mlb strikeouts leaders between 2015 to 2025

Between the 2015 and 2025 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 2,168 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	2,168	276	129	67	.658	276	2.96	11	4	0	1723.2	1,311	566	594	221	390	70	0	13	6,849	35	11.32	2.04	5.56	1.15	31.7	5.7	0.99	.273	3.10	71	3.11	74	6.85	206.7
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,013	276	132	68	.660	276	3.14	8	5	0	1698.2	1,391	592	639	199	432	49	0	6	6,821	45	10.67	2.29	4.66	1.05	29.5	6.3	1.07	.289	3.39	76	3.17	75	7.37	197.9
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,876	285	109	89	.551	285	3.83	6	4	0	1715.2	1,522	730	769	217	449	56	0	16	7,039	18	9.84	2.36	4.18	1.14	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	4.03	91	3.50	82	7.98	147.1
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,842	228	101	59	.631	227	3.13	9	2	0	1409.1	1,145	490	528	150	314	97	0	3	5,686	28	11.76	2.01	5.87	0.96	32.4	5.5	1.04	.303	3.37	72	2.80	66	7.31	222.8
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,817	321	102	101	.502	297	3.78	3	2	0	1750.0	1,673	735	788	218	484	37	8	9	7,309	51	9.34	2.49	3.75	1.12	24.9	6.6	1.23	.306	4.05	91	3.59	84	8.60	127.5
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,723	257	114	69	.623	257	3.07	6	3	0	1589.2	1,258	542	584	197	394	52	0	7	6,381	34	9.75	2.23	4.37	1.12	27.0	6.2	1.04	.264	3.31	73	3.44	82	7.12	137.4
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,715	256	87	77	.530	255	3.86	2	1	0	1412.1	1,207	605	648	211	597	51	0	19	5,961	58	10.93	3.80	2.87	1.34	28.8	10.0	1.28	.294	4.13	91	4.04	98	7.69	9.5
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,707	226	87	59	.596	226	2.56	4	2	0	1399.1	1,056	398	433	139	302	24	0	11	5,480	29	10.98	1.94	5.65	0.89	31.1	5.5	0.97	.277	2.78	65	2.70	66	6.79	222.7
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,681	281	111	73	.603	275	3.95	0	0	0	1521.0	1,345	667	716	169	571	136	1	13	6,461	35	9.95	3.38	2.94	1.00	26.0	8.8	1.26	.301	4.24	95	3.79	92	7.96	61.1
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,675	294	106	89	.544	287	3.68	5	3	0	1635.0	1,437	669	730	173	527	50	2	3	6,792	89	9.22	2.90	3.18	0.95	24.7	7.8	1.20	.289	4.02	88	3.55	84	7.91	121.6
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,607	244	125	47	.727	242	2.58	8	6	0	1477.0	1,158	424	469	153	289	24	0	3	5,790	55	9.79	1.76	5.56	0.93	27.8	5.0	0.98	.270	2.86	64	2.96	71	7.06	197.6
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,596	319	90	126	.417	305	4.63	4	2	1	1732.1	1,873	892	965	251	551	38	7	21	7,495	53	8.29	2.86	2.90	1.30	21.3	7.4	1.40	.321	5.01	109	4.22	100	9.73	0.8
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,549	234	95	59	.617	234	3.24	4	2	0	1443.0	1,218	519	557	142	365	61	0	9	5,861	26	9.66	2.28	4.24	0.89	26.4	6.2	1.10	.287	3.47	78	3.19	75	7.60	166.2
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,493	243	83	84	.497	243	3.55	1	0	0	1410.2	1,208	557	608	174	453	48	0	8	5,824	19	9.53	2.89	3.30	1.11	25.6	7.8	1.18	.283	3.88	86	3.72	88	7.71	78.1
15	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
16	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,440	222	81	62	.566	222	3.15	1	1	0	1158.0	891	405	440	111	521	11	0	6	4,791	86	11.19	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.42	77	3.31	79	6.92	111.9
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,416	245	94	71	.570	243	3.86	2	1	0	1390.1	1,289	597	664	185	481	60	0	16	5,918	44	9.17	3.11	2.94	1.20	23.9	8.1	1.27	.292	4.30	91	4.03	94	8.34	40.1
18	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,409	231	93	72	.564	226	3.73	3	1	0	1282.0	1,085	532	574	159	477	65	1	5	5,378	65	9.89	3.35	2.95	1.12	26.2	8.9	1.22	.283	4.03	91	3.83	90	7.62	56.5
19	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,395	214	76	68	.528	214	3.82	0	0	0	1232.2	1,026	523	545	178	345	63	0	5	5,043	54	10.19	2.52	4.04	1.30	27.7	6.8	1.11	.277	3.98	91	3.77	89	7.49	65.5
20	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,393	293	89	86	.509	270	3.84	2	2	0	1564.2	1,516	668	717	172	491	48	5	14	6,582	56	8.01	2.82	2.84	0.99	21.2	7.5	1.28	.300	4.12	93	3.83	92	8.72	59.8
21	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,392	247	93	79	.541	232	4.20	8	3	1	1315.0	1,289	614	645	183	356	47	6	13	5,490	51	9.53	2.44	3.91	1.25	25.4	6.5	1.25	.315	4.41	100	3.76	89	8.82	65.7
22	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,384	293	96	95	.503	287	4.55	3	1	0	1647.2	1,690	833	892	214	587	61	0	15	7,074	57	7.56	3.21	2.36	1.17	19.6	8.3	1.38	.306	4.87	107	4.35	102	9.23	-17.5
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,329	254	69	76	.476	209	4.47	2	0	3	1211.0	1,107	602	631	197	427	34	13	7	5,107	53	9.88	3.17	3.11	1.46	26.0	8.4	1.27	.292	4.69	105	4.22	100	8.23	0.4
24	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,326	294	98	89	.524	288	3.85	6	4	0	1664.2	1,596	712	764	205	392	65	4	17	6,892	12	7.17	2.12	3.38	1.11	19.2	5.7	1.19	.284	4.13	93	3.99	96	8.63	29.9
25	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,297	241	94	66	.588	235	4.19	0	0	0	1304.2	1,280	607	641	167	455	32	1	9	5,579	17	8.95	3.14	2.85	1.15	23.2	8.2	1.33	.307	4.42	95	3.96	95	8.83	34.8

