mlb total strikeout leaders in the last 16 years

Between September 22, 2010 and September 22, 2026, Max Scherzer has struck out the most batters, with 3,130 strikeouts.

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	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	H/9
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,130	424	203	100	.670	424	3.22	12	5	0	2626.1	2,123	939	983	325	661	94	0	17	10,575	68	10.73	2.27	4.74	1.11	29.6	6.3	1.06	.282	3.37	7.28
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,746	402	158	96	.622	338	2.96	17	4	10	2223.0	1,806	732	790	221	508	144	21	15	8,943	47	11.12	2.06	5.41	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.20	7.31
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,610	393	184	108	.630	393	3.12	17	6	0	2523.0	2,076	876	956	278	655	69	0	11	10,205	54	9.31	2.34	3.98	0.99	25.6	6.4	1.08	.273	3.41	7.41
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,564	371	198	73	.731	369	2.40	24	14	0	2380.1	1,809	635	703	204	489	37	0	12	9,289	85	9.69	1.85	5.24	0.77	27.6	5.3	0.97	.268	2.66	6.84
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,374	338	162	89	.645	338	3.20	8	5	0	2075.1	1,739	739	790	238	522	63	0	7	8,358	58	10.30	2.26	4.55	1.03	28.4	6.2	1.09	.291	3.43	7.54
6	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,131	392	121	125	.492	353	3.88	4	2	0	2083.0	2,008	897	960	258	581	39	11	12	8,714	66	9.21	2.51	3.67	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.15	8.68
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	7.39
8	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,071	367	142	107	.570	358	3.52	7	5	0	2081.0	1,819	814	888	208	666	62	2	5	8,613	107	8.96	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.19	.287	3.84	7.87
9	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,062	378	166	90	.648	374	3.35	5	2	0	2292.0	2,101	854	910	256	484	40	0	13	9,277	77	8.10	1.90	4.26	1.01	22.2	5.2	1.13	.287	3.57	8.25
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2,047	278	107	75	.588	278	2.69	4	2	0	1698.1	1,304	508	545	166	388	27	0	16	6,690	34	10.85	2.06	5.28	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.280	2.89	6.91
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,045	316	116	99	.540	316	3.89	6	4	0	1884.0	1,691	814	855	251	507	58	0	18	7,753	20	9.77	2.42	4.03	1.20	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.08	8.08
12	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,045	368	137	106	.564	362	3.90	2	1	0	2034.1	1,867	881	963	196	754	187	1	22	8,685	62	9.05	3.34	2.71	0.87	23.5	8.7	1.29	.304	4.26	8.26
13	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	8.33
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,997	309	126	80	.612	309	3.26	5	3	0	1878.2	1,588	680	734	186	536	80	0	14	7,685	43	9.57	2.57	3.73	0.89	26.0	7.0	1.13	.287	3.52	7.61
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,990	338	129	118	.522	338	3.49	16	7	0	2100.1	1,894	815	892	245	517	85	0	35	8,638	29	8.53	2.22	3.85	1.05	23.0	6.0	1.15	.284	3.82	8.12
16	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,923	392	113	146	.436	369	4.54	7	2	3	2127.2	2,277	1,074	1,152	296	655	57	11	24	9,169	68	8.13	2.77	2.94	1.25	21.0	7.1	1.38	.318	4.87	9.63
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,872	295	101	89	.532	290	3.91	2	1	0	1603.1	1,383	696	747	238	691	53	1	19	6,782	66	10.51	3.88	2.71	1.34	27.6	10.2	1.29	.291	4.19	7.76
18	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,838	393	115	113	.504	367	3.79	2	2	0	2146.1	2,093	904	979	227	659	59	7	23	9,011	76	7.71	2.76	2.79	0.95	20.4	7.3	1.28	.300	4.11	8.78
19	David Price D. Price	1,790	343	130	69	.653	269	3.31	15	2	3	1807.2	1,646	664	721	189	429	53	19	15	7,395	33	8.91	2.14	4.17	0.94	24.2	5.8	1.15	.295	3.59	8.20
20	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,789	330	140	93	.601	330	3.72	9	2	0	1985.0	1,914	820	908	231	613	61	0	11	8,316	43	8.11	2.78	2.92	1.05	21.5	7.4	1.27	.299	4.12	8.68
21	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,725	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	18	8	1	1641.2	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	9.46	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	8.15
22	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,672	334	111	101	.524	277	4.20	11	4	2	1655.0	1,629	773	812	213	453	58	29	20	6,928	61	9.09	2.46	3.69	1.16	24.1	6.5	1.26	.312	4.42	8.86
23	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,667	276	103	78	.569	275	3.38	10	3	0	1758.2	1,569	661	712	190	523	80	0	20	7,258	43	8.53	2.68	3.19	0.97	23.0	7.2	1.19	.287	3.64	8.03
24	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,631	235	108	59	.647	235	3.26	2	2	0	1402.0	1,161	508	557	144	377	53	0	20	5,688	42	10.47	2.42	4.33	0.92	28.7	6.6	1.10	.292	3.58	7.45
25	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,628	341	113	93	.549	319	3.91	5	3	0	1842.2	1,796	800	847	212	498	65	6	17	7,712	59	7.95	2.43	3.27	1.04	21.1	6.5	1.24	.298	4.14	8.77

