43	77	3.23	78	7.37	302.3
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,045	453	222	96	.698	450	2.54	25	15	0	2849.0	2,189	804	881	235	712	46	1	28	11,255	107	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.92	373.2
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,570	392	144	88	.621	312	3.01	16	3	12	2078.1	1,688	696	749	213	485	130	25	15	8,367	48	11.13	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	71	2.88	69	7.31	301.4
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	2,195	415	147	134	.523	408	4.13	3	2	0	2266.1	2,141	1,040	1,139	226	858	200	1	27	9,749	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.305	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.50	36.7
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,071	296	114	93	.551	296	3.65	2	1	0	1773.0	1,454	719	754	229	561	83	0	8	7,285	83	10.51	2.85	3.69	1.16	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.57	85	7.38	122.2
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,949	360	112	113	.498	321	3.80	4	2	0	1907.1	1,827	806	862	233	533	38	11	11	7,966	64	9.20	2.52	3.66	1.10	24.5	6.7	1.24	.306	4.07	92	3.60	85	8.62	132
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,918	338	125	102	.551	329	3.58	7	5	0	1912.0	1,668	761	833	191	619	57	2	5	7,924	106	9.03	2.91	3.10	0.90	24.2	7.8	1.20	.287	3.92	87	3.51	85	7.85	136.2
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,867	284	108	89	.548	284	3.84	6	4	0	1707.2	1,520	729	768	216	449	56	0	16	7,013	18	9.84	2.37	4.16	1.14	26.6	6.4	1.15	.295	4.05	91	3.51	82	8.01	145.6
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,855	372	110	142	.437	353	4.50	7	2	2	2043.2	2,174	1,022	1,099	284	628	50	10	24	8,790	67	8.17	2.77	2.95	1.25	21.1	7.1	1.37	.316	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.57	9.2
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,843	247	96	65	.596	247	2.57	4	2	0	1534.2	1,171	439	476	145	344	25	0	13	6,028	29	10.81	2.02	5.36	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.87	238.9
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,820	283	113	75	.601	283	3.28	5	3	0	1728.1	1,475	630	683	166	490	76	0	14	7,086	41	9.48	2.55	3.71	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.14	.289	3.56	82	3.28	80	7.68	164.7
14	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,816	383	113	110	.507	357	3.76	2	2	0	2101.1	2,043	877	949	219	641	58	7	23	8,812	75	7.78	2.75	2.83	0.94	20.6	7.3	1.28	.300	4.06	91	3.76	90	8.75	91.6
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,734	265	88	81	.521	261	3.94	2	1	0	1441.0	1,250	631	674	216	608	51	1	19	6,097	60	10.83	3.80	2.85	1.35	28.4	10.0	1.29	.296	4.21	94	4.06	99	7.81	5.1
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,487	316	102	84	.548	297	3.89	5	3	0	1702.1	1,661	736	780	188	466	55	5	17	7,124	54	7.86	2.46	3.19	0.99	20.9	6.5	1.25	.299	4.12	95	3.75	92	8.78	66.3
17	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,483	242	82	84	.494	242	3.57	1	0	0	1403.1	1,207	556	607	173	453	48	0	8	5,801	19	9.51	2.91	3.27	1.11	25.6	7.8	1.18	.284	3.89	86	3.73	89	7.74	76.7
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,478	274	108	82	.568	273	4.07	5	1	0	1569.2	1,472	710	762	218	471	98	0	7	6,597	35	8.47	2.70	3.14	1.25	22.4	7.1	1.24	.289	4.37	97	4.18	98	8.44	15.6
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,435	221	81	62	.566	221	3.16	1	1	0	1152.0	886	404	439	111	520	11	0	6	4,768	86	11.21	4.06	2.76	0.87	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.43	77	3.31	79	6.92	110.3
20	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,411	308	109	75	.592	287	3.90	2	2	0	1621.1	1,569	703	746	194	500	42	4	18	6,824	43	7.83	2.78	2.82	1.08	20.7	7.3	1.28	.294	4.14	96	3.97	97	8.71	16.6
21	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,404	230	92	72	.561	225	3.73	3	1	0	1276.0	1,081	529	571	158	476	64	1	5	5,354	65	9.90	3.36	2.95	1.11	26.2	8.9	1.22	.284	4.03	90	3.83	90	7.62	58.6
22	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
23	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,365	306	105	91	.536	300	3.79	6	4	0	1740.0	1,663	732	785	208	407	69	4	19	7,191	12	7.06	2.11	3.35	1.08	19.0	5.7	1.19	.283	4.06	92	3.97	96	8.60	34.1
24	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,329	254	69	76	.476	209	4.47	2	0	3	1211.0	1,107	602	631	197	427	34	13	7	5,107	53	9.88	3.17	3.11	1.46	26.0	8.4	1.27	.292	4.69	105	4.22	100	8.23	1.1
25	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,329	862	59	47	.557	0	2.52	0	0	367	820.1	474	230	255	54	408	33	562	7	3,337	87	14.58	4.48	3.26	0.59	39.8	12.2	1.08	.278	2.80	61	2.36	57	5.20	161.3