mlb total strikeout leaders in the last 9 years

Between October 10, 2017 and October 10, 2026, Aaron Nola has fanned the most hitters, with 1,680 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	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,680	258	92	79	.538	258	3.90	6	4	0	1534.1	1,355	665	696	215	411	48	0	12	6,289	17	9.85	2.41	4.09	1.26	26.7	6.5	1.15	.290	4.08	7.95
2	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,661	245	106	57	.650	245	3.10	4	2	0	1518.2	1,244	523	559	148	372	62	0	8	6,120	27	9.84	2.20	4.47	0.88	27.1	6.1	1.06	.283	3.31	7.37
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,648	212	104	47	.689	212	3.03	7	5	0	1298.2	993	437	465	172	322	31	0	1	5,153	26	11.42	2.23	5.12	1.19	32.0	6.2	1.01	.276	3.22	6.88
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,545	264	87	82	.515	248	3.74	3	2	0	1449.0	1,352	602	653	170	384	26	7	8	6,016	30	9.60	2.39	4.02	1.06	25.7	6.4	1.20	.304	4.06	8.40
5	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,507	257	84	88	.488	251	3.79	1	0	0	1452.0	1,295	611	671	188	465	52	4	9	6,057	19	9.34	2.88	3.24	1.17	24.9	7.7	1.21	.288	4.16	8.03
6	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,470	217	76	64	.543	217	3.67	4	4	0	1184.1	962	483	536	132	508	38	0	9	4,989	60	11.17	3.86	2.89	1.00	29.5	10.2	1.24	.292	4.07	7.31
7	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,408	243	95	64	.597	236	3.55	1	1	0	1316.2	1,147	519	552	135	415	48	2	2	5,449	51	9.62	2.84	3.39	0.92	25.8	7.6	1.19	.294	3.77	7.84
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,408	196	83	51	.619	196	3.27	4	1	0	1150.2	922	418	435	156	280	50	0	7	4,632	22	11.01	2.19	5.03	1.22	30.4	6.0	1.04	.280	3.40	7.21
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,403	229	87	56	.608	223	3.89	0	0	0	1228.0	1,068	531	566	141	472	111	1	6	5,210	28	10.28	3.46	2.97	1.03	26.9	9.1	1.25	.301	4.15	7.83
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,321	172	62	44	.585	172	2.56	2	1	0	1021.2	724	291	310	100	215	19	0	7	3,966	17	11.64	1.89	6.14	0.88	33.3	5.4	0.92	.270	2.73	6.38
11	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	1,309	243	80	53	.602	194	3.71	1	0	1	1100.0	855	454	483	141	423	56	6	3	4,583	38	10.71	3.46	3.09	1.15	28.6	9.2	1.16	.269	3.95	7.00
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,300	204	72	53	.576	202	3.83	1	0	0	1114.0	925	474	504	177	490	34	0	9	4,677	46	10.50	3.96	2.65	1.43	27.8	10.5	1.27	.280	4.07	7.47
13	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,293	235	91	67	.576	234	3.94	5	1	0	1367.2	1,269	598	638	192	390	80	0	7	5,710	27	8.51	2.57	3.32	1.26	22.6	6.8	1.21	.287	4.20	8.35
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,278	188	74	48	.607	188	2.94	1	1	0	982.1	716	321	341	91	427	12	0	5	4,016	73	11.71	3.91	2.99	0.83	31.8	10.6	1.16	.283	3.12	6.56
15	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,272	253	68	99	.407	248	4.77	4	2	1	1382.0	1,495	733	775	204	432	34	2	11	5,971	31	8.28	2.81	2.94	1.33	21.3	7.2	1.39	.320	5.05	9.74
16	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,231	236	64	68	.485	191	4.24	2	0	3	1112.2	990	524	551	174	378	31	13	7	4,663	43	9.96	3.06	3.26	1.41	26.4	8.1	1.23	.286	4.46	8.01
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,227	160	68	39	.636	159	2.90	2	2	0	922.1	734	297	323	86	215	74	0	1	3,722	16	11.97	2.10	5.71	0.84	33.0	5.8	1.03	.306	3.15	7.16
18	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	1,213	204	66	62	.516	198	3.80	0	0	0	1057.2	894	447	477	142	383	60	0	10	4,422	40	10.32	3.26	3.17	1.21	27.4	8.7	1.21	.287	4.06	7.61
19	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	1,188	219	91	64	.587	197	3.46	9	3	0	1254.2	1,082	482	531	103	456	72	7	1	5,241	66	8.52	3.27	2.61	0.74	22.7	8.7	1.23	.286	3.81	7.76
20	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	1,171	200	69	65	.515	198	4.36	5	3	0	1121.2	992	543	580	172	440	38	0	7	4,731	49	9.40	3.53	2.66	1.38	24.8	9.3	1.28	.282	4.65	7.96
21	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	1,157	223	90	59	.604	213	3.65	3	2	0	1237.0	1,157	501	543	143	390	93	2	5	5,239	29	8.42	2.84	2.97	1.04	22.1	7.4	1.25	.293	3.95	8.42
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,144	172	78	45	.634	172	3.01	3	2	0	1031.2	815	345	374	130	236	37	0	1	4,133	22	9.98	2.06	4.85	1.13	27.7	5.7	1.02	.265	3.26	7.11
23	Max Fried M. Fried	1,134	211	96	45	.681	199	2.99	6	4	0	1166.1	996	388	425	91	318	43	6	5	4,728	49	8.75	2.45	3.57	0.70	24.0	6.7	1.13	.288	3.28	7.69
24	Logan Webb L. Webb	1,128	207	77	60	.562	204	3.50	4	2	0	1223.0	1,167	476	520	87	291	47	0	4	5,018	23	8.30	2.14	3.88	0.64	22.5	5.8	1.19	.312	3.83	8.59
25	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	1,124	198	69	60	.535	196	3.82	2	2	0	1112.2	971	472	503	136	359	40	2	4	4,614	34	9.09	2.90	3.13	1.10	24.4	7.8	1.20	.283	4.07	7.85

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0