highest strikeouts per game in a season by a pitcher after 1970 with 30 games played

Since 1971, Randy Johnson has the most strikeouts per game pitched with 30+ games pitched in a season, with 10.63 in 2001.

Interpreted as:

highest strikeouts per game in a season by a pitcher after 1970 with 30 or more games played

	NAME	SO/G	G	SO	SEASON	TM	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	10.63	35	372	2001	ARI	21	6	.778	34	2.49	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	2.12	48	6.52	63.9
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.4	35	364	1999	ARI	17	9	.654	35	2.48	12	2	0	271.2	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	12.06	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	53	2.75	59	6.86	57.2
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.1	31	313	1999	BOS	23	4	.852	29	2.07	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	9.91	35	347	2000	ARI	19	7	.731	35	2.64	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	12.56	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	53	7.31	61.1
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	9.88	33	326	2019	HOU	20	5	.800	33	2.50	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	55	2.63	58	6.02	45
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	9.84	31	305	1997	MON	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	9.8	30	294	1995	SEA	18	2	.900	30	2.48	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	65	6	0	1	866	5	12.35	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	53	2.08	44	6.68	62
8	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	9.7	30	291	1997	SEA	20	4	.833	29	2.28	5	2	0	213.0	147	54	60	20	77	10	0	2	850	4	12.30	3.25	3.78	0.85	34.2	9.1	1.05	.281	2.54	50	2.82	62	6.21	41.3
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	9.68	34	329	1998	TOT	19	11	.633	34	3.28	10	6	0	244.1	203	89	102	23	86	14	0	1	1,014	7	12.12	3.17	3.83	0.85	32.4	8.5	1.18	.320	3.76	72	2.89	65	7.48	42.2
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	9.63	32	308	2017	BOS	17	8	.680	32	2.90	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	63	2.45	56	6.93	45.5
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	9.54	35	334	2002	ARI	24	5	.828	35	2.32	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.41	32	301	1989	TEX	16	10	.615	32	3.20	6	2	0	239.1	162	85	96	17	98	9	0	3	988	19	11.32	3.69	3.07	0.64	30.5	9.9	1.09	.258	3.61	82	2.50	65	6.09	35.1
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.34	41	383	1973	CAL	21	16	.568	39	2.87	26	4	1	326.0	238	104	113	18	162	7	2	2	1,355	15	10.57	4.47	2.36	0.50	28.3	12.0	1.23	.280	3.12	80	2.48	69	6.57	40.9
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.22	37	341	1977	CAL	19	16	.543	37	2.77	22	4	0	299.0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	10.26	6.14	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	72	3.11	79	5.96	27.9
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.12	33	301	2015	LAD	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	9.11	35	319	1997	PHI	17	11	.607	35	2.97	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	58	5	0	3	1,009	5	11.29	2.05	5.50	0.88	31.6	5.7	1.05	.304	3.40	69	2.61	62	7.36	45.8
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	9.09	33	300	2018	WSH	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
18	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	8.9	31	276	1984	NYM	17	9	.654	31	2.60	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	1.68	48	6.65	44.6
19	Chris Sale C. Sale	8.84	31	274	2015	CWS	13	11	.542	31	3.41	1	0	0	208.2	185	79	88	23	42	13	0	0	854	7	11.82	1.81	6.52	0.99	32.1	4.9	1.09	.323	3.80	86	2.72	66	7.98	31.8
20	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.82	34	300	2019	HOU	21	6	.778	34	2.58	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	5.53	31.5
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	8.8	35	308	1993	SEA	19	8	.704	34	3.24	10	3	1	255.1	185	92	97	22	99	16	1	1	1,043	8	10.86	3.49	3.11	0.78	29.5	9.5	1.11	.273	3.42	74	3.04	70	6.52	36.2
22	Spencer Strider S. Strider	8.78	32	281	2023	ATL	19	5	.792	32	3.86	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	30.3
23	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	8.78	36	316	2002	ARI	23	7	.767	35	3.23	5	1	0	259.1	218	93	95	29	33	3	0	1	1,017	6	10.97	1.15	9.58	1.01	31.1	3.2	0.97	.297	3.30	75	2.39	55	7.57	54.3
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	8.74	42	367	1974	CAL	22	16	.579	41	2.89	26	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
25	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	8.66	32	277	2013	TEX	13	9	.591	32	2.83	0	0	0	209.2	145	66	68	26	80	8	0	1	841	7	11.89	3.43	3.46	1.12	32.9	9.5	1.07	.264	2.92	67	3.27	80	6.22	18.5