mlb total strikeout leaders between 2015 to 2026

Since 2015, Max Scherzer has fanned the most hitters, with 2,182 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	2,182	282	130	71	.647	282	3.05	11	4	0	1745.2	1,338	591	619	230	401	71	0	13	6,951	35	11.25	2.07	5.44	1.19	31.4	5.8	1.00	.272	3.19	73	3.18	76	6.90	195.7
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,037	281	134	69	.660	281	3.13	8	5	0	1726.2	1,411	600	647	203	440	50	0	6	6,933	45	10.62	2.29	4.63	1.06	29.4	6.3	1.07	.287	3.37	76	3.18	76	7.35	198.2
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,947	299	112	93	.546	299	3.91	6	4	0	1786.1	1,602	776	815	230	473	56	0	16	7,348	19	9.81	2.38	4.12	1.16	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.11	93	3.54	83	8.07	145.3
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,934	241	109	64	.630	240	3.09	9	2	0	1487.2	1,207	510	550	156	334	105	0	3	6,005	28	11.70	2.02	5.79	0.94	32.2	5.6	1.04	.302	3.33	71	2.80	66	7.30	234.1
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,903	336	106	105	.502	312	3.76	3	2	0	1837.0	1,747	768	823	228	500	38	8	9	7,658	52	9.32	2.45	3.81	1.12	24.8	6.5	1.22	.304	4.03	90	3.58	84	8.56	137.6
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,796	240	92	63	.594	240	2.59	4	2	0	1476.0	1,117	425	460	152	317	24	0	12	5,785	31	10.95	1.93	5.67	0.93	31.0	5.5	0.97	.276	2.80	65	2.75	67	6.81	228.5
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,789	271	92	83	.526	269	3.87	2	1	0	1492.0	1,275	641	688	225	635	51	0	19	6,298	61	10.79	3.83	2.82	1.36	28.4	10.1	1.28	.292	4.15	92	4.09	100	7.69	0.6
8	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,726	306	114	90	.559	299	3.66	5	3	0	1697.1	1,496	690	752	179	543	53	2	3	7,048	89	9.15	2.88	3.18	0.95	24.5	7.7	1.20	.290	3.99	87	3.55	84	7.93	125.6
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,724	258	114	70	.620	258	3.09	6	3	0	1593.1	1,264	547	589	198	396	52	0	7	6,400	35	9.74	2.24	4.35	1.12	26.9	6.2	1.04	.265	3.33	74	3.45	82	7.14	136
10	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
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,639	332	92	129	.416	318	4.63	4	2	1	1793.1	1,943	923	996	258	571	43	7	21	7,765	54	8.23	2.87	2.87	1.29	21.1	7.4	1.40	.321	5.00	109	4.23	100	9.75	-0.2
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,611	244	101	60	.627	244	3.19	4	2	0	1505.2	1,256	533	571	149	380	63	0	9	6,097	27	9.63	2.27	4.24	0.89	26.4	6.2	1.09	.284	3.41	77	3.19	76	7.51	172.3
13	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
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,558	257	85	90	.486	255	3.62	1	0	0	1477.1	1,275	594	653	183	478	53	1	8	6,122	20	9.49	2.91	3.26	1.11	25.4	7.8	1.19	.284	3.98	88	3.74	89	7.77	76.3
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	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,450	238	96	74	.565	233	3.73	3	1	0	1318.0	1,110	546	589	162	497	66	1	5	5,529	67	9.90	3.39	2.92	1.11	26.2	9.0	1.22	.283	4.02	91	3.82	90	7.58	59
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,445	223	81	63	.563	223	3.17	1	1	0	1161.0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	11.20	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	77	3.30	79	6.95	112.8
18	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
19	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,413	302	91	89	.506	279	3.88	2	2	0	1605.2	1,561	692	744	178	508	49	5	14	6,763	57	7.92	2.85	2.78	1.00	20.9	7.5	1.29	.300	4.17	93	3.87	93	8.75	55.7
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,398	253	93	79	.541	232	4.20	8	3	1	1328.0	1,303	619	650	184	357	49	11	13	5,544	51	9.47	2.42	3.92	1.25	25.2	6.4	1.25	.315	4.41	100	3.77	89	8.83	66
21	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
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	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,362	256	100	68	.595	250	4.08	0	0	0	1393.0	1,354	631	667	176	490	32	1	9	5,942	17	8.80	3.17	2.78	1.14	22.9	8.2	1.32	.303	4.31	93	3.97	95	8.75	33.8
24	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,353	258	70	78	.473	213	4.47	2	0	3	1227.0	1,119	610	639	197	433	34	13	7	5,173	53	9.92	3.18	3.12	1.44	26.2	8.4	1.26	.292	4.69	105	4.18	99	8.21	5.6
25	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,341	201	69	61	.531	201	3.80	3	3	0	1088.1	910	460	507	126	461	38	0	9	4,607	57	11.09	3.81	2.91	1.04	29.1	10.0	1.26	.297	4.19	91	3.58	83	7.53	82.8

