most career strikeouts by a pitcher between regular season and postseason

Nolan Ryan has struck out the most career hitters in the regular-season and playoffs, with 5,777 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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5,777	816	326	294	.526	780	3.19	223	61	4	5444.2	3,962	1,931	2,201	324	2,809	158	15	79	22,801	278	9.55	4.64	2.06	0.54	25.3	12.3	1.24	.265	3.64	89	2.93	82	6.55	370.2
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	5,007	637	310	175	.639	619	3.30	103	39	2	4256.1	3,452	1,560	1,754	426	1,529	190	9	39	17,560	109	10.59	3.23	3.27	0.90	28.5	8.7	1.17	.291	3.71	73	3.09	71	7.30	554.3
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,845	744	366	192	.656	741	3.15	119	47	0	5115.2	4,358	1,790	1,972	380	1,650	165	1	64	21,077	153	8.52	2.90	2.94	0.67	23.0	7.8	1.17	.283	3.47	67	2.96	68	7.67	680.4
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,220	757	335	250	.573	723	3.22	255	55	2	5317.0	4,768	1,900	2,170	421	1,884	54	13	153	22,112	189	7.14	3.19	2.24	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.280	3.67	85	3.09	85	8.07	271.5
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,797	593	283	170	.625	592	3.34	28	10	0	3793.2	3,225	1,407	1,521	403	1,078	126	0	28	15,527	107	9.01	2.56	3.52	0.96	24.5	6.9	1.13	.279	3.61	74	3.23	77	7.65	310.9
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,737	700	292	251	.538	691	3.31	243	60	0	5017.1	4,675	1,843	2,044	435	1,330	157	4	72	20,684	114	6.70	2.39	2.81	0.78	18.1	6.4	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.15	81	8.39	368.6
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,691	664	314	208	.602	655	2.86	233	61	1	4844.2	4,022	1,540	1,694	386	1,406	78	6	120	19,624	128	6.86	2.61	2.63	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	78	2.99	84	7.47	286.1
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,660	513	227	125	.645	499	3.24	12	5	1	3106.0	2,542	1,119	1,195	374	835	123	3	24	12,581	88	10.61	2.42	4.38	1.08	29.1	6.6	1.09	.286	3.46	74	3.08	74	7.37	302.5
9	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,635	789	330	260	.559	770	3.27	181	59	5	5382.2	4,784	1,955	2,150	484	1,359	85	12	102	22,038	114	6.08	2.27	2.67	0.81	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	90	3.17	89	8.00	181.2
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,545	779	315	266	.542	692	3.11	304	53	10	5364.2	4,957	1,856	2,139	400	1,382	109	33	165	22,023	161	5.95	2.32	2.57	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.59	85	3.05	85	8.32	312.9
11	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,544	808	420	282	.598	671	2.17	536	111	34	5964.1	4,969	1,436	1,922	101	1,378	208	128		23,617	155	5.35	2.08	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.265	2.90	67	2.40	75	7.50	472.8
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,496	779	366	241	.603	770	3.16	111	35	1	5206.1	4,921	1,828	2,078	367	1,050	146	5	193	21,257	74	6.04	1.82	3.33	0.63	16.4	4.9	1.15	.281	3.59	73	3.13	75	8.51	519.5
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,351	866	318	275	.536	718	3.35	245	45	29	5418.0	5,059	2,018	2,348	482	1,817	123	83	87	22,740	227	5.57	3.02	1.84	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.90	86	3.60	94	8.40	116.1
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,283	764	228	159	.589	508	3.29	55	17	158	3682.0	3,246	1,346	1,458	305	1,077	60	215	90	15,127	151	8.02	2.63	3.05	0.75	21.7	7.1	1.17	.283	3.56	76	3.05	74	7.93	356.6
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,265	494	236	109	.684	483	2.66	25	15	1	3049.2	2,358	901	983	265	764	50	3	33	12,067	119	9.64	2.25	4.27	0.78	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.90	61	2.67	66	6.96	375.1
16	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,250	492	225	104	.684	423	2.94	46	17	3	2923.2	2,295	956	1,043	249	790	149	24	30	11,785	63	10.00	2.43	4.11	0.77	27.6	6.7	1.06	.278	3.21	64	2.81	65	7.06	454.6
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,236	588	227	148	.605	455	3.41	87	22	22	3394.1	3,102	1,286	1,355	359	736	55	81	43	13,809	73	8.58	1.95	4.40	0.95	23.4	5.3	1.13	.291	3.59	77	3.10	73	8.22	373.6
18	CC Sabathia	3,214	587	261	168	.608	583	3.76	39	12	0	3707.2	3,541	1,547	1,690	397	1,162	131	0	53	15,575	79	7.80	2.82	2.77	0.96	20.6	7.5	1.27	.295	4.10	84	3.64	84	8.60	223.7
19	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,209	537	258	176	.594	491	2.89	263	58	6	3965.1	3,334	1,275	1,439	263	1,353	104	21	121	16,380	110	7.28	3.07	2.37	0.60	19.6	8.3	1.18	.268	3.27	77	2.83	79	7.57	290.5
20	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9
21	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3,079	608	229	162	.586	562	3.51	17	5	1	3502.1	3,310	1,367	1,465	386	795	82	8	25	14,346	103	7.91	2.04	3.87	0.99	21.5	5.5	1.17	.292	3.76	80	3.40	82	8.51	235
22	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,958	560	277	161	.632	557	3.67	57	23	0	3702.1	3,581	1,511	1,615	395	818	63	0	36	15,164	73	7.19	1.99	3.62	0.96	19.5	5.4	1.19	.291	3.93	79	3.43	76	8.71	372.8
23	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,863	591	220	192	.534	501	3.42	198	41	10	3684.1	3,400	1,398	1,546	350	1,110	93	40	67	15,320	124	6.99	2.71	2.58	0.85	18.7	7.2	1.22	.280	3.78	95	3.15	86	8.31	188.5
24	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
25	Cy Young C. Young	2,820	910	513	317	.618	818	2.62	752	76	17	7390.0	7,123	2,153	3,180	139	1,221	162	85		29,707	156	3.43	1.49	2.31	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	73	2.83	78	8.67	620