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27

Wood

RBI

68

García

AVG

.286

García

Team Pitching Leaders

10

Griffin

109

Griffin

ERA

2.77

Griffin

Team Rankings

136

2nd

513

1st

761

21st

ERA

4.75

26th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	54	40	.574
Phillies	53	43	.552	2.0
Marlins	52	44	.542	3.0
Nationals	48	48	.500	7.0
Mets	40	56	.417	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 7/12	NYY	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Fri 7/17	WSH	@	ATH	9:40 PM
Sat 7/18	WSH	@	ATH	10:05 PM
Sun 7/19	WSH	@	ATH	4:05 PM
Mon 7/20	WSH	@	COL	8:40 PM

Last Game

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53 - 42

Final

Nationals

48 - 48

Sat 11 Jul 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

32

Schwarber

31

Alvarez

29

Rice

RBI Leaders

74

Walker

70

Alvarez

68

García

Batting Average Leaders

.339

Lopez

.332

Arraez

.320

Díaz

Hit Leaders

127

Lopez

119

Arraez

109

Alvarez

Run Leaders

88

Wood

67

Neto

67

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.422

Alvarez

.410

Soto

.407

Wood

SLG Leaders

.633

Alvarez

.598

Rice

.575

Buxton

SB Leaders

33

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

12

Ashby

11

Burns

11

Sánchez

Strikeout Leaders

167

Misiorowski

148

Cease

144

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.62

Misiorowski

2.05

Schlittler

2.20

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.94

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.55

Cease

13.54

Misiorowski

11.09

Luzardo

K/BB Leaders

6.19

Misiorowski

5.76

Rasmussen

5.76

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

17

Rasmussen

19

Martinez

20

Woo

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,750.1

Ohtani

1,459.1

Wood

1,314

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,200.6

Ohtani

1,085

Wood

985

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

56-38

57-39

55-38

55-39

52-42

53-44

Worst Record ATS

36-60

37-59

41-55

41-54

43-52

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	54	40	.574
Phillies	53	43	.552	2.0
Marlins	52	44	.542	3.0
Nationals	48	48	.500	7.0
Mets	40	56	.417	15.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	59	36	.621
Cubs	53	42	.558	6.0
Cardinals	50	44	.532	8.5
Pirates	49	47	.510	10.5
Reds	43	51	.457	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	61	34	.642
Diamondbacks	47	47	.500	13.5
Padres	46	48	.489	14.5
Giants	40	55	.421	21.0
Rockies	39	58	.402	23.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	56	37	.602
Yankees	53	42	.558	4.0
Red Sox	45	48	.484	11.0
Blue Jays	45	49	.479	11.5
Orioles	45	51	.469	12.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	49	45	.521
Guardians	50	46	.521
Twins	47	49	.490	3.0
Tigers	44	51	.463	5.5
Royals	38	58	.396	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	48	47	.505
Mariners	47	49	.490	1.5
Astros	47	50	.485	2.0
Athletics	41	54	.432	7.0
Angels	38	58	.396	10.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 6/27	HOU	@	DET	8-6
Sat 6/27	TEX	@	TOR	7-4
Sat 6/27	KCR	@	CWS	1-2
Sat 6/27	PHI	@	NYM	2-6
Sat 6/27	AZ	@	TBR	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 7/12	MIL	@	PIT	12:15 PM
Sun 7/12	NYY	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Sun 7/12	KCR	@	BAL	1:35 PM
Sun 7/12	CHC	@	CIN	1:40 PM
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Between the 2015 and 2025 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 2,168 strikeouts.

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127

119

109

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

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167

148

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1.62

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13.55

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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1,314

1,200.6

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