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Team Batting Leaders

20

Wood

RBI

54

Abrams

AVG

.284

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

7

Griffin

81

Cavalli

ERA

2.44

Lord

Team Rankings

7th

407

1st

575

24th

ERA

4.65

25th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	46	27	.630
Phillies	40	34	.541	6.5
Nationals	39	36	.520	8.0
Marlins	37	38	.493	10.0
Mets	33	41	.446	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 6/19	WSH	@	TBR	7:10 PM
Sat 6/20	WSH	@	TBR	4:10 PM
Sun 6/21	WSH	@	TBR	1:40 PM
Mon 6/22	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Tue 6/23	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Last Game

Royals

30 - 45

Final

Nationals

39 - 36

Wed 17 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

25

Schwarber

24

Alvarez

23

Buxton

RBI Leaders

57

Kurtz

56

Pages

56

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.336

Lopez

.326

Arraez

.325

Lee

Hit Leaders

98

Lopez

93

Arraez

89

Alvarez

Run Leaders

68

Wood

54

Turang

54

Trout

OBP Leaders

.440

Kurtz

.428

Alvarez

.418

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.642

Alvarez

.611

Rice

.601

Buxton

SB Leaders

28

Witt

26

Nuñez

24

Ramírez

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

10

Ashby

9

Williams

9

Martin

Strikeout Leaders

131

Misiorowski

116

Sánchez

110

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.34

Misiorowski

1.82

Sánchez

1.82

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.84

Yamamoto

0.88

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.55

Misiorowski

10.87

Skenes

10.60

Burns

K/BB Leaders

6.46

Rasmussen

6.19

Skenes

6.11

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

13

Rasmussen

14

Martinez

15

Yamamoto

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,435.2

Ohtani

1,120.6

Wood

1,059.1

Kurtz

DraftKings Points Leaders

984.2

Ohtani

834

Wood

783

Kurtz

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

47-28

45-27

41-30

42-31

41-31

Worst Record ATS

27-47

28-47

29-42

31-43

32-43

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	46	27	.630
Phillies	40	34	.541	6.5
Nationals	39	36	.520	8.0
Marlins	37	38	.493	10.0
Mets	33	41	.446	13.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	45	26	.634
Cardinals	40	32	.556	5.5
Cubs	39	36	.520	8.0
Pirates	38	37	.507	9.0
Reds	35	38	.479	11.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	48	27	.640
Padres	38	35	.521	9.0
Diamondbacks	38	36	.514	9.5
Giants	31	43	.419	16.5
Rockies	28	47	.373	20.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	45	27	.625
Rays	41	30	.577	3.5
Blue Jays	36	38	.486	10.0
Orioles	35	40	.467	11.5
Red Sox	29	42	.408	15.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	38	34	.528
Guardians	39	35	.527
Twins	35	40	.467	4.5
Tigers	30	44	.405	9.0
Royals	30	45	.400	9.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	38	37	.507
Athletics	36	38	.486	1.5
Rangers	35	38	.479	2.0
Astros	35	41	.461	3.5
Angels	30	45	.400	8.0