mlb player most pitching strikeouts this season before september 23 2025

Garrett Crochet struck out the most hitters in 2025, with 249 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	H/9
1	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	249	2025	BOS	31	17	5	.773	31	2.69	1	1	0	197.1	162	59	62	24	46	3	0	0	788	7	11.36	2.10	5.41	1.09	31.6	5.8	1.05	.296	2.83	7.39
2	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	233	2025	DET	30	13	5	.722	30	2.23	1	1	0	189.1	137	47	52	18	30	5	0	0	724	2	11.08	1.43	7.77	0.86	32.2	4.1	0.88	.272	2.47	6.51
3	Logan Webb L. Webb	211	2025	SFG	32	14	11	.560	32	3.27	0	0	0	195.2	199	71	79	14	44	6	0	0	812	2	9.71	2.02	4.80	0.64	26.0	5.4	1.24	.345	3.63	9.15
4	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	209	2025	PIT	31	10	10	.500	31	2.03	1	0	0	181.2	132	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	711	2	10.35	2.08	4.98	0.54	29.4	5.9	0.96	.273	2.23	6.54
5	Dylan Cease D. Cease	207	2025	SDP	31	8	12	.400	31	4.64	0	0	0	163.0	146	84	90	21	69	5	0	2	699	4	11.43	3.81	3.00	1.16	29.6	9.9	1.32	.315	4.97	8.06
6	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	206	2025	PHI	31	14	7	.667	31	4.08	0	0	0	176.2	164	80	84	16	57	3	0	0	735	2	10.49	2.90	3.61	0.82	28.0	7.8	1.25	.327	4.28	8.35
7	Hunter Brown H. Brown	201	2025	HOU	30	12	8	.600	30	2.30	1	0	0	180.1	127	46	51	17	55	7	0	1	706	0	10.03	2.74	3.65	0.85	28.5	7.8	1.01	.258	2.55	6.34
8	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	201	2025	MIL	32	17	6	.739	32	2.68	0	0	0	174.2	121	52	53	20	66	9	0	0	714	4	10.36	3.40	3.05	1.03	28.2	9.2	1.07	.242	2.73	6.23
9	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	198	2025	PHI	30	13	5	.722	30	2.66	1	0	0	189.1	166	56	58	12	43	6	0	0	765	6	9.41	2.04	4.60	0.57	25.9	5.6	1.10	.304	2.76	7.89
10	Bryan Woo B. Woo	198	2025	SEA	30	15	7	.682	30	2.94	0	0	0	186.2	137	61	64	26	36	4	0	0	731	3	9.55	1.74	5.50	1.25	27.1	4.9	0.93	.238	3.09	6.61
11	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	198	2025	NYY	32	17	9	.654	32	3.04	0	0	0	189.1	128	64	71	21	72	8	0	0	765	4	9.41	3.42	2.75	1.00	25.9	9.4	1.06	.230	3.38	6.08
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	195	2025	PHI	24	10	5	.667	24	2.71	1	0	0	149.2	107	45	48	19	33	8	0	0	585	2	11.73	1.98	5.91	1.14	33.3	5.6	0.94	.267	2.89	6.43
13	Sonny Gray S. Gray	194	2025	STL	31	14	8	.636	31	4.33	1	1	0	174.2	178	84	90	24	36	3	0	0	725	2	10.00	1.85	5.39	1.24	26.8	5.0	1.23	.329	4.64	9.17
14	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	194	2025	LAD	29	11	8	.579	29	2.58	0	0	0	167.2	109	48	53	14	57	3	0	0	660	5	10.41	3.06	3.40	0.75	29.4	8.6	0.99	.242	2.84	5.85
15	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	190	2025	SDP	31	13	5	.722	31	2.87	0	0	0	181.2	129	58	63	22	50	3	0	1	721	1	9.41	2.48	3.80	1.09	26.4	6.9	0.99	.235	3.12	6.39
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	186	2025	SFG	32	11	8	.579	32	3.65	1	0	0	182.1	148	74	81	22	73	4	0	0	755	7	9.18	3.60	2.55	1.09	24.6	9.7	1.21	.268	4.00	7.31
17	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	185	2025	MIN	30	13	9	.591	29	3.47	0	0	0	166.0	134	64	67	25	38	12	0	0	668	0	10.03	2.06	4.87	1.36	27.7	5.7	1.04	.267	3.63	7.27
18	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	185	2025	WSH	30	5	15	.250	30	4.17	0	0	0	159.2	152	74	75	20	64	5	0	0	680	12	10.43	3.61	2.89	1.13	27.2	9.4	1.35	.325	4.23	8.57
19	Max Fried M. Fried	182	2025	NYY	31	18	5	.783	31	2.92	0	0	0	188.1	160	61	72	14	49	10	0	0	774	8	8.70	2.34	3.71	0.67	23.5	6.3	1.11	.281	3.44	7.65
20	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	182	2025	DET	30	8	14	.364	30	4.60	0	0	0	156.2	142	80	82	22	59	5	0	1	662	4	10.46	3.39	3.08	1.26	27.5	8.9	1.28	.305	4.71	8.16
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	177	2025	TEX	29	12	8	.600	29	3.01	0	0	0	167.2	120	56	56	25	36	3	0	0	652	2	9.50	1.93	4.92	1.34	27.1	5.5	0.93	.231	3.01	6.44
22	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	177	2025	TOR	30	10	10	.500	30	3.38	1	1	0	183.2	138	69	71	21	47	3	0	2	728	1	8.67	2.30	3.77	1.03	24.3	6.5	1.01	.244	3.48	6.76
23	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	177	2025	HOU	30	12	11	.522	30	3.75	2	0	0	185.0	164	77	81	14	66	7	0	0	772	12	8.61	3.21	2.68	0.68	22.9	8.5	1.24	.295	3.94	7.98
24	Shane Baz S. Baz	173	2025	TBR	30	10	12	.455	30	4.99	0	0	0	162.1	158	90	91	26	61	9	0	0	696	3	9.59	3.38	2.84	1.44	24.9	8.8	1.35	.309	5.05	8.76
25	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	172	2025	AZ	32	13	14	.481	32	4.70	0	0	0	187.2	169	98	103	30	63	4	0	1	789	2	8.25	3.02	2.73	1.44	21.8	8.0	1.24	.267	4.94	8.10