highest strikeout percentage by mlb pitcher career with a minimum 2000 innings pitched to qualify

Chris Sale has the highest career strikeout percentage when pitching at least 2000 innings, with a strikeout percentage of 30.8.

	NAME	K%	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Chris Sale C. Sale	30.8	2246.2	420	159	97	.621	339	2.95	2,779	17	4	12	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	11.13	2.08	5.36	0.89	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	67	7.29	338.1
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	28.8	3047.2	501	225	126	.641	492	3.29	3,557	12	5	0	2,511	1,113	1,186	369	814	116	2	20	12,351	83	10.50	2.40	4.37	1.09	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	294.2
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	28.6	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	28.4	2081.0	339	163	89	.647	339	3.20	2,382	8	5	0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	10.30	2.27	4.54	1.03	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.53	217.3
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	27.7	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	27.1	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	25.3	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
8	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	25.2	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	24.5	2088.2	393	121	125	.492	354	3.87	2,138	4	2	0	2,014	899	962	259	582	39	11	12	8,736	66	9.21	2.51	3.67	1.12	6.7	1.24	.307	4.15	93	3.61	85	8.68	142.7
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	24.3	3576.2	557	266	159	.626	557	3.33	3,560	26	9	0	3,057	1,324	1,435	374	1,007	121	0	28	14,646	100	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	82	7.69	308.7
11	Johan Santana J. Santana	24.1	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
12	Sonny Gray S. Gray	24.0	2087.0	368	143	107	.572	359	3.51	2,074	7	5	0	1,823	814	888	208	667	62	2	5	8,635	107	8.94	2.88	3.11	0.90	7.7	1.19	.287	3.83	85	3.50	85	7.86	148.8
13	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	23.7	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	2,015	4	2	1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
14	David Price D. Price	23.6	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
15	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	23.5	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	3,116	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
16	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	23.2	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
17	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	23.1	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
18	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	23.0	2698.0	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	2,560	17	7	0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
19	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	22.8	2209.1	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	2,070	16	7	0	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
20	Charlie Morton C. Morton	22.5	2267.2	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	2,196	3	2	0	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	38.3
21	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	22.4	2377.0	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	2,207	15	6	0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
22	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	22.4	2729.2	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	2,524	25	11	0	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
23	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	22.2	2051.0	335	138	106	.566	332	3.88	1,901	12	6	0	1,897	884	957	238	629	76	1	28	8,579	59	8.34	2.76	3.02	1.04	7.3	1.23	.289	4.20	91	3.77	91	8.32	88.8
24	David Cone D. Cone	21.9	2898.2	450	194	126	.606	419	3.46	2,668	56	22	1	2,504	1,115	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	84	3.56	85	7.77	190.9
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	21.7	2740.0	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	2,488	15	4	0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7

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Chris Sale has the highest career strikeout percentage when pitching at least 2000 innings, with a strikeout percentage of 30.8.

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