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Team Batting Leaders

31

Abrams

RBI

99

Abrams

AVG

.283

García

Team Pitching Leaders

13

Cavalli

200

Cavalli

ERA

3.02

Cavalli

Team Rankings

204

4th

800

3rd

1,234

25th

ERA

4.69

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	92	64	.590
Phillies	86	70	.551	6.0
Marlins	76	80	.487	16.0
Nationals	73	84	.465	19.5
Mets	71	85	.455	21.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/22	WSH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 9/23	WSH	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 9/25	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 9/26	NYM	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 9/27	NYM	@	WSH	3:05 PM

Last Game

Nationals

73 - 84

Final

Tigers

74 - 83

Mon 21 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

110

Stewart

108

Alonso

Batting Average Leaders

.313

Alvarez

.313

Arraez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

185

Lopez

183

Arraez

173

Tatis

Run Leaders

118

Crow-Armstrong

106

Arozarena

104

Wood

OBP Leaders

.430

Alvarez

.397

Bauers

.392

Rumfield

SLG Leaders

.597

Alvarez

.578

Crow-Armstrong

.532

García

SB Leaders

46

Simpson

46

Nuñez

43

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

17

Gray

15

Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

247

Misiorowski

244

Williams

239

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.86

Misiorowski

1.94

Schlittler

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.13

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.13

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.88

Misiorowski

5.62

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

29

Rasmussen

31

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,303.1

Crow-Armstrong

2,264.8

Ohtani

1,983.1

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,745

Crow-Armstrong

1,592.6

Ohtani

1,488

Alvarez

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Best Record ATS

89-67

88-68

87-70

85-71

84-73

83-73

Worst Record ATS

58-98

66-90

67-89

72-84

73-83

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	92	64	.590
Phillies	86	70	.551	6.0
Marlins	76	80	.487	16.0
Nationals	73	84	.465	19.5
Mets	71	85	.455	21.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	98	58	.628
Cubs	87	69	.558	11.0
Pirates	79	77	.506	19.0
Cardinals	76	80	.487	22.0
Reds	72	84	.462	26.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	96	60	.615
Padres	87	69	.558	9.0
Diamondbacks	82	74	.526	14.0
Giants	65	92	.414	31.5
Rockies	57	99	.365	39.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	95	60	.613
Yankees - x	89	66	.574	6.0
Red Sox - w	84	72	.538	11.5
Blue Jays	77	80	.490	19.0
Orioles	76	81	.484	20.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	81	75	.519
White Sox	80	76	.513	1.0
Tigers	74	83	.471	7.5
Twins	73	84	.465	8.5
Royals	67	89	.429	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	78	78	.500
Astros	77	79	.494	1.0
Mariners	73	83	.468	5.0
Athletics	61	95	.391	17.0
Angels	60	96	.385	18.0