mlb most strikeouts in a career active pitcher

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,456 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	3,456	535	262	150	.636	535	3.31	26	9	0	3463.2	2,940	1,275	1,379	363	968	116	0	27	14,150	97	8.98	2.52	3.57	0.94	24.4	6.8	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	304.3
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,968	432	212	94	.693	429	2.50	25	15	0	2742.2	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	64	2.82	70	6.86	366.8
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,478	381	139	86	.618	301	3.06	16	3	12	2006.0	1,644	682	735	207	468	124	25	15	8,091	47	11.12	2.10	5.29	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.299	3.30	72	2.89	69	7.38	289.2
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	2,077	393	138	130	.515	388	4.09	3	2	0	2159.1	2,035	981	1,079	211	809	188	1	25	9,268	69	8.66	3.37	2.57	0.88	22.4	8.7	1.32	.305	4.50	102	3.87	96	8.48	40.6
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	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,829	276	105	85	.553	276	3.74	6	4	0	1667.1	1,470	692	730	207	436	55	0	16	6,831	18	9.87	2.35	4.19	1.12	26.8	6.4	1.14	.293	3.94	89	3.47	81	7.93	149.4
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,805	337	105	105	.500	298	3.84	3	1	0	1763.1	1,712	753	808	216	497	35	11	10	7,386	63	9.21	2.54	3.63	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.25	.310	4.12	93	3.61	85	8.74	120.4
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,771	315	114	95	.545	306	3.51	6	4	0	1783.2	1,529	695	763	173	594	56	2	5	7,385	105	8.94	3.00	2.98	0.87	24.0	8.0	1.19	.283	3.85	85	3.52	85	7.72	124.5
11	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,751	365	106	104	.505	339	3.72	2	2	0	2003.2	1,954	829	896	206	602	53	7	23	8,394	75	7.87	2.70	2.91	0.93	20.9	7.2	1.28	.302	4.02	90	3.70	89	8.78	98.8
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,749	348	105	133	.441	330	4.49	6	2	2	1924.0	2,050	960	1,034	267	591	48	9	23	8,280	63	8.18	2.76	2.96	1.25	21.1	7.1	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.59	7.8
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,712	226	87	58	.600	226	2.53	4	2	0	1410.0	1,085	396	433	127	318	23	0	13	5,545	28	10.93	2.03	5.38	0.81	30.9	5.7	1.00	.285	2.76	65	2.62	65	6.93	229.2
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,699	268	107	71	.601	268	3.32	4	3	0	1636.2	1,410	604	654	155	468	70	0	14	6,724	39	9.34	2.57	3.63	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.290	3.60	83	3.30	80	7.75	151.5
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,594	241	82	73	.529	237	3.94	1	1	0	1303.0	1,132	571	607	199	558	47	1	19	5,523	54	11.01	3.85	2.86	1.37	28.9	10.1	1.30	.299	4.19	94	4.08	99	7.82	3.4
16	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,519	333	111	110	.502	327	4.57	3	1	0	1877.1	1,931	953	1,015	233	663	68	0	15	8,060	71	7.28	3.18	2.29	1.12	18.8	8.2	1.38	.304	4.87	109	4.32	103	9.26	-23.8
17	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,418	303	95	83	.534	284	3.99	5	3	0	1628.0	1,608	722	765	181	450	52	5	16	6,838	51	7.84	2.49	3.15	1.00	20.7	6.6	1.26	.301	4.23	98	3.77	92	8.89	57.7
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,392	253	100	78	.562	252	4.08	5	1	0	1457.2	1,364	661	704	202	441	93	0	6	6,132	35	8.59	2.72	3.16	1.25	22.7	7.2	1.24	.290	4.35	97	4.16	98	8.42	17.8
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	100.7
20	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,364	219	75	79	.487	219	3.57	1	0	0	1273.1	1,082	505	551	155	425	42	0	8	5,268	16	9.64	3.00	3.21	1.10	25.9	8.1	1.18	.282	3.89	86	3.71	88	7.65	74.6
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,327	287	103	66	.609	266	3.86	2	2	0	1506.1	1,451	646	689	181	474	38	4	18	6,343	41	7.93	2.83	2.80	1.08	20.9	7.5	1.28	.294	4.12	96	3.97	98	8.67	12.9
22	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,280	283	98	85	.536	277	3.72	6	4	0	1616.0	1,531	668	717	190	379	66	4	16	6,666	12	7.13	2.11	3.38	1.06	19.2	5.7	1.18	.282	3.99	91	3.93	95	8.53	34.9
23	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,273	207	79	66	.545	202	3.82	3	1	0	1141.1	986	485	522	145	424	56	1	5	4,804	62	10.04	3.34	3.00	1.14	26.5	8.8	1.24	.289	4.12	93	3.83	90	7.78	50.3
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,267	813	57	45	.559	0	2.61	0	0	341	775.1	456	225	249	53	398	33	529	7	3,174	82	14.71	4.62	3.18	0.62	39.9	12.5	1.10	.283	2.89	64	2.42	58	5.29	146.8
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,232	884	49	37	.570	0	2.60	0	0	453	879.1	585	254	272	83	265	31	663	18	3,492	21	12.61	2.71	4.65	0.85	35.3	7.6	0.97	.267	2.78	66	2.56	63	5.99	144