mlb most strikeouts in a career active pitcher

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,471 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	3,471	539	262	152	.633	539	3.32	26	9	0	3483.1	2,960	1,284	1,389	364	977	117	0	27	14,239	97	8.97	2.52	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.59	79	3.43	81	7.65	304.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,419	469	215	112	.657	460	3.17	12	5	0	2891.0	2,358	1,017	1,090	338	759	112	2	20	11,680	79	10.64	2.36	4.50	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	309
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,997	440	216	94	.697	437	2.51	25	15	0	2781.1	2,124	775	850	232	691	44	1	28	10,972	105	9.70	2.24	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.84	70	6.87	366.2
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,528	387	143	87	.622	307	3.02	16	3	12	2047.2	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	71	2.88	69	7.33	296.8
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	2,124	401	142	130	.522	394	4.07	3	2	0	2197.2	2,070	993	1,092	213	821	192	1	25	9,431	70	8.70	3.36	2.59	0.87	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.47	101	3.84	96	8.48	47
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	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
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,855	345	108	108	.500	306	3.86	3	1	0	1812.0	1,755	777	832	224	510	38	11	10	7,587	63	9.21	2.53	3.64	1.11	24.4	6.7	1.25	.309	4.13	93	3.62	86	8.72	120.2
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,831	277	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
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,825	323	118	96	.551	314	3.50	7	5	0	1831.0	1,575	712	780	177	600	57	2	5	7,574	105	8.97	2.95	3.04	0.87	24.1	7.9	1.19	.284	3.83	85	3.49	84	7.74	133.3
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,794	357	107	138	.437	339	4.50	7	2	2	1974.2	2,101	988	1,062	275	603	49	9	23	8,492	64	8.18	2.75	2.98	1.25	21.1	7.1	1.37	.316	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.58	8.2
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,768	370	108	105	.507	344	3.73	2	2	0	2029.2	1,981	841	910	207	618	54	7	23	8,514	75	7.84	2.74	2.86	0.92	20.8	7.3	1.28	.302	4.04	91	3.71	89	8.78	98.4
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,761	276	111	73	.603	276	3.27	4	3	0	1685.2	1,440	612	664	157	482	71	0	14	6,914	40	9.40	2.57	3.65	0.84	25.5	7.0	1.14	.289	3.55	82	3.26	79	7.69	163.1
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,760	234	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	239.6
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,658	250	85	76	.528	246	3.89	1	1	0	1357.0	1,177	587	626	204	573	47	1	19	5,742	57	11.00	3.80	2.89	1.35	28.9	10.0	1.29	.298	4.15	93	4.03	98	7.81	10.5
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,433	307	95	84	.531	288	3.97	5	3	0	1644.2	1,622	726	769	182	457	52	5	17	6,909	52	7.84	2.50	3.14	1.00	20.7	6.6	1.26	.301	4.21	97	3.76	92	8.88	59.5
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,432	261	103	80	.563	260	4.02	5	1	0	1507.2	1,400	673	717	205	454	95	0	7	6,324	35	8.55	2.71	3.15	1.22	22.6	7.2	1.23	.289	4.28	95	4.12	97	8.36	23.1
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,410	228	76	81	.484	228	3.56	1	0	0	1326.1	1,132	524	572	163	439	43	0	8	5,486	17	9.57	2.98	3.21	1.11	25.7	8.0	1.18	.282	3.88	86	3.73	88	7.68	73.2
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	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
20	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	-6.4
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,365	295	104	70	.598	274	3.87	2	2	0	1551.2	1,501	668	711	190	484	40	4	18	6,539	42	7.92	2.81	2.82	1.10	20.9	7.4	1.28	.294	4.12	96	3.99	98	8.71	9.5
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,329	216	84	68	.553	211	3.77	3	1	0	1193.1	1,023	500	538	150	441	60	1	5	5,014	64	10.02	3.33	3.01	1.13	26.5	8.8	1.23	.288	4.06	91	3.81	90	7.72	55.1
23	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,319	292	102	87	.540	286	3.74	6	4	0	1667.1	1,591	692	744	199	387	68	4	19	6,889	12	7.12	2.09	3.41	1.07	19.1	5.6	1.19	.283	4.02	91	3.95	96	8.59	33.9
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,296	833	58	46	.558	0	2.57	0	0	349	794.0	464	227	252	53	403	33	541	7	3,242	82	14.69	4.57	3.22	0.60	40.0	12.4	1.09	.282	2.86	63	2.38	57	5.26	153.8
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,247	904	50	38	.568	0	2.63	0	0	461	897.0	601	262	280	86	274	31	676	20	3,572	21	12.51	2.75	4.55	0.86	34.9	7.7	0.98	.266	2.81	66	2.61	64	6.03	142.3