Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,457 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,457	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	26	9	0	3467.2	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	303
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,974	435	212	94	.693	432	2.51	25	15	0	2753.2	2,102	768	841	228	684	44	1	28	10,863	103	9.72	2.24	4.35	0.75	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.87	365.9
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,500	384	141	86	.621	304	3.04	16	3	12	2026.0	1,655	684	737	209	474	125	25	15	8,165	47	11.11	2.11	5.27	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.27	71	2.89	69	7.35	290.6
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,099	397	140	130	.519	390	4.07	3	2	0	2179.1	2,049	985	1,084	213	814	189	1	25	9,348	70	8.67	3.36	2.58	0.88	22.5	8.7	1.31	.304	4.48	101	3.86	96	8.46	42.8
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,833	341	107	106	.502	302	3.84	3	1	0	1788.2	1,738	763	818	220	499	35	11	10	7,489	63	9.22	2.51	3.67	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.310	4.12	93	3.60	85	8.75	123.1
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,831	277	105	86	.550	277	3.78	6	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	90	3.49	81	7.98	145.5
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,800	319	116	95	.550	310	3.51	6	4	0	1806.1	1,553	705	773	176	597	56	2	5	7,478	105	8.97	2.97	3.02	0.88	24.1	8.0	1.19	.284	3.85	85	3.51	85	7.74	127.6
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,770	352	106	135	.440	334	4.49	6	2	2	1945.2	2,067	971	1,045	272	597	49	9	23	8,366	64	8.19	2.76	2.96	1.26	21.2	7.1	1.37	.316	4.83	107	4.14	99	9.56	5.6
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,754	366	106	104	.505	340	3.72	2	2	0	2008.2	1,958	831	898	206	606	53	7	23	8,417	75	7.86	2.72	2.89	0.92	20.8	7.2	1.28	.302	4.02	90	3.71	89	8.77	98.5
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,732	230	89	59	.601	230	2.51	4	2	0	1436.1	1,102	401	438	129	325	23	0	13	5,646	28	10.85	2.04	5.33	0.81	30.7	5.8	0.99	.283	2.74	65	2.63	65	6.91	231.6
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,719	271	109	72	.602	271	3.32	4	3	0	1654.2	1,420	610	660	156	475	70	0	14	6,794	39	9.35	2.58	3.62	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.289	3.59	83	3.29	80	7.72	153.9
15	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,687	332	112	105	.516	283	4.18	11	4	2	1673.2	1,651	777	817	218	461	56	23	21	7,003	60	9.07	2.48	3.66	1.17	24.1	6.6	1.26	.313	4.39	101	3.74	90	8.88	77.2
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,626	245	84	74	.532	241	3.90	1	1	0	1329.0	1,150	576	612	199	565	47	1	19	5,623	56	11.01	3.83	2.88	1.35	28.9	10.0	1.29	.298	4.14	93	4.03	98	7.79	10.4
17	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,431	306	95	84	.531	287	3.96	5	3	0	1641.2	1,617	723	766	182	455	52	5	16	6,894	52	7.85	2.49	3.15	1.00	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	59.2
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,408	256	101	79	.561	255	4.06	5	1	0	1475.2	1,377	666	709	203	445	94	0	6	6,202	35	8.59	2.71	3.16	1.24	22.7	7.2	1.23	.290	4.32	96	4.14	98	8.40	20.3
19	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,386	223	76	79	.490	223	3.53	1	0	0	1298.1	1,104	509	555	155	430	42	0	8	5,367	16	9.61	2.98	3.22	1.07	25.8	8.0	1.18	.283	3.85	85	3.68	87	7.65	80.4
20	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,340	290	103	66	.609	269	3.85	2	2	0	1523.1	1,467	651	694	184	476	39	4	18	6,412	41	7.92	2.81	2.82	1.09	20.9	7.4	1.28	.293	4.10	95	3.97	98	8.67	12.4
22	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,298	287	99	87	.532	281	3.74	6	4	0	1639.1	1,559	682	731	195	382	68	4	18	6,769	12	7.13	2.10	3.40	1.07	19.2	5.6	1.18	.283	4.01	91	3.94	96	8.56	33
23	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,296	210	82	66	.554	205	3.77	3	1	0	1159.1	995	486	523	145	430	56	1	5	4,873	63	10.06	3.34	3.01	1.13	26.6	8.8	1.23	.289	4.06	91	3.79	90	7.72	55.6
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,278	822	58	46	.558	0	2.61	0	0	344	784.0	462	227	251	53	402	33	535	7	3,209	82	14.67	4.61	3.18	0.61	39.8	12.5	1.10	.283	2.88	64	2.41	58	5.30	148.9
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,237	891	49	38	.563	0	2.62	0	0	457	885.2	592	258	276	84	270	31	670	18	3,523	21	12.57	2.74	4.58	0.85	35.1	7.7	0.97	.267	2.80	66	2.59	64	6.02	142.8