mlb strikeout leader by pitcher from 2010 to 2020

Between the 2010 and 2020 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 2,544 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	2,544	331	166	78	.680	331	3.14	11	5	0	2131.0	1,739	744	788	239	557	71	0	18	8,595	64	10.74	2.35	4.57	1.01	29.6	6.5	1.08	.289	3.33	76	3.07	75	7.34	247
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,267	322	161	86	.652	322	3.10	20	6	0	2148.0	1,741	739	799	230	569	52	0	10	8,656	50	9.50	2.38	3.98	0.96	26.2	6.6	1.08	.273	3.35	75	3.26	78	7.29	217.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,241	304	162	63	.720	303	2.31	25	15	0	2054.1	1,528	527	584	163	442	32	0	20	8,008	70	9.82	1.94	5.07	0.71	28.0	5.5	0.96	.266	2.56	60	2.65	67	6.69	297.6
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,007	312	109	73	.599	232	3.03	16	3	12	1629.2	1,312	548	590	172	374	98	25	14	6,544	38	11.08	2.07	5.37	0.95	30.7	5.7	1.03	.293	3.26	71	2.90	69	7.25	235.7
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,939	323	158	73	.684	323	3.21	7	2	0	2051.0	1,826	732	786	204	451	38	0	14	8,273	68	8.51	1.98	4.30	0.90	23.4	5.5	1.11	.288	3.45	79	3.23	80	8.01	180.5
6	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,910	332	151	95	.614	332	3.59	11	2	0	2040.2	1,911	813	897	218	633	68	0	6	8,501	48	8.42	2.79	3.02	0.96	22.5	7.4	1.25	.298	3.96	86	3.66	90	8.43	88.3
7	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,874	307	115	88	.567	306	3.34	11	3	0	1961.1	1,745	727	781	214	580	88	0	24	8,086	46	8.60	2.66	3.23	0.98	23.2	7.2	1.19	.287	3.58	81	3.64	89	8.01	97.8
8	David Price D. Price	1,867	293	140	73	.657	287	3.24	17	3	0	1887.1	1,685	680	743	189	469	54	1	12	7,700	37	8.90	2.24	3.98	0.90	24.2	6.1	1.14	.292	3.54	79	3.26	80	8.04	167.1
9	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,814	294	120	96	.556	294	3.21	15	6	0	1877.2	1,661	670	732	203	438	68	0	35	7,657	25	8.69	2.10	4.14	0.97	23.7	5.7	1.12	.284	3.51	84	3.39	89	7.96	84.6
10	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,717	314	124	90	.579	304	3.51	4	2	0	1800.1	1,599	703	755	148	734	46	1	18	7,624	56	8.58	3.67	2.34	0.74	22.5	9.6	1.30	.291	3.77	87	3.57	89	7.99	89.8
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,714	281	111	95	.539	280	3.40	18	8	0	1824.2	1,624	690	772	184	518	78	0	3	7,498	110	8.45	2.55	3.31	0.91	22.9	6.9	1.17	.288	3.81	87	3.51	87	8.01	100.9
12	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,697	241	112	59	.655	241	3.19	2	2	0	1443.2	1,193	512	563	144	378	51	0	18	5,844	43	10.58	2.36	4.49	0.90	29.0	6.5	1.09	.294	3.51	79	2.96	74	7.44	170.1
13	James Shields J. Shields	1,619	289	102	103	.498	287	4.02	18	7	0	1841.2	1,791	822	893	262	580	69	1	16	7,772	80	7.91	2.83	2.79	1.28	20.8	7.5	1.29	.292	4.36	101	4.24	105	8.75	-46.9
14	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	1,605	355	96	101	.487	278	4.07	2	1	30	1721.2	1,625	778	836	247	564	77	52	22	7,288	73	8.39	2.95	2.85	1.29	22.0	7.7	1.27	.287	4.37	101	4.22	106	8.49	-50.4
15	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	1,519	300	94	96	.495	278	4.08	7	6	0	1666.1	1,634	756	823	196	515	43	9	33	7,071	52	8.20	2.78	2.95	1.06	21.5	7.3	1.29	.300	4.45	99	3.82	93	8.83	46.7
16	CC Sabathia	1,503	273	115	80	.590	272	3.87	10	1	0	1688.0	1,666	725	796	214	509	64	0	22	7,155	38	8.01	2.71	2.95	1.14	21.0	7.1	1.29	.298	4.24	92	3.98	93	8.88	57.5
17	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	1,472	324	136	116	.540	320	4.44	10	3	0	1925.2	2,094	950	1,041	237	437	81	2	17	8,192	64	6.88	2.04	3.37	1.11	18.0	5.3	1.31	.311	4.87	104	3.99	96	9.79	32.1
18	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,462	209	98	58	.628	204	3.16	17	7	0	1342.2	1,165	471	518	132	293	46	3	9	5,401	25	9.80	1.96	4.99	0.88	27.1	5.4	1.09	.298	3.47	75	2.99	72	7.81	170.4
19	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	1,449	342	88	92	.489	242	4.15	3	1	0	1456.1	1,320	672	732	143	680	54	13	14	6,277	83	8.95	4.20	2.13	0.88	23.1	10.8	1.37	.298	4.52	103	3.90	97	8.16	18.2
20	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,430	204	101	55	.647	204	3.19	4	2	0	1268.0	1,087	450	488	129	332	44	0	6	5,131	47	10.15	2.36	4.31	0.92	27.9	6.5	1.12	.300	3.46	80	3.10	76	7.72	140
21	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,415	260	104	71	.594	236	3.57	3	1	1	1426.2	1,312	566	608	134	529	64	4	18	6,048	46	8.93	3.34	2.67	0.85	23.4	8.7	1.29	.302	3.84	88	3.61	89	8.28	70.7
22	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	1,403	318	78	103	.431	239	4.11	9	4	0	1583.0	1,485	723	777	198	461	58	18	22	6,606	56	7.98	2.62	3.04	1.13	21.2	7.0	1.23	.287	4.42	104	3.96	100	8.44	-2.8
23	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,392	182	71	56	.559	182	3.47	2	1	0	1127.0	909	434	461	137	398	46	0	7	4,652	63	11.12	3.18	3.50	1.09	29.9	8.6	1.16	.288	3.68	80	3.42	80	7.26	102.3
24	J.A. Happ	1,389	280	110	87	.558	270	4.08	1	1	0	1539.2	1,461	698	746	205	548	32	5	13	6,533	40	8.12	3.20	2.53	1.20	21.3	8.4	1.30	.288	4.36	100	4.18	101	8.54	-4
25	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,359	183	70	51	.579	183	2.61	3	1	0	1169.2	941	339	371	102	284	20	0	13	4,654	26	10.46	2.19	4.79	0.78	29.2	6.1	1.05	.290	2.85	67	2.74	68	7.24	172.4