mlb most strikouts by pitcher between 2012 to 2024

Between the 2012 and 2024 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 2,809 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,809	356	179	77	.699	356	2.95	12	5	0	2261.0	1,751	741	780	261	546	83	0	16	9,018	51	11.18	2.17	5.14	1.04	31.1	6.1	1.02	.280	3.10	71	2.99	72	6.97	286
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,303	293	134	80	.626	292	3.06	16	3	0	1864.0	1,523	634	685	194	418	117	0	12	7,499	42	11.12	2.02	5.51	0.94	30.7	5.6	1.04	.298	3.31	72	2.88	69	7.35	271
3	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
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,223	314	165	66	.714	313	2.37	19	12	0	2026.1	1,529	533	590	181	400	32	0	10	7,885	75	9.87	1.78	5.56	0.80	28.2	5.1	0.95	.267	2.62	60	2.74	68	6.79	290.4
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,201	327	155	90	.633	327	3.15	12	4	0	2100.1	1,730	735	799	237	542	60	0	10	8,493	42	9.43	2.32	4.06	1.02	25.9	6.4	1.08	.274	3.42	76	3.37	81	7.41	186
6	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
7	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,975	346	141	98	.590	338	3.75	4	2	0	1971.2	1,831	822	904	228	693	88	2	20	8,384	60	9.02	3.16	2.85	1.04	23.6	8.3	1.28	.297	4.13	92	3.83	93	8.36	64.4
8	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,847	348	149	83	.642	344	3.29	5	2	0	2109.2	1,925	772	819	236	437	36	0	13	8,514	66	7.88	1.86	4.23	1.01	21.7	5.1	1.12	.283	3.49	80	3.52	87	8.21	124.2
9	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,783	303	114	105	.521	303	3.54	16	7	0	1883.2	1,678	741	809	233	469	79	0	30	7,742	28	8.52	2.24	3.80	1.11	23.0	6.1	1.14	.279	3.87	91	3.72	96	8.02	24
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,779	268	104	79	.568	268	3.70	6	4	0	1621.1	1,423	667	704	199	421	52	0	16	6,635	17	9.88	2.34	4.23	1.10	26.8	6.3	1.14	.293	3.91	88	3.44	80	7.90	150.7
11	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,768	303	117	84	.582	303	3.74	0	0	0	1702.2	1,511	708	779	166	603	159	0	15	7,189	49	9.35	3.19	2.93	0.88	24.6	8.4	1.24	.299	4.12	92	3.69	92	7.99	69.7
12	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,765	329	102	102	.500	290	3.84	3	1	0	1718.0	1,680	733	787	212	485	35	11	9	7,211	63	9.25	2.54	3.64	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.26	.311	4.12	92	3.61	85	8.80	116.4
13	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,729	342	103	131	.440	324	4.51	6	2	2	1892.1	2,018	949	1,023	263	579	48	9	23	8,146	61	8.22	2.75	2.99	1.25	21.2	7.1	1.37	.318	4.87	107	4.12	99	9.60	9.3
14	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,727	359	102	103	.498	333	3.74	2	2	0	1969.2	1,923	819	884	201	591	53	7	23	8,256	74	7.89	2.70	2.92	0.92	20.9	7.2	1.28	.303	4.04	91	3.69	89	8.79	100.7
15	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,724	307	110	94	.539	298	3.51	6	4	0	1737.1	1,490	677	743	167	583	54	2	5	7,199	104	8.93	3.02	2.96	0.87	23.9	8.1	1.19	.283	3.85	85	3.52	85	7.72	122.7
16	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,720	268	116	77	.601	260	3.42	18	8	1	1637.1	1,480	623	680	177	365	63	2	9	6,663	30	9.45	2.01	4.71	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.300	3.74	83	3.22	78	8.14	161.8
17	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,666	218	84	57	.596	218	2.52	4	2	0	1367.0	1,051	383	420	120	308	22	0	13	5,376	27	10.97	2.03	5.41	0.79	31.0	5.7	0.99	.286	2.77	65	2.58	64	6.92	227.7
18	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,625	259	103	70	.595	259	3.34	4	3	0	1578.2	1,368	585	635	147	457	68	0	14	6,501	39	9.26	2.61	3.56	0.84	25.0	7.0	1.16	.290	3.62	84	3.31	80	7.80	144.6
19	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,607	230	107	58	.648	230	3.29	2	2	0	1378.0	1,146	504	552	144	375	53	0	20	5,600	42	10.50	2.45	4.29	0.94	28.7	6.7	1.10	.293	3.61	81	3.09	77	7.48	144.3
20	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,594	297	124	83	.599	297	3.73	9	2	0	1782.1	1,737	738	823	209	530	50	0	11	7,468	38	8.05	2.68	3.01	1.06	21.3	7.1	1.27	.300	4.16	89	3.84	94	8.77	43.5
21	David Price D. Price	1,556	306	116	56	.674	233	3.29	15	2	3	1568.1	1,440	574	625	166	362	44	19	10	6,414	31	8.93	2.08	4.30	0.95	24.3	5.6	1.15	.297	3.59	80	3.29	81	8.26	137.3
22	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,548	233	77	73	.513	229	3.98	1	1	0	1258.2	1,102	557	593	194	535	47	1	19	5,342	53	11.07	3.83	2.89	1.39	29.0	10.0	1.30	.301	4.24	94	4.08	99	7.88	4.5
23	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,528	291	100	88	.532	244	4.04	9	4	2	1450.0	1,395	651	685	184	386	51	21	16	6,025	56	9.48	2.40	3.96	1.14	25.4	6.4	1.23	.312	4.25	97	3.59	86	8.66	92.7
24	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,510	330	111	108	.507	324	4.52	3	1	0	1865.2	1,908	936	998	226	657	68	0	15	7,996	71	7.28	3.17	2.30	1.09	18.9	8.2	1.37	.304	4.81	107	4.28	102	9.20	-14.7
25	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,478	296	134	93	.590	292	3.80	20	9	0	1794.0	1,775	758	801	169	487	58	2	30	7,492	30	7.41	2.44	3.03	0.85	19.7	6.5	1.26	.303	4.02	96	3.62	90	8.90	72.7