most 7 strikeouts games by a pitcher 2012 to 2023

Between the 2012 and 2023 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters, with 245 games.

Interpreted as:

most 7 or more strikeouts regular-season games by a pitcher 2012 to 2023

	NAME	G	SO	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	245	2,287	140	45	.757	245	2.46	12	5	0	1652.2	1,160	452	474	180	360	53	0	13	6,439	29	12.45	1.96	6.35	0.98	35.5	5.6	0.92	.275	2.58	6.32
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	180	1,614	115	32	.782	180	1.85	17	11	0	1262.1	836	259	283	91	210	21	0	4	4,780	45	11.51	1.50	7.69	0.65	33.8	4.4	0.83	.262	2.02	5.96
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	171	1,565	96	30	.762	171	2.61	5	4	0	1099.1	795	319	348	118	250	29	0	1	4,289	35	12.81	2.05	6.26	0.97	36.5	5.8	0.95	.291	2.85	6.51
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	171	1,642	88	38	.698	171	2.51	13	3	0	1164.0	844	324	354	112	241	66	0	6	4,579	24	12.70	1.86	6.81	0.87	35.9	5.3	0.93	.291	2.74	6.53
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	164	1,463	96	31	.756	164	2.15	11	4	0	1121.0	757	268	289	109	218	33	0	4	4,306	22	11.75	1.75	6.71	0.88	34.0	5.1	0.87	.261	2.32	6.08
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	154	1,394	72	39	.649	154	2.61	1	1	0	998.2	701	290	306	111	281	34	0	3	3,957	36	12.56	2.53	4.96	1.00	35.2	7.1	0.98	.276	2.76	6.32
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	142	1,325	65	30	.684	142	1.87	3	2	0	945.2	612	196	218	71	174	14	0	6	3,578	18	12.61	1.66	7.61	0.68	37.0	4.9	0.83	.271	2.07	5.82
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	132	1,183	77	26	.748	132	2.49	2	2	0	869.2	632	241	265	81	188	33	0	7	3,404	19	12.24	1.95	6.29	0.84	34.8	5.5	0.94	.287	2.74	6.54
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	124	1,061	62	27	.697	124	2.76	4	3	0	815.1	591	250	263	86	179	26	0	7	3,193	10	11.71	1.98	5.93	0.95	33.2	5.6	0.94	.274	2.90	6.52
10	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	123	1,125	77	19	.802	123	2.11	17	8	0	894.2	620	210	228	66	156	27	0	5	3,421	14	11.32	1.57	7.21	0.66	32.9	4.6	0.87	.271	2.29	6.24
11	Robbie Ray R. Ray	114	1,024	47	28	.627	114	3.26	1	1	0	674.0	534	244	259	98	256	20	0	11	2,792	28	13.67	3.42	4.00	1.31	36.7	9.2	1.17	.313	3.46	7.13
12	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	114	971	61	25	.709	114	2.49	1	1	0	720.2	531	199	215	64	200	28	0	6	2,882	27	12.13	2.50	4.86	0.80	33.7	6.9	1.01	.288	2.69	6.63
13	David Price D. Price	110	955	68	19	.782	110	2.32	8	1	0	782.0	593	202	222	68	141	14	0	3	3,042	23	10.99	1.62	6.77	0.78	31.4	4.6	0.94	.282	2.55	6.82
14	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	109	972	54	28	.659	109	2.52	4	3	0	724.0	505	203	230	73	222	35	0	3	2,890	24	12.08	2.76	4.38	0.91	33.6	7.7	1.00	.272	2.86	6.28
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	108	943	55	27	.671	108	2.25	12	7	0	751.0	523	188	203	65	131	24	0	10	2,884	14	11.30	1.57	7.20	0.78	32.7	4.5	0.87	.266	2.43	6.27
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	108	894	69	12	.852	108	2.06	2	1	0	741.2	532	170	175	57	121	8	0	4	2,823	20	10.85	1.47	7.39	0.69	31.7	4.3	0.88	.273	2.12	6.46
17	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	106	890	47	26	.644	106	2.48	0	0	0	668.1	526	184	197	63	145	8	0	2	2,647	12	11.99	1.95	6.14	0.85	33.6	5.5	1.00	.300	2.65	7.08
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	103	897	57	13	.814	103	2.66	0	0	0	638.2	460	189	200	54	178	53	0	2	2,568	15	12.64	2.51	5.04	0.76	34.9	6.9	1.00	.293	2.82	6.48
19	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	103	855	47	20	.701	103	2.31	3	3	0	671.0	496	172	189	46	144	22	0	6	2,650	7	11.47	1.93	5.94	0.62	32.3	5.4	0.95	.284	2.54	6.65
20	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	102	843	54	19	.740	102	2.25	4	1	0	703.2	527	176	197	66	182	31	0	7	2,791	16	10.78	2.33	4.63	0.84	30.2	6.5	1.01	.276	2.52	6.74
21	Jon Lester J. Lester	101	815	53	21	.716	101	2.22	4	1	0	665.2	524	164	187	46	148	14	0	2	2,623	18	11.02	2.00	5.51	0.62	31.1	5.6	1.01	.299	2.53	7.08
22	Sonny Gray S. Gray	99	807	49	22	.690	99	2.06	2	1	0	619.0	418	142	162	47	180	17	0	1	2,431	28	11.73	2.62	4.48	0.68	33.2	7.4	0.97	.269	2.36	6.08
23	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	96	845	59	19	.756	95	2.31	7	3	0	647.1	496	166	178	55	126	18	1	4	2,524	22	11.75	1.75	6.71	0.76	33.5	5.0	0.96	.298	2.47	6.90
24	Chris Archer C. Archer	96	847	32	26	.552	96	3.04	2	2	0	599.0	483	202	226	60	176	17	0	3	2,437	32	12.73	2.64	4.81	0.90	34.8	7.2	1.10	.316	3.40	7.26
25	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	94	777	45	26	.634	94	2.74	3	1	0	611.1	492	186	198	65	144	10	0	8	2,450	20	11.44	2.12	5.40	0.96	31.7	5.9	1.04	.294	2.91	7.24