highest strikeout percentage by mlb starting pitcher active

Matthew Boyd has the highest strikeout percentage by a starting pitcher this season, with a strikeout percentage of 45.9.

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highest strikeout percentage by MLB starting pitcher active this regular season

	NAME	K%	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	45.9	2026	CHC	2	1	1	.500	2	6.75	17	0	0	0	9.1	8	7	8	1	3	0	0	0	37	0	16.39	2.89	5.67	0.96	8.1	1.18	.438	7.71	7.71
2	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	41.8	2026	MIL	3	1	1	.500	3	3.31	28	0	0	0	16.1	8	6	6	2	9	2	0	0	67	0	15.43	4.96	3.11	1.10	13.4	1.04	.231	3.31	4.41
3	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	41.2	2026	BAL	1	0	0		1	2.45	7	0	0	0	3.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	17	0	17.18	4.91	3.50	2.45	11.8	1.64	.429	2.45	9.82
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	40.6	2026	TOR	3	0	1	.000	3	2.08	26	0	0	0	17.1	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	64	0	13.50	1.04	13.00	0.52	3.1	0.63	.229	2.08	4.67
5	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	39.7	2026	TEX	3	2	0	1.000	3	2.76	25	0	0	0	16.1	9	5	5	2	5	1	0	0	63	0	13.78	2.76	5.00	1.10	7.9	0.86	.233	2.76	4.96
6	Hunter Brown H. Brown	39.5	2026	HOU	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.84	17	0	0	0	10.2	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	43	0	14.34	5.06	2.83	0.00	14.0	1.03	.250	0.84	4.22
7	Dylan Cease D. Cease	38.8	2026	TOR	3	0	0		3	2.45	26	0	0	0	14.2	12	4	6	0	9	1	0	0	67	0	15.95	5.52	2.89	0.00	13.4	1.43	.387	3.68	7.36
8	Jack Leiter J. Leiter	38.6	2026	TEX	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.45	17	0	0	0	11.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	44	0	13.91	1.64	8.50	0.82	4.5	1.00	.333	2.45	7.36
9	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	37.9	2026	NYY	3	2	0	1.000	3	1.62	22	0	0	0	16.2	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	11.88	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.48	.222	1.62	4.32
10	Gavin Williams G. Williams	37.3	2026	CLE	3	1	1	.500	3	2.04	25	0	0	0	17.2	5	4	4	2	14	0	0	0	67	0	12.74	7.13	1.79	1.02	20.9	1.08	.115	2.04	2.55
11	Chase Burns C. Burns	37.2	2026	CIN	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.82	16	0	0	0	11.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	43	0	13.09	3.27	4.00	0.82	9.3	0.91	.227	0.82	4.91
12	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	36.7	2026	PHI	2	1	1	.500	2	4.97	18	0	0	0	12.2	11	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	49	1	12.79	0.71	18.00	1.42	2.0	0.95	.321	4.97	7.82
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	35.1	2026	TEX	2	0	0		2	3.72	13	0	0	0	9.2	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	37	1	12.10	0.93	13.00	1.86	2.7	0.83	.238	3.72	6.52
14	Tatsuya Imai T. Imai	35.1	2026	HOU	2	1	0	1.000	2	4.32	13	0	0	0	8.1	6	4	4	0	7	0	0	0	37	0	14.04	7.56	1.86	0.00	18.9	1.56	.353	4.32	6.48
15	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	35.1	2026	SDP	3	1	2	.333	3	5.54	20	0	0	0	13.0	12	8	8	0	6	0	0	0	57	0	13.85	4.15	3.33	0.00	10.5	1.38	.387	5.54	8.31
16	Kyle Harrison K. Harrison	34.1	2026	MIL	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.61	14	0	0	0	10.1	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	41	1	12.19	2.61	4.67	1.74	7.3	0.97	.238	2.61	6.10
17	Kodai Senga K. Senga	34.0	2026	NYM	2	0	1	.000	2	3.09	16	0	0	0	11.2	9	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	47	0	12.34	3.86	3.20	0.00	10.6	1.20	.346	3.09	6.94
18	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	33.3	2026	MIL	1	0	0		1	9.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	13.50	4.50	3.00	0.00	11.1	2.00	.600	9.00	13.50
19	PJ Poulin	33.3	2026	WSH	1	0	0		1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
20	José Suarez J. Suarez	33.3	2026	ATL	1	0	1	.000	1	9.82	6	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	18	0	14.73	7.36	2.00	0.00	16.7	2.18	.556	9.82	12.27
21	Joey Cantillo J. Cantillo	33.3	2026	CLE	3	1	0	1.000	3	2.45	20	0	0	0	14.2	11	4	5	0	7	0	0	0	60	1	12.27	4.30	2.86	0.00	11.7	1.23	.333	3.07	6.75
22	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	33.3	2026	PHI	3	1	1	.500	3	1.65	23	0	0	0	16.1	18	3	5	0	4	0	0	0	69	0	12.67	2.20	5.75	0.00	5.8	1.35	.429	2.76	9.92
23	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	32.6	2026	KCR	3	0	3	.000	3	5.91	15	0	0	0	10.2	12	7	8	3	6	0	0	0	46	0	12.66	5.06	2.50	2.53	13.0	1.69	.409	6.75	10.13
24	Emerson Hancock E. Hancock	32.6	2026	SEA	2	1	1	.500	2	0.71	14	0	0	0	12.2	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	43	0	9.95	0.71	14.00	0.71	2.3	0.55	.192	0.71	4.26
25	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	31.9	2026	LAD	2	1	0	1.000	2	3.00	15	0	0	0	12.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	47	0	11.25	2.25	5.00	0.00	6.4	0.92	.276	3.00	6.